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Athens · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Ankara answers the Commission report: the EU is “biased”, the positions of Greece and Cyprus “maximalist” European Commission report on Turkey: casus belli, “Blue Homeland” in school textbooks, more violations and obstruction of the cable Mojtaba Khamenei after the US midterms: those expecting a change of course are making “a grave mistake”; a new attack will bring a far bigger response Sierra Nevada pulls out of the US Navy’s new trainer jet competition, leaving Textron’s M-346N almost alone France plans €63.4 billion for defence in 2027, up €6.5 billion; Vautrin at Euronaval announces naval drone timetable Norway deploys NASAMS sensors and 30 troops at Kirkenes, about 7.5 km from the Russian border U.S. Army unveils MALET, a kit that lets drones drop standard 60mm and 81mm mortar rounds Kubilius: Russia is closing in on Europe’s defence spending, he warns at the Berlin Security Conference US and Venezuela negotiating a status-of-forces agreement for American troops, sources say Merz: “The time has come for this war to end”; the Oleshky truce as a model for energy and the Black Sea

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Russian missile fired next to Japan

In the Sea of Japan, a new Russian submarine, the "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky", fired a Kalibr-type cruise missile against a land target…

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