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LONDON — For months, Ed Miliband has been Andy Burnham’s most powerful and most useful friend in Westminster. Now, as Burnham readies himself to enter Downing Street on Monday, what to do with Miliband might be his biggest dilemma. More than a decade after Miliband, then Labour leader, suffered a bruising defeat at the U.K.’s 2015 general election, he has emerged as a kingmaker in Burnham’s rush to power — and is now looking to trade up from his current role as energy secretary to something bigger under Burnham. Miliband has been speaking to Burnham behind the scenes since early 2026, according to two people familiar with the relationship between the men, and publicly called for Burnham’s return to Westminster as early…
But her relative popularity around the City contrasted with her image among voters, as the most unpopular politician in the country according to YouGov. And she made plenty of enemies in the business community too, with hikes to national insurance contributions for employers and an increase in capital gains tax. The inability of the government to push policies past her left-wing backbenchers, including cuts to welfare, also led to a souring perception of her ability to exert fiscal discipline. However, even in areas that irritated the financial sector, such as the debate over the tax break for hedge fund and…
Published on 15/07/2026 – 7:22 GMT+2•Updated 13:05 More civilians were killed in Ukraine in June than in any single month since April 2022, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as Russia escalated long-range missile strikes. Exploiting Ukraine’s shortage of air-defence missiles, Russia has intensified its bombardments of densely populated urban areas in recent months, especially the capital Kyiv. “At least 293 civilians were killed and 1,990 injured in Ukraine in June 2026,” said the UN’s human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine. That was the highest figure since April 2022, the second full month of Russia’s invasion, which has now dragged…
Musk, who is also the owner of Tesla and SpaceX, has regularly weighed in on European politics via social media, offering support to right-wing and far-right groups and candidates. In May, he claimed Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain was the only party that could “save Britain,” and he has shared posts from British far-right activist Tommy Robinson on several occasions. When it comes to French politics, however, Musk was yet to throw his weight behind a particular candidate. After meeting with President Emmanuel Macron in 2022, Musk said he was “honored” to have spoken with the French leader, and he endorsed…
Twelve of the 13 victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through Andalusia in southern Spain were foreign nationals, authorities have said after completing post-mortem examinations. In a statement, officials said seven were from the United Kingdom, three from Belgium, and one each from France and the United States. The last victim was a Spanish citizen. “The 13 people who died are eight women and five men, all adults,” the public body responsible for identifying the victims added. The Integrated Data Centre (CID) has also reported that missing-person complaints have risen to 10, after a new alert was filed concerning…
Fedorov confirmed he is stepping down in a Facebook post. “I will continue to work for the mission with which I came to the ministry of defense earlier — to defeat the enemy through asymmetry, speed of innovation, and organizational strength,” Fedorov said. Fedorov, 35, had only been in the post for half a year and was seen as a reformer who brought private-sector speed and decisiveness to Ukraine’s military. But his efforts to slash corruption, revamp the tendering process and boost Ukraine’s drone technology clashed with the approach of the commander in chief, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi. “Zelenskyy said he…
The agreement, reached during the Energy Council on June 26, unites the European Commission, energy ministers from 22 member states, storage and renewable developers, energy-intensive industries, and financial institutions such as the European Investment Bank. Signatories have pledged to deliver 30 to 35 GW of new storage capacity by 2028, 45 GW according to the underlying text. This would push storage’s share of peak electricity demand from around 5 percent today to 10 percent. The EU currently has about 55 GW of storage installed against an estimated need of 200 GW by 2030. Behind the numbers lies a problem regulators…
Cases involving psychological suffering alone were excluded from the French bill. For patient requests that are deemed eligible, a lethal injection will either be self-administered by the patient or administered by a medical professional if the patient is unable to do so. Health professionals will be allowed to refuse to administer the injection if they are morally opposed to the procedure but will be required to refer the patient to someone else who can provide the service. In a statement released on Tuesday, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, a former conservative who is now allied with centrist President Emmanuel Macron,…
Updated: 15/07/2026 – 20:51 GMT+2 Scientists are using instruments to record data on temperatures, sunlight, rainfall, wind and soil heat to create observations in order to forecast heatwaves. While also helping to predict future extreme weather as hot temperatures become more common. … More
Published on 15/07/2026 – 10:35 GMT+2 One person has been killed and three others are missing after a boat carrying 20 people sank near Alcatraz, the former prison and tourist site in San Francisco Bay, US officials said late on Tuesday. Helicopters, planes and rescue boats operated by local fire and police teams were working alongside US Coast Guard to find those who are missing. Fire Chief Dean Crispen said rescuers first responded to a report of “a boat on fire, 600 yards (548 metres) off Alcatraz” Island around 3:35 pm, according to a short Instagram video posted by San…