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On Monday, 2 February, Israel reopened the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip at the border with Egypt, in a step forward in the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The crossing was supposed to reopen earlier, during the first phase of the ceasefire that began in October 2025. However, Israel postponed it until the return of the body of the last Israeli hostage, which happened last week. How have people in Gaza reacted to this development? What does it mean for the relationship between Israel and Hamas? And how has the European Union (EU) responded? To answer…
The US government announced on Thursday an additional $6 million (€5.1 million) in aid to Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions between Washington and Havana continue to soar, with Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel accusing the US of an “energy blockade.” The aid is largely meant for those living in Cuba’s eastern region, battered by Hurricane Melissa late last year. The Washington-provided supplies include rice, beans, pasta, cans of tuna and solar lamps, which will be delivered by the Catholic Church and Caritas. Jeremy Lewin, a senior official at the US Department of State, warned that officials from the…
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Economic models used by governments, central banks and investors are “increasingly understating” climate change risks as the world continues to heat up. A new report led by the University of Exeter’s Green Futures Solutions team, in partnership with financial think-tank Carbon Tracker, warns that today’s flawed damage models are creating a “false sense of security” for the global economy. It calls for closer collaboration between climate scientists, economists, regulators and investors before temperatures rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. This is the threshold scientists believe would trigger several catastrophic tipping points such as mass biodiversity loss and ocean acidification. “Current…
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The US and Russia have agreed to re-establish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since US President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office. High-level military communication was suspended in late 2021 between Washington and Moscow, just months before the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Trump campaigned on bringing the war, nearing its fourth anniversary, to a swift end. Many of his proposals so far have heavily favoured the Kremlin, including requiring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia in…
By Andreas Rogal with AP, EBU Published on 06/02/2026 – 6:15 GMT+1 Queen Máxima, the 54-year-old Argentine-born wife of King Willem-Alexander, has started training this week to become a reserve member of her adopted homeland’s army as the Dutch military seeks to boost recruitment. “Because the security of the Netherlands can no longer be taken for granted, Máxima has decided to become a reservist,” the Ministry of Defence said in a statement after she began training on Wednesday. Expected to be sworn in later this month, the incoming Dutch coalition government has announced plans to grow the nation’s militaryfrom some 80,000 to 122,000…
Mitten in Doha, bei über 20 Grad und zwischen Museumsbesuch und Wirtschaftsdelegation, begleiten unter anderem Gordon Repinski und Markus Preiß den Bundeskanzler auf einer seiner zentralen Auslandsreisen. Die beiden reden darüber, wie sich deutsche Außenpolitik gerade neu sortiert und warum sie sich das auch leisten muss. Es geht um den deutlichen Kurswechsel hin zu einer konsequent interessengeleiteten Außenpolitik. Katar, Saudi-Arabien, der Nahe Osten: Regionen, die lange vor allem unter dem Blickwinkel von Menschenrechten betrachtet wurden, werden nun zu strategischen Partnern. Der Kanzler nimmt dabei kognitive Dissonanzen bewusst in Kauf. Ein Gespräch über Außenpolitik im Umbruch und die Grenzen deutscher Gestaltungskraft.…
Can the European Union really decouple from Donald Trump’s America — economically, politically, and strategically? In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton speaks with Mateusz Morawiecki, former Polish prime minister and president of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party about his call for an “Economic NATO,” an even stronger economic and political alliance between the EU, the U.S. and others as counterbalance to China and Russia. His vision goes against a mainstream trend we’re observing across European capitals as they seek to decouple from Trump’s America. To explain what this EU-U.S. divorce looks like in practice, Sarah is…
Rose also responded to Tusk’s later criticism, saying the PM should have sent the message to Czarzasty, a member of the New Left party that is part of the ruling coalition. He denounced the speaker’s “despicable, disrespectful and insulting comments about President Trump. “ The U.S. ambassador added he had “nothing but the greatest respect and admiration” for Tusk, who he called “a model ally and great friend of the United States.” However, in a later response to Polish online criticism, Rose undermined the close military ties with Poland, writing: “Should we take all our soldiers and equipment with us?”…