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Published on 28/07/2025 – 10:57 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are set to meet on Monday, one day after a new US-EU trade deal was announced. The two will meet at a golf property owned by the US president’s family in southwestern Scotland. They will then travel to Aberdeen, where there is another Trump golf course and a third is set to open soon. Discussions between the two heads of state are expected to cover US tariffs, Russia’s all-out war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, among other topics. According to…
“But don’t forget, we can only do this once. If we do it in a way which is tokenistic, doesn’t produce the end to this conflict, where do we go to next?” The comments come amid mounting pressure on U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Israel is facing growing international condemnation over scenes of starving children in the strip. More than 200 MPs from nine parties signed a letter Friday calling for an immediate recognition of a Palestinian state, arguing this would have a “significant impact due to our historic connections.” French President Emmanuel…
By Euronews Published on 28/07/2025 – 11:09 GMT+2 A Russian air strike on Kyiv overnight on Monday injured at least eight people, including a child, the head of the Ukrainian capital’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on Telegram. He added that the strike damaged a residential building and several cars in the Darnytskyi District, but that no fires broke out. “The blast wave shattered the windows of a high-rise building from the fifth to the 10th floor, as a result of which five people suffered shrapnel wounds,” he said. A wave of drones also targeted the city of Kropyvnytskyi in central…
Published on 28/07/2025 – 11:03 GMT+2 Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad, with voting scheduled to take place between 15 and 20 September, the head of the election organising body told state media on Sunday. Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, confirmed the dates to the state-run SANA news agency. The elections will be held under the authority of interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who took power following a rapid rebel advance that ousted al-Assad in December. One-third of the 210 seats in the new assembly…
Budget cuts to the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) are driving more migrants to Europe, said the organization’s chief Filippo Grandi.“The budget cuts that are imposed on us by donors are catastrophic also from the point of view of how you manage these flows,” Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, told the Financial Times in an interview published Monday.He added that ignoring developments in African countries was “a big strategic mistake.” “There is no doubt in my mind that people are already moving from Chad to Libya — Sudanese refugees,” Grandi said. “Give more assistance to states where people are…
Plus, the simple fact is none of us are frontline states — yet. We shouldn’t be stealing valor from those actually doing the fighting. Ukraine is the only real frontline country, and if Putin isn’t stopped there, there’s a strong possibility he’ll continue elsewhere — though probably not in any of the four countries that just claimed the “frontline” label. In fact, according to the most reliable assessments, my country is much more likely to become a frontline state than, say, Hungary. So, I would like to express my strong solidarity with the plight of the unbombed farmers of Bulgaria,…
Entwicklungsministerin Reem Alabali Radovan (SPD) steht vor einer gewaltigen Aufgabe: Sie muss eine Milliarde Euro in ihrem Etat einsparen. Gordon Repinski analysiert, welche Chance diese Kürzung für eine grundlegende Reform des Ministeriums sein kann und stellt fünf Ideen vor.Im 200-Sekunden-Interview stellt sich die Ministerin selbst den Fragen: Wo wird sie den Rotstift ansetzen? Kürzt sie bei Projekten oder Partnerländern? Und wie will sie über alternative Einnahmen wie eine globale Milliardärssteuer mit der Union verhandeln?Außerdem: Der Zoll-Deal zwischen der EU und den USA ist da. Hans von der Burchard analysiert die Details der Einigung zwischen Ursula von der Leyen und Donald…
But it’s not all doom and gloom, as hopes grow that Britain could avoid tariffs on pharmaceutical products — which Trump had threatened to impose as soon as the start of August. A U.K. government figure said a deal on pharmaceuticals was “much more likely” than immediate progress on steel or the blanket 10 percent reciprocal tariffs. If it comes off it would be a good-news story for the government and the industry, which contributes significantly to U.K. GDP. 3) The chance to keep the president’s mind on foreign affairs The meeting will also be a chance for Starmer to…
All those Bulgarian euro doomsayers need to take a chill pill. At least, that’s the advice from Croatia, the last country to adopt the single currency back in 2023. Bulgarians have taken to the streets in their thousands since the European Commission approved Bulgaria’s entry into the currency union from next year, ostensibly afraid that life is about to get much more expensive as a result. Since Croatia joined the eurozone, its inflation has — it’s true — run slightly hotter than it did before accession. But to a large degree, experts say, that reflects other things that have gone…
Germany looks to keep Washington close That uncertainty is exactly what Pistorius is trying to prevent from turning into a crisis. “It’s about coordinating how we implement such a decision, if and when it comes,” he said in Washington, “so that no dangerous capability gaps emerge if the Americans withdraw something we can’t replace quickly.” That concern has already prompted Germany to step up quiet diplomatic outreach. Officials in Berlin have pushed for a phased, transparent approach, emphasizing the country’s growing military investment and its readiness to host American forces. In June, Germany announced plans to boost defense spending from…