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The dispute over import bans on Ukrainian agricultural products to certain EU countries is escalating. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised Poland's lack of solidarity. In response, Warsaw summoned the Ukrainian ambassador, and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki even called certain arms deliveries into question in an interview. Emotions are running high over the issue in other countries too, as a glance at Europe's press shows.

President Ilham Aliyev has claimed victory after Azerbaijani troops launched a fierce offensive in the Armenian separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a ceasefire that includes Armenian fighters laying down their weapons. Thousands of Armenians have fled the area. Commentators discuss causes, failures and consequences.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a watering down of the UK's climate targets. The ban on sales of new diesel and petrol vehicles is to be pushed back by five years to 2035 and the phasing out of gas heating will also be postponed. Sunak cited the excessive costs of environmental measures for citizens as the reason for his move. Pragmatic or backward-looking?