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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pledged to use “political and financial tools” to force Ukraine to restart flows through the Druzhba pipeline, the key route for Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.

French officials have accused a Russian group tied to military intelligence of foreign interference after it sought to discredit a centre-right candidate in upcoming local elections via a fraudulent website.

Following a record medal haul at last month's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, France's para athletes are hoping to replicate this success when the Paralympic Games kick off on Friday.

By closing the Strait of Hormuz and attacking oil and gas facilities in Gulf countries, Tehran is driving up hydrocarbon prices. But renewable energy – largely dominated by China – is not immune to the effects of geopolitical tensions either.

France on Thursday confirmed it had temporarily allowed the US Air Force to use one of its bases for missions in Iran. The French military says it has guarantees that only planes not involved in carrying out strikes will land at the country's facilities.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is intensifying diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war after an Iranian missile was shot down approaching Turkey. The country worries it could be among those most affected by the conflict, as rising oil prices threaten the nation’s fragile economy and a potential Iranian refugee…

Several countries have announced they will boycott the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympic Games on Friday, in protest at the organisers' move to allow para athletes from Russia and its close ally Belarus to compete under their national flags.

Aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) has filed a complaint for defamation against a British far-right group after one of its teams was verbally attacked in northern France last year while returning from an assignment to assist migrants.

Wary of getting directly involved in the US-Israeli war with Iran, European countries are nevertheless being drawn into the conflict following attacks on Cyprus and Western allies in the Gulf.