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The official added that Farage plans a series of other visits to leaders on the European right before the end of 2026. Farage has had a long association with Marine Le Pen and interviewed her for his radio show in 2017. He said Friday that while he would not have struck a deal with the National Front founded by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, her rechristened party had moved away from “extreme elements.” The relationship has not always been so harmonious. Farage said in 2024 that RN’s economic policies would be a “disaster” for France and “even worse for the…
Senior EU officials are doubling down on the need for substantial new EU-level taxes to finance the bloc’s long-term budget, pushing back against scepticism from the so-called “frugal” member states. The question of new own resources, part of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the bloc’s €2 trillion long-term budget for 2028–2034, dominated the informal meeting of European Affairs Ministers in Dublin on Thursday and Friday. “The issue of own resources is an absolute prerequisite for us to adopt this budget,” Benjamin Haddad, the French Minister for European Affairs, told reporters on the margins of the meeting on Thursday. “Our priority, once…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2 The Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, announced on Friday that the Portuguese government is to open talks with the two groups bidding to buy TAP Air Portugal, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, which submitted binding offers at the end of July. Quoted by the Lusa news agency, Leitão Amaro said that the bids, although different, have an “overall valuation that is very close”, which he believes justifies an “effort to negotiate” in order to obtain improved proposals from both contenders and allow the government to move towards “a single bidder for the very…
The crème de la crème of the world of cinema has been jetting into Venice for the 83rd edition of its International Film Festival. The glittering event is centred on the Lido island, a narrow strip of land a short water bus ride from the historic centre. The island has a character all of its own; a summer resort of beach establishments and historic hotels beloved by Venetians but often overlooked by international tourists. That is, apart from when it transforms into a global hub of the silver screen for 11 days each September. But there have been some signs…
The Reform UK boss said his party has done nothing wrong, but also that the comments captured in an undercover video were ‘human error.’ Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Five EU countries say they expect to be ready to send irregular migrants to deportation centres built outside the European Union by 2027. The announcement came after a meeting in Copenhagen on Friday attended by the interior ministers of Denmark, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece. The ministers agreed on a common model for “return hubs” — facilities set to host asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected by the five countries and who cannot be returned to their countries of origin. The five-state group is currently negotiating the creation of the hubs on the territory of one or more…
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She was one of Afghanistan’s biggest stars. Then the Taliban returned to power and she fled the country. Now, Aryana Sayeed is taking her music and message across Europe – with one key difference: the audiences will be women only. Sayeed remains one of the most recognisable faces in Afghanistan, building a huge following as a singer, an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, and from her time as a judge on The Voice Afghanistan and other major talent shows in the country. But when the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021, her life and career changed dramatically. Unable to…
Three schemes account for the bulk of the government’s spending under the new plan. France will speed up payments under its “national solidarity” scheme designed to compensate for crop losses. It will be topped up to a total of €520 million, provided the country’s 2027 budget is duly adopted. An “agricultural recovery fund” of €235 million aims to provide targeted support for the hardest-hit and most vulnerable farms across the produce, cereal and livestock sectors. Finally, a targeted tax relief scheme on unbuilt land will cut €330 million in tax revenue for the state. The government is also considering extending…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 15:51 GMT+2 A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in central Kyiv on Friday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that it had targeted the head of the agency’s office. The drone hit the SBU’s central building on Volodymyrska Street, opposite St Sophia Cathedral and close to Kyiv’s Golden Gate area, as Russia continued its campaign of daytime drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital. “I spoke with the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Oleksandr Poklad. Unfortunately, a Russian drone struck the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine…