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Euronews spoke exclusively to senior figures at the summit and analysts from across the region who lauded the sentiment but questioned the viability of the Arab countries’ proposals. The day after leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa met to discuss and sign a proposal for “comprehensive and just peace” in Gaza, without displacing its 2.1 million inhabitants, press from across the region praised the summit as “a unified Arab position”.”Egypt throws a ‘lifeline’ to the cause,” read the headline in Egypt’s state-run newspaper Al Ahram, while one of Jordan’s leading newspapers called it “a clear and implementable…

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their guide to the day ahead in British politics. As Matt Wrack, a former hard-left firefighter is endorsed as the the next leader of one of the two main teaching unions, Sam and Anne discuss the fallout for the government. Mr Wrack, who is the preferred candidate for the NASUWT is a former general secretary of the fire brigade’s union, but he has no professional educational background. They also discuss the ongoing conversations about defence spending and how Europe will protect itself as both Rachel Reeves and Sir…

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told the media on Thursday that it was “deeply regrettable” that he had to take action over Goff’s comments and that he would have done so if they had been made about any other leader.  Goff’s comments were “deeply disappointing” and made the envoy’s position “untenable,” Peters said. “When you’re in that position, you represent the government and the policies of the day — you’re not able to free-think; you are the face of New Zealand,” he added. Goff, a former leader of New Zealand’s Labour Party and former foreign minister, was appointed as…

Reliable data from US embassies and consulates has been essential for air quality monitoring in cities around the world. The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.In response to an inquiry from The Associated Press, the State Department said Wednesday that its air quality monitoring program would no longer transmit air pollution data from embassies and consulates to the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow app and other platforms. This previously allowed locals in various…

In addition, there are few opportunities for investors to hedge their risk through futures and options contracts — in contrast to national government bond markets such as German Bunds and French OATs. The Commission’s top budget official, Stéphanie Riso, has made no secret that she’d like joint European bonds to be better-established financial products. In a podcast appearance earlier this year, Riso said that in the past, investors have treated EU joint borrowing more like debt issued by government-backed agencies, such as the International Monetary Fund or the European Investment Bank, rather than normal government debt. “The situation has changed,”…

Christian Democratic Union/SPD deal would allow Germany to finance 4 percent of gross domestic product in debt at any time. | John Macdougal/Getty Images “The can-do attitude shown tonight could lift sentiment and pull in private investment, even before fiscal policy gets going,” added J.P. Morgan economist Greg Fuzesi, who said he expects a “material change” to Germany’s economic outlook after two straight years of recession. No free lunch Other things being equal, said Barclays economist Balduin Bippus, the move should reverse the downward pressure that German fiscal policy has put on the euro since 2009, when Angela Merkel introduced…

The principle of free speech is enshrined in law across Europe thanks to the European Convention on Human Rights. The UK and other European countries have recently been attacked by high-profile figures in the US for allegedly clamping down on citizens’ free speech.US Vice President JD Vance accused the UK of curtailing freedom of expression during a meeting with President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Oval Office on 27 February.”We do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK and also with some of our European allies,” he said. “But we…

Novo Nordisk announced launching a direct-to-patient online pharmacy NovoCare, offering a more than half-price cut for its weight-loss treatment Wegovy. Europe’s largest pharmaceutical firm, Novo Nordisk, has announced that it will offer its most popular weight-loss drug, Wegovy, for less than half of its listed price. This follows a similar move by its biggest US rival, Eli Lilly, last week, intensifying the competition in the obesity drug market.Novo Nordisk’s shares rose by 3.8% in US markets following the announcement, while Eli Lilly’s stock gained 2% after an initial drop of 0.7% on Wednesday. However, the Danish pharmaceutical firm’s shares have…

– EU-Sondergipfel in Brüssel: Wie die Partner auf Deutschlands Milliarden-Versprechen reagieren und welche Gespräche Friedrich Merz bereits am Vorabend sowie heute führt – Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet aus Brüssel. – Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Die FDP-Europaabgeordnete Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann über Deutschlands Rolle beim Gipfel – und die FDP, die bald in der EU, aber nicht mehr in Berlin parlamentarische Stimmen zur Sicherheitspolitik haben wird.– Ein Rückzug, der kein Ende sein wird: Warum Annalena Baerbock ihre Ambitionen auf einen Fraktionsposten bei den Grünen aufgibt und wie sich die Partei nun zu Sondervermögen, Schuldenbremse und der Union positioniert – eingeordnet von Jürgen Klöckner. Das Berlin Playbook…

Will Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s olive branch to Donald Trump be enough to secure Ukraine’s future — and his own? After his bruising encounter with the U.S. president in the Oval Office, Zelenskyy issued an eleventh-hour missive and said he was ready to sign the minerals deal and “work fast to end the war.” Host Anne McElvoy speaks with one of the most senior politicians in Ukraine, Oleksandr Merezhko, Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee chair and staunch Zelenskyy ally, who argues that Trump is “being used by Putin” in his attempts to force a deal and call for fresh elections in…