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Inflation hits 9.1% in countries using euro currency

Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency hit another record in August, fueled by soaring energy prices mainly driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel spars with Russia and China

The famously combative former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff is taking on China and Russia.

Axios

UN nuclear team in Zaporizhzhia limbo as Russia narrows access to plant

IAEA experts wait to inspect frontline facility while Russia says they must join a queue

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Kremlin sees 'signals' of New START Treaty talks revival, but no progress - Ifax

There are "signals" on a possible resumption of talks to extend the New START Treaty to control U.S. and Russian nuclear arms, the Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday

Reuters

Germany ramps up military exports, mainly to arm Ukraine

German exports of military equipment have surged so far this year as Berlin supplies arms to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia's attack, the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Mushroom picker miraculously pulled out alive 4 days after falling into 24ft hole

Sergei Khmelevsky, 37, had no food but remarkably survived by drinking water from a puddle as he shouted and banged for help in a forest infested with wild bears and tigers in Knevichi in the Primorsky region of eastern Russia

Daily Mirror

In Russia, some attack Gorbachev's legacy but media reaction is low-key

Some pro-Kremlin politicians and commentators criticised the legacy of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday, while state media reported his death in mostly low-key fashion.

Reuters

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EU countries torn over Russian tourist visa ban move

Northern European Union countries are calling for a broad ban on tourist visas for Russian citizens

The Independent UK

EU complicates travel rules for Russians but baulks at visa ban

EU foreign ministers on Wednesday decided to make it more expensive and lengthier for Russians to obtain visas to travel to the bloc but stopped short of agreeing to the EU-wide visa ban that Ukraine and several member states had called for.

Reuters

Ukraine Lawmaker Questions Kyiv’s Strategic Partnership With Beijing

The lawmaker says Ukraine should reconsider its strategic partnership formed a decade ago with China, a key Russian ally.

The News Lens

Gorbachev will be laid to rest at the weekend, but no state funeral for former leader, says Russian media

The funeral will take place on Saturday

The Independent UK

Ukraine firefighters adapt to working in war zone

Firefighters in Ukraine used to have the protocols, the experience and the kit to deal with whatever blaze they encountered. When the war with Russia broke out, that all changed.

Reuters

UN inspectors moving to Ukriaine nuclear plant in war zone

A convoy of jeeps currying U.N. nuclear inspectors is crossing Ukraine toward the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant

The Independent UK

Russia halts gas flow to Europe through Nord Stream 1 pipeline

Russia cited routine maintenance as the reason, but Germany calls the cuts a political move

Evening Standard

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s Kuleba Urges EU to Ban Russian Tourists

The European Union should ban Russian tourists, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday, urging a step the bloc's foreign ministers gathered in Prague are unlikely to take due to deep divisions on the matter. Kuleba also proposed a program in which Russian soldiers who surrendered would be rewarded…

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to ‘courage’ of Gorbachev as PM hits out at current Russia leaders

Boris Johnson has warned that the Kremlin is ‘intent on undoing the good’ of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Al Jazeera

Japan plans longer-range missiles to counter China, Russia

Japan has become increasingly alarmed about China and Russia’s ambitions amid a number of territorial disputes.

Radio France Internationale

West pays tribute to Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who ended Cold War

Western leaders have paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, who died on Tuesday in Russia at the age of 91. France’s Emmanuel Macron hailed a "man of peace whose choices have opened a path of freedom for Russians”.

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New Russia Gas Halt Tightens Energy Screws on Europe

Russia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and raising the prospects of recession and energy rationing in some of the region's richest countries. The outage for maintenance on Nord Stream 1 means that no gas will flow…

The Independent UK

Russia temporarily stops gas flow through Nord Stream 1

Russia’s Gazprom has stopped the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe as it had announced in advance

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA Team Sets off Towards Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set off on Wednesday from the Ukrainian capital towards the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to inspect for damage after shelling nearby sparked fears of a radiation disaster. Russian forces captured the plant soon after they launched their Feb. 24 invasion of…

Evening Standard

Putin’s army ‘pushed back some distance in places’ on southern Ukraine frontline by counterattack, says UK

Vladimir Putin’s troops have been “pushed back some distance in places” along the frontline in southern Ukraine by a counterattack, British defence chiefs said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The death of Mikhail Gorbachev

In today’s newsletter: titanic figure of the 20th century, who had a key role in the end of the cold war, has died aged 91

Bangkok Post

Nuclear inspectors set off for plant as fighting rages: Ukraine update

KYIV, Ukraine: A team led by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency set off from Kyiv on Wednesday for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine that has sparked global concern.

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