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By Dogyu Lee Published on 1 November 2026 – 15:03 GMT+1 Switzerland has formally reopened its diplomatic office in North Korea as Ignazio Cassis became the first Swiss foreign minister to visit the country since 2003. Cassis visited Pyongyang on 29 and 30 October before travelling to Seoul. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Swiss foreign ministry said the trip aimed to restore direct political dialogue with North Korea as it looks to maintain contact with both sides of the divided peninsula. The office restarted operations on 19 October. It falls under the Swiss embassy in Beijing, which remains responsible…
Police remained on duty in central Frankfurt on Sunday, 1 November, after riots broke out following a demonstration the previous day. Footage shows smashed shop windows, looted stores, burning barricades and debris scattered across the streets. Police used water cannon to extinguish fires and clear obstacles from the roads. Several protesters and police officers were injured, while 30 people were detained. The situation had calmed by early Sunday morning after police cordoned off parts of the city centre. Hesse state premier Boris Rhein condemned the violence, saying he was shocked by the events and that those responsible would face consequences.…
Hundreds of young demonstrators gathered outside Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Saturday as part of a nationwide day of youth protests organised by the “GenZ regelt!” (Gen Z will sort it out!) movement. The rally was among demonstrations planned in more than 30 German cities, including Frankfurt and Cologne, following student protests in several European countries. In Berlin, protesters held banners calling for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron to resign. Others chanted anti-capitalist and anti-fascist slogans, while speakers addressed the crowd.
The Commission said it was closely monitoring developments and, in a carefully worded statement to POLITICO, appeared to show support for Tusk’s position. “The Polish Constitutional Tribunal needs to be able to function in accordance with the Polish constitution and the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU,” Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law Michael McGrath said. “This matters for every Polish citizen, and it is for the Polish authorities to ensure that,” McGrath added, stating that “the Venice Commission has been clear that appointing the new judges lies within the power of the…
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Reeves added that while she believes “Britain’s future lies in the European Union”, it was “incumbent on supporters of our re-entry to make the argument, demonstrate tangible benefits and to get the next steps right.” Last week, Burnham expressed an openness to restarting free movement between the U.K and the EU. He also said he’d like to see Britain rejoin the bloc in his lifetime — but ruled out a move to reverse Brexit in the current parliament. At the last election, Labour’s manifesto — which Reeves helped to draw up — said a Labour government would stay outside the…
Published on 1 November 2026 – 11:23 GMT+1•Updated 11:24 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for an urgent investigation into the death of a UN staff member in Houthi custody. Mohammad el Shami, who worked at the UN Human Rights Office in Yemen, died after being “arbitrarily held” by the Houthis since 6 June 2024, according to a statement from the high commissioner’s office on Saturday. Shami’s family said he had died more than a month ago but that they had only recently been informed, per the statement. Türk called his death a “heartbreaking loss”…
It’s a thinly veiled reference to Chinese threats to restrict access to rare earth metals and the tariff threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Merz also said the alliance could strengthen the World Trade Organization and seek to unblock the nomination of judges to the organization’s appellate body. “Considerable concern” over Franco-German car deal During his trip, however, Merz experienced firsthand just how difficult it is to put such an ambitious proposal into practice when special interests complicate an alliance of small and medium-sized powers. This became most evident when the Asian countries issued a sharp protest over planned…
Published on 1 November 2026 – 9:46 GMT+1 On average in France, diesel was selling on Saturday 31 October at around 2.37 euros per litre. TotalEnergies’ Access stations were already below that average, with the price reduced to 2.15 euros per litre, 10 cents less than in the group’s other stations. The multinational explained that it had decided on a price cut “without waiting for the physical delivery of strategic diesel stocks and in order to allow its customers to benefit from access to these stocks at their historic cost”. The E. Leclerc supermarket chain is following suit and has…
Published on 1 November 2026 – 9:15 GMT+1 The US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accused North Korea of being behind a major hack targeting the Binance cryptocurrency exchange earlier this week. Binance suffered what its co-CEO Richard Teng described as a “complex attack” that saw hackers gain access to its hot wallets and steal $6.3 billion in digital assets. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing information advising the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion USD in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, on or about…