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The European Commission advanced a $2.3 trillion budget proposal that would boost EU defense spending through the next three years.

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French and Belgian jurists are due to file a case before the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) on Thursday against the EU Commission and Council for alleged “failure to prevent genocide” in Gaza. Legal proceedings will come on the back of the failure by EU ministers on Tuesday to agree on suspending the EU- Israel Association Agreement.

Amnesty says that a vote by ministers not to sanction Israel over its crimes in Gaza ’will be remembered as one of the most disgraceful moments in EU history’

The indirect negotiations in the Qatari capital, Doha, appeared deadlocked at the weekend after both sides blamed the other for blocking a deal for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of hostages.