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The comments — made during a campaign event for Dutch center-right party Christian Democratic Appeal ahead of national elections Oct. 29 — are another shot across the bow of the EU’s embattled artificial intelligence law. ASML, Europe’s leading tech company by market cap, has been campaigning to pause the parts of the law that are not yet implemented. In July, the company’s executives signed onto a letter from 46 companies calling for a two-year pause. The company in September became the largest shareholder of French AI company Mistral with a €1.3 billion investment, strengthening the influence of ASML when it…

Known as Israel’s “Car Wall,” the wrecks were seized by militants during the assault that left more than 1,200 people dead. The site has since become a sanctuary and symbol of remembrance for those who lost their lives in the unprecedented attack. At dawn that day, nearly 4,000 Hamas-led attackers crossed the barriers from Gaza and rampaged through southern Israel. Among their targets was the Nova music festival, where hundreds of young people were killed as militants descended on the crowd using paramotors. Questions over how the attackers managed to breach Israeli defences and operate for hours before the army…

MANCHESTER, England — Former Tory leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt endorsed the U.K. pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights, in a marked shift from her previous position. Speaking at the POLITICO Pub at Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday, Mordaunt — a former Cabinet minister still seen as a potential contender for the Tory crown — commended current Leader Kemi Badenoch’s decision to withdraw from the ECHR if the Conservatives re-enter government. “I do support that policy,” Mordaunt said. “Kemi has been right to do the hard yards behind it. “She hasn’t just done the hard yards by reading…

Published on 07/10/2025 – 16:30 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland still hangs over the Arctic island’s residents, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Trump sent shockwaves across Europe when he publicly refused to rule out the possibility of using military force or economic coercion to seize the semi-autonomous Danish territory. While his attention has since turned to other issues ranging from trade tariffs and NATO spending to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Frederiksen said Trump’s takeover threat was still a concern for Denmark and for the some 60,000 inhabitants of Greenland.…

In a rare interview, Jonathan Reynolds told POLITICO he would not be employing a tarantula or a “little black book,” but would take a gentler approach to keep restive MPs on the government’s side. Sep 29 5 mins read

Two years since the deadly Hamas-led 7 October attack, security experts in Israel and worldwide are still analysing what the key oversights were and whether Israel could have pre-empted the incursion, which took 1,200 lives and saw 250 people taken hostage by Hamas. Earlier this year the Israeli military published its first official account of the mistakes that led to its failures during the 7 October 2023 attack, which triggered the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The report concluded that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) “failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians”. The 19-page report concludes that Israel’s military misjudged…

Zwei Jahre nach dem Terrorangriff der Hamas wird in vielen Ländern der Opfer gedacht und um Haltung gerungen. Friedrich Merz ruft in einer Videobotschaft zu Solidarität mit Jüdinnen und Juden auf, Julia Klöckner eröffnet im Bundestag eine Ausstellung mit israelischen Kunstwerken und einem erschütternden Symbol: einem Becher vom Nova-Festival, wo das Massaker begann. Rixa Fürsen und Rasmus Buchsteiner sprechen über das heutige Gedenken, aber auch über parlamentarische Herausforderungen in der Debatte um Israel, die Hamas und das Vorgehen in Gaza.  Im zweiten Teil des Updates wird es europapolitisch: Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche stellt sich gemeinsam mit Italiens Amtskollegen Adolfo Urso gegen…

Published on 07/10/2025 – 16:39 GMT+2 Israel remains ”cautiously optimistic about the talks in Egypt,” despite concerns that Hamas “might attempt to manipulate the process,” government officials told Euronews on Tuesday. The indirect talks aimed at reaching a final agreement on a US peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza enter their second day on the two-year anniversary of its beginning. Israel has agreed to the proposals and insists that it “is committed to (US) President (Donald) Trump’s plan and bringing every hostage home immediately,” Israeli government sources told Euronews. “Our position is clear: the immediate release of…

It’s rare enough to be worth noting: the European Commission can also shield its own. To protect an industry heavily impacted by foreign competition, the EU executive proposed on Tuesday to cut in half the amount of steel imported into the bloc duty-free and to impose a 50% tariff on imports exceeding a quota of 18.3 million tonnes per year. To put it simply, this means that the EU is drastically reducing its imports of steel in favour of its own product. “Global overcapacity is damaging our industry. We need to act now,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…

The Conservative leader said this morning the shadow justice secretary had made a “factual statement” and there was “nothing wrong with making observations.” Former Tory West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has criticized Jenrick over the comments he made at an event in March, which were first reported by The Guardian.  “I went to Handsworth in Birmingham the other day to do a video on litter and it was absolutely appalling. It’s as close as I’ve come to a slum in this country,” Jenrick said in a recording. “But the other thing I noticed there was that it was one of…