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US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin on diesel shipments and a temporary easing of US sanctions against Russia. Under the deal, which is aimed at bringing down fuel prices in the US, it will receive an initial shipment of 300,000 tonnes of Russian diesel in October, with further deliveries to follow. Europe's media discuss wider implications and the impact on the US's credibility as an ally.

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced he had reached a deal on diesel deliveries with Vladimir Putin and a temporary easing of US sanctions against Russia. The US is to receive an initial shipment of 300,000 tonnes of Russian diesel, with further deliveries of millions of tonnes planned. The deal is a bid to bring down high fuel prices in the US. Europe's media discuss the ramifications for Ukraine and the credibility of the US as an ally.

South African lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has been announced as the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay served as a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague from 2003 to 2008 and then as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights until 2014. Just a few hours after the Nobel Prize Committee in Oslo announced its decision on Friday, the US tightened its sanctions against the ICC.