Rachel Armstrong

Europe Editor @Reuters

[Guy Faulconbridge @GuyReuters]

President Vladimir Putin faced two rival outlines of Russia's future in St Petersburg: the need to gird for a global confrontation with the West or the economic benefits to be reaped from ending the war in Ukraine > https://t.co/TQGuRwiF2u

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Ukrainian drones hit an oil terminal in St Petersburg and a warship in dry-dock at a nearby naval base, hours before Vladimir Putin's showcase economic forum got under way in the city, in a clear attempt to embarrass the Kremlin chief https://t.co/aYwHAluzhd

[Reuters Press Team @ReutersPR]

1863: Intercepting news at sea. Reuters built a telegraph line to southwest Ireland and met mail steamers offshore, gaining hours on American news while competitors waited for ships to dock. #Reuters175

[Anthony Deutsch @anotherdeutsch]

How Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes. "There's less hope” for accountability, Roksolana Makar of Truth Hounds, tells Reuters. See our full report out of Izium: https://t.co/AnPBncpNLd @HRL_YaleSPH @Mariam__Lambert @truth_hounds

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Investigators are racing to document Russian war crimes in Ukraine, but as Reuters’ Anthony Deutsch reports, the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid are leaving them with fewer resources and less hope for accountability https://t.co/CFZ7lqL3QW

[Paul Sandle @paulsandle]

Reuters went onto the streets of London to watch the Met using Live Facial Recognition. A wanted supsect was identified and arrested within an hour.
But it still concerns civil liberty campaigners.
https://t.co/yX1z96SgDk

[Phil Stewart @phildstewart]

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet NATO allies on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump called the alliance into question due to divisions over the Iran war and Washington announced plans to pull 5,000 troops from Germany.

Before leaving for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Sweden, Rubio said Trump was "very disappointed" in alliance members who had not allowed the U.S. to use bases on their territory for the war, singling out Spain in particular.

"You have countries like Spain denying us the use of these bases - well then why are you in NATO? That's a very fair question," Rubio told reporters in Miami. "In fairness, other countries in NATO have been very helpful. But we need to discuss that."

[Reuters @Reuters]

Spying scandal rocks English soccer as Southampton expelled from world's richest match https://t.co/N3AN1YT7yH https://t.co/N3AN1YT7yH

[Gram Slattery @G_Slattery]

Scoop:

The Trump admin is planning to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities the US would have available to assist European nations in a major crisis, like an invasion of a NATO member, sources said

w @JonathanLanday @andrew_r_gray

[Joshua McElwee @joshjmcelwee]

Pope Leo on Thursday decried rising European military spending, which grew ‌last year by the highest amount since the end of the Cold War amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, saying it was a betrayal of diplomacy. For @Reuters

https://t.co/AmGTj26irx

[Gram Slattery @G_Slattery]

NEW:

US intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Trump were to declare a unilateral victory and wind down the two-month-old war that ​has killed thousands and become a political liability for the White House, sources said

w/ @ErinBanco

[Lili Bayer @liliebayer]

NEW: NATO is considering ending its recent practice of holding annual summits, six sources told Reuters, a move that could avoid a potentially tense encounter with Trump in his final ‌year in office.

@humeyra_pamuk @andrew_r_gray

https://t.co/1syM4WTEHP

[Adam Ramsay Jourdan @ARJourdan]

Sawe marathon history a boost for Adidas in 'supershoe' war with Nike https://t.co/exAYkCddGJ @Reuters

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 ‘Look, from day one, when I arrived in Oslo, I said I’m planning to go back.’ Listen to this episode of the Reuters World News podcast to hear from Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in her interview with @ReutersRachel https://t.co/gEFRDaLuw8

[Gram Slattery @G_Slattery]

SCOOP, w/ @humeyra_pamuk:

U.S. officials have informed European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are ​likely to be delayed ​as the Iran war continues to ⁠draw on weapons stocks, three ​sources familiar with the matter told @Reuters

[Joshua McElwee @joshjmcelwee]

Pope Leo warned of the risk of democracies sliding into "majoritarian tyranny" on Tuesday, in a ​letter issued by the Vatican two days after U.S. ‌President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff on social media. For @Reuters

https://t.co/Cr6BrMlp1n

[Lili Bayer @liliebayer]

Tisza supporters dancing along the Danube.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Musicians perform at concert against Orban ahead of election https://t.co/3UmnRZCD8r

[Gram Slattery @G_Slattery]

Scoop, w @steveholland1:

Trump, upset at NATO's failure to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and angry that his plans to acquire Greenland have stalled, has discussed with advisers the option of removing some troops from Europe altogether and bringing them back to the US

[Joshua McElwee @joshjmcelwee]

Pope Leo said on Tuesday that threats ​against the population of Iran are "unacceptable," in an unusual appeal hours ‌after US President Donald Trump said "a whole civilization will die tonight" in a post that shocked world leaders. For @Reuters

https://t.co/azIqBwc9b8