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By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 30/06/2025 – 18:20 GMT+2Lithuania and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to build a security alliance resulting from their mutual alarm over what they perceive as growing aggression threatening their regions by countries such as China.The memorandum of understanding signed in Manila by Lithuania’s Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė and her Philippine counterpary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. aims to foster defence cooperation particularly in cyber security and defence industries.The pact also covers munitions production and addressing maritime security, the Philippine Department of National Defence said.Šakalienė described Lithuania’s alarm over an emerging “authoritarian axis” of Russia, China, North Korea…
Der Koalitionsausschuss steht bevor – und Friedrich Merz gerät schon vorab unter Druck: Die Union fordert Entlastung bei der Stromsteuer für alle, nicht nur für Unternehmen. Rasmus Buchsteiner erklärt, wie die Union jetzt sogar den eigenen Kanzler unter Zugzwang setzt. Parallel reist Außenminister Johann Wadephul in die Ukraine – nach dem schwersten russischen Angriff seit Kriegsbeginn. Mit dabei: Rüstungskonzerne, neue Hilfspakete, aber keine Taurus-Zusage. Julian Röpcke berichtet aus Kiew. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig.…
Ukraine and Russia carried out a new prisoner exchange on Thursday, continuing a series of swaps following recent peace talks in Istanbul. Ukraine said most had been imprisoned for over three years, including National Guardsmen who once protected the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant and defenders of Mariupol.“What kept me going was the hope that I was awaited at home,” said one Ukrainian defender upon coming home. Each will now receive full medical and psychological care, along with due compensation. Russian authorities said their troops were flown to Belarus for medical and psychological support. While the numbers remain unclear, the gesture renews…
“Europe must become a deterrent,” said Spahn in the interview with Welt, which is owned by POLITICO parent company Axel Springer. “American nuclear bombs are also stationed in Germany for this purpose. But that is not enough in the long term. We need to talk about German or European participation in the nuclear arsenal of France and the U.K., possibly also about our own participation with other European states. That will cost a lot of money. But if you want protection, you have to finance it.” Merz raised the issue of a homegrown nuclear deterrent in February while he was still…
Published on 27/06/2025 – 12:49 GMT+2•Updated 13:28Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has warned on Friday that anyone involved in this weekend’s banned Pride of Budapest march will face “legal consequences”. Claiming the move was needed to protect children, Orbán’s conservative government passed legislation earlier this year that allows police to prohibit public LGBTQ+ events. Despite the ban, Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karácsony has vowed to go ahead with the Pride march in the Hungarian capital on Saturday. Speaking to Euronews, Karácsony claimed the event was “perfectly legal”.”The Hungarian Parliament has passed an amendment to the Assembly Act, which means that…
By Euronews with AP Published on 27/06/2025 – 14:33 GMT+2•Updated 14:36Iran’s top diplomat said on Friday that the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country’s nuclear programme has been “complicated” by US strikes on three of the sites, which he conceded had caused “serious damage.”The US was one of the parties to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which saw Iran agree to limit its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for sanctions relief and other benefits.That deal unravelled in 2018 after President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the US out during his first term, calling it the “worst deal…
Now, France, Germany and the U.K. are calling on Iranian authorities to reverse course, refrain from ceasing cooperation with the IAEA and ensure the safety of the agency’s personnel. The three countries also condemned threats against the IAEA’s Grossi. Kayhan, Iran’s hard-line newspaper, recently alleged that Grossi was an Israeli spy and called for his execution. Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, however, said Sunday that Tehran poses no threat to Grossi. After Israel launched strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, prompting retaliation from Tehran, European leaders attempted to broker a peace deal and prevent further escalation in the region, but…
England is preparing for its second heat wave of 2025, with temperatures expected to exceed 30°C in the South and the Midlands this weekend.A humid air mass linked to the US heat wave is driving the spike, and the Met Office warns it could surpass the year’s current high of 33.2°C, recorded in Surrey.The extreme heat is expected to impact major summer events, including Wimbledon and Glastonbury, where temperatures could reach record highs.Whipsnade Zoo has released footage of its Asian elephants cooling off and playing in their pool on the hot day.
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