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“We do also have concerns about President Putin being part of something which is talking about peace when we have still not seen any signs from Putin that there will be a commitment to peace in Ukraine,” she added. The foreign secretary stressed Britain will still provide practical support for the Palestinian committee which is due to run Gaza and ensure humanitarian aid reaches citizens and Hamas’ weapons are decommissioned. She stressed “the other crucial issue that has a direct impact on U.K. security is getting a peace agreement for Ukraine. “And so far we have seen no sign that…
Updated: 22/01/2026 – 10:09 GMT+1 Donald Trump’s announcement of a draft agreement on Greenland was met with scepticism on the streets of Nuuk, the autonomous Danish island’s capital. After weeks of increasingly bellicose rhetoric about seizing Greenland, Trump said at Davos that he had reached a draft framework agreement. … More
Global stock markets rallied on Thursday as US President Donald Trump rolled back tariff threats linked to Greenland. Attending the World Economic Forum’s annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said he had agreed the “framework of a future deal” on Greenland after meeting with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary-general. The president claimed he would not use military force to seize the island from Denmark, and also dropped plans to impose extra tariffs on European countries from 1 February. Details of the future deal are scarce, although investors were visibly cheered by the de-escalation. Just after the opening bell in Europe, France’s…
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon. “The President has arrived in Switzerland, where he is planning to take part in the World Economic Forum in Davos and meet U.S. President Trump,” Zelenskyy’s office said Thursday morning in a WhatsApp chat with several reporters. The meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m.
By Maria Tadeo & Euronews Published on 22/01/2026 – 8:43 GMT+1 •Updated 10:21 Speaking to Euronews on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday evening, the EU’s enlargement chief Marta Kos hailed progress on the work between the EU, the US and Ukraine on a framework for Ukraine’s post-war recovery and prosperity. “I’m happy that we have been able to come to an agreement on the so-called prosperity paper, a framework defining how to develop Ukraine after peace,” Kos said. “This is really a plan.” Kos, who will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a number of investment…
Germany’s military is preparing to launch a test operation which will see it drop information leaflets using helium balloons to practice “tactical direct communication procedures” in the event of an emergency. The leaflets issued by the Bundeswehr from 25 January to 4 February are intended to pass information to people living in an affected area who would otherwise be difficult to reach. According to the Saxony State Command, the 5th Operations Company with around 100 soldiers will be deployed to the state for the operation. Its aim is a “stand-off product distribution,” the distribution of material from the air or…
An increasingly concentrated group of fossil fuel giants is dominating global emissions and “actively sabotaging” climate action to weaken government ambition. New analysis from Carbon Majors’ dataset found that just 32 companies were responsible for 50 per cent of the world’s CO2 emissions in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier. 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first to exceed 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels. Copernicus recently confirmed that 2025 was the third-hottest year globally and in Europe, with climate change pushing temperatures over 1.5℃ for the first time in a three-year period. Experts are now calling for…
By Euronews Culture with AP Published on 22/01/2026 – 8:58 GMT+1 •Updated 9:06 Scientists have discovered what may be the world’s oldest cave art. Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia are believed to date back to at least 67,800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analysed by Indonesian and Australian researchers on the island of Sulawesi were made by blowing pigment over hands placed against the cave walls, leaving an outline. Some of the fingertips were also tweaked to look more pointed. It’s not yet clear whose hands made the prints. They could be from an ancient human group…
European leaders descend on Brussels this evening for a crunch summit with the transatlantic relationship top of their agenda. U.S. President Donald Trump backed down Wednesday from his most belligerent threats about seizing Greenland from Denmark, but that hasn’t assuaged European concerns about America’s posture toward Europe. It’s another busy day in Davos too, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaking and Trump potentially set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And if that wasn’t enough, Trump’s everything envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Whew. Strap in.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be the first European leader to take the Davos stage as the World Economic Forum enters its third day. Other high-profile addresses are expected from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are set to gather in Brussels later today for an informal emergency meeting, prompted by US President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this week to threaten tariffs on eight countries that refuse to back his bid to acquire Greenland. However, the talks are expected to be less confrontational than initially anticipated, after…