The European Council has extended its sectoral sanctions on Russia until January 31, 2026, in response to Russia’s continued destabilising actions in Ukraine.
The European Council announced on Monday that it would extend its sectoral sanctions on Russia for another six months, lasting until January 31, 2026.
The extended measures cover a broad range of sectors, including trade, finance, energy, technology, transport, and luxury goods. Notably, they include a ban on Russian seaborne oil imports, restrictions on major Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT banking system, and a suspension of Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed the extension on social media, reiterating the EU’s commitment to increasing pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
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The U.S. military said it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, a two-hour operation that hit dozens of targets. Washington described the strikes as a "powerful response" to Iranian missile attacks targeting U.S. forces in the Middle East a day earlier.
Iran’s army said it targeted U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait with drone attacks. Tehran said the operations were carried out in retaliation for recent U.S. strikes.
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At least three people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Saturday and several people were trapped in a partially collapsed building as a result of the strike, the city's mayor said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States has not agreed to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors.
Spain said it had reversed an unprecedented surge of migrants into its North African enclave of Ceuta, with most of the approximately 50,000 people who crossed the border by land and sea already having returned voluntarily.
Thousands of people spent the night on beaches, waiting by fences or wading through the sea in the hope of reaching Europe, as an estimated 49,000 migrants crossed into Spain's enclave of Ceuta in just 24 hours.
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