Meanwhile, a top Russian general is killed in car bomb attack outside his flat near Moscow
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World in brief: February 7, 2024
Strikers from the federal states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland gather for a rally on the Theodor-Heuss Bridge, the link between Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, in Wiesbaden, Germany, February 2, 2024
NETHERLANDS: Talks to form a far-right-led government have come to a premature end after a key coalition partner walked out of a meeting on Tuesday night.
Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders had hoped to form a government with three other parties, but tensions came to a head when New Social Contract party leader Pieter Omtzigt quit over the state of government finances.
If all efforts to cobble together a viable coalition fail, there will have to be a new election.
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