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“We must respect these decisions, but we deeply regret them — especially in light of the responsibility the cabinet bears in this caretaker phase,” he said. The populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) party, one of the coalition’s two remaining partners along with the liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), fumed over the NSC’s departure, saying it left the Netherlands “rudderless.” “While the talks were still ongoing, they walked away, leaving chaos in their wake,” the BBB party said in a statement. Veldkamp, a former ambassador to Israel, resigned the same day a United Nations-backed food security body declared that…
The crucial challenge comes from a “very brutal wake-up call from Trump.” “We had to resign ourselves to tariffs imposed by our largest trading partner and long-standing ally, the United States,” he said of the shift in policy under the U.S. president. “We have been pushed by the same ally to increase military spending, a decision we might have had to make anyway — but in ways that probably do not reflect Europe’s interests.” Despite its economic power, the EU plays only a “marginal” role in Trump’s peace efforts in Ukraine, was “an observer” of the massacre in Gaza and…
While it carved out exceptions for diplomatic channels and battlefield intelligence for Ukraine, it strikingly excludes sharing from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, one of the closest spy networks in the world. “When you talk about Five Eyes, you’re talking about a lot of integrated systems and capabilities,” said Philip Davies, director of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies in London. Davies added that there has been a lot of speculation that sharing with the U.S. is being dialed down by the other four members because of “the vagaries of the Trump administration.” The move by Gabbard is…
It a result of a quickening of diplomatic efforts to end the war launched by Russia more than three years ago following U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting last week in Alaska with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. That was following by Zelenskyy and European leaders, as well as Rutte, meeting Trump in the White House on Monday. Any peace deal needs to ensure that Ukraine cannot be attacked again by Russia, and likely involves both sending more weapons to Ukraine as well as deploying European troops to the country. However, Russia has already said it will oppose any NATO forces in…
Published on 22/08/2025 – 18:11 GMT+2 Delivery robots are about to become a regular sight on the streets of Zurich. More specifically, robo-delivery-dogs, which are being deployed to deliver fast food from a local restaurant named Zekis World. This is a pilot programme by food delivery marketplace Just Eat Takeaway.com and its collaborator, the Swiss robotics company RIVR. The wheeled-legged ‘robo-dogs’ are equipped with Physical AI and can climb stairs, manoeuvre obstacles like rubbish cans or grass, and move around pedestrians, vehicles and cyclists. The dogs can ‘walk’ at speeds of around 15km per hour, and can withstand rain, snow,…
Russia has been ramping up efforts to influence Moldovans living abroad across Europe, sharing disinformation and fake news, the country’s national security chief, Stanislav Secrieru, told POLITICO last month. Moldova’s presidential election last year, in which the country’s liberal leader Maia Sandu won reelection, was marred by allegations of Russian interference. Moscow also targeted a simultaneous referendum on the country joining the EU, in which Moldovans voted “yes” by a narrow margin. In July, Sandu warned against “unprecedented election meddling” ahead of September’s election. “The Russian Federation wants to control the Republic of Moldova from autumn onwards,” she said. European…
Authorities in Ukraine on Friday said almost 1,100,000 people are in need of evacuation from the frontline regions in Eastern Ukraine, around 84,000 of them being children. According to the Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine, Oleksiy Ryabykin, more than 600,000 people have already been evacuated from the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Even more civilians are in danger amid heavy Russian shelling and military assaults in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Many escaping the constant shelling bring only what matters most: family, pets, and a few belongings. Nataliia, a resident of Novohryshyne village of the Donetsk region, said…
He sowed further doubt Friday, claiming that Zelenskyy was the one not willing to negotiate by refusing to rule out joining NATO or concede to the Kremlin’s maximalist territorial demands. “Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda is ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all,” Lavrov told U.S. channel NBC. “Zelenskyy said no to everything. … How can we meet with a person who is pretending to be a leader?” he added. While U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this week the Russian ruler had agreed to a face-to-face meeting, touting…
Published on 22/08/2025 – 15:01 GMT+2 The FBI is searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served in Donald Trump’s first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president, as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Bolton was not detained and has not been charged with any crimes, said the person, who was not authorised to discuss the investigation by name and spoke to the AP news agency on the condition of anonymity. A lawyer who has represented Bolton had no immediate comment.…
Arcom was then alerted in February to the mistreatment of Graven online by the French Human Rights League, an NGO, which received no reply. The league’s president said it typically takes six months for Arcom to reply to a complaint. Asked during the interview whether she had taken the initial reports seriously enough, Chappaz responded that she took it “very seriously” as she does with all matters concerning digital regulation but noted that “we live in a digital world where, until recently, there were no rules.” “It is urgent that we escape this digital Wild West,” she said. “Is…