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Europe
Greece
February 1, 2025 Greece’s relations with Turkey has forced Athens to be on top of its defense spending (more than 3% of its GPD): Greek defense minister Dendias (Source: Fox News - U.S.)
Serbia
February 1, 2025 On Nov. 1 a huge concrete canopy at Novi Sad's main railway station collapsed, killing 15 people. The crash sparked a wide anti-corruption movement and months of student-led street protests. Students lead blockade of bridges over the River Danube in the city of Novi Sad today. President Vucic has accused students and other protesters of working for foreign intelligence services to oust him from power. (Source: France24 / AP - United States)
Ukraine
February 1, 2025 The United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, potentially by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree a truce with Russia in the coming months, Kellogg, President Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia told in an interview. "Most democratic nations have elections in their time of war. I think it is important they do so," Kellogg said. "I think it is good for democracy. That's the beauty of a solid democracy, you have more than one person potentially running." Kellogg and other White House officials have discussed in recent days pushing Ukraine to agree to elections as part of an initial truce with Russia. Trump officials are also debating whether to push for an initial ceasefire before trying to broker a more permanent deal. If presidential elections were to take place in Ukraine, the winner could be responsible for negotiating a longer-term pact with Moscow. Zelenskiy's five-year term was supposed to end in 2024 but presidential and parliamentary polls cannot be held under martial law, which Ukraine imposed in February 2022. Putin has said publicly he does not think Zelenskiy is a legitimate leader in the absence of a renewed electoral mandate and that he does not have the legal right to sign binding documents related to a potential peace deal. According to the Russian leader, however, Zelenskiy could take part in negotiations in the meantime but must first revoke a 2022 decree he signed banning talks with Russia for as long as Putin is in charge. Ukrainian legislation explicitly prohibits presidential and parliamentary elections being held under martial law. A former Western official raised concerns that lifting martial law could allow mobilized soldiers to leave the military, trigger an exodus of hard currency and prompt large numbers of draft-age men to run for the border, it could also ignite political instability, because it would make Zelenskiy a lame duck, diluting his power and influence and fueling jockeying by potential challengers. (Source: Reuters - United Kingdom)
North America
1 February 2025 US federal websites scrub vaccine information and LGBTQ references. (Source: BBC – United Kingdom)
United States
Feb 01, 2025 'This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior isis Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia. These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies. The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians'. (Source: Truth Social – a social media platform, U.S.)
by (President) Trump
February 1, 2025 Crashed US Army Black Hawk unit was "on a routine, annual re-training of night flights on a standard corridor for a continuity of government mission". (Source: MSN - U.S. / Reuters - United Kingdom)
Space
February 1, 2025 A recently discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a 1.2 percent chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032, the European Space Agency and NASA have found. (Source: Radio New Zealand / CNN - U.S.)
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