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As Ties Warm, Türkiye’s President Says Greece May Be Able to Benefit from a Turkish Power Plant

A handout photo made available by the Hellenic Presidency Press Office shows Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (R) welcoming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), during their meeting at the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, 07 December 2023. EPA/THEODORE MANOLOPOULOS / HELLENIC PRESIDENCY HANDOUT
A handout photo made available by the Hellenic Presidency Press Office shows Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (R) welcoming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), during their meeting at the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, 07 December 2023. EPA/THEODORE MANOLOPOULOS / HELLENIC PRESIDENCY HANDOUT
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As Ties Warm, Türkiye’s President Says Greece May Be Able to Benefit from a Turkish Power Plant

A handout photo made available by the Hellenic Presidency Press Office shows Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (R) welcoming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), during their meeting at the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, 07 December 2023. EPA/THEODORE MANOLOPOULOS / HELLENIC PRESIDENCY HANDOUT
A handout photo made available by the Hellenic Presidency Press Office shows Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (R) welcoming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), during their meeting at the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, 07 December 2023. EPA/THEODORE MANOLOPOULOS / HELLENIC PRESIDENCY HANDOUT

Türkiye is considering allowing neighboring Greece to benefit from a nuclear power plant it plans to build near its Black Sea coast, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday.
Erdogan made the comments on his return from a visit to Athens on Thursday, where longtime regional rivals Greece and Türkiye took significant steps toward mending their troubled ties.
“We strive to develop and expand cooperation with Greece not only in the field of energy but also in all areas, including nuclear energy,” Erdogan told a group of journalists on his flight back. “For example, we can provide Greece the opportunity (to benefit) from energy from our nuclear power plant to be built in Sinop (Province).”
His comments were reported by state-run Anadolu and other media on Friday.
During Erdogan’s visit on Thursday, Greece and Türkiye signed more than a dozen cooperation deals on trade, energy and education and announced a roadmap for future high-level consultations aimed at avoiding crises.
Erdogan traveled to Greece promising to pursue a “win-win” approach that could lay the foundation for broader cooperation.
“I believe that my visit, which took place in a very positive atmosphere, will open a new page in Türkiye-Greece relations,” Erdogan said.
Longstanding disputes have led Athens and Ankara to the brink of war three times in the past 50 years.
The latest flare-up occurred in 2020, when Greek and Turkish navy ships shadowed each other in the eastern Mediterranean over a dispute about maritime boundaries and exploration rights for resources.
Erdogan was cited as saying he believes that a fair sharing of the natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean is possible “as long as we build the groundwork that will ensure this, work out a roadmap and not allow provocations.”

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Vance Says Some in Israeli Government Sought to Sway US on Iran Deal

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at This is the Turning Point Tour at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, US, April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at This is the Turning Point Tour at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, US, April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
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Vance Says Some in Israeli Government Sought to Sway US on Iran Deal

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at This is the Turning Point Tour at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, US, April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at This is the Turning Point Tour at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, US, April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo

US Vice President JD Vance said some members of the Israeli government had tried to influence US public opinion to oppose a deal by the US to end the war with Iran, in a podcast episode with host Joe Rogan posted on Wednesday.

The comments echoed earlier criticism of Israeli government policy by Vance, whom many view as a potential future presidential candidate, in a widening public rift between the two countries, Reuters reported.

Vance defended a deal reached last month to end the war with Iran, which critics in the US and Israel have slammed for failing to curb Iran's missile program and providing no clear path to dismantling its nuclear facilities, while constraining Israel in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Reuters reported.

"I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are trying to, like, actually shift us away from that policy because they want to continue the military campaign," Vance said.

The vice president said that, while he has "good relationships" with some members of the Israeli government, "there are some people within their system that we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely".

Vance said that many countries, allies and adversaries try to influence American policy and that "it doesn't bother me that Israel tries to do this, it frankly doesn't even bother me that Russia or some of these other countries do it". He said it was "just the nature of being a political leader in 2026".

"What does bother me is when those operations, those influence campaigns, actually affect American political judgment," said the vice president.

Vance lashed out at Israeli critics of the Iran deal in June, saying President Donald Trump is Israel's only ally, in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in US defense aid the country receives.

Israeli senior officials, speaking anonymously, have said the deal's terms were bad for Israel because they failed to address concerns over Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program, a view they say is shared across Israel's leadership.

When asked if he thought the US would have engaged in the most recent war with Iran were it not for Israeli influence, Vance said, "yes, yes I do."

"I think the president, separate from any influence from Israel, believes very strongly, and again I agree with this, that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon," Vance said.

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Ukraine Says Received 501 Bodies from Russia

Russian soldiers in Crimea (Reuters - file photo)
Russian soldiers in Crimea (Reuters - file photo)
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Ukraine Says Received 501 Bodies from Russia

Russian soldiers in Crimea (Reuters - file photo)
Russian soldiers in Crimea (Reuters - file photo)

Ukraine has received 501 bodies from Russia believed to be those of fallen soldiers, authorities Thursday, in one of the few areas of cooperation between the warring neighbours.

"As a result of repatriation efforts, 501 bodies of the deceased have been returned to Ukraine, which, according to the Russian side, may belong to Ukrainian servicemen," Kyiv's prisoners of war centre said, AFP reported.

The Red Cross helped facilitate the exchange, it added.

Investigators and forensic experts will now identify the repatriated remains, the Ukrainian body said.

Russia received the bodies of 31 soldiers, Russian lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev told the RBC news outlet.

Since Russia's 2022 invasion, exchanges of prisoners and the remains of fallen fighters have been one of the few areas of contact between Moscow and Kyiv.

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UK Unveils Sanctions against Sudan Gold Networks

The Britain's national flag flies next to the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Britain, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/ File Photo
The Britain's national flag flies next to the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Britain, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/ File Photo
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UK Unveils Sanctions against Sudan Gold Networks

The Britain's national flag flies next to the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Britain, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/ File Photo
The Britain's national flag flies next to the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Britain, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/ File Photo

Britain on Thursday announced sanctions targeting what it said are "illicit gold and finance networks" propping up rival factions in Sudan's devastating civil war.

The foreign ministry said the war-torn country's gold trade worth billions of dollars was helping finance "weapons procurement, military operations and the activities of armed groups".

The sanctions are aimed at 11 individuals and businesses suspected of being linked to the networks financing and supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army, AFP reported.

The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF, that erupted in April 2023, has killed 200,000 people by some estimates and displaced upwards of 11 million.

"The people of Sudan continue to pay the price for a war fuelled not only by guns and fighters, but by illicit flows of gold and finance to fill the war chests on both sides," Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said.

Africa's third-largest country is one of the continent's top gold producers, and the state Sudanese Mineral Resources Company reported a "five-year high" in production of 70 tonnes in 2025.

The United Nations on Wednesday said the rival factions were profiting from control over the country's resources and that a "war economy" was sustaining the conflict.

The UK has previously sanctioned senior commanders of the RSF, who have also been targeted by the European Union.

On Tuesday, the European Council had said it was also boosting sanctions.

In measures designed to "curb sources of financing for the conflict," the Council said it would ban "the purchase, import or transfer if gold originating in Sudan."