CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, CNN More evidence has emerged of a steady build-up of Russian military equipment and deployments around Ukraine, with new satellite images revealing a further expansion of the military presence at multiple locations in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia. Russian forces have moved into Belarus in the last two weeks.

By Umaro Djau, Stephanie Busari and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said an attempted military coup to overthrow him had failed on Tuesday, and called for calm across the country during a national address broadcast on Radio TV Bantaba. “I have never imagined that we would arrive to this type of situation,”

By Nathan Hodge, Uliana Pavlova and Darya Tarasova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his government was studying the responses from the United States and NATO to his security demands related to Ukraine but that it was clear the Kremlin’s main complaints “had been ignored.” For weeks, Putin had said little publicly about

By Ivana Kottasová, Nathan Hodge, Anna Chernova and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Kremlin said Tuesday that there had been a “mix-up” over its reply to the United States on the Ukraine crisis, as diplomatic efforts to deter a Russian invasion picked up pace. State Department officials confirmed Monday they had “received a written followup from

By Scott McLean, Livvy Doherty and Lauren Kent, CNN Denmark has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions within the country, with coronavirus no longer considered a “socially critical sickness,” according to the government. This means that an indoor mask mandate, the use of a “Covid pass” for bars, restaurants and other indoor venues, and the legal obligation

By Tamara Qiblawi, Eoin McSweeney and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Qatar is on its way to becoming a major non-NATO ally of the United States, a sign of its growing relevance to Washington’s global agenda. Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani became the first Gulf Arab leader to visit the Biden White House on

A stripped-back report into gatherings held at the heart of the UK’s government while the country was under strict Covid-19 restrictions has now been published. In her findings, senior civil servant Sue Gray highlights “failures of leadership,” poor judgment and heavy alcohol consumption in Johnson’s administration during the pandemic. Read the full text here: The-CNN-Wire™

CNN By Donie O’Sullivan and Jo Shelley, CNN A fishing community on the southern tip of Ireland breathed a sigh of relief this weekend after the Russian government gave in to appeals from local fishermen who said naval drills ordered by Moscow off the Irish coast could endanger their livelihoods. “I’m shocked, really,” Patrick Murphy,

By Donie O’Sullivan and Jo Shelley, CNN A fishing community on the southern tip of Ireland breathed a sigh of relief this weekend after the Russian government gave in to appeals from local fishermen who said naval drills ordered by Moscow off the Irish coast could endanger their livelihoods. “I’m shocked, really,” Patrick Murphy, head

By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN Yohannes and Gebremeskel knew it would be freezing cold inside the bulk cargo area of the Airbus A350 plane on the long flight from Ethiopia’s capital to Belgium. But the two ground technicians with Ethiopian Airlines, both of Tigrayan origin, said they felt a threat from the Ethiopian

By Tamara Qiblawi, Sahar Akbarzai, Andrew Carey and Jessie Yeung, CNN The United States joined the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday to intercept and destroy a ballistic missile as the Israeli President was in the country on a historic visit, according to authorities. The attack marks the third such incident in January. The attack