内容摘要：“Ukraine wants to end this war and is doing everything for this,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram. “We expect appropriate steps from Russia.”

“Ukraine wants to end this war and is doing everything for this,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram. “We expect appropriate steps from Russia.”

At the same time, the war in Gaza is about to enter a new phase, where Israel plans to “expand and intensify our operations,” according to the armed forces chief of staff.“The frustration among the (EU) member states, that we can’t stop this, is tremendous,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters after chairing informal talks between the bloc’s foreign ministers in Poland.

Ties between the EU and Israel — which are major trading partners — are governed by a so-called Association Agreement. It stipulates that their ties “shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles.”The Dutch government has said thatthe agreement pending an EU review into whether the Israel government is complying with the pact, which entered force in 2000. Kallas said the ministers would discuss this on May 20.

“It is very important to signal at this moment that we are greatly concerned by the continuous blockade for access of humanitarian aid and the Israeli decision to intensify the war effort,” Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said.He said that Dutch concerns are “very broadly shared among European countries.”

Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon was among those backers.

“The world has clearly failed on the test of humanity,” she said. “We have to act more seriously because we are really facing a clear violation of the international law and humanitarian law.”Many Italians have embraced the cheery catchiness of “Espresso Macchiato,” even though most would never dream of adding milk to espresso, widely considering macchiato a tourists’ drink.

“We Italians are nice and we laugh at these things,” said Francesco Malferrari, enjoying an espresso — no milk — in a Rome cafe. “Yes, there are some stereotypes, but we in Italy are used to it, so in reality we smile.“But this year we have to root for Lucio Corsi,” the glam rocker who is Italy’s Eurovision competitor. “Because we are for Italy, so let’s root for Lucio Corsi. But let’s have an espresso and laugh it off.”

first covered Eurovision in Athens in 2006, when it was won by masked Finnish metal band Lordi with “Hard Rock Hallelujah.” She has been a fan ever since.Dario Artale contributed to this story from this Rome.