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Published on 15/01/2026 – 6:00 GMT+1 The world has “seriously underestimated” the rate of global warmingand its impact on the economy, as scientists call for an urgent “recovery plan”. A new report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the University of Exeter warns that global temperatures are accelerating faster than previously predicted. It means that without immediate measures, the Earth is now likely to reach 2℃ above pre-industrial levels before 2050. This rate of warming has been linked to “catastrophic” impacts on societies and economies worldwide, risking major disruption to water and food systems, migration and human…
However, they indicate that Britain’s ruling Labour Party has no intention of cooling a courtship that has generated significant opposition — including from some of its own MPs — due to concerns over China’s human rights record and espionage activity. Cooper herself said Britain takes security issues around China “immensely seriously,” adding: “That involves transnational repression, it involves the espionage threats and challenges that we face.” Speaking to POLITICO ahead of a visit Thursday to the Arctic, where China is taking an increasing strategic interest, Cooper added: “There are also some wider economic security issues around, for example, the control…
The Long-Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) devices are marketed for long-distance communication, but when used at close range, they can risk hearing damage. They have also been reported to cause headaches, dizziness and nausea. The government has denied deploying sound cannons on demonstrators. Serbia is in the grip of its largest protest movement in decades. For more than a year, tens of thousands of people — occasionally hundreds of thousands of citizens — have poured into the streets across the country, staging regular nationwide rallies that reflect deepening anger at the government. On March 15, 2025, during one of the biggest…
“State propaganda smears, AI-generated fakes, doctored videos, potential staged incidents, blackmail, and exploiting the rigged electoral system. They will mobilize everything because they have so much to lose,” Tarr said. Speaking at Fidesz’s party congress on Saturday, Orbán lambasted Tisza as a pro-EU stooge. “If you vote for Tisza or DK [the social-democratic Democratic Coalition], you are voting against your own future. Tisza and DK will carry out Brussels’ demands without batting an eyelid. Do not forget that Tisza’s boss is Herr Weber, Europe’s biggest warmonger,” Orbán said, referring to the German chief of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber.…
“The goal is to show that Denmark and key allies can increase their presence in the Arctic region,” said a third person briefed on the plans, demonstrating their “ability to operate under the unique Arctic conditions and thereby strengthen the alliance’s footprint in the Arctic, benefiting both European and transatlantic security.” The announcement landed the same day U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers in Washington, following days of rising transatlantic tensions over President Donald Trump’s bid to take over the strategic island. Trump escalated the dispute earlier…
It’s a scenario that Miliband and Starmer want to avoid in future by focusing on producing electricity from domestic sources like offshore wind that are not subject to the ups and downs of global fossil fuel markets. Trump, by contrast, wants to keep Europe hooked on gas — specifically, American gas. The U.S. National Security Strategy, updated late last year, states Trump’s desire to use American fossil fuel exports to “project power.” Trump has already strong-armed the European Union into committing to buy $750 billion worth of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a quid pro quo for tariff relief. No…
“Foreign Office travel advice has now been updated to reflect this consular change.” The move came shortly after the U.S. ordered the evacuation of some personnel from the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, its largest base in the Middle East, which hosts 10,000 U.S. troops. A former U.S. official familiar with the situation said aircraft had also been moved. Reuters first reported the evacuation. The U.K. already advises against all travel to Iran and for British nationals already in the country to “carefully consider” their continued presence. Britain’s envoy to Iran was summoned alongside European diplomats on Monday to…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Damaso Jaivenois Published on 14/01/2026 – 16:15 GMT+1 •Updated 16:32 Alcohol is behind 31% of deaths from injury and violence in Europe, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The organisation says the continent drinks more than any other region in the world, with a human cost amounting to 145,000 people The number one cause of death is not an accidental one: self-harm is the biggest killer, leading to 44,000 alcohol-related fatal injuries in 2019 alone, with 83% of cases being among men. Road accidents fuelled by alcohol are next, with 24,000 deaths, followed by…
France woke up to quieter streets on Wednesday as tractors that had surrounded the National Assembly began leaving Paris before sunrise. The vehicles, driven by members of the FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs unions, had entered the capital the previous morning to press their demands. Farmers say they are struggling with rising costs, falling incomes and rules they see as unfair. While Paris was clearing, tension shifted south. Late on Tuesday night, farmers drove tractors into central Toulouse despite a local ban. Around fifteen machines parked near government buildings under close police watch. Protesters again pointed to economic pressure and anger…
The EU’s top diplomat ― who coordinates the bloc’s foreign policy on behalf of the 27 governments and the European Commission ― cracked the joke in a meeting of the Conference of Presidents, a meeting of the Parliament’s group leaders. Her comments came after top MEPs started wishing each other a happy new year. The same MEPs added that global events meant it wasn’t that happy, according to people in the room. With fears in Europe that Trump might annex Greenland, mass protests against the Islamist regime in Iran, as well as the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and…