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- by FRANCE 24Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday her country faced a “decisive moment” in its diplomatic dispute with the United States over Greenland, after Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the Arctic territory. Speaking ahead of meetings in Washington on raw materials, Frederiksen said “there is a conflict over Greenland”.
- by FRANCE24Kyiv residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside their unheated apartments on Saturday as engineers struggled to restore power, water and heat knocked out in the latest salvo of Russian strikes. Some have been forced to choose between eating a hot meal or keeping warm.
- by FRANCE 24The owner of the bar where 40 people died at a New Years eve party in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, told police a service door had been locked from the inside during the blaze. Jacques and Jessica Moretti, co-owners of the Constellation bar, are suspected of homicide in relation to the incident.
- by FRANCE 24Strom Goretti barrelled through northern Europe on Friday killing one man in the UK after a tree fell onto a caravan and leaving 100,000 French homes without power on Saturday.
- by FRANCE 24A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire in southern Russia, local authorities said on Saturday, as Kyiv continues to target Russian energy sites in a bid to deprive Moscow of oil revenue. The Ukrainian attack came one day after Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile at Western Ukraine.