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By AP & Doloresz Katanich Published on 15/09/2025 – 16:01 GMT+2 Nvidia shares were under pressure in the pre-market trade on Monday after China accused the chipmaker of violating the country’s anti-monopoly laws. The Antitrust Authority said it would step up scrutiny of the world’s leading chipmaker, escalating tensions with Washington as the two countries hold trade talks this week in Spain. Chinese regulators said a preliminary investigation found that Nvidia didn’t comply with conditions imposed when it purchased Mellanox Technologies, a network and data transmission company. The one-sentence statement from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation did not mention any…
“These estimates are likely conservative,” said the authors of the study, Sehrish Usman of the University of Mannheim, and Miles Parker and Mathilde Vallat, economists at the European Central Bank. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as greenhouse gases warm the world. In 2024, natural disasters, including catastrophic flooding in Spain, destroyed assets worth $31 billion in Europe, according to the insurance company MunichRe. “Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and all of this is contributing to the rising economic cost for the European regions,” Usman said…
Published on 15/09/2025 – 13:31 GMT+2 •Updated 14:02 Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has publicly rebuffed a post on social media platform X by his Hungarian counterpart,Viktor Orbán alleging that Swedish criminal gangs are exploiting and forcing underage girls to be assassins. Orbán had posted a video citing a report from German newspaper Die Welt about Swedish gangs recruiting teenage girls to commit violent crimes such as murders or bombings. “The Swedish government lectures us about the rule of law. Meanwhile, according to an article by Die Welt, criminal networks are exploiting Swedish children as killers, knowing the system won’t convict,”…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has highlighted Greece’s position on third countries participating in European defence, saying that nations that threaten EU member states cannot take part. Mitsotakis made the comments after a meeting with European Council President António Costa in Athens. He expressed Greece’s solidarity with Poland, following a violation of its airspace in the early hours of Wednesday by a record 19 drones, believed to be from Russia. Mitsotakis also said Athens supports coordinated EU and US efforts to end the war in Ukraine but that Kyiv cannot be frozen out of talks. “A discussion must include Ukraine, respect…
The court heard that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had determined the evidence gathered did not meet the threshold to continue to trial. A Home Office spokesperson said that “the decision not to proceed with prosecuting two individuals under the Official Secrets Act was made by the Crown Prosecution Service, entirely independently of government. It is disappointing they will not face trial given the seriousness of the allegations.” In April last year, the CPS authorized the Metropolitan Police to charge the two men with espionage offenses for “providing prejudicial information to a foreign state, China.” Cash was previously employed as…
Published on 15/09/2025 – 14:02 GMT+2 A group of 325 former EU ambassadors and senior officials has called on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to impose sanctions on Israel in a letter seen by Euronews, citing its military actions in Gaza and settlement policies in the West Bank. In the letter the ex-EU envoys and officials ask UNGA and the UN Security Council (UNSC) “to adopt sanctions against the multiple violations of international law being perpetrated daily by the Israeli government on the people of Palestine”. The UN has condemned the action of Israel in the West Bank and…
Instead, he quit in an online missive Monday to avoid suffering a likely technical knockout at the hands of Dublin City Council. The council had been due to convene within hours to hear McGregor’s in-person appeal for their support. He had secured backing from only a few anti-immigration councilors, while dozens had pledged to reject him. The fighter had secured less, if any, support from other councils. Reflecting the lack of real-world seriousness of his campaign, McGregor didn’t even travel to Dublin and issued his submission statement from the United States. McGregor blamed “the straitjacket of an outdated Constitution” for…
Published on 15/09/2025 – 11:51 GMT+2 Eurovision is currently facing its biggest political dilemma in years, as a growing number of European broadcasters have threatened to boycott the competition should Israel take part. Spain’s Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun has called for RTVE to pull out if Israel is included; Ireland’s RTÉ officially declared it would not take part, citing the “ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza,” the killing of journalists and restrictions on media access; the Netherlands’ AVROTROS followed suit, stating participation “will not be possible as long as Israel is admitted by the EBU”; and Slovenia’s…
But Keegan McBride, senior policy advisor in emerging technology and geopolitics at the Tony Blair Institute, said the U.K. has little choice as only the U.S. or China were able to provide it with the AI infrastructure it needed to compete. “For the U.K. and for many other countries that want to access frontier AI capabilities, the United States represents the best option,” he said. The Trump administration, meanwhile, wants to sell American AI “packages” to its allies, pitching them as a form of AI sovereignity. “We are committed to finding a way to enable America’s private companies to meet…
With less than 48 hours until Donald Trump touches down on UK soil, preparations are ramping up to roll out the red carpet for the US president. The duo look at what deals are on and maybe off the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer and if the unprecedented second state visit can distract from the prime minister’s gloom at home. Sam and Anne also discuss the mood around No 10, the Labour Party and MPs after two high-profile dismissals within weeks of the PM’s “phase two” of government.