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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

LORNE COOK

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen (L) speaks as party President Jordan Bardella listens after French President Emmanuel Macron announced his call for new general elections, during an evening gathering on the final day of the European Parliament election, at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy in Paris, June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)
June 10, 2024, 12:50 pm
Despite major gains by far-right in EU elections, mainstream groups remain dominant
Christian Democrats, Socialists ahead in 27-country vote; Macron trounced by Le Pen; Italian PM almost doubles seats; German extreme right defeats chancellor’s Social Democrats
By Raf Casert, LORNE COOK and Samuel Petrequin
Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react at the party's election night headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
June 9, 2024, 11:02 pm
EU projection shows far-right parties making big gains in European elections
Centrist groups expected to keep majority in European Parliament as results trickle in, with Greens predicted to lose around 20 seats and fall to sixth position in legislature
By LORNE COOK, Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin
Voters fill in their ballot papers at a polling station during the European Parliament and the local elections in Salgotarjan, Hungary, June 9, 2024. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)
June 9, 2024, 11:15 am
Polls open in 20 EU countries on final day of voting for European Parliament
Four-day election cycle winds up as citizen members of European Union bloc cast votes for 720 elected members; all eyes on possible gains by far-right parties
By LORNE COOK
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, June 29, 2023. (Virginia Mayo/AP)
July 4, 2023, 2:57 pm
NATO again extends Secretary-General Stoltenberg’s mandate, seeking safe familiarity
Military alliance failed to reach consensus on replacement for Norwegian leader as it remains wary of ongoing war in Ukraine
By LORNE COOK
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, greet each other after joint press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 20, 2023, 6:35 pm
Meeting Zelensky in Kyiv, NATO chief says Ukraine’s ‘rightful place’ is in alliance
Ukrainian leader asks Jens Stoltenberg to push for members of defensive pact to supply more weaponry, including aircraft
By LORNE COOK and SAMYA KULLAB
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference with the Turkish foreign minister (not pictured) following talks in Ankara, on February 16, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)
April 20, 2023, 1:05 pm
NATO chief visits Kyiv for first time since Russian invasion
Visit appears to be largely symbolic as military alliance has no official presence in Ukraine and only provides non-lethal support to country
By LORNE COOK and SAMYA KULLAB
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, speaks with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky at a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, December 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
December 12, 2022, 10:29 pm
EU slaps sanctions on Iranian officials over protest crackdown, Russia drone sales
The bloc’s foreign ministers target 20 individuals including clerics and top state media employees, banning them from traveling to Europe, freezing their assets
By LORNE COOK
Flags of NATO members fly outside the NATO headquarters, November 16, 2022 in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
November 16, 2022, 2:02 pm
NATO holds emergency talks after Russian-made missile kills 2 in Poland
As Biden and US officials say the projectiles were likely fired by Ukrainian forces, NATO meeting doesn’t appear to focus on perceived threat to a member state
By LORNE COOK
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 13, 2022. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
October 13, 2022, 10:07 pm
NATO warns Putin not to cross ‘very important line’ of using nuclear weapons
After Russian threats to utilize such weapons against Ukraine, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says ‘irresponsible and reckless rhetoric is dangerous’
By LORNE COOK
Finland's Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen, left, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden's Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff attend a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2022. (Johanna Geron/Pool via AP)
May 18, 2022, 10:59 am
NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply
Jens Stoltenberg welcomes membership requests by two countries neighboring Russia at ‘crucial moment for our security’
By LORNE COOK
Ukrainian servicemen study a Sweden shoulder-launched weapon system Carl Gustaf M4 during a training session on the Kharkiv outskirts, Ukraine, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP/Andrew Marienko)
April 8, 2022, 12:31 am
As evidence of atrocities mounts, NATO countries move to send more arms to Ukraine
Head of alliance doesn’t say what weapons being sent by whom; Blinken says new types of equipment transfers being examined in reaction to images out of Bucha and elsewhere
By LORNE COOK and Matthew Lee
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March 11, 2022, 9:08 pm
Russia is wreaking havoc in Ukraine, but Mariupol’s no Aleppo — yet
Despite the carnage in Ukrainian cities, drawing comparisons to destruction in Syria and Chechnya, analysts say Russia has not unleashed all its airpower during invasion
By LORNE COOK
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, on February 27, 2022. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool Photo via AP)
February 27, 2022, 8:08 pm
EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines, will buy Ukraine arms
European Commission President von der Leyen also declares that news outlets Sputnik and Russia Today ‘will no longer be able to spread their lies’ in the EU
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and LORNE COOK
A serviceman of the self-declared Luhansk republic poses for a photographer in a shelter on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants at the frontline with Ukrainian government forces in Slavyanoserbsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, on February 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)
February 21, 2022, 11:02 pm
Putin recognizes Ukraine separatist territories as independent, defying West
Russian president claims Western countries threatening Russia; EU says sanctions on the table; 2 Ukrainian soldiers, 1 civilian killed in shelling
By LORNE COOK, YURAS KARMANAU and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
A photograph taken on February 17, 2022 shows Belarus' armored personnel carrier (APC) during joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus as part of an inspection of the Union State's Response Force, at a firing range near a town of Osipovichi outside Minsk. (Maxim GUCHEK / BELTA / AFP)
February 17, 2022, 6:29 pm
‘Very high’ risk Russia will invade Ukraine within days, Biden warns
Moscow kicks out US deputy mission chief as US defense secretary suggests Kremlin looking to ‘justify’ potential incursion into Ukraine with shelling along border
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LORNE COOK
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