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Juncker and Johnson to speak for second time this summer on the phone, while London's top Brexit man will be in Brussels on Wednesday for "technical talks".

US sanctions are causing food and medical shortages in Iran, its ambassador to the EU writes, while the EU is doing little to help.

With Togo becoming the fifteenth country to revoke its recognition of Kosovo, according to Serbia's foreign minister, Belgrade has moved closer to its goal of having half of UN member states not recognising its former province's independence.

Toppling governments is a tricky business, even when the administration in question only has a majority of one seat, as is the case in the UK.

The world's largest forests, which include those in the Amazon, Equatorial and Siberian regions, have suffered from severe forest fires this summer. These forests play a key role in protecting the climate, as they are crucial for terrestrial carbon sequestration. EURACTIV's partner le Journal de l'environnement reports.

The UK will decide by the autumn whether to grant Huawei involvement in the country's future 5G investment, according to Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan. Meanwhile, the Chinese firm remains confident and its founder recently told EURACTIV that it is "very likely" Huawei products will be used in future UK core 5G networks.

Serbia will have to dissolve its new free-trade pact with Russia's Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) when it joins the EU, the European Commission has said.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has condemned Russia for "multiple violations" against Sergei Magnitsky, an anti-fraud activist who died in pre-trial detention in 2009. The unanimous court decision, on Tuesday, including by a Russian judge, said Russian authorities deprived Magnitsky of medical care and failed to protect his life. They ordered Russia to pay €34,000 compensation to Magnitsky's wife and mother.

For all the turbulence the G7 states wrapped up the summit by issuing a joint statement. French President Emmanuel Macron had previously announced that there would be no final declaration due to differences of opinion with US President Donald Trump. Many commentators credit Macron for the progress made on the trade dispute and Iran. For some, however, the French host went too far.

In Bucharest the coalition between the ruling Social Democrats (PSD) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Alde) has collapsed after the two parties failed to agree on a joint candidate for the presidential elections in November. The Social Democrats - led by Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă - have said they want to continue governing. Commentators doubt that this is a viable approach.

The brutal murder of a woman by her ex-husband has caused a wave of outrage in Turkey. Ermine Bulut was stabbed to death on 18 August in front of her ten-year-old daughter. The murder was caught on video by a witness. After being threatened by her ex-husband, Bulut contacted the police on the day of the killing, but they apparently failed to take action. What is the cause of this extreme violence against women?