Lebanon ceasefire announced amid strikes

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Reports of Israeli airstrikes and Hezbollah rocket fire continue in southern Lebanon despite the announcement of a partial ceasefire agreement.

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A banana stolen, a tanker boarded, and a president threatened

France seizes a Russian shadow tanker in the Atlantic as Iran suspends peace talks and threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz

French naval commandos intercepted a sanctioned Russian tanker in the Atlantic on Sunday, triggering a furious Kremlin response. The operation came as Iran suspended all dialogue with the United States and renewed threats to block the Strait of Hormuz, while Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Demography and migration

The formal entry into force of the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum represents a key systemic shift, but its immediate paralysation by frontline state resistance and a surge in arrivals entrenches national fragmentation.

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