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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen insisted Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is a key component of the country’s future security guarantees after holding talks with European leaders to debrief peace talks on Tuesday. Von der Leyen said that accession to the 27-member bloc, which Ukraine aspires to join, represents “a key security guarantee in its own right,” in a social media post following a call within the Berlin Format, which includes the leaders of Germany, France, and Poland, among others. “Ultimately, the prosperity of a free Ukrainian state lies in the accession to the EU,” she said.…
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“If we accept that, as a European Commissioner, you can be ostracized, blamed, and punished for carrying out the mandate entrusted to you, then we are heading down an extraordinarily dangerous path,” Breton said Tuesday on RTL. “If we allow this situation to continue, it would mean that those who succeed me and have to exercise their European mandate would be intimidated and prevented from doing so.” “The European Commission cannot show any sign of weakness… European institutions must respond with the utmost severity,” he added. Breton said he had spoken at length with French President Emmanuel Macron after being…
Published on 30/12/2025 – 13:12 GMT+1 Eurostar advised passengers on Tuesday to postpone their journeys after reports of a problem with the overhead power supply in the Channel Tunnel. “Due to a problem with the overhead power supply in the Channel Tunnel and a subsequent failed Le Shuttle train, we strongly advise all our passengers to postpone their journey to a different date,” a statement on the company’s website said. “Please don’t come to the station unless you already have a ticket to travel. We regret that trains that can run are subject to severe delays and last-minute cancellations.” The…
Do you share our anxiety about the state of the planet? As green journalists, we are all too familiar with what climate anxiety, climate doom, and even environmental existential dread feel like. These terms all describe the same thing: the negative feelings, such as stress, fear, anger and grief, that come up when we are confronted with the reality of a warming Earth. With almost daily stories of lives lost or ruined by extreme weather, it’s hard to escape the consequences of climate change. It’s easy to feel helpless and dejected. But as many experts agree, we can use some…
Published on 30/12/2025 – 13:03 GMT+1 George Clooney’s love affair with France just got official. The Hollywood star, along with his wife Amal and their eight-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, has been granted French citizenship, according to an official decree published in France’s Journal Officiel. The move formalises what Clooney had already been hinting at earlier this month, when he publicly praised France’s strict privacy laws and its resistance to paparazzi culture. “Here, they don’t take photos of kids. There aren’t any paparazzi hidden at the school gates,” he told RTL radio. “That’s number one for us.” Despite 400 days…
In a letter to a U.K. parliamentary committee, Cooper said she, Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy “were all unaware” of historic tweets by Abd El-Fattah. “We consider them to be abhorrent,” she said. Abd El-Fattah on Monday “unequivocally” apologized for the tweets. Cooper said current and former ministers were “never briefed on these tweets when they spoke publicly about the case,” and civil servants in charge of the case “were also unaware” of them. In her letter to the foreign affairs committee Cooper said she was “deeply concerned” that the re-emergence of the historic posts — and the…
An elite German paratrooper regiment is reportedly under investigation over allegations of sexual assault, antisemitism, right-wing extremist activity, violent rituals and drug use. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported on Monday that dozens of soldiers were being investigated for a wide range of alleged misconduct. The controversy first came to light when two female soldiers filed a complaint with the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces in June. The Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD), the military justice system, the public prosecutor are now investigating the matter, with a focus on the 26th Parachute Regiment in the southwestern town of…
Published on 30/12/2025 – 11:32 GMT+1 Climate policies that target lifestyle changes risk triggering a wave of “unintended negative side effects”, even among people who are voluntarily trying to make sustainable choices. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that lifestyle changes could help the planet slash emissionsby up to 70 per cent by 2050. However, a new paper published today in the journal Nature Sustainability warns that frequently-promoted initiatives, such as eating less meat, banning cars from city centres and asking people to forego air travel, may be weakening their “green” values. Are climate policies backfiring? Researchers surveyed…
By Tokunbo Salako with AP Published on 30/12/2025 – 11:40 GMT+1 It’s the most wonderful time of the year if you’re among the chosen few to make Britain’s New Year’s honours list, an annual tradition that rewards people for the contributions to public life. Britons ranging from Hollywood A-listers Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in King Charles III’s New Year’s honours list. Elba, who starred as a drug dealer in ‘The Wire’ and the president of the United States in ‘A House of Dynamite’ was knighted for his services to young people after he and…