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“A tariff war isn’t in anybody’s interests,” he said. “What I want to do is to avoid a tariff war, because it will be businesses, workers and families across the country that will be hit by a trade war.” Britain has “not got to that stage,” he said on the question of U.K. retaliation. “My focus, therefore, is making sure we don’t get to that stage, and that’s what I’m doing at the moment,” he added. Despite highlighting the principle “that cannot be set aside” of Greenland and Denmark determining its own sovereignty, Starmer called for “calm discussion” and differences…
MEP and Head of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the United States, told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today that he does not expect an upcoming vote on the EU-US trade deal scheduled for next week to proceed. “Inevitably, the vote that was foreseen next week in the trade committee of the European Parliament to actually advance the deal will be frozen,” Benifei told Euronews. “I’m sure this will be the result.” US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to impose new tariffs on eight European countries that don’t support his plans to annex Greenland. He then left the…
Published on 19/01/2026 – 11:20 GMT+1 Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early on Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country. The footage aired on Sunday night across multiple channels broadcast by satellite from Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the country’s state broadcaster which has a monopoly on television and radio broadcasting. The video aired two clips of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, then included footage of security forces and…
European markets opened lower on Monday as threats from US President Donald Trump reignited a trade war with traditional allies across the Atlantic. At around 10am CET, France’s CAC 40 had slipped 1.28%, Germany’s DAX was down 1.02%, and the UK’s FTSE 100 dropped 0.27%. Spain’s IBEX 35 fell 0.59% and Italy’s FTSE MIB slid 1.43%. Meanwhile, the wider STOXX 600 fell 0.87%. European leaders will meet this week to decide how best to respond to threats from US President Donald Trump to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. Washington announced on Saturday that eight European countries would face a…
Norway’s government does not award the prize, which is given out by an independent committee. The American president’s declaration that he is no longer so fixated on playing peacemaker comes amid his increasingly aggressive saber-rattling on Greenland, the self-ruling Danish territory he has vowed to seize for the U.S. Over the weekend, Trump announced he would slap punishing tariffs as of Feb. 1 on European countries that stood against his plans to annex Greenland, leading European Council President António Costa to call an emergency summit of EU leaders for this week. Trump campaigned hard for the Nobel award, which former U.S. President Barack…
US President Donald Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer needed to think “purely of peace” after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published on Monday. “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” Trump said in a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The authenticity of the message was confirmed to the AFP news agency by a source close to the matter and by Støre to Norwegian newspaper VG. It is…
After a weekend tariff assault by President Trump on the UK and Europe – triggered by the fallout from the U.S. ambition to buy Greenland – the Prime Minister rips up the agenda to hold an emergency news conference in Downing Street. Sam in London and Anne in Davos go through the options for Sir Keir Starmer and assess whether the PM should retaliate or find a diplomatic way through the choppy waters. Back in the Commons, Sam has the latest on the row over the Hillsborough law as the government pulls the legislation amid a battle with campaigners over…
Published on 19/01/2026 – 9:22 GMT+1 The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, rose to at least 11 after rescuers recovered five more bodies from the badly damaged building during an overnight search for about 60 people reported missing, officials said on Monday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multi-storey Gul Plaza late on Sunday nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building to rescue those trapped there. Mayor Murtaza Wahab said four more bodies were recovered overnight, raising the death toll to at least 10.…
European leaders this week face an escalating crisis as U.S. President Donald Trump steps up his threats to seize the island of Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory. Trump has threatened to tariff eight European countries in pursuit of his goal, sparking intense discussions (plus outrage) across the Continent about how Europe should hit back in defense of its land. POLITICO’s top team of reporters will be bringing you every twist and turn, from Brussels to Washington to Davos. Follow along below.
9:00 GMT+1 Europeans bet on diplomacy to avoid the worst-case scenario European leaders are poised to continue working the phones on Monday to intensify diplomatic efforts and prevent Donald Trump’s 10% tariff threat from becoming a reality.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte were among the first ones to speak direclty with Trump in a bid to contain the spiralling crisis over Greenland’s future. We can expect other leaders to attempt a similar outreach in the coming hours and days. Meanwhile, António Costa, decided to convene an extraordinary EU summit for…