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Britain, Germany, Poland and the Nordics are working with Paris on ‘forward deterrence,’ which could put nuclear-capable Rafales on allied soil. Italy said no, and the three Baltic states were not invited.
RAF Typhoons flew in a French simulated nuclear-strike mission for the first time, France said Oct. 23. Here is what Exercise Rummy involved and how it fits the Northwood Declaration.
Russia and Ukraine have both endorsed a pause in fighting in occupied Oleshky, brokered by Melania Trump, so aid can enter and residents can leave.
France puts 70,000 police on the streets for Saturday’s protests as Paris extends its curfew, Marseille and Lyon ban marches and a legal challenge to Macron’s union-only rule reaches the Council of State.
Hours after Putin agreed “in principle” to new three-way talks, Russia fired 21 ballistic missiles at Kyiv, three with cluster warheads. On Thursday, Putin said the talks would aim at a final deal, not a short truce.
Macron called a defence council for Oct. 23 ahead of another nationwide protest day, as France bans non-union marches, feuds with Trump and watches its borrowing costs climb.
A classified Bundeswehr analysis rates the Russian sabotage threat to German troops and bases at the second-highest level for the first time, after an explosives-laden drone was found near Wunstorf air base.
After drones sank a cargo ship off Bulgaria and two tankers caught fire near Romania’s Sulina Canal, NATO said allies would send maritime patrol aircraft, radars, drones and explosive exploitation teams to the Black Sea.