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Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s president on Tuesday after narrowly winning June’s election by fewer than 50,000 votes, becoming the country’s first female head of state. The 51-year-old leader of the Popular Force party, whose father Alberto Fujimori ruled Peru from 1990 to 2000, takes office promising to restore political stability, tackle rising crime and revive economic growth after a decade of political turmoil. Peru has had nine presidents in the past decade, with only three elected by popular vote. The others took office after their predecessors resigned or were removed by Congress, often amid corruption…

“It is extraordinary that the French navy will fire live rounds to defend their waters against a visiting British politician but cannot bear to do anything about stopping illegal Channel crossings,” he fumed. Small boat crossings are a hot-button issue in British politics, and a particular sore point for the Tories, who are trying to show they are tougher on the issue than Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Philp said on X that the incident felt “like warning shots or attempted intimidation.” But a statement issued by the French embassy — quoting French defence officials — denied any intent and said…

Asked by POLITICO whether this proposed cut was identical to the €400 billion in budget reductions that a German document suggested at the end of last month, Merz declined to go into detail, referring to ongoing negotiations. Merz also lashed out at a Commission plan to increase the number of EU staffers, a move that Brussels says is necessary to deal with the increased work load caused by the current geopolitical crises. “It is unacceptable that 2,500 new positions are now to be created for the European institutions. We will not accept that,” the chancellor said, arguing that Germany was…

Published on 28/07/2026 – 17:55 GMT+2•Updated 18:03 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held closed-door talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, as Ukraine sought renewed diplomatic and military support in its war against Russia. Zelenskyy spent just over an hour with Trump, and while no details were immediately released, the talks came as Kyiv and Moscow intensified long-range strikes and US-led efforts to end the war remained stalled. “A good meeting with President Trump at the Oval Office. Thank you for everything we do together to protect the lives of Ukrainians and advance peace,” Zelenskyy wrote…

Danish diplomat Birgitte Nygaard Markussen was appointed to the role last week. Her brief oversees relations with countries across a 6,000 kilometer stretch of land running from Africa’s Atlantic coast to the Red Sea, a region roiled by war, drug trafficking and instability. Fajon was put forward by the European External Action Service, the EU’s foreign policy wing, four people with knowledge of the discussions told POLITICO, but was withdrawn after the Slovenian government raised objections.Since taking office in June Janša has criticized the previous Slovenian government, where Fajon served as foreign minister. Janša has claimed that Fajon, a former…

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Published on 28/07/2026 – 17:28 GMT+2 Polish travellers are increasingly searching for flights to Norway, and internet users are checking information about the country on Google in huge numbers. According to Google Trends, the number of searches for the keyword “Norwegia” has risen by as much as 200 per cent year on year. The data from the tourism market are even more telling. Analysis by Kiwi.com shows that the average daily number of searches for flights from Poland to Norway between 1 and 20 July was 32.3 per cent higher than a year earlier. Yet the trend is global. The…

One such option is to scrap a rule that allows individuals to retire on a full pension at 67, even if they haven’t paid in long enough to otherwise qualify, as reported last month by POLITICO. According to one participant in the meetings who was granted anonymity to discuss internal conversations, the National Rally is also looking into a potentially controversial proposal which would encourage workers to contribute to private pension schemes in addition to paying into the state system — a proposal long supported by fiscal conservatives. Rival factions within the National Rally have for weeks battled over what…

The European Commission’s long-awaited wildfire strategy, unveiled in March, was presented as a major shift in approach: moving away from simply fighting fires once they break out towards prioritising prevention measures. Four months later, Spain and France are facing one of their worst wildfire seasons in years, exposing the gap between Brussels’ ambitions and the limited progress made on the ground. As flames spread across southern Europe, the Commission is facing growing scrutiny over whether its promise to put wildfire prevention ahead of emergency response came too late to make any difference this summer. The strategy unveiled in March marked…

Published on 28/07/2026 – 17:15 GMT+2 Newly released audio recordings appear to show former US President Joe Biden discussing classified information with his memoir ghostwriter and at times struggling to recall details during interviews conducted before his 2020 election. Around three hours of audio and 117 pages of partially redacted transcripts were released by the Oversight Project, a conservative group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation, after Biden lost a lengthy legal battle to keep his conversations with ghostwriter Mark Lewis Zwonitzer private. “They didn’t even know I had this,” Biden told Zwonitzer in October 2016, near the end of his…