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A Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, officials have said.

Russia's Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated.

Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces' operational training department, the committee added.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals being negotiated with U.S. officials for a peace deal to end his country’s nearly four-year war with Russia could be finalized within days, after which American envoys will present them to the Kremlin before further possible meetings in the United States next weekend.

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The French state's attempt to suspend Shein's website in France was rejected by a court on Friday, which ruled the request "disproportionate." This decision came after the Asian e-commerce giant had already removed illicit products found on its platform,

which had prompted French authorities to seek a three-month block following the discovery of items like weapons, banned medications, and childlike sex dolls.

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Amidst a national housing crisis, Spain's leftist government on Monday levied a fine exceeding 64 million euros ($75 million) against Airbnb for publishing listings of prohibited rental properties. The consumer affairs ministry confirmed the finality of the fine, ordering the US holiday-rental platform to "correct the violations by deleting illegal content" to comply with regulations.

The fine is equivalent to six times the illegal profit made by Airbnb between the time the company was warned about the offending adverts and before they were taken down, the ministry added.

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The European Union has reached a decisive breakthrough in its long-running effort to channel frozen Russian assets into financial support for Ukraine, agreeing to indefinitely immobilise Moscow's sovereign funds held across the bloc. The move eliminates the risk that future political disagreements, particularly from Hungary or Slovakia, could force the return of the €210 billion in Russian central bank holdings locked in European institutions since the 2022 invasion.

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