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Presence of Russia in North Africa Is Increasing, Says Spanish Foreign Minister

The presence of Russia in North African countries is increasing in a region where political instability and militant activity are spreading, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Tuesday, defending a foreign policy shift towards Africa. "There is a growing Russian presence in Africa, in North African countries," he…

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NATO Holds Summit with Gaze on Russia - and China

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked NATO back to first principles. Seven decades after it was founded, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western allies. Leaders of the world’s most powerful military…

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NATO allies to agree 'biggest overhaul' of defences since Cold War

NATO countries are meeting Tuesday in the Spanish capital Madrid, where the alliance is to adapt its military stance towards Russia as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth month.

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EXPLAINER: NATO holds summit with gaze on Russia — and China

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western democracies

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Spanish PM says NATO summit to show unity

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the NATO summit in Madrid this week aims to showcase the Western allies' united front in defense of democratic values in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while providing a platform to increase the bloc’s deterrence capabilities

The Independent UK

Gareth Bale joins MLS side Los Angeles FC after 9 years at Real Madrid

Former Real Madrid player Gareth Bale joined U.S. side Los Angeles FC as a free agent on a year-long contract. The 32-year-old Welsh forward will join Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini

The Hindu

Russia threat rekindles NATO's sense of purpose

"The biggest overhaul of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War."

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Australia records 75 Covid deaths as data shows fatalities rising since March – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Jill Biden has company on trip to Spain

Jill Biden has some company on a trip to Spain this week

The Independent UK

NATO summit protesters play dead in front of Picasso war painting

About 30 anti-war activists protested on Monday in front of Pablo Picasso's historic Guernica painting about the horrors of war at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, hours before the start on Tuesday of a NATO summit in the Spanish capital.

Reuters

NATO’s summit 2022 in Madrid: 5 things to know

Leaders of the world’s largest defence alliance will convene in Madrid this week for the NATO heads of state summit.

Al Jazeera

NATO chief's chilling warning Russia poses direct threat as forces increased sevenfold

NATO allies are expected to refer to Russia as "a direct threat to our security" and discuss China as a concern for the first time in 10 years after the Ukraine invasion

Daily Mirror

Nato increases troops on high alert from 40,000 to 300,000 in face of Russia threat

Nato leaders are meeting this week in Madrid

Wales Online

Raul, Carlos Tevez, Xabi Alonso - the next generation of ex-footballers in the dugout

Former Real Madrid forward Raul has been suggested as a potential future manager at the Bernabeu, but he is not the only member of his footballing generation to make waves in the coaching world

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'Systemic challenge' or worse? NATO members wrangle over how to treat China

NATO’s first new strategy concept in a decade will cite China as a concern for the first time but member states remain at odds over how to describe the country with the world's largest military and its relationship with Russia, NATO diplomats say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

NATO to Massively Increase High-readiness Forces to 300,000

NATO will increase the number of its forces at high readiness massively to over 300,000, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. "We will transform the NATO response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000," he told reporters ahead of a NATO summit in…

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NATO to boost troops on high alert to over 300,000 -Stoltenberg

NATO will boost the number of troops on high alert by more than sevenfold to over 300,000, its secretary-general said on Monday, as allies prepared to adopt a new strategy describing Moscow as a direct threat four months into the Ukraine war.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: What to expect from NATO’s new strategic concept

As the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations prepare to meet this week in Madrid, I’m reminded of a call I received shortly after I became supreme allied commander at the alliance in 2009. It was from Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and with the directness for which he…

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Spain turns to Africa, lobbies NATO, allies over Ukraine-driven migration

Spain is shifting its foreign policy towards Africa while lobbying the EU and NATO for support to address migration from the continent, aggravated by the Ukraine invasion, two senior government officials and two diplomatic sources told Reuters.

Reuters

Go-slow Turkey unlikely to reach Nordics deal at NATO meet - sources

A NATO summit this week is unlikely to see a breakthrough to overcome Turkey's opposition to Sweden and Finland's membership bids as Ankara takes an unrushed approach to negotiations, according to Turkish officials and Western diplomats.

The Conversation

Some see NZ's invite to the NATO summit as a reward for a shift in foreign policy, but that's far from accurate

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s acceptance of an invitation to speak at this week’s NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid has fuelled a narrative that New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is falling victim to a new Cold War.

Reuters

NATO to pledge aid to Baltics and Ukraine, urge Turkey to let in Nordics

NATO leaders will urge Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to lift his veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the military alliance when they meet for a three-day summit on Tuesday, as the West strives to send Russia and China a signal of resolve.

The Guardian - AU

Warning over Omicron subvariants as nation records 23 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Erdogan to meet with leaders of Sweden, Finland before NATO summit

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will attend a round of talks with the leaders of Sweden and Finland, as well as NATO on Tuesday ahead of the summit in Madrid, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday.

Reuters

Thousands protest in Madrid against NATO summit

Carrying the hammer and sickle flags of the former Soviet Union, thousands protested in Madrid on Sunday against a NATO summit which will take place in the Spanish capital next week.

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