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Friedrich Merz reist morgen zum Deutschlandtag der Jungen Union nach Bonn und trifft auf eine Parteijugend, die nach dem Rentenstreit des Vorjahres weiter voller Frust steckt. Die vielleicht nicht jungen, aber jüngeren Mitglieder um Johannes Winkel wollen endlich Reformen. Ob der Parteichef die Basis befrieden kann, ordnet Rasmus Buchsteiner von Bonn aus ein. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview skizziert die Parlamentarische Geschäftsführerin der Unions-Fraktion, Catarina dos Santos-Wintz,, wie ein zukunftsfestes Gesamtpaket ihrer Meinung nach aussehen muss und warum die Junge Union und die Junge Gruppe der Fraktion beim Thema Generationengerechtigkeit keine faulen Kompromisse mehr akzeptiert. Auf dem EU-Gipfel in Brüssel ringen die Staats-…
The European Commission is moving to enforce its new rules on leading AI labs after a string of incidents, EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen said. But applying the rulebook is far from straightforward, and these early cases will set important precedents. The Commission’s AI Office is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic after AI agents autonomously hacked into other organisations, the first test of the limits of the EU’s AI rules. “Our AI Office has started enforcing these rules, and sent requests for information addressing issues such as security, external evaluation and monitoring how models are used,” Commission Executive Vice-President for Technological…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 5:23 GMT+2 A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, in the United States, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school. The three children killed were aged 5, 8 and 11. Authorities found the suspect dead inside the school minutes after the shooting was first reported. Another child, 7, and a teacher, 54, were injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police say the attacker forced his way into the school by shooting at…
Customs union, single market, rejoin, second referendum. It’s all feeling a little Ground Hog day in Westminster after Andy Burnham reopened the Europe question at Labour Party conference. Hosts Sascha O’Sullivan and Pat Baker find out how the row over Europe will play out in the next few years, with Reform MP Danny Kruger and Labour MP Stella Creasy. Sascha speaks to Cecilia Malmström, former EU Trade Commissioner during the Brexit negotiations, who says any new deal with the EU would need to be “Nigel Farage-proofed” in case Reform wound up in Downing Street. UK-EU reporter Jon Stone explains what…
Romania said seven people were missing after a fire broke out on a vessel flying the San Marino flag on Thursday morning, the latest incident in the Black Sea which has seen an increase in drone attacks both off Romania and Bulgaria’s coasts, on NATO’s Eastern flank. The vessel, named the Wine Trader, reported a fire at around 7:00 am (0600 CET), inside Romania’s territorial waters, approximately 13 nautical miles southeast of the city of Sulina, the Romanian Naval Authority said in a press release. “Five of the sailors on board the Wine Trader have been rescued, a further seven…
According to the Financial Times, EU officials plan to urge Zelenskyy to tone down his increasingly sharp remarks about Trump, fearing they are only inflaming the situation. Starmer’s successor, Andy Burnham, is positioning himself as someone who can “lay the ground” for a reconciliation, he explained to the House of Commons Wednesday. Nonetheless, the calmer reaction to Trump’s maneuvers stands out, acknowledges Daniel Fried, a former senior U.S. diplomat who served as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs under U.S. President George W. Bush. “The Europeans seem to have taken Trump’s measure,” Fried told POLITICO. “They want…
But first, some breaking news: The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has just told Europe Today that the US-Russia diesel deal is a “gift to Putin”, while defending Ukraine’s right to hit Russian oil refineries. “The core issue is that Russia should stop this war,” Kallas said. “If we look at the big picture, the majority of the financing of this war comes from oil.” Asked by our EU editor Maria Tadeo if Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was right in saying that he would continue strikes on Russian oil refineries, Kallas said: “Yes, if we look at international law,…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — the unofficial leader of the frugal camp — said that the Irish proposal has achieved progress despite reductions still being needed, said two EU diplomats briefed on the discussions. He pointed to EU payouts to poorer regions, as opposed to farmer’s subsidies, as an avenue for cuts. On the other side of the spectrum, Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez — who will try to cling on to power in an election on Nov. 29 — insisted that the budget is way too small. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses journalists upon arriving at the…
Published on 15/10/2026 – 20:57 GMT+2 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has asked a judge to order US President Donald Trump to set a firm date to give sworn testimony in his $10-billion (€8.6 billion) defamation lawsuit against the network, court filings showed. “Nearly eight months into discovery, after seven depositions of BBC witnesses, and with only two months of discovery remaining, the BBC still has not been able to depose, and does not even have a schedule to depose, the most central figure in this case: Plaintiff himself,” the BBC’s lawyers wrote. The BBC’s lawyers asked a federal court…
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