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The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone?

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Life   来源:Analysis  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:No one has been sentenced in connection with the tragedy in the northern city of Novi Sad. Authorities have indicted over a dozen people but doubts prevail that the proceedings will uncover

No one has been sentenced in connection with the tragedy in the northern city of Novi Sad. Authorities have indicted over a dozen people but doubts prevail that the proceedings will uncover

Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine atWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s presidential election has come down to a stark ideological choice: a liberal pro-European mayor versus a staunch nationalist conservative. They are polling so close that the outcome is impossible to predict in the run-off round on Sunday.

The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone?

It’s not just a domestic affair. President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind the nationalist candidate, Karol Nawrocki, and dangled the prospect of closer military ties if Poles choose him over liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski.This combination of photos shows Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, left, in Warsaw, Poland, on March 14, 2022 and Karol Nawrocki in Szeligi near Warsaw, Poland, on March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)This combination of photos shows Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, left, in Warsaw, Poland, on March 14, 2022 and Karol Nawrocki in Szeligi near Warsaw, Poland, on March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone?

Trump met with Nawrocki earlier this month at the White House and sent his Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem toof the conservative pressure group CPAC in Poland, where she offered a strong endorsement.

The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone?

Noem even dangled the prospect of closer U.S.-Polish military ties in the event of a Nawrocki win — with the implied warning that a Trzaskowski victory could jeopardize Poland’s security.

Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who maintains close Kremlin ties, also gave his support to Nawrocki at a CPAC meeting in Budapest on Thursday.Here’s what’s known about the emerging negotiations that aim to bring about an extended truce in the war in exchange for hostages that remain in captivity:

People attend a rally marking 600 days since Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza, demanding their release and an end to the war, at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)People attend a rally marking 600 days since Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza, demanding their release and an end to the war, at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to end the war until all the hostages are released and Hamas is either destroyed or disarmed and sent into exile. He has said Israel willand facilitate what he refers to as the voluntary emigration of much of its population.

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