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LONDON — Insurgent politicians and rebel MPs are vastly outpacing their establishment rivals on the social media platform TikTok, new analysis shared with POLITICO shows. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, is the most effective U.K. political performer on the video-sharing site, according to a study of the views, virality, frequency and engagement of more than 11,000 TikTok posts since the start of the year. The new ranking — drawn up by Knox Digital, a consultancy run by two former Downing Street digital advisers — puts ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now heads up the upstart left-wing Your Party, in second.…
Alors que certains parmi les 27 espèrent boucler les négociations avant la fin de l’année, Bardella pointe d’ailleurs du doigt le calendrier, qu’il juge pensé exprès pour “verrouiller un budget avant un éventuel changement de majorité en France”. Une façon de faire “profondément anti-démocratique”, selon lui. “Nous rendrons aux Français leur argent”, assure-t-il, prévenant la Commission européenne que si elle veut trouver plus de fonds, il lui faudrait couper dans ses dépenses de fonctionnement. Alliance polonaise Si Jordan Bardella avait surpris son monde, au mois de mai, en parlant de ses “convergences idéologiques” avec le chancelier conservateur allemand Friedrich Merz,…
Updated: 14/06/2026 – 22:46 GMT+2 Thousands of Dutch fans dressed in orange marched, danced and chanted outside Dallas Stadium ahead of the Netherlands’ World Cup match against Japan. A handful of Japanese supporters also joined the festive pre-match atmosphere. … More
Sánchez responded to Trump’s pro-fossil fuel “Drill, baby, drill” slogan with one of his own: “Green, baby, green,” echoing his government’s commitment to renewable energy. Madrid has set a target of deriving 81 percent of its electricity output from renewables by 2030, well above the EU average. His administration has also stridently defended immigration on economic and humanitarian grounds — and is currently in the process of legalizing the status of at least half a million unauthorized foreign workers. “Unless they embrace migration, [Western countries] will experience a sharp demographic decline that will prevent them from keeping their economies and…
Thousands of demonstrators converged in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, to protest against leaders of the G7 group of rich countries ahead of the summit’s opening in a nearby town in France. The three-day summit starting this Monday in the resort town of Evian-les-Bains, France, will see leaders discuss issues including the Middle East, Ukraine and global economic imbalances. Most of the leaders will be arriving at Geneva Airport before making their way to Evian. Clashes broke out between protesters and police near the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Sunday, as protesters threw bottles, stones, pieces of cement and firecrackers…
Two helicopters collided in mid-air over the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, killing all six people on board. American singer Oliver Tree, 32, and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known online as Gaspi, 23, were among the dead. The collision occurred at around 09:00 local time (14:00 CEST) above the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood in the city’s southwest. One of the aircraft was carrying five people; the other had only its pilot. There were no survivors. Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police identified the victims as Tree, passengers Lucas Brito Chaves and Lucas Vignale, Argentine content creator Gaspar…
Published on 14/06/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2•Updated 12:46 Russian attacks killed two and injured four in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, according to police reports. “A 64-year-old woman died as a result of enemy drone strikes in the Bilopol community, and men aged 51 and 66 were wounded,” Ukraine’s national police claims. The Seredino-Budsk community was also hit, killing a 57-year-old woman. “The enemy used guided aerial bombs, attack UAVs, FPV drones, artillery and mortars,” police reports. These casualties are the result of shelling in 17 communities of the Sumy region. Industrial facilities hit 700km into Russia A chemical plant, an oil depot…
By Jerry Fisayo-Bambi with AP Published on 14/06/2026 – 19:41 GMT+2•Updated 20:22 LIVE UPDATES: Germany are firmly in control 4-1 against Curaçao, the Dutch Caribbean island and the smallest country ever to compete at the World Cup, after conceding a goal in the 21st minute, Curaçao’s first-ever FIFA World Cup goal. The strike came in the 21st minute of the first half following Die Mannschaft’s sixth-minute opener. Curacao, the island nation of 150,000 people, is currently trailing behind the German machines 1-4 in the Group E football match being played in Houston. Their historic goal came following a Curaçao attack: a shot by…
That arrangement was dissolved and by 2010, Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten were all autonomous constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Sun-drenched Curaçao wasted little time establishing itself on the international football scene. It appeared on FIFA’s member list in March 2011, inheriting the Netherlands Antilles’ FIFA membership, records and ranking. Curaçao will play its first-ever World Cup match today, against Germany in Houston. King Willem-Alexander remains Curaçao’s head of state, while the country has its own government and handles most internal affairs itself, including education, health care, and tourism. The Kingdom of the Netherlands retains overarching responsibility…
The alpine resort of Évian-les-Bains, better known for its mineral water than its geopolitics, will become the temporary centre of global diplomacy from Monday as leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies gather for their annual summit. The 52nd G7 meeting runs until Wednesday on the French shore of Lake Geneva. By most assessments, it arrives at one of the most fraught moments in recent memory. Donald Trump is expected to fly to France late Sunday, immediately after watching a mixed-martial arts bout on the White House South Lawn — a fight that falls on his 80th birthday. His…