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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will ​not travel to ‌New York as planned next week because ​his presence is ​required in Berlin, a ⁠government source said ​on Tuesday.

Russia downed 180 drones in ​the Moscow region overnight, the capital's ‌mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on the Telegram messaging app early on Tuesday, in ​one of the biggest Ukrainian ​air attacks on the Russian capital.

Two Ukrainian drones hit and ​sank a civilian vessel owned by ‌Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom sailing in the Black Sea overnight, the company's head, ​Alexei Likhachev, said in a ​statement on Saturday.

The European Union pledged on Monday aid worth €120 ​million ($137.14 million) to strengthen the ‌air defence system of Moldova.

Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, in a shift from ​planned U.S. deployments to Germany's own long-range strike capability.

Greek ​rescuers were searching for ‌people trapped after a four-storey apartment block collapsed on ​Tuesday in the ​Petralona area of Athens, the ⁠fire brigade said.

The U.S. plans to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from bases in Europe ​and will present its proposals to ‌NATO allies next month, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday, citing an ​unidentified Pentagon source.

Russia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Armenia for consultations in protest at its rapprochement ​with the European Union as a June 7 ‌election nears.

The State Department's top aid official said on ‌Thursday that $1.8 billion in new humanitarian aid to be provided by the U.S. through the United Nations would be used in line with the Trump administration's foreign policy interests.