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U.S. platforms operate as entire ecosystems, offering all-encompassing solutions under a single contract. To do without them, “you need to start creating your own architecture and systems that need to speak to each other,” the registrar said. Financial autonomy was equally hard to achieve. The Court mapped all its suppliers’ transactions to ensure there was no U.S. nexus, meaning that no U.S. person, bank or currency is involved in a payment. “We made all of our staff members have European bank accounts. It was a very detailed process that we had to do, person by person, company by company, making…
With 412 million children living in extreme poverty, a global summit in Uzbekistan has called for greater investment in children’s healthcare, education and protection, alongside closer coordination between services that often operate separately. This was at the core of the Samarkand Declaration, adopted on Thursday at the end of a two-day gathering attended by representatives from more than 100 countries. The declaration calls for stronger social protection systems, nationally determined targets and regular reporting on the quality and effectiveness of services for children. According to UNICEF, two-thirds of the child-related UN Sustainable Development Goal indicators it monitors are off track,…
A tanker carrying Russian diesel is en route to New York after US President Donald Trump announced a deal with Moscow in early October, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. The Malta-flagged tanker Agioi Fanendes was located off Helsinki on Friday and was signalling “New York” as its destination via its AIS transponder. It loaded nearly 300,000 barrels of diesel at the Russian oil terminal of Primorsk, according to Kpler. Separate shipping data from LSEG put the cargo at 40,000 tonnes of ultra-low-sulphur diesel. It left Primorsk overnight on 22–23 October and is expected to arrive on…
A new YouGov survey of French teenagers and their parents has shed light on their differing experiences and attitudes to artificial intelligence, revealing that parents significantly underestimate their children’s use of AI and do not feel supported enough to help them understand how to use it appropriately. The survey found that while 40% of 11- to 12-year-olds report using general-purpose AI weekly, just 26% of parents realise their children are doing so — a glaring 14 percentage point gap. It also found that 42% of parents do not feel supported at all in helping their kids understand how to use…
Published on 23/10/2026 – 11:35 GMT+2•Updated 11:40 We’re in the final stretch, as Amazon MGM Studios are reportedly setting their final auditions for the casting of the new 007 this weekend and next week. According to various reports, the race to find the next James Bond actor is now down to the final three. Or four. One report from an industry insider revealed that the shortlist only has three names. “A few weeks ago, I was told that the race to become the next James Bond had narrowed to three names: Jacob Elordi, Jack Lowden and an undisclosed third actor,”…
“I cannot rule out doing what the Spanish people tell me,” Feijóo said, acknowledging the polls which currently indicate the PP would need Vox’s support to secure a parliamentary majority. “If they tell me to provide stability with [Vox], I will do so.” If such a partnership is needed, Vox is expected to demand a deputy prime minister post and at least one ministry, as it has in regional coalitions with the PP. POLITICO’s Madrid Playbook this week reported on speculation that the far-right party could be given the agriculture portfolio, but Feijóo said he had held no formal talks…
US President Donald Trump has again suggested he could seek a third term in 2028, despite the US Constitution limiting presidents to two elected terms. Speaking at a rally in Iowa, Trump acknowledged that the law leaves little room for interpretation but argued he should be allowed to run again because, he claimed, the 2020 election was rigged. He said he had studied the constitutional wording for a long time, but insisted that the election had been stolen from him. His allegations of widespread voter fraud in the election have not been substantiated.
France’s return to growth lasted just one month. Business activity contracted again in October, while confidence among French companies fell to its lowest level since the first Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020. The drop pulled the wider eurozone down with it. The eurozone’s composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI), which measures activity across manufacturing and services, fell to 51.9 in October from 53.1 in September. It was the weakest reading in four months, although the index remains above 50, the threshold separating growth from contraction. Economists had expected a smaller decline to 52.7. The services and manufacturing indices also came in lower…
By Tokunbo Salako with AP Published on 23/10/2026 – 11:17 GMT+2 Tributes have been paid to the Hollywood veteran actor Tom Skerritt, best known for his starring roles in Alien and Top Gun, who’s died aged 93. His family revealed he died on Wednesday from natural causes. “While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humor, curiosity, wisdom, generosity and the love he brought into our lives,” the family said in a statement. “He cared deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the natural world and helping others find and share their own voices.” On screen,…
There will also be a “fiscal devolution roadmap” on budget day, setting out terms of how regional mayors can get more power and money and drawn up partly by Burnham’s new Manchester outpost, No. 10 North. Legislation to let them impose tourist taxes will be published in the coming weeks. And officials have talked behind the scenes about procurement and boosting Britain’s heavy industries; the budget needs to find almost £5 billion to plug a hole in a defense investment plan unveiled under Starmer. Targeted cost-of-living measures appear likely to include scrapping “standing charges” on domestic gas bills, which cost…