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The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Stoltenberg: NATO in talks about sanctions against China

NATO member states are discussing the possibility of imposing sanctions on China because of the country's support for Russia. This is what Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says in an interview with the BBC.

He believes that China and President Xi Jinping are playing a double game by both supporting Putin during the war in Ukraine and trying to maintain relations with European countries.

- It will not work in the long run, he says to the British channel.

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The Swedish security situation
The DCA agreement is discussed in Finland - may change the nuclear weapons law

The DCA agreement is also a hot potato in Finland. In July, the Finnish parliament is expected to adopt the same type of agreement that Sweden is voting on today.

Finnish legislation currently puts a stop to deploying nuclear weapons - but that may change, reports DN and Ekot.

- Current legislation has no strategic logic, it was created in the 1980s to prevent Soviet nuclear weapons in Finland, says Matti Pesu, researcher at the Institute for Foreign Policy in Helsinki, to the radio.

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The North Korea crisis
North Korean soldiers crossed the border - again

Dozens of soldiers from North Korea temporarily crossed the border into South Korea on Tuesday morning local time, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap. About 20-30 North Korean soldiers crossed the so-called armistice line with work tools in their hands.

South Korean military fired warning shots prompting the soldiers to return to the North Korean side of the border. According to a statement from the South Korean army, the incident must have happened accidentally.

It is the second time in two weeks that soldiers from North Korea have crossed the border.

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The new election in France
National assembly leader: Need absolute majority

Jordan Bardella, leader of France's anti-immigration National Assembly, believes that his party must gain a clear majority in parliament in order to govern. This is evident from an interview in Le Parisien.

- To govern, I need an absolute majority, he says.

In the interview, the party leader also says that his first action if he becomes prime minister would be to review the scope for reform in the economy.

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Political situation in Peru
Confidence in the president is collapsing among Peru's elite

Peru's president Dina Boluarte is not a popular type in business circles, writes Bloomberg. Only 12 percent of the CEOs of the country's largest companies state that they have confidence in her in an Ipsos survey - a race compared to 71 percent in the survey a year ago.

It is still a strong figure compared to the general public, where 6 percent say they have confidence in the president, according to the magazine Semana Economica.