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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is facing a backlash after saying that the European Union should “keep on dreaming” about becoming independent from the United States, its largest ally, in matters related to security and defence. His comments came on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark through punitive measures, an unprecedented dispute that brought the nearly 80-year-old transatlantic alliance to the brink of collapse. The tensions were defused by a deal on Arctic security brokered by Rutte. “When President Trump is doing good stuff, I will praise him, and I don’t mind him…

Published on 27/01/2026 – 16:34 GMT+1 The Spanish government said on Tuesday it would award €20 million in compensation to the victims of last week’s high-speed train crash in southern Spain, which killed 45 people and injured at least 150. The disaster on January 18 saw a train derail and collide with another train in Adamuz, a city near Cordoba. It was the deadliest train crash in Spain since 2013, and one of the worst in Europe in recent history. The families of the deceased will receive €216,000 each within three months, according to Transport Minister Oscar Puente. The compensation…

The forthcoming Modern Service Framework for CVD, promised within the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan, presents a critical opportunity. This framework must: Embed prevention into every level of care  Enable earlier diagnosis using digital and community-based tools  Support optimal treatment through data and workforce innovation  Define clear national priorities backed by accountability  CVD is a health challenge and a national prosperity challenge. We cannot afford rising sickness, worsening inequalities, and an NHS stretched by late-stage, preventable disease. The link between health and wealth has never been clearer: investing in CVD prevention will deliver both immediate and long-term returns.  The link between health and wealth has never…

Published on 27/01/2026 – 15:40 GMT+1 According to France’s health watchdog, half of teens spend between two and five hours a day on their smartphones. But your reporter went for dinner with some tech lobbyists, and it is clear now this ban sounds like a nightmare. Let us investigate. Supporters say it protects kids from harmful content. Over one-half of European teens have seen online pornography. The average age of first exposure? Just 11. And in the era of Elon Musk’s GrokAI, they do not even need to search for it. They can generate it. Let us cheer for the…

When protests erupted across Iran in late December over economic collapse, the regime’s response was swift and deadly. What followed was not crowd control but calculated slaughter. International human rights organisations now describe it as one of the largest mass killings of protesters in modern times. The question facing Western capitals is no longer whether atrocities occurred, but whether the international community possesses the will to respond with anything beyond rhetoric. “There is no doubt that the Islamic Republic has committed one of the largest mass killings of protesters of our time,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, head of the Oslo-based organisation…

PARIS — Qui sera l’Antéchrist du XXIe siècle ? La question a été au centre de l’intervention, lundi soir, du magnat de la tech américaine Peter Thiel, entre les boiseries de l’Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Selon le résumé écrit de l’intervention du fondateur de PayPal — dix pages, tout de même —, qui a été transmis aux participants et que POLITICO a pu consulter, Peter Thiel a présenté durant près d’une heure une “version élargie” de la première partie d’un cycle de conférences qu’il a donné ces derniers mois à San Francisco sur le sujet de l’Antéchrist. Cette…

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Published on 27/01/2026 – 13:21 GMT+1 Germany is offering a €1 million euro reward for information leading to the arrest of suspected far-left militants whose arson attack caused a massive blackout in Berlin earlier this month, the interior minister said on Tuesday. About 45,000 homes and 2,200 businesses were left without power for nearly a week in the middle of winter in the southwest of the German capital. It was the longest blackout in the city since the end of World War II. German police are searching for members of the far-left “Vulkangruppe” (Volcano Group), which claimed responsibility for the…

The European Union and India have sealed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA), bringing two of the world’s largest economies closer together at a time when global trade is increasingly shaped by geopolitical tensions. Covering nearly two billion people and almost a quarter of global economic output, the deal marks the biggest bilateral trade pact either side has ever signed. “The EU and India make history today, deepening the partnership between the world’s biggest democracies. We have created a free trade zone of 2 billion people, with both sides set to gain economically,” said European Commission President Ursula von der…

Published on 27/01/2026 – 12:08 GMT+1 An artificial intelligence food assistant is being pitched as the latest solution to the nightly question: what’s for dinner? Food delivery app Just Eat Takeaway.com is launching an AI-powered voice assistant that helps users find meals, restaurants, and even retail and pharmacy products. The tool allows people to ask broad or specific questions, even if their requests are vague or unstructured, in more than a dozen languages, the company says. In a promotional video, the AI assistant is shown adding all the ingredients needed to make a carbonara to a shopping basket, before suggesting…