European Politics Headlines at 12:33 p.m. GMT

Putin awards widows of experts who died in rocket explosion

Macron defends job losses at symbolic blue collar factory

Key European group mulls status of Hungary’s ruling party

Farage tells UK voters his party is not just about Brexit

Spain court seeks to try Assad’s uncle for money laundering

The Trump impeachment hearings highlight immigrants’ stories

Former White House aide Hill is no-nonsense Russia analyst

UK praised for bringing back some British orphans from Syria

Poland approves controversial judges to constitutional court

In Ukraine’s bleak east, US aid saves lives, raises morale