Thousands of supporters of Turkey's largest opposition party have demonstrated in the western city of Aydin. The protests on Monday come in the wake of new raids against city administrations led by the Republican People's Party (CHP). They were also directed against the city's mayor, Özlem Cercioglu, who surprisingly defected from the CHP to the ruling AKP party last week. Aydin is considered a CHP stronghold. In last year's local elections, Cercioglu was re-elected mayor with around 51% of the vote. The demonstrators chanted slogans urging him to resign. The reasons for the sudden change are ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday took a hard stance on the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine before a peace deal with Russia can be signed, as European leaders convened in Washington with US President Donald Trump. In a public statement in the White House, alongside Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, Italian Prime Minister Giogia Meloni, Britain's Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, Merz said that "the path is open" for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. However, he warned that a trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelensky should not take place without a ceasefi...

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has announced an extension of its ongoing share buyback programme to the end of 2026. The company has amended its agreements with brokers Citigroup abd J&E Davy Unlimited, allowing the €750 million ($875 million) programme to continue until December 31, 2026, instead of the previous May 19 deadline. Ryanair noted that the scale and timing of repurchases will depend on market conditions, legal requirements, and other programme terms. The budget airline launched the programme in May 2025 as part of its ongoing strategy to return capital to shareholders.

At the start of his talks at the White House on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky handed over a letter from his wife Olena to Melania Trump. "On this occasion, I would like to thank your wife, the First Lady of the US, who sent a letter to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin about our children, abducted children," Zelensky said. The letter was not for Trump himself, Zelensky stressed with a laugh. According to Ukrainian figures, more than 19,000 children and young people have been abducted from the territories occupied by Russia. During direct negotiations with Russia in Istanbul i...

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