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BRUSSELS — European and other world leaders are planning to hold a second emergency summit in Paris on Wednesday as pressure grows to forge a cohesive response to Donald Trump’s divisive plan to end the war in Ukraine. A smaller group of leaders — including those from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Denmark and the United Kingdom — gathered in the French capital on Monday, after being left reeling from United States President Trump’s decision to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin and leave them out in the cold. The latest meeting has not been officially confirmed but is likely…

“I don’t want a political war, because that’s not my role. But this can’t last,” Moinil said. There have been several shootings in Brussels since the beginning of February, in which two people have been killed and at least three injured. Authorities have linked most of the gunfire to drug trafficking and disputes between gangs attempting to gain territory. The current epidemic of violence began shortly before dawn broke on Feb. 5, when two masked men shot Kalashnikov-style weapons outside the Clemenceau metro station in the west of Brussels. The shooting triggered an hours-long manhunt in the metro tunnels underneath…

Now, the EU wants to inject a dose of “Buy European” into its own climate efforts.  Bringing it back home The EU executive’s strategy encompasses six pillars: lowering energy prices, creating demand, spurring investment, ensuring access to key materials, working on global partnerships and reskilling workers. The goal: “Present European industry with a stronger business case for large climate-neutral investments in energy-intensive industries and clean tech.”  The draft places demand-stimulating measures for “Made in Europe” climate-friendly goods at the heart of the Clean Industrial Deal, reaffirming an existing goal to make 40 percent of the EU’s key clean technology components within…

“It will be interesting to see its electoral score next Sunday,” said an MEP from France’s Rassemblement National. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could join the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament after Germany’s federal elections on February 23.Several sources confirmed to Euronews that the idea is making the rounds within the group but that there is currently no schedule for talks. Patriots for Europe (PfE) is now the third-largest group in the Parliament, with 86 MEPs from 13 EU Member States, including some from France’s Rassemblement National, Italy’s Lega, and Hungary’s Fidesz.One of its main figures, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,…

Hanan Khashoggi, widow of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has asked UK architects working in Saudi Arabia to remind the country’s rulers about the “unfinished business” of her husband’s death. In an interview with Architects’ Journal, Hanan Khashoggi urged prominent architects, including Norman Foster, to speak out and bring attention to her husband’s murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 – which, she said, remains unsolved.”I tell the architects from the UK: I’m proud that you are helping Saudi Arabia to develop, and this is what Jamal wanted, but please speak to them [Saudi Arabia’s ruling royal family] and…

It comes after Davey joined MPs from the governing Labour Party and opposition Tories to call for more parliamentary scrutiny of Starmer’s plan, which has received a mixed reception in Europe. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued Monday it was “highly inappropriate” to discuss sending peacekeeping troops before a peace plan is agreed, and a French-hosted summit broke up with little consensus on a way forward. In an interview with POLITICO, Davey — whose party is the third largest in Britain’s parliament and has form in demanding recalls — offered flexibility about the timing of any vote, but insisted a check by…

Updated: 18/02/2025 – 17:34 GMT+1Zoran Milanović was inaugurated as Croatia’s President for a second term on Tuesday in Zagreb. … More The inauguration ceremony began with the Croatian national anthem, followed by Milanović taking the presidential oath, promising to serve the nation with devotion. In his address, he emphasised Croatia’s national security, economic challenges and the importance of independent institutions.He also reaffirmed Croatia’s duty to support Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milanović called for more investments in domestic industry and warned against excessive military spending. The event featured musical performances, with former presidents and military leaders in attendance.

The accusation comes after M23 seized more territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second largest city, the UN human rights chief has said. The major city of Bukavu fell to the rebels on Sunday, just weeks after they succeeded in capturing Goma to the north. In a statement on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said his office had “confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week.” “We are…

The new world order Preparing for possible Ukrainian peace negotiations is being portrayed in the Russian media almost as secondary in the bigger picture of Putin and Trump coming together to decide the shape of a new multipolar world order.  The coverage gives some hint as to what the Kremlin will prioritize in these opening rounds of diplomacy — namely, to set the stage for the two men’s meeting of minds. In the Russian narrative it is the Americans who are at last catching up with a prescient Putin and coming round to his way of thinking. “All things on…

“Japan will soon begin importing historic new shipments of clean American liquefied natural gas in record numbers,” the American president declared.  Trump is similarly pressing the EU to buy more American LNG, threatening to impose severe tariffs if the bloc doesn’t meet that and other demands. Brussels has dispatched envoys to Washington to negotiate and is keen to strike an LNG deal. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has touted it as a way to finally quit Russian LNG. However, any move to follow Japan’s lead would likely face opposition from climate activists and green groups, who have long argued…