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euro-crisis levels as borrowing costs pass USDeath toll passes 150 after drone strike on Abyei marketTrilateral Ukraine talks eyed for November as Witkoff's Putin remark angers alliesMagnitude 7 earthquake kills at least 16 in northern TibetFrance bans non-union protests ahead of Saturday demonstrationsLula accepts Bolsonaro's terms for record disclosure before Brazil run-offAI debt worries weigh on markets as Meta credit risk hits recordTaiwan and China prepare as Super Typhoon Champi approachesIsrael's race stays tight as Netanyahu courts right-wing votersExperts expect Meta to fight $25bn New Mexico penalty on appealIsrael frees nine settler suspects to house arrest as UN calls West Bank violence out of controlSerbia's student list rallies in Belgrade as campaign closes before Sunday's voteNorth Korea to restart border propaganda broadcasts as tensions riseDeepSeek reportedly raises $15bn as TSMC seeks rare-earth workaroundsGermany arrests Ukrainian man suspected of spying for RussiaItalian truckers ease fuel-price protests as government lines up aidTrump asked Musk to lift Starlink limits in Ukraine, as Rubio says access is Musk's callTesla profit falls as analysts debate SpaceX mergerProtests in Indonesia demand action as haze blankets Southeast AsiaAnkara rejects Greek and EU criticism of Libya maritime dealAfghanistan-Pakistan conflict turns to proxy groups after eight monthsICC wins EU Sakharov Prize while under US sanctionsIndonesia moves to shore up markets ahead of MSCI index changeRetail investors fully subscribe Jio Platforms IPOQatar, Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia sign defence industry pactNestlé removes Russian business from accounts after Kremlin takeoverAlbanian lawmakers scuffle in parliament as street protests continueNATO agency to let Ukraine buy weapons through its procurement systemAung San Suu Kyi speaks to son for first time in over five yearsIsraeli fire kills four in Gaza as hospitals face fuel and medicine shortagesBarclays to cut 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Symbolic image: Trump asked Musk to lift Starlink limits in Ukraine, as Rubio says access is Musk's callSymbolic image

Trump asked Musk to lift Starlink limits in Ukraine, as Rubio says access is Musk's call

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The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources, that Donald Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on the military version of Starlink in Ukraine. Al Jazeera reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio called access Musk's decision, while TASS quotes Vice President JD Vance as saying Musk does not want to intervene in a war between two states without direction from the US government.

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