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France backs down in Brexit fish row, gives talks more time

Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron backed away from his imminent threat to punish the UK for restricting the access of French fishing boats to British waters, saying he would give negotiations more time. “The British are going to come back to us tomorrow with further proposals. We’ll see where we are at the end of the day,” Macron told reporters in ...

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Tension grows in east Ukraine with report of Russia army buildup

Bloomberg Ceasefire violations are steadily intensifying in war-ravaged eastern Ukraine as reports increase that Russia is building up its military forces across the border of the former Soviet satellite nation. There were almost 1,000 violations of the agreement to cease hostilities in Ukraine’s Donetsk region between the evenings of October 29 and October 31, according to the Organisation for Security ...

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Ethiopia urges ‘residents’ to arm themselves

Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government urged residents of its capital to arm themselves and protect their neighbourhoods, after rebel fighters in the north of the country captured two key towns on a main route into the city. The call came as the US expressed alarm at the situation in Ethiopia, which on Wednesday marks a year since conflict erupted in the Horn ...

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