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But in remarks at the start of their meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, both men avoided difficult issues and heaped praise on each other’s countries. After years of chilled relations under Conservative U.K. governments, Starmer said: “China is a vital player on the global stage and it is vital to build a more sophisticated relationship, where we can identify opportunities to collaborate, but also to allow meaningful dialogue on areas where we disagree.” Communist leader Xi, speaking through an interpreter, singled out Britain’s Labour Party, saying it had in the past “made important contributions to the growth…

Published on 29/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies embark on a treacherous journey – flying more than 3,000 km from Canadian fields all the way to Mexico’s mountain forests for the winter. It’s a migration that attracts swathes of tourists, as crowds gather across America to marvel at the distinctively orange insects filling the sky. At the end of winter, these butterflies fly north to the US where they lay eggs on milkweed plants. For years, the monarch butterfly has shown resilience amid the growing threat of climate change. Despite being the size of a large…

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She added Russia’s insistence on getting all of Donbas is merely a stalling tactic. “It’s a sort of a game from the Russian side where they agree to talk about a supposed peace settlement, while meaning something completely different,” said Stanovaya. “They can talk about the subject for hours, but it has nothing to do with reality.” Meanwhile, on the Ukrainian side, it’s not clear that, even if Zelenskyy were prepared to give up Donbas, he could push such an agreement through the political process. The Ukrainian president has floated the idea of staging a referendum on the issue, or…

Frederiksen, whose approval rating plummeted from 79 percent in 2020 to 34 percent in a December YouGov poll, rejected speculation that she would resign following the disastrous local elections in November. “They really had a bad election,” Rasmussen said, but added the government has since moved to address voters’ concerns on the cost of living with the food voucher scheme. That’s important because Frederiksen’s Greenland boost in the polls won’t last forever. “I don’t think it’s just going to sort of disappear overnight, but you can imagine that as some of the national issues again become more prominent on the…

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There are already suspension clauses in the text, but lawmakers want to include definitions — including threats to territorial sovereignty — to strengthen them. Apart from the sovereignty clause, the definitions should specify that new tariff threats would trigger an automatic suspension of the agreement, said an official from the liberal Renew Europe group. That could pave the way for a vote on the Parliament’s position to be scheduled for the next meeting of its International Trade Committee on Feb. 23-24. For the EU to implement its side of the bargain, the Parliament and Council of the EU, representing the bloc’s…

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The territorial destiny of Donetsk is the key issue preventing the conclusion of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.“The one remaining item … is the territorial claim on Donetsk. There is active work going to try to see if both sides’ views on this can be reconciled,” Rubio told a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting.“It’s still a bridge we haven’t crossed. It’s still a gap, but at least we’ve been able to narrow down the issue set to one central one, and it will probably be a very difficult one.”Ukraine’s…

Published on 28/01/2026 – 16:41 GMT+1 •Updated 17:12 Speaking to Euronews at the European Parliament, Domanski also stressed that the free trade agreement signed on Tuesday with India comes at a crucial moment for Europe, as global trade tensions rise and the EU looks to diversify its economic partnerships. Despite its strong economic performance, Poland remains cautious about joining the eurozone and Domanski argued that keeping the złoty provides economic flexibility in times of external shocks. “Our own currency can act as a buffer during crises and help the economy recover,” he said, while acknowledging there are also arguments in…