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For the first time in Central Asia, Uzbekistan is hosting the 20th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20). The event turns Samarkand into a centre of international conservation policy and brings together nearly 3,000 participants, including 860 government delegates from 157 parties, as well as scientists, NGOs, and media. It runs from 24 November to 5 December. CITES is the global agreement regulating international trade in endangered species. Signed in 1973 and active since 1975, it now includes 185 parties and governs trade…

A mansion tax, gambling tax, milkshake tax and scrapping the two-child benefit cap – today we finally get all the details of the most trailed budget in political history. So, who is the 2025 Rachel Reeves budget for – and why? Sam and Anne assess how MPs and the markets will feel against voters and businesses. Politically, the giveaways look like they’re worth every penny – but, ultimately, it’s a tax raising budget that will hit everyone somehow. There will be a second episode later today – a debrief on what’s happened in the budget at around 6.30pm.

Published on 26/11/2025 – 9:26 GMT+1 “It is time that we stop discussing different options and move forward”, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis told Euronews’ Europe Today. Dombrovskis spoke with Euronews on Wednesday about how the EU should finance Ukraine’s €135 billion budget hole, as the country faces one of the most challenging moments in its history amid the nearly four-year-long Russian war. The Latvian Commissioner believes that a reparation loan guaranteed by Russian frozen assets in Europe is “what can provide sizable support for Ukraine without putting additional and substantial fiscal burden on the EU or…

Dozens of activists from the feminist collective #NousToutes held a torchlit protest outside the Panthéon in Paris, drawing attention to new figures showing an increase in femicides across France. Demonstrators unfurled a 20-meter banner listing the names of more than 1,180 women killed since 2017 and chanted “Not one more.” Messages criticising the government’s response were projected onto the monument. Protesters demanded clearer legal definitions, more funding and stronger measures to address gender-based violence.

In 2024, 409 ships were scrapped through this official market, though calling it “official” makes it sound clean and safe, which, for the most part, it isn’t. A few of the ships scrapped last year were disassembled in countries like Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, which follow strict rules regarding human and environmental safety. A handful of others were scrapped in Turkey, which has an OK record. But two-thirds were scrapped in Southeast Asia, where the shipbreaking industry is notoriously unsafe. To get around safely rules, less-than-scrupulous owners often sell their nearly dead ships to “final journey” firms, which have…

Last week’s 28-point peace plan drafted by Russia and the US outlining a proposed end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine sparked uncertainty, especially among Europeans not involved in the process. One of the main questions at this time is whether Europe can still rely on the rules-based system that has shaped its security for decades, with the United States as its protector, or whether this has opened the door to Russia’s further push to destabilise its immediate neighbourhood and the rest of the continent. At this year’s Berlin Freedom Conference, Euronews spoke with retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former…

French President Emmanuel Macron said EU allies will finalize “in the coming days” a solution that will “secure funding” and “give visibility to Ukraine.” | Sean Gallup/Getty Images EU countries’ envoys discussed options with the European Commission at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. Countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Luxembourg all pushed the Commission to keep working on proposals to finance Ukraine, according to one official briefed on the discussion. The prospect of a bridge financing model had been raised on Nov. 4 by EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, who noted: “The longer we now run delays,…

Published on 26/11/2025 – 7:30 GMT+1 •Updated 7:49 EU lawmakers are in Strasbourg until Thursday, discussing some of the most pressing geopolitical challenges Europeans face today: from the war in Ukraine to the future of European defence. On today’s agenda is defining a European solution for peace in Ukraine. Meanwhile, defence is also a hot theme this week. On Tuesday, MEPs adopted the first-ever European defence industry programme, aiming at strengthening the bloc’s defence capabilities. They also voted in favour of deepening cooperation between the EU and Ukraine’s defence industries, by setting up a Ukraine Support Instrument to help modernise…

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Tabubruch oder Realismus? Der Verband der Familienunternehmer hat den wirtschaftspolitischen Sprecher der AfD, Leif-Erik Holm, zu einer Veranstaltung eingeladen und das regt Widerspruch bei anderen Verbänden. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum Marie-Christine Ostermann die Konfrontation sucht, statt sie zu meiden und warum sie damit wohl richtig liegt.Die Haushaltsdebatten im Bundestag steuern auf das Finale zu und dazu gehört die Generaldebatte. Friedrich Merz muss sich heute nicht nur als Kanzler, sondern auch als Krisenmanager beweisen. Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, wie die Ukraine dabei eine zentrale Rolle spielt, wie Merz auf die geopolitische Lage blickt und warum seine Warnungen vor einem…