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The Home Office is the last department to finalise their budget with Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Wednesday’s spending review. All eyes are on Yvette Cooper and the noise that comes out of Westminster today and tomorrow that will indicate how much cash the home secretary has secured for things like policing. And, with Nigel Farage due to make a speech today, Sam and Anne catch up on a wild weekend for Reform – at the start of which party chairman Zia Yusuf resigned over a proposed ban on burkas – only for him to reverse his decision and return…
Macron throws in the towel Calls for the French president’s resignation crescendoed following last year’s disastrous snap election, and there was some speculation he would follow the path of Charles de Gaulle and call it quits in the middle of his term. Macron, however, said he wasn’t going anywhere, and that still seems to be the case. Likelihood: The other Macron throws in the towel It kind of looks like she’s had enough with the whole first lady thing. Likelihood: Macron jumps in the Seine Just for a swim, mind you. Ahead of the Paris Olympics, the hype was high…
Keir Starmer conceded it could be “just a couple of weeks” more before the U.S.-U.K. Economic Prosperity Deal, struck on May 8, actually comes into effect. | Pool Photo by Andy Rain via EPA “Given the original document implied the deal would come into force shortly after the announcement, I think there is a reasonable expectation that the benefits will be backdated once they are eventually put on the books,” Lowe said. “But this isn’t 100 percent guaranteed.” Getting pummeled Executives from Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel told lawmakers last week that they’re getting pummeled by U.S. tariffs. The…
Former Prime Minister Mark Rutte tried to solve the problem in 2023 by imposing a cap of 460,000 flights. But that sparked a backlash from both the EU and the U.S., and his government announced a hurried retreat after failing to get the Commission’s approval. Tech fixes The industry feels the new proposed limit of 478,000 is far too low, and took the matter to court. Rather than limit flights, it argues that advances in airplane and engine design will do enough to cut noise. “The government says, ‘We want 20 percent less noise.’ The aircraft that we have bought, and that…
Italians have been voting over the past couple of days on whether to slash citizenship residency requirements for non-EU immigrants from 10 years to five, but misinformation has swirled about the vote.The country’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini and others have claimed that Italy is the European country that grants the most citizenship applications, for example.”The most dangerous [referendum] is the one that would extend citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people indiscriminately, with Italy being the number one European country in terms of the granting of citizenship every year,” he said in May. However, it’s not true…
“X has indicated since 2024 that it accepts the distribution of pornographic content. It must therefore be treated as such,” Digital Minister Clara Chappaz’s office said. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share
Recognizing the role of immunization as a central pillar of NCD prevention and management would be a significant step forward. To deploy lifelong routine immunization programs as fundamental components of NCD management, policy- and decision-makers should look to deliver decisive action across four policy priorities. Recognizing the role of immunization as a central pillar of NCD prevention and management would be a significant step forward. Firstly, we must ensure that adult immunization is at the core of essential NCD care in health care systems all over the world. That includes immunization against respiratory infections in national strategies and access through…
Falko Droßmann, the SPD’s defense policy spokesperson in parliament, argued that the current debate is “completely missing the real problems we’re facing.” Rather than a return to the draft, “I firmly believe that the new military service will be designed in such an attractive way that more than enough young people will choose to sign up voluntarily,” he said. Droßmann also warned that Germany doesn’t have the barracks, equipment or infrastructure to handle a massive influx of conscripts. “To train thousands of young people, we also need the necessary accommodations, equipment and instructors,” he said. “None of that currently exists…
By Euronews with EBU, AP Published on 08/06/2025 – 22:10 GMT+2Israeli authorities confirmed they killed Mohammed Sinwar, who served recently as Hamas leader in Gaza Strip, after his body was located and later verified in Israel. The IDF said they found him underground, allegedly close to the European Hospital in Khan Younis, where he is said to have stayed in an underground control and command centre. In the footage released on Sunday, a weapon seems to be located close to the body. Sinwar was killed in an airstrike Israel carried out towards the premises last month.A dozen killed in aid site shootingIsraeli fire…
By Sertac Aktan with AP and EBU Published on 08/06/2025 – 19:43 GMT+2Hosted by Prince Albert of Monaco, the final day of the Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) closed with leaders pledging their support and calling for global responsibility to protect the oceans.William, Prince of Wales, said the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans was “like none that we have faced before” and that the clock is ticking: “I believe that urgency and optimism have the power to bring about the action needed to change the course of history. I’m an optimist because as the founder of the Earthshot Prize, I see…