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As the head of MI6 prepares to make her first public speech, is the UK facing a “new age of uncertainty?” Sam and Anne discuss the priorities for Blaise Metreweli – identifying where the perceived threats are coming from and how Britain is being targeted. Before he jets off to Berlin for more Russian-Ukraine peace talks, the prime minister will face the liaison committee as parliament begins to wind down for the year. Plus, Rishi Sunak makes another appearance at the Covid Inquiry.
Hundreds of skaters rolled along Havana’s Malecon on Saturday, closing the city’s annual skaters’ gathering with a marathon by the sea. Most participants were teenagers and young adults, drawn to the broad boulevard and its open views of the Caribbean. Some skaters arrived with years of training, others with little instruction beyond time spent in the streets. For many, the event offered a rare chance to skate together in public space. Action also spread to La Piragua in central Havana. There, competitions in skate cross, speed slalom and jumps filled the afternoon with falls, fast recoveries and applause.
Europe’s chemical industry has reached a breaking point. The warning lights are no longer blinking — they are blazing. Unless Europe changes course immediately, we risk watching an entire industrial backbone, with the countless jobs it supports, slowly hollow out before our eyes. Consider the energy situation: this year European gas prices have stood at 2.9 times higher than in the United States. What began as a temporary shock is now a structural disadvantage. High energy costs are becoming Europe’s new normal, with no sign of relief. This is not sustainable for an energy-intensive sector that competes globally every day.…
Updated: 15/12/2025 – 7:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 15th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
By Emma De Ruiter & Euronews Published on 15/12/2025 – 6:26 GMT+1 •Updated 7:39 Director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead in their Los Angeles home in what police say is being investigated as an “apparent homicide.” A spokesperson for the Reiner family confirmed their deaths in a statement to media. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the family spokesperson said in a statement to media. “We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.” The Los Angeles Fire Department…
Published on 15/12/2025 – 7:00 GMT+1 This year, the municipality of Kőbánya offered two dilapidated, vacant apartments for renovation from floor to ceiling by volunteers of the Street to Apartment Association, with support from the capital. The Metropolitan Solidarity Fund supported the project with HUF 23.6 million in the last cycle, two of which can be used to renew two district council flats, according to Bálint Misetics, the Mayor’s chief advisor on housing and social policy. The apartments will be made available to the homeless through a tender. The association will decide on a case-by-case basis, taking into account whether…
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Hamas has confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, killed in an Israeli air strike on a car outside Gaza City on Saturday. The death of Raed Saad, described in a Hamas statement as the commander of its military manufacturing unit, was the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas official since a ceasefire agreement came into effect in October. The attack killed four people and wounded 25 others, according to hospital officials. Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, who lives in exile, said the attack was one of a series of ceasefire violations committed by Israel since the start…
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The next day, while at the Moldova Security Forum in Chișinău, a Polish government official expressed his deep concern about sharing intelligence with the current U.S. administration. While he had great respect for the embassy in Warsaw, he noted a lack of trust in some leaders in Washington and his worry that intelligence would get leaked, in the worst case to Russia — as had happened during Trump’s first term. My week came to an end at a two-day workshop for democracy activists, all who described the catastrophic impact that the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) elimination had on…