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Speaker Hoyle discussed the situation with his European counterpart to learn how such restrictions could be practically imposed in the U.K., the Telegraph reported. Hoyle’s office did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The move comes amid intense scrutiny of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government and the Crown Prosecution Service after charges against two men — including a former researcher for a Conservative MP — accused of spying for China were dropped. It’s not the first time Hoyle has flexed his muscles on China. Beijing’s Ambassador to the U.K. Zheng Zeguang was banned from parliament in 2021 in retaliation…
More than one in five European businesses suffered cybersecurity incidents in 2024, according to Eurostat, which put Finland as the country most affected with 42% of businesses hit. Poland (32.5%) and Malta (29%) also reported substantial incident rates, while Austria (11.5%) and Slovenia (11.6%) were the least affected. The electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply sector suffered the highest rate of attacks (29%), followed by information and communication (28%), professional, scientific and technical activities (27%), real estate (25.0%) and water supply, including sewerage and waste management (24%). Consumers demand more cyber-scam education Consumers are just as concerned about cyber…
While open-source maps of the conflict show that Russian forces have occupied most of the Donbas, Ukrainian troops maintain hard-fought, heavily fortified defenses in the rest of the region, which Kyiv is loathe to abandon over fears it paves the way for Vladimir Putin to further invade the country. “Let it be cut the way it is, it’s cut up right now,” Trump added about the Donbas. “I think 78 percent of the land is already taken by Russia. You leave it the way it is right now, they can negotiate something later on down the line.” During the talks with Zelenskyy in Washington, a person familiar with the matter told POLITICO that Trump initially suggested Kyiv should give…
Asked whether the refusal to support the potential summit, brokered by the White House, would risk angering Trump, Budrys said only that “there are other ways, you know, if he wants to get there, but I would look for alternatives as well.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has carefully cultivated ties with both Putin and Trump, and has enthusiastically endorsed plans for his country to host the summit. Meanwhile, the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said plans for Putin — who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges — to come to Budapest are “not…
Does von der Leyen turn to chatbots for guidance on tough political and policy decisions? And if so, which ones should she consult? Von der Leyen’s office did not respond to POLITICO’s question on which chatbots she used. So we ran the experiment ourselves. POLITICO asked three different AI chatbots — U.S.-owned OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Mistral’s Le Chat from France and China’s DeepSeek — to imagine they’re a top adviser to von der Leyen. We served the chatbots 13 questions covering von der Leyen’s thorniest political and policy queries of the day, ranging from how to deal with American President Donald…
The Ukrainian leader doesn’t believe “Putin is ready just to finish this war,” as he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” | Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images But Ukraine ignored the counsel of its Republican friends in Washington — many of whom are skeptical Trump will agree to give Ukraine Tomahawks under any circumstances, for fear of escalation and drawing the U.S. deeper into the war. That’s not even considering the Pentagon’s worries about the U.S.’s own stockpiles, which Trump himself mentioned to reporters on Friday. By failing to drop the Tomahawk request, Ukraine squandered an opportunity to focus…
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By Euronews Published on 12/10/2025 – 9:04 GMT+2 •Updated 18/10/2025 – 8:34 GMT+2 China signaled Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from US President Donald Trump, urging the US to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats. “China’s stance is consistent,” the Commerce Ministry said in a statement posted online. “We do not want a tariff war but we are not afraid of one.” The response came two days after Trump threatened to increase the tax on imports from China by 1 November in response to new Chinese restrictions on the export…
Ein Montag mit zwei Baustellen für den Kanzler: Friedrich Merz kämpft parteiintern mit der Frage nach der Brandmauer zur Af – und industriepolitisch mit der schwächelnden Chemieindustrie. In Berlin präsentiert er seine Linie gegen Rechts, in Hannover spricht er beim Kongress der Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert beide Baustellen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert Michael Vassiliadis, Chef der Chemiegewerkschaft, einen echten Chemie-Gipfel, sinkende Energiepreise und mehr Verantwortung von deutschen Managern: Standortflucht ist keine Lösung, sagt er. Und Hans von der Burchard berichtet über das bevorstehende Treffen der EU-Außenminister: neue Sanktionen gegen Russland, Ungarns Blockade und Deutschlands Botschafter-Rückruf aus Georgien. Das…
These letters constitute “an unlawful interference” with basic freedoms guaranteed by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, the union said. “Freedom of expression and association are not privileges; they are the foundation of the European project.” An ECB spokesperson said the bank does not comment on court cases, but that it “is firmly committed to the freedom of expression and the rule of law, operating within a clear employment framework that is closely aligned with EU Staff Regulations and is subject to European Court of Justice scrutiny.” The first letter, signed by the ECB’s Chief Services Officer…