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Stern]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Zelensky has targeted two of Ukraine's most powerful men: Billionaires Rinat Akhmetov and Petro Poroshenko. 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Stern]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Zelensky has targeted two of Ukraine's most powerful men: Billionaires Rinat Akhmetov and Petro Poroshenko. 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</media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/22/astra-zeneca-oxford-covid-vaccine-omicron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[French police uncover 182,000 fake covid health passes]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/21/france-fake-health-pass-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:44:26 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Pannett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Using or selling a false health pass to dodge coronavirus restrictions for restaurants, bars and public transport is punishable by five years in prison and a 75,000 euro fine.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CBLTOSDAEAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CBLTOSDAEAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CBLTOSDAEAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CBLTOSDAEAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/21/france-fake-health-pass-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Richard Rogers, high-tech modernist who won architecture’s Pritzker Prize, dies at 88]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/20/architect-richard-rogers-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:06:19 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harrison Smith]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[His unorthodox, inside-out designs for the Pompidou Center in Paris and Lloyd’s insurance headquarters in London transfixed the architecture world.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/I7AB4MDAOQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/I7AB4MDAOQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/I7AB4MDAOQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/I7AB4MDAOQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/20/architect-richard-rogers-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[U.K. omicron cases explode, while Boris Johnson faces new allegations of lockdown parties]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/20/britain-boris-party-london-omicron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:31:21 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Booth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scientists are pushing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take tougher measures to slow the number of new infections driven by the omicron variant.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_e9cd9b793ec94fd0bf5a91ecc6b225a0_name_UK_omicron.png&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_e9cd9b793ec94fd0bf5a91ecc6b225a0_name_UK_omicron.png&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_e9cd9b793ec94fd0bf5a91ecc6b225a0_name_UK_omicron.png&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" 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That’s a tough choice.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/20/nord-stream-pipeline-germany-scholz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:01:09 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Faiola]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Less than two weeks into the new German chancellor’s tenure, the fate of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is an early test of German leadership in a post-Angela Merkel world.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EWZXOCS6O4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EWZXOCS6O4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EWZXOCS6O4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EWZXOCS6O4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/20/nord-stream-pipeline-germany-scholz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[On Ukraine’s front, a real war overshadows worries about a possible future one with Russia]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/19/russia-ukraine-front-fighting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:00:56 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabelle Khurshudyan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In villages hit by shelling from Russian-backed separatists and in front-line trenches, the political dueling between in Moscow and the West can seem far away.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WA2R6CS7PMI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WA2R6CS7PMI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WA2R6CS7PMI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WA2R6CS7PMI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/19/russia-ukraine-front-fighting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[An ice cream man died of cancer. A funeral procession of ice cream trucks honored ‘the king.’]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/18/ice-cream-trucks-funeral-procession-dervish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:52:53 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Bella]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The jingles from ice cream trucks flooded the streets of southeast London in memory of Hassan Dervish, a 62-year-old man hailed by loved ones as the “king of the ice cream.”]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MWI5K3SK5BAIPPPSTRYPBYANR4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MWI5K3SK5BAIPPPSTRYPBYANR4.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MWI5K3SK5BAIPPPSTRYPBYANR4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MWI5K3SK5BAIPPPSTRYPBYANR4.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/18/ice-cream-trucks-funeral-procession-dervish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Highly vaccinated countries thought they were over the worst. Denmark says the pandemic’s toughest month is just beginning.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/omicron-variant-denmark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:24:41 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chico Harlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a country that tracks the spread of coronavirus variants as closely as any in the world, the signals have never been more concerning.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O6QYPNC7JYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O6QYPNC7JYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O6QYPNC7JYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O6QYPNC7JYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/omicron-variant-denmark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/nuclear-energy-climate-france-germany/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:09:23 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Noack]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The French government wants to build new reactors. The German government wants to shut them down.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5ONQWDS7QUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5ONQWDS7QUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5ONQWDS7QUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5ONQWDS7QUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/nuclear-energy-climate-france-germany/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s foreign minister wants West to clarify its sanction threats to Moscow]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/ukraine-russia-sanctions-military/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:31 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[David L. Stern]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Otherwise, "we’re just blah blah blah," said Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CLIUOYS7P4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CLIUOYS7P4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CLIUOYS7P4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CLIUOYS7P4I6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/ukraine-russia-sanctions-military/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[In a bad sign for Boris Johnson, Britain’s Conservatives lose Parliament seat they held for nearly 200 years]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/17/boris-johnson-election-lib-dems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:16:21 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karla Adam]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“Boris Johnson, the party is over,” warned Helen Morgan, the newly elected lawmaker of the Liberal Democrats, in the latest setback for the prime minister.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6YY5KJS7FII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6YY5KJS7FII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6YY5KJS7FII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6YY5KJS7FII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/17/boris-johnson-election-lib-dems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Russia broadens security demands from West, seeking to curb U.S. and NATO influence on borders]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/17/ukraine-russia-military/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:55:15 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robyn Dixon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Putin’s far-reaching security demands have been repeatedly ruled out by NATO officials.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/P37XUZC7HQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/P37XUZC7HQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/P37XUZC7HQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/P37XUZC7HQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/17/ukraine-russia-military/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Amid warnings to Russia over feared Ukraine attack, E.U. struggles over how tough to set sanctions]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/16/ukraine-europe-russia-sanctions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:13:39 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Perry Stein]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[E.U. officials have not revealed details about possible sanctions under consideration. Finding common ground is the first challenge.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EYIXXEC6OUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EYIXXEC6OUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EYIXXEC6OUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EYIXXEC6OUI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/16/ukraine-europe-russia-sanctions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Kyiv keeping calm and carrying on even as Kremlin boosts pressure on Ukraine]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/16/ukraine-russia-kyiv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:00:20 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabelle Khurshudyan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kyiv has bunkers and a civilian defense forces ready, but many in the city are skeptical that current threats from Moscow are any more serious than those before.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/66Y64WS5VAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/66Y64WS5VAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/66Y64WS5VAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/66Y64WS5VAI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/16/ukraine-russia-kyiv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[E.U. members must recognize familial ties of same-sex couples and their children, top court rules]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/15/eu-court-same-sex-couples-rights-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:55:42 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maite Fernández Simon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The decision boosted the rights of same-sex parents across the continent.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AIILXDS46QI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AIILXDS46QI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AIILXDS46QI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AIILXDS46QI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/15/eu-court-same-sex-couples-rights-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[German court convicts Russian in brazen Berlin assassination, links it to Moscow]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/15/germany-russia-chechen-murder-berlin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world-europe]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:21:50 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Guinan-Bank]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[German authorities have long suspected Russian agents were behind the execution-style killing in 2019, and two Russian diplomats were expelled over the case.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTIYBRS5SQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTIYBRS5SQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTIYBRS5SQI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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