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Ulf Kristersson

Prime Minister of Sweden since 2022

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Sweden to donate 16 Gripen jets to Ukraine and sell 20 more in historic defence deal
Sweden will donate 16 Saab Gripen C/D fighter jets to Ukraine and sell 20 newer Gripen E/F models, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Uppsala on Thursday.

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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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The formal, coordinated suspension of the New Pact by three key frontline states, met with immediate Commission legal threats, represents an unprecedented operational and legal crisis for the EU's common asylum system.

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Sweden to donate 16 Gripen jets to Ukraine and sell 20 more in historic defence deal