Ukraine plans to buy helicopters from France: foreign ministers
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will sign an agreement on Friday to buy helicopters from France, the French and Ukrainian foreign ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Pavlo Klimkin said during a joint briefing in Kiev.
PM May welcomes confirmed EU Brexit transition offer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed the approval by European Union leaders on Friday of a transition period to help business adapt after Brexit, telling the bloc to ride the “new dynamic” in upcoming trade talks.
Spain’s top court to try 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Friday said he would try 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion, a crime punishable by up to 25 years in jail, over their role in Catalonia’s banned independence drive last year.
Russia’s Putin says focus in new term will be improving living standards
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would repay the trust voters had placed in him by working toward creating jobs, raising incomes, improving healthcare and building new infra-structure.
Air strikes hit in Ghouta despite rebel ceasefire effort, monitor says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes hit a rebel-held enclave of Syria’s eastern Ghouta region on Friday despite a ceasefire that the rebel group who controlled the area had said would take effect at midnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Europeans eye Russian expulsions over UK spy attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Several European governments moved closer on Friday to expelling Russian diplomats in a show of support for Britain, which ordered out 23 “undeclared intelligence agents” after a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy.
EU leaders confirm Brexit transition offer, joint trade line
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders formally adopted on Friday their joint negotiating stance on a future trade relationship with Britain after it leaves the bloc, said the chairman of the summit, Donald Tusk.
Catalan separatists to appear before Spain’s Supreme Court
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court will rule on Friday on whether to send four Catalan separatist leaders back to jail while an investigation into their roles in Catalonia’s banned independence push last year continues.
British police investigate suspicious package in London near the Gherkin
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said they were investigating reports of a suspicious package in the City of London on Friday and had put cordons in place near the building known as the Gherkin.
Putin to address Russian people after officials declare election results valid
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin is set to address the Russian people on Friday at 10:00 GMT after the results of an election that gave him a new six-year term were declared valid, the Kremlin said.
