NEW: We reviewed more than a thousand pages of Russian military documents left behind in a command bunker in Balakliia, Ukraine. The documents shed new light on Russia's chaotic retreat from the Kharkiv area in Sept. Thread with some of our findings 1/x

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2023 in Europe began with record-high temperatures - the first of many climate impacts that will be felt, and records that will be broken this year "Climate change is now making every heatwave more likely and hotter," says Dr Friederike Otto W/MatthiasWilliams reuters.com/business/envir…

'Feels like summer': warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe reut.rs/3GhduS1

#China's top diplomat accused the #USA of violating #international norms with "hysterical" behaviour, as a spat over a suspected Chinese spy balloon bubbled to the fore at a global security conference in Munich. Hümeyra Pamuk MatthiasWilliams reuters.com/world/china-sw…

A deadly rampage at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg has put scrutiny on how the gunman was in legal possession of a semi-automatic pistol despite Germany's tightened gun laws and a prior warning about his suspicious behaviour reuters.com/world/europe/a…

Banner at Arsenal for club fan Evan Gershkovich - a The Wall Street Journal reporter imprisoned in Russia for “espionage”

Analysis: Destruction of Kakhovka dam takes Ukraine war into uncharted territory. With ⁦Mark Trevelyan⁩ ⁦Gloria Dickie⁩ reuters.com/world/europe/d…

1/ #China poses a growing threat to global security, Germany said in its first national security strategy, underscoring Berlin's shift in emphasis from economic interests to geopolitics following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. with MatthiasWilliams reuters.com/world/europe/g…

#Poland election turns #Germany into punchbag, straining Western alliance by Sabine Siebold Marek Strzelecki Justyna Pawlak MatthiasWilliams reuters.com/world/europe/p…

#RussiaElections: West decries Putin’s reelection while #China, #India vow closer ties, by MatthiasWilliams and John Irish | Reuters reuters.com/world/europe/w….

Powerful piece of reporting from Chemnitz by Sarah Marsh and Christoph Steitz on how racial tensions are costing Germany Inc. skilled foreign labour reuters.com/markets/europe…

NATO finds gaping holes in defences of Europe reuters.com/business/aeros… Sabine Siebold MatthiasWilliams