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Italy readies navy to protect its shipping amid Bab el-Mandeb tensions

ROME, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Italy is preparing for a possible naval mission to safeguard its merchant shipping as security concerns mount in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday. Crosetto said he and Italy's chief of defence staff had agreed to mobilise the navy to prepare "whatever is necessary" to guarantee the secure transit of Italian vessels, arguing that…

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Ukraine and UK establish joint commission on culture

In London, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture, Tetiana Berezhna, and the UK Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Ian…

  • Ukraine and UK form joint Ukrainian-British Commission on Culture.
  • Commission aims to boost cultural cooperation and knowledge exchange.
  • £2.8 million UK funding for Ukraine's cultural sector and heritage conservation.

·en.interfax.com.ua

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