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Firefighters battle France’s 1st major forest blaze of 2023

Washington Post Hundreds of firefighters are steadily wrestling under control France’s first major forest fire of the year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/france-fires-climate-environment/2059b89c-dcf1-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ex-leader Merkel to be decorated with highest German honor

Washington Post Former Chancellor Angela Merkel is to be decorated with Germany’s highest possible honor in recognition of her near-record 16 years at the helm of the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/germany-former-chancellor-merkel-honored/cd195f52-dceb-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Clinton, Blair to mark Northern Ireland peace milestone

Washington Post Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and past leaders of the U.K. and Ireland are gathering in Belfast on Monday, 25 years after their charm, clout and determination helped Northern Ireland strike a historic peace accord https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/northern-ireland-peace-anniversary-clinton-blair/8417fb82-dce7-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Iranian regime directly involved in poisoning hundreds of students in effort to stifle protests: report

Fox News More than 300 poisoning incidents have occurred at schools around Iran, which critics argue could not happen without Tehran’s acknowledgment or approval. “These attacks are most probably designed to punish and scare the Iranian people for the widespread protests that erupted in September 2022 after the murder of Mahsa Amini,” Saeed Ghasseminejad, senior…

Ukraine live briefing: China hails security ties with Russia; Warsaw and Kyiv in urgent talks on grain

Washington Post The European Union’s executive arm criticized Poland and Hungary after protests by farmers prompted them to temporarily ban the import of Ukrainian grain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Violence in Sudan for third day as civilian death toll rises to 97

Washington Post The U.N. World Food Program is temporarily halting operations in Sudan amid fighting between the military and the RSF paramilitary group. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/sudan-conflict-rsf-military/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Your Monday Briefing

New York Times Chaotic fighting in Sudan. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/briefing/sudan-fighting-trans-ukraine-grain.html

The ‘old Europe’ vs. ‘new Europe’ paradigm is back

Washington Post Former secretary of defense Donald H. Rumsfeld’s rubric of an “old Europe” juxtaposed against a more vibrant — and, from Washington’s perspective, amenable — “new” Europe endures, 20 years later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/old-europe-new-rumsfeld-eastern-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

2 bodies lifted from sea after Japan army helicopter crash

Washington Post Japan’s military has recovered two bodies of the 10 crewmembers from an army helicopter that had sunk to the bottom of the sea https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/16/japan-army-helicopter-crash-bodies-recovered/9a391be4-dcd3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

China willing to work with Russia to maintain global security, defense minister says

Washington Post The latest display of camaraderie will only intensify international concern that China is ready to provide lethal aid for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/16/china-russia-ukraine-military-weapons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world