<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Black Sea Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:11:17 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Europe set for its own Suez Canal with £20bn plan to turn its largest city into an island]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2185410_1.jpg"/><br><br>The move hopes to create a global trading hub.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Grace Piercy,Matthew Dooley]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Suez Canal, Black Sea, Istanbul Canal, Global Trade, Bosphorus Strait</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2185410_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A view of the Canal Istanbul Project]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2185410_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A view of the Canal Istanbul Project]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panic in Turkey as Kremlin drone discovered 195 miles from Russian border]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2170620_1.jpg"/><br><br>A special forces team rushed to the scene on Turkey's Black Sea coast.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Turkey, Russia, Drones, Black Sea, NATO, Russian drone, Black Sea coast, Turkey security, &#xDC;nye district, Ordu province, special forces team, Underwater Defense Group Command, belong to Russia, Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone, Izmit, F16 jets, Ukraine</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2170620_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A special forces team rushed to the scene on Turkey's Black Sea coast]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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Venezuela, Black Sea, US military, Russian shadow fleet, Aquila II, sanctions enforcement, Venezuelan oil sanctions, Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, Sunne Co Ltd, crude oil, Panamanian flag, helicopter, Bella 1, </media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2169009_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The US military tracked the ship for thousands of miles before seizing it]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Pentagon]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2169009_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The US military tracked the ship for thousands of miles before seizing it]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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overwhelmed by trade ships, and now an alternative is needed.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Turkey, Infrastructure, Black Sea, Environmental Issues, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, New Istanbul Canal project, Bosphorus Strait, reduce traffic, artificial waterway, project of the era, crazy project, &#xA3;18.5 billion, Sea of Marmara, high-speed train</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2154609_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The city's natural, crucial waterway has been overwhelmed by trade ship]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2154609_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The city's natural, crucial waterway has been overwhelmed by trade ship]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Soviet state warns Putin ‘not interested’ in peace and preparing Europe hybrid attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2152238_1.jpg"/><br><br>Vladimir Putin is not interested in peace with Ukraine and is preparing to subvert European democratic elections, the country's leader has warned.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Vladimir Putin, European elections, Moldova, Russia-Ukraine war, Soviet Union, Russia, Baltic states, Black Sea, Hybrid Attacks, Maia Sandu, provoke Russia, Donald Trump peace deal, EU membership, cyber warfare, 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src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2150382_1.jpg"/><br><br>The bold attack was carried out to lay the groundwork for the "main part" of a mission to target a Russian submarine in its port, Ukraine claimed.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[James Knuckey]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Ukraine, Russia, Russia-Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin, Black Sea, Drones</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2150382_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ukraine said the aircraft was Russia's only IL-38N in the Black Sea region]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[SBU]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2150382_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" 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Stewart]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Russia-Ukraine war, Volodymyr Zelensky, RAF, Black Sea, Ukraine, Russia, Vladimir Putin, RAF reconnaissance plane, Black Sea airspace, Ukraine-Russia tensions, Volodymyr Zelensky peace deal.</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2143988_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The flight was "conducting reconnaissance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[East2West]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2143988_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The flight was "conducting reconnaissance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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two tankers in the Black Sea]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Security Service of Ukraine]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2140494_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Turkey has condemned a Ukrainian naval drone attack on two tankers in the Black Sea]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Security Service of Ukraine]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item></channel></rss>