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Trump is not always praising other people, but there is one exception – Mark Rutte. And as the NATO boss is set to visit Trump on Wednesday, your reporter wonders: could the US president one day say “bye, bye” to the alliance? Let’s take a look at what the actual rules say.
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Donald Trump macht einen Rückzieher. Ganz knapp vor Ablauf seines Ultimatums verkündete der US-Präsident eine zweiwöchige Waffenruhe mit dem Iran. Unter pakistanischer Vermittlung sollen ab Freitag Verhandlungen in Islamabad starten. Grundlage ist ein iranischer Zehn-Punkte-Plan, der Teheran schmerzhafte Zugeständnisse der USA abverlangt. Inklusive der weiteren Kontrolle über die Straße von Hormuz. Zusammen mit Jonathan Martin in Washington analysiert Rixa Fürsen, ob Trump hier wirklich den Sieg eingefahren hat, den er reklamiert, oder ob er schlicht vor den wirtschaftlichen Folgen seines Kriegs eingeknickt ist. Die Kraftstoffpreise in Deutschland steigen kontinuierlich. Eine Woche nach Einführung der „12-Uhr-Regel“ steht fest: Die Wirkung ist…
Published on 08/04/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Like sport, food, and fitness, music has quickly shifted from being a niche segment of the tourism industry to become one of the most popular reasons for why people travel around the world. Emerging as a key travel trend in recent years, so-called “gig-tripping” is on the rise, thanks to a growing number of international festivals and the huge success of world tours from the likes of Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Beyoncé and Oasis. These days, music fans don’t just want to book a ticket to watch their favourite acts in their home towns or…
Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran’s “whole civilization” shocked the world. On the podcast today, host Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart, POLITICO’s senior EU politics editor, discuss the European reaction as the conflict in the Middle East spirals. Plus, NATO chief Mark Rutte is in Washington to meet the U.S. president, but what does he hope to achieve with so little consensus within the alliance? Next, we obtained documents that reveal the extent to which Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán is deepening ties with Russia. An agreement signed between the two countries last year includes cooperation in a diverse range…
While Orbán flaunts his close ties with the Kremlin, his electoral rival, Péter Magyar, has argued this is an Achilles’ heel, accusing the government of “outright treason” over its ties to Moscow. The December summit in Moscow was the 16th meeting of the Russian-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation (IGC), which according to Russian state media was launched in 2005. The commission has met on a roughly annual basis in either Russia or Hungary since then — with a break between the 14th meeting in November 2021 and the 15th in September 2024. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire late on Tuesday, barely an hour before US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to capitulate was set to expire. Trump pulled back on earlier apocalyptic threats that a “whole civilisation will die” if Tehran failed to reach a deal, holding off on attacks on Iranian bridges and power plants, a war crime against sites that are primarily of civilian usage. “Subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of…
European governments, continually wrestling with the best way to deal with an American president who often sees them as a target for ridicule rather than as a natural ally, have pushed the EU to speak with one voice, and to ensure it holds Trump to the same standard as Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There is unease among most, if not all, EU countries,” said one diplomat, granted anonymity to speak frankly, adding there is a need to avoid applying a “double standard.” Governments “will say you always preach stability, the rule of law, the multilateral world order, for four years…
But both Trump and the Iranians appear — at least publicly — emboldened.Whatever happens Tuesday evening, the path to reopen Hormuz remains murky at best and oil prices are already trading above $110. Average retail prices of gasoline in the U.S. reached $4.14, according to AAA — and are likely to go even higher absent a resolution.A White House spokesperson pointed to Trump’s Monday press conference in response to questions, in which he said: “We have to have a deal that’s acceptable to me, and part of that deal is going to be we want free traffic of oil and…
Crane was among dozens of lawmakers, Republican and Democrat, who published business-as-usual social media updates throughout the day Tuesday. Without acknowledging Trump’s stunning ultimatum, they shared partisan talking points, highlighted constituent meetings or celebrated local sports teams.Because neither chamber has convened for a full session since March 27, Trump has been free to further push the bounds of GOP loyalty without fear of concentrated pushback — or at least the risk of Republican lawmakers getting asked uncomfortable questions in the Capitol halls.While many have become practiced at deflecting queries about Trump’s jaw-dropping utterances, most appeared to conclude that the wisest…