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Athens · Friday, 30 October 2026

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Palau president and U.S. commanders meet in Honolulu on security, maritime patrols and Peleliu runway upgrades UK to require overseas defence suppliers to invest back in Britain on contracts of £50 million or more US and Finland sign critical minerals framework and Technology Prosperity Deal in Washington UK tells OSCE that Russia’s justifications for its war on Ukraine do not withstand scrutiny, citing UN figures of 328 civilians killed in September The occupation regime bristles at Abbas’s visit to Nicosia: its “foreign ministry” speaks of “sorrow” Rubio and Hungary’s Orbán sign energy and anti-left-wing-violence memoranda in Washington Mitsotakis at the UN Security Council: Greece calls for a global maritime truce as attacks on shipping spread Naim Qassem: “It does not concern us who governs Israel” – Hezbollah rules out disarmament and rejects the Lebanon–Israel framework agreement Taiwan tracks more than 50 Chinese ships from southern Japan to the Philippines Hegseth removes the Joint Staff’s chief planner as Trump weighs new strikes on Iran

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