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Published on 26/01/2026 – 17:44 GMT+1 Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman became the latest politician from the party to defect to hard-right rival Reform UK. Braverman, who was fired from her job as interior minister in 2023 after repeatedly diverging from government policy, said on Monday she had quit the Conservatives after 30 years and would represent her southern England constituency in Parliament as a Reform UK lawmaker. “We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender,” Braverman said. “Or we can fix our country, reclaim our power, rediscover our strength. I believe that…
Trump’s growing interest in Greenland has highlighted the nation’s largely untapped mineral resources, which many experts argue are key to phasing out fossil fuels. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), critical minerals are “essential” for transitioning to a green energy future – used for technologies such as wind turbines and electric vehicles (EVs). Acquiring Greenland may help the US reduce its dependency on China, but is Trump’s plan really that simple? Greenland’s critical minerals A 2023 survey found that 25 of the 34 minerals deemed “critical raw materials” by the European Commission were found in Greenland. The nation is…
Rutte went on to insist that the EU allow Ukraine to spend part of the bloc’s upcoming €90 billion loan to Kyiv on weapons from the United States, despite a push by some member countries like France to spend the money on the bloc’s own military suppliers. The comments form part of a broader pattern in which Rutte has insisted that Europe has to keep channels open to the United States, and that the U.S. president remains loyal to the alliance. Washington still has a “total commitment” to the alliance’s collective defense, he said. “The U.S. needs NATO.” He also…
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine on Monday of seeking to meddle in his country’s upcoming elections and ordered Kyiv’s ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ministry. The step was the latest in Orbán’s long-running anti-Ukraine campaign as he seeks to convince voters that the neighbouring country, embroiled in a war with Russia, poses an existential threat to Hungary’s security and sovereignty. Orbán, who has maintained close ties with Russia since the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, faces what is expected to be the biggest challenge of his 16 years in power during elections scheduled for 12 April.…
Published on 10/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 The super-rich are fuelling the climate crisis with “gross carbon recklessness” as calls for an increased wealth tax grow louder. New analysis from Oxfam found that the richest one per cent have already exhausted their annual carbon budget just 10 days into 2026. This is where CO2 emissions exceed limits to keep the world within 1.5℃ of warming. It is often referred to as “Pollutocrat Day”. Oxfam also found that the richest 0.01 per cent exceeded their carbon limit in the first 72 hours of the new year (3 January) – warning that the…
The Parliament froze ratification of the agreement, signed by Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in July, after the U.S. president threatened tariffs on European allies backing Greenland. Lead negotiators will meet Feb. 4 to decide next steps, the Parliament’s International Trade Committee Chair Bernd Lange said. At the meeting, lawmakers broadly agreed that the deal should go ahead now Trump has backtracked. But political groups are divided on whether they should first play hardball with the U.S. and demand more details on the NATO-Trump agreement, according to four people familiar with the talks. The center-right European…
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Published on 12/01/2026 – 12:19 GMT+1 Most people believe that climate change affects others more than themselves, as scientists warn that our “psychological bias” may be hindering efforts to curb global warming. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden recently analysed 83 studies involving more than 70,000 people from 17 countries. This includes participants from the US, Asia, and Europe. Published in the journal Nature Sustainability, their study found that climate-related risks are “systematically underestimated” – even when people take the consequences of the climate crisis seriously. Who does climate change impact? The meta-analysis found that 65 per cent…
“This would be a very good story for our agriculture sector. I believe we are aiming to start a completely new chapter in the field of cooperation in the automotive sector, in machinery,” EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič told POLITICO. On trade in services, the trade chief said that sectors like telecoms, maritime and financial services were expected to benefit. “This is again something where also India is making groundbreaking steps to new levels of cooperation, because we are the first one with whom they’re ready to consider this cooperation,” he said. The conclusion to the talks arrived as the…
Published on 26/01/2026 – 18:30 GMT+1 Hundreds of migrants may be missing at sea or feared dead following reports of multiple deadly shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean in recent days, the UN’s migration agency warned on Monday. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it was “deeply concerned” by the reports, which it is currently verifying. “Several boats are believed to have been involved over the past 10 days, with preliminary information suggesting that hundreds of people may be missing at sea or feared dead,” a statement said. The agency warned that severe weather was significantly hampering search and rescue…