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The agency wanted the wartime prime minister to present on Radio Liberty, aiming to undermine political stability in the Soviet Union The CIA tried to recruit British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill to spread propaganda broadcasts on the agency-backed Radio Liberty in the 1950s, in an effort to undermine the Soviet Union, the Telegraph has reported. At the height of …

A senior Kremlin official has suggested a breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine is within reach. Kirill Dmitriev said he believes Russia, Ukraine and the United States are “quite close” in striking a deal to end the full-scale conflict approaching its fifth year. It comes days after Donald Trump cancelled face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin in Hungary claiming he …

The Balearic Islands are moving to implement a crackdown on vehciles enetering the popular tourist destinations. Government representative and council presidents are set to meet to discuss a regional limit on vehicles entering all four islands. While Formentera and Ibiza already have similar regulations, the new measure would be an umbrella law to include Majorca and Menorca as well. Restrictions …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration will not abandon long-standing US support for Taiwan in negotiations with China to reach a trade agreement. “If what people are worried about is we’re going to get some trade deal where we’re going to get favourable treatment on trade in exchange for walking away from Taiwan – no one …

Kamala Harris has hinted at running for US president again. The former US Vice President told the BBC that she could “possibly” become president one day and that there would be a female president in the future. Speaking to Laura Knuessenberg, Harris entertained the idea of another run at the White House in 2028. Harris said she continues to see …

Romanian President Nicusor Dan won a controversial election re-run in May after the annulment of a Euroskeptic candidate’s win Romanian President Nicursor Dan was subjected to boos and accusations of treason for his support of Ukraine while attending an anniversary event on Friday. Dozens of protesters voiced their anger as Dan arrived at the National Theater in the city of …

A Swedish appeals court has decided not to deport a 19-year-old Eritrean national convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl, ruling that the assault was not lengthy enough to qualify as an “exceptionally serious offence”. Swedish law only permits deportation if the crime is “exceptionally serious” and poses a public safety risk. The decision not to deport Yazied Mohamed, who assaulted …

Irish voters looked set to have elected left-winger Catherine Connolly to be the country’s new president, after her only rival conceded defeat on Saturday in a contest marred by unprecedented spoiled voting and low turnout. After hours of counting following Friday’s ballot, Connolly, an independent, was on course for a landslide victory, prompting the centrist Fine Gael party’s candidate Heather …

New Delhi signals quiet defiance of US attempts to dictate its oil and trade policies. It is just as well that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to skip going to the two-day East Asian leaders’ summit in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28. Modi settling for virtual attendance at the ASEAN summit is being seen as his way …

British police said on Saturday they were scouring hours of closed-circuit TV recordings to find an asylum seeker sentenced for sexual assault who was mistakenly released from prison. Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was “last seen in the London area”, Essex Police said on Saturday, adding that officers from three separate forces were working together in the investigation. Kebatu …