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However, as Watkins observed, its place in mainstream politics has now given way to a new “consensus” among Labour, the Conservatives and Reform UK that “the U.K. should be stepping back from global leadership on poverty reduction.” Defense on the march The contrast with the mood among defense suppliers — who have at times been regarded with suspicion in Labour circles — could hardly be more marked.  Andrew Kinniburgh, director general of manufacturers’ body Make UK, said: “Certainly the message we get [from the government] is that defense is really at the heart of what they’re doing, and it’s probably…

A building under construction at a school in Indonesia collapsed on Monday, killing at least one, injuring 99, some who are in critical condition, and burying dozens in the rubble. A rescue team worked through the night to rescue additional students feared to be trapped after the collapse at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the East Java town of Sidoarjo. Rescuers said they saw more buried bodies under the rubble, indicating that the death toll is likely to rise. “We have been running oxygen and water to those still trapped under the debris and keeping them alive while we…

Bei der Kabinettsklausur in der Villa Borsig geht es um Bürokratieabbau, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Investitionen. Mit dabei Professor, der in Princeton lehrt. Rasmus Buchsteiner erklärt, was bei dieser Klausur anders läuft als auf den vorherigen und wieso es diesmal nicht bis spät in den Abend gehen wird.  Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Ex-Kanzleramtschef Wolfgang Schmidt über die Feinmechanik solcher Klausuren: von magischen Grillabenden und weshalb Koalitionen am Ende nur durch Ergebnisse bestehen. Donald Trump verkündet, ganz nah an einem Frieden im Nahen Osten zu sein. Jonathan Martin aus Washington analysiert, was hinter Trumps Ankündigung steckt und wieso der sich mit Details nicht weiter…

“Wouldn’t we end up with an outcome that creates more risks for the euro?” he said, adding that while the security of property rights are important to the creation of a global reserve currency, so are many others, such as capital markets depth, geopolitical uncertainty and the institutional ability to evolve by implementing reform. “We can’t focus only on one aspect.” Pressing need Kyiv’s capability to defend its territory is increasingly dependent on outside financial help, its coffers drained by three and a half years of fighting its bigger, richer neighbor. Kyiv formally requested a new program with the International…

During his years beside Renzi in Florence, da Empoli came to the conclusion that skilled politicians take too much pleasure from violence and betrayal, and that this wasn’t what he was looking for. So da Empoli progressively left front-line politics. He founded a think tank called Volta in 2016, published articles and wrote books on the rise of populist movements — including Italy’s 5Star Movement — and the role of the spin doctors behind them. Yet da Empoli continued to orbit the political world, developing a network of influential contacts from Macron to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger,…

Donald Trump affirme qu’il imposera un embargo sévère au Kremlin si Bruxelles serre la vis à Pékin, mais les diplomates de l’UE soupçonnent le président américain de vouloir gagner du temps. Sep 17 9 mins read

In a rare interview, Jonathan Reynolds told POLITICO he would not be employing a tarantula or a “little black book,” but would take a gentler approach to keep restive MPs on the government’s side. 2 HRS ago 5 mins read

The Danish government concluded that the drones flown over its airports in recent days are the work of a “professional actor”, but said there was no evidence of Russian involvement, after such activity disrupted its airspace twice in the space of a week. Aalborg airport was forced to shut down for several hours last week after green lights were spotted overhead, and Billund airport was also briefly forced to closed. Three smaller Danish airports also reported drone activity. In his interview with POLITICO, Healey also attacked Labour’s rivals on the right, saying: “I don’t think Nigel Farage or his party…

He also said he would “robustly” reject complaints from MPs about members of his whips’ office who are related to figures in No. 10, such as Imogen Walker — whose husband is Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.  MPs have privately complained that, as a result, they can no longer trust the whips’ office to keep them safe from No. 10. Reynolds, however, said: “I think it should be okay to ask people to be treated on their own merits and their own skills.   “Every single one of those people in the whips’ office has an incredible political career…

Published on 29/09/2025 – 20:39 GMT+2 An attorney for the man charged with killing the conservative activist Charlie Kirk asked a judge on Monday for more time to review the large amount of evidence in the case before deciding if the defence will seek a preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing would determine if there is enough evidence against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson to go forward with a trial. Defendants can waive that step but Robinson’s newly appointed attorney Kathryn Nester said her team did not intend to do so. Utah prosecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder and plan to seek the death penalty.…