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President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Aug. 18 for a bilateral meeting and later an expanded meeting with European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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More than 150 migrants sit on the pier after arriving aboard two boats at the port of Los Cristianos, in Tenerife, on October 23, 2023. DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A Dangerous Sea Journey Was Just the Start of One Migrant’s Ordeal

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French President Emmanuel Macron, seen waiting for Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein in Paris on Wednesday, has reappointed the same prime minister who resigned days earlier, asking him to try forming a government again. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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Young people dance in The Matchmaker Bar during the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland, on Sept. 27. The annual event, known as Europe's biggest matchmaking festival, draws thousands seeking love, music and dancing. Rob Stothard for NPR hide caption

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In Ireland, one small town is still playing matchmaker

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen as he announces a trade deal with the EU at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 27, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption

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French outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who resigned just a day after naming his government, arrives to deliver his statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Stephane Mahe/Pool via AP hide caption

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Then French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu (right) and France's President Emmanuel Macron talk at the end of an address by the president to army leaders in Paris on July 13. Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP hide caption

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Chairman of opposition "ANO" (YES) movement Andrej Babiš arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Friday. The populist billionaire won a parliamentary election on Saturday. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption

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A sniper is seen on a roof as police secures the venue of a meeting of European Union leaders at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday. Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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After drone flights, NATO countries send troops to Denmark for EU leaders' meeting

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Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, left, visits the scene following the incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Peter Byrne//PA hide caption

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Tony Blair speaks onstage during the Government & AI panel discussion on Day 1 of SXSW London 2025 in June. Jack Taylor/Getty Images for SXSW London hide caption

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Trump wants former British prime minister Tony Blair to help govern postwar Gaza

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Rabbi Daniel Walker (third from left) stands among armed police officers as they talk with members of the Jewish community outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, following an attack at the synagogue on Thursday. Paul Currie/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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At least two people have been killed in an attack at a U.K. synagogue

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Ukrainian national guard medics treat wounded soldiers on the front line in the direction of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on February 18, 2025. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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A Ukrainian man displays a military drone known as the Mini-Shark at an arms conference in Lviv, Ukraine on Aug. 28. The event highlighted Ukraine's rapidly growing weapons industry, and was held in an underground parking garage so it would not be interrupted by one of Russia's frequent air strikes. Greg Myre/NPR hide caption

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