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- European Union foreign ministers have agreed to another $507m of funding to supply arms to Ukraine, taking the bloc’s security support to $2.5bn since February.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his threat to “freeze” the NATO membership bids of both Sweden and Finland unless they comply with Ankara’s conditions.
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- European Union foreign ministers have agreed to another $507m of funding to supply arms to Ukraine, taking the bloc’s security support to $2.5bn since February.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his threat to “freeze” the NATO membership bids of both Sweden and Finland unless they comply with Ankara’s conditions.
- The European Commission has signed a deal with Azerbaijan to double imports of natural gas to the bloc by 2027.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says it will be impossible to cut Russia off from the rest of the world despite sweeping sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West.
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