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Eurostar Snap tickets are available again for the first time since 2019. If you’ve searched for a Eurostar train between the UK and its hubs in mainland Europe, you might have noticed that prices are not cheap..Fares from London to Paris, Lille, Brussels and Amsterdam can often cost upwards of €200 each way, especially at late notice. That means that more people are opting to fly – a far less climate-friendly option – as budget airlines offer trips for significantly less and with more frequency. In a bid to attract more customers, Eurostar has brought back a concept which last…

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The British statement released Friday said only that this is “as an area which the U.K. and China must engage, even where viewpoints diverge.” That’s a far cry from Labour’s position in opposition. As Shadow Foreign Secretary, Lammy told POLITICO last March Labour would pursue legal routes towards declaring China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims a “genocide” by acting “multilaterally with our partners” through international courts. On Friday, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a determination on genocide would be something for “competent international courts” to decide on. When pressed on Lammy’s remarks in opposition, they said they “can’t speak…

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The call for funding is part of a global effort to eradicate polio by 2029. A global initiative for stamping out polio has called for more than €2 billion in additional funding to eliminate the highly infectious virus by 2029.The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)’s Polio Oversight Board has said that $6.9 billion (€6.4 billion) in funding is needed to achieve the goal.This was an increase of $2.1 billion (€1.9 billion) compared to the previous amount of funding that was deemed necessary, the GPEI said, after the timelines for eradication were extended.The goal is now to eradicate wild poliovirus by…

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BERLIN — War is taking its toll on Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in Berlin on Friday — but there’s little sign major Western allies are about to raise their military commitments to Ukraine or offer a snap invitation to join NATO. “While the situation is incredibly tough, it is also true that Russia is getting weaker,” Starmer said. “This war is soaking up 40 percent of their budget … Last month, Russia suffered the highest daily casualty rate so far.” Starmer was in Berlin for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President…

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Short-haul flights are highly polluting but that doesn’t stop these bargain hunters. Have you ever considered taking a flight hundreds of kilometres away – and coming back the same day? If you have, you’ll be in the company of nearly 240,000 people, all members of the Extreme Day Trips Facebook group.Many of us have limited time and budgets, but still have an urge to travel. Some people now have decided to take it to the extreme – literally. While some day trippers have managed to get as far as New York and Abu Dhabi and back in a day, the…

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But shortly after their identification process was completed, four had to be sent back to Italy. Under the rules of the scheme, only male adults who are not considered vulnerable and who are from designated safe countries can be sent to the Albanian centers. Two were found to be under 18, and two others had health conditions.  Now, the remaining 12 also look set to be returned to Italy. The Rome judges cited a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union from Oct. 4 in saying that the migrants’ countries of origin could not be designated “safe.”…

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The protest comes as the European Commission is considering imposing heavy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The rain didn’t stop hundreds of French and international automobile industry workers from protesting on Thursday in front of one of the sector’s most important events, the Paris Motor Show.While the French Minister Delegate for Industry Marc Ferracci was spotted strolling between the latest luxury cars, the labour unions denounced the unprecedented carmaker crisis impacting France and the EU.Multiple banners read “Under the glitz and glamour, the ransacking of our factories.” Up on the podium, multiple trade union representatives from countries such as Germany,…

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Moldovan citizens will vote on whether to formally add EU membership aspirations to their country’s constitution. A win for pro-Europeans and Maya Sandu’s re-election could increase tensions with pro-Russian separatists. Moldovan citizens are headed to the polls on 20 October to determine the future of the country’s European path. They will be voting in the presidential elections and in a referendum to include European aspirations in the constitution. The National Electoral Commission’s choice to schedule two important votes on the same date has a clear motive: to involve the population as much as possible in a fundamental choice about Moldova’s…

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“A Trump victory in November would galvanize ultra-nationalist parties across Europe, putting at risk Germany’s shaky governing coalition in next year’s election and possibly leaving Starmer as the last major center-left leader standing on the continent,” said Will Marshall, founder of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) in Washington. “The giant black hole spinning at the middle of this is Trump,” said Matt Bennett, executive vice president for the Third Way think tank. “If Trump wins, we live in a new world. It’ll be Starmer alone, and God knows what will happen to the other Western democracies after that.” Center left…

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More than 25% of the EU population lived in homes where energy efficiency has improved in the past five years. But not everyone benefits equally. In 2023, 25.5% of the EU population aged 16 or over was living in a house in which energy efficiency has improved in the last five years. However, people at risk of poverty or social exclusion were less likely to experience these improvements compared with those not at risk. According to Eurostat data, 17.8% of people living at risk of poverty are less likely to report living in houses with more energy-efficient homes. At a…

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