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...The Élysée and the TV station concerned, France 24, quickly debunked the video as fake and AI-generated....
...The Polish commander of Eurocorps, a multinational Nato-EU battlegroup based in France, has been dismissed and recalled to Warsaw to face a counter-intelligence investigation....
...France suggested that capital integration could progress on a voluntary basis, but this was rebuked by Germany, which fears it would add to fragmentation....
...Germany’s deputy chancellor said there was “no chance” of sending ground troops to Ukraine and, in a rebuff to France, told Paris it should instead supply Kyiv with more weapons....
...He singled out four EU member states with which the UK should seek to “double down” on close relations: France, Germany, Ireland and Poland....
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...But when Iran launched its strike on Israel last weekend, the US led a group of countries, including the UK, France and Jordan, that helped to shoot down the barrage....
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