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As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer touches down in Beijing, does the UK face a choice between a “golden age” or an “ice age” with its relationship with China? Sam and Anne assess: – Will the PM have to pick a side between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump? – How will he present himself on the trip, pragmatist or optimist? – Will alleged spying and hacking by the Chinese make a difference? – Should Sir Keir be globetrotting while domestic issues pile up? Back in the UK, Sam has been on the ground in Manchester gathering…

The EU-India trade pact struck Tuesday in New Delhi sends a “message to the international community” that “reliable partners can work for good in the world,” European Council President António Costa has told Euronews’ flagship morning show, Europe Today. “The (trade deal) has great value from an economic point of view. But perhaps more important is the message that the two largest democracies in the world are sending to the international community,” Costa said, speaking to Euronews’ EU editor Maria Tadeo. “It’s important, it’s essential to provide predictability to engage on cooperation instead of confrontation, and that reliable partners can…

The Canadian PM had called for middle powers to work together to “build something bigger, better, stronger, more just.” Starmer was pressed on those remarks on board his flight to China Tuesday. Asked whether he agreed that the old global order is dead — and whether smaller powers need to team up to push back at the U.S. and China, Starmer defended his own policy of trying to build bridges with Trump, Xi and the European Union all at once. “I’m a pragmatist, a British pragmatist applying common sense, and therefore I’m pleased that we have a good relationship with…

Published on 28/01/2026 – 7:25 GMT+1 •Updated 7:36 EU leaders are pumped with adrenaline and exhaustion after their successful stay in India this week. Brussels and New Delhi signed a historic deal that will cut tariffs on numerous products from steel to plastics. To enter into force, the deal must get the nod from EU member states, the European parliament and the Indian cabinet. But the EU will keep tariffs on beef and chicken as a gesture to European farming communities. Euronews’ EU editor Maria Tadeo was one of the few European journalists on the ground and send us an…

Britain should “listen to the Chinese leadership and try and understand more about how [Chinese President] Xi Jinping and other senior communist leaders see the world, how they see China,” the former Financial Times South China correspondent says. “The U.K.’s ability to influence China directly is quite limited, but it’s really important that we understand what they’re trying to do in the world.” Starmer should be clear about the U.K.’s red lines on espionage, interference in British society, and the harassment of people living in this country, Bland says. Vince Cable, who visited China three times as U.K. business secretary…

Europe wants to be a global leader in artificial intelligence, but still lags behind the United States and China. The EU introduced the AI Act to set international standards, yet adoption and investment in AI across member states remain limited. Few European companies use AI, a figure well below the EU’s 2030 goal. In other regions, venture capital investment surpasses that in Europe, so startups often struggle to grow. Fragmented markets, dependence on external cloud providers, and migration of skilled professionals pose additional challenges. EU leaders hope that clearer regulations and increased investment will enhance competitiveness. Will the EU’s regulatory-first…

At least five people were killed after a Russian drone struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region overnight on Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an “act of terrorism,” and posted a short video on X depicting one of the train carriages on fire. Regional emergency services have since said the fire has been extinguished. “There is, and can be, no military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, “In particular, over 200 people were on the train, and 18 were in the carriage hit by one of the Russian drones”. “The…

Published on 28/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Rising temperatures are causing sea levels to rise around the world, putting millions at risk of severe flooding and coastal erosion. But in Greenland, the opposite is happening. Researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, which is part of the Columbia Climate School, warn that sea levels around the autonomous island are actually projected to fall despite heat-trapping emissions triggering record ice melt. The study, published in Science Communications, predicts that in a low-emissions future, the decline in sea level will likely measure around 0.9 metres by the year 2100. In a high-emissions future, this…

Published on 28/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 By 2032, the first hotel may be on the Moon. A US-based space start-up called Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) has started taking booking requests for what it claims would be “the first ever permanent off-Earth structure built in history”. The company says selected applicants will be asked to place a deposit of either $250,000 (about €210,000) or $1 million (about €850,000), depending on the experience they choose. It said final pricing has not yet been set but it is expected to exceed $10 million (about €8.5 million) per stay. Guests applying to…

Union und SPD treffen sich erstmals in diesem Jahr im Koalitionsausschuss mit Fokus auf Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Resilienz der Demokratie und den Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur. Nach dem Brandanschlag auf das Berliner Stromnetz einigt sich die Koalition auf das zwischenzeitlich in den Innenausschuss verwiesene Kritis-Dachgesetz. Es soll das Land besser schützen. Was drin steht, bespricht Gordon mit Jasper Bennink von POLITICO “Industrie und Handel am Morgen”.  Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt Alexander Throm, innenpolitischer Sprecher der Unionsfraktion, warum bei der Infrastruktur die Sicherheit künftig Vorrang vor Transparenz haben soll.  Dazu geht es nach Sachsen-Anhalt: Sven Schulze soll zum neuen CDU-Ministerpräsidenten gewählt werden. Mit knapper Mehrheit.…