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Während Russland weiter angreift, trifft sich die Welt in Rom: Auf der Ukraine Recovery Conference spricht Kanzler Friedrich Merz Klartext und richtet einen Appell an Donald Trump: „Stay with us.“ Dabei geht es längst nicht mehr nur um Luftabwehrsysteme und Sanktionspolitik, sondern um die Zukunft der transatlantischen Partnerschaft. Hans von der Burchard berichtet aus dem Konferenzzentrum, warum Trump plötzlich wieder Waffen liefern will, was der neue Spezialfonds der EU taugt und wie Merz die Slowakei öffentlich unter Druck setzt, damit das nächste Sanktionspaket gegen Russland nicht scheitert. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski…
A festival in Slovakia that was to feature the controversial musician Kanye West has been cancelled. The Rubicon festival in Bratislava came under fire for booking West — now officially known as Ye — who has made a number of antisemitic comments and who in May released a song called “Heil Hitler” that ends with a sample of a speech given by Adolf Hitler in 1935. Organizers of the festival said on social media that the event — scheduled for next weekend — had been cancelled “due to external pressure and logistical challenges.” Last month, a petition was launched calling for West to…
A section of the Brussels metro was shut down Thursday afternoon after a corpse was discovered in a tunnel, according to the city’s transport operator STIB. “A dead body was found between Porte de Hal and Hôtel des Monnaies a bit earlier than 1 p.m.,” STIB spokesperson Laurent Vermeersch said. He said that service was suspended on the 2 and 6 lines between the Trone and Gare du Midi stations, but the rest of the metro line remained operational. “The justice department and police are currently investigating in the tunnel to understand what happened. As long as the investigation…
Published on 10/07/2025 – 14:05 GMT+2European leaders opened the annual recovery conference on Ukraine held in Italy on Thursday by announcing a new equity fund and public-private partnerships in a push for investment in rebuilding Ukraine now, even as Russia intensifies its all-out war, now well into its fourth year.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kicked off the proceedings in Rome as Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital with another major missile and drone attack overnight in some of the heaviest strikes on Kyiv since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began in early 2022.The two-day event, taking place in Rome…
“This includes weakening the cohesion of Western societies, spreading fear and uncertainty, undermining public trust in the state’s ability to protect its citizens, and increasing pressure to scale back support for Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression,” the report said. In many cases, the agents are unaware they are working for Russia, as they are hired through middlemen, according to the Czech intelligence document. Czechia has suffered multiple attacks carried out by Russian intelligence agents over the years. In 2021, the country expelled 18 Russian diplomats over a 2014 warehouse blast that killed two people in the southeastern town of Vrbětice,…
STRASBOURG, France — Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote in her leadership of the European Commission. A majority of members of the European Parliament, who voted on a motion submitted by the hard-right, backed the Commission president. If she had lost the vote, von der Leyen and the rest of her Commission would have had to stand down, throwing the EU into chaos. To be updated …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the nearly ten-hour assault as one of the most intense, involving 18 missiles and around 400 strike drones. Fires broke out across the capital, damaging homes, warehouses and office buildings.Thousands sheltered in metro stations, including over 1,000 people at the Polytechnic Institute stop.Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed falling debris caused fires in several districts, as rescue crews worked through the aftermath.
The United States has begun resending weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon said some deliveries should be paused, the Ukrainian president’s office confirmed Thursday. At the beginning of July, the Pentagon halted shipments of some air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine because of worries that U.S. weapons stockpiles had fallen too low. The decision to withhold some military aid came as Ukraine faced some of the largest Russian attacks since the beginning of the war.On Wednesday night, Kyiv was hit by a massive Russian strike, killing two people and wounding 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
The European Parliament approved this Wednesday one of the strongest-worded documents in the history of enlargement: the progress report on Georgia’s accession process.With 490 votes in favour and 147 against, EU lawmakers deplored “the backsliding of the rule of law as well as the growing Russian influence on the ruling party, Georgian Dream, led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.” This is the first report on Georgia as an EU candidate country, based on the European Commission’s technical and political assessments from 2023 and 2024.The document adopted in the Strasbourg hemicycle stressed the lack of legitimacy of what it calls “the self-proclaimed authorities established by the…
Former Conservative chairman and friend of Boris Johnson — Sir Jake Berry — is defecting to Reform UK, causing more problems for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. On today’s episode, Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy discuss if his defection will divide parts of Reform policy. Elsewhere, the Anglo-French summit gets under way, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hoping to announce a migration deal with French President Emmanuel Macron to deter small boat crossings. Plus, chatter around Whitehall that No10 are considering a pre-summer reshuffle, but will it have any value?