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Published on 23/02/2026 – 10:26 GMT+1 There is a famous joke from Soviet times. You turn on the radio and hear about Lenin. You open the newspaper and read about Lenin. You are terrified to open your fridge. These days, one could say the same about US President Donald Trump and his global tariffs. Because after a US Supreme Court ruling last week called his tariffs unconstitutional, Trump simply doubled down and announced a new 15% import tax anyway. So, what actually happened, and how will it affect you? The Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution grants the power…
Published on 23/02/2026 – 10:39 GMT+1 Legendary British punk band Sex Pistols is set to embark on a UK and Ireland tour, commemorating five decades of punk rock. Dubbed ‘The Anarchy In The UK’ tour, the celebratory series of concerts planned for London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin in December marks 50 years since the release of the band’s seminal track ‘Anarchy in the UK’. The band will be joined by musician Frank Carter (vocals) and will feature original band members Steve Jones (guitars), Paul Cook (drums) and Glen Matlock (bass). The group formed in 1975 and was known for their…
“We will continue to monitor the situation and expect to see the perpetrators of violence brought to justice,” it posted on X, which was retweeted by the U.S. embassy in Paris. The publication angered the French government, which has been trying to contain the political fallout from Deranque’s death and its risks to public safety, weeks ahead of local elections in March. “We refuse to allow this tragedy to be exploited for political ends,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on radio France Inter on Sunday. “We have no lessons to learn, particularly when it comes to violence, from international…
Published on 23/02/2026 – 10:30 GMT+1•Updated 10:40 Lithuania is calling for an overhaul of the European Union’s voting system following Hungary’s announcement it is blocking two key decisions in relation to Ukraine because of problems with Budapest’s access to cheap Russian oil through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. Ahead of Monday’s foreign affairs meeting in Brussels, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó posted on X: “At tomorrow’s Foreign Affairs Council, the EU aims to adopt the twentieth sanctions package. Hungary will block it. “Until Ukraine resumes oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, we will not allow decisions important…
Published on 23/02/2026 – 9:17 GMT+1 Postponing sanctions against Russia is a “failure” for Europe, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today on Monday. “Every delay that we have in the adoption of a sanctions package is a failure for Europe,” the minister said, calling for more support for Ukraine. “We need to increase the pressure on Russia, hence the sanctions, and I expect them to behave like Europeans today, but I’m not sure,” she added. Her comments come just 24 hours after Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Budapest would block any new EU…
Published on 23/02/2026 – 8:52 GMT+1 For 15 minutes, the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo had a new neighbour: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Activists hung the unflattering arrest photo of the disgraced British royal at the Louvre museum in Paris to show “how the world will remember” the former Prince. On Sunday, the UK-based anti-billionaire group Everyone Hates Elon mounted the photo on a wall of the famous French museum, alongside a caption naming the picture as “He’s Sweating Now” – a reference to the “nuclear explosion level bad” 2019 Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis, in which the former royal…
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The Red Sea EDITION has just been named the best new hotel in the world for 2025 by Forbes Travel Guide. Located in Saudi Arabia, the property is part of a wider tourism megaproject along the Red Sea coast first announced in 2017. So far, the project has seen the opening of several gorgeous new resorts in the area including Six Senses Southern Dunes and Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve. The EDITION was one of three to open on Shura Island, the project’s main hub, last year, alongside the InterContinental and SLS. Now in its third year, the shortlist for this…
Donald Trump verschärft seinen Zollkurs. Trotz eines Urteils des Supreme Court, das seine bisherige Praxis für unrechtmäßig erklärt. Statt einzulenken, kündigt er neue Zölle von zunächst 10, dann 15 Prozent auf Importe aus aller Welt an. Ein offener Machtkampf zwischen Justiz und Exekutive. Gordon Repinski darüber, wie das eine Chance für Europa sein kann. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Dirk Wiese, parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der SPD-Fraktion, über eine mögliche deutsche Linie: Aussetzung des Ratifizierungsprozesses, mehr europäische Härte, mögliche Anwendung des Anti-Coercion-Act und ob Europa ein De-Risking gegenüber den USA braucht. Vier Jahre nach Beginn der Voll-Invasion steht die Unterstützung für die Ukraine erneut…
EU foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels with one clear goal: to agree on a 20th sanctions package against Russia. But Hungary is threatening to block it — linking its support to a growing energy standoff with Ukraine over disrupted oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline. Host Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by POLITICO’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Nick Vinocur to unpack what’s at stake at the Foreign Affairs Council. Then we head north to Iceland, which could fast-track a referendum on restarting EU membership talks as U.S. President Donald Trump’s Greenland rhetoric and new U.S. tariffs reshape the political calculus…