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    Jonathan Milan wins individual pursuit gold in Shanghai, Ganna takes bronze

    Jonathan Milan won individual pursuit gold at the track cycling world championships in Shanghai on 16 October, after setting a new world record in qualifying that morning. Filippo Ganna took bronze in the third-place race.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • EU summit opens in Brussels

    Russian strikes hit energy sites across nine Ukrainian regions, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and injuring at least 15 people.

  • Settler attacks in the West Bank

    The US State Department condemns "criminal violence by any party" in the West Bank without naming settlers, and backs investigations, a department official tells AFP.

  • Ukraine peace talks in Miami

    Putin says Russian forces have taken about 6,500 square kilometers and 310 settlements in Ukraine since the start of the year, according to natemat.pl.

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China and the West: decoupling

Findings add detail to already-recorded Franco-German and Chinese export-control moves, with no new discrete adopted measure.

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