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On his left flank While the right-leaning Farage is leading the charge on the Connolly case, the left in Britain is waging its own battle over free speech, and the right to protest. Earlier this year, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper moved to proscribe Palestine Action, a pro-Gaza campaign group involved in direct action at a U.K. military site in July, as a terrorist group. That makes membership of, or support, for the group a criminal offense, and it’s a restriction being challenged by high-profile figures on the left, including former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Civil liberties groups have also leapt…
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“Belgian Prime Minister de Wever is a weak leader who seeks to appease Islamic terrorism by sacrificing Israel,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement Wednesday on social media. “He wants to feed the terrorist crocodile before it devours Belgium. Israel will won’t [sic] go along and will continue to defend itself,” Netanyahu’s office added. Belgium joins a string of Western countries that have announced their intent to recognize Palestine at the U.N. meeting to be held from Sept. 9 to 23 in New York since French President Emmanuel Macron declared in July that France would do so. Netanyahu, who is…
The suicide of Caroline Grandjean, a headteacher in central France, has shocked the country’s educational community. On Monday, the 42-year-old teacher took her own life, after nearly two years of harassment over her sexuality. In response to her death, the French Ministry of Education launched an administrative investigation on Tuesday evening to shed full light on “all the facts and procedures” leading up to the tragedy. A tragedy on the first day of school On Monday morning, Grandjean contacted France’s national suicide prevention hotline to express her intentions. Alerted, police attempted to locate her. Her body was later found at…
By Euronews with AP Published on 03/09/2025 – 17:00 GMT+2 Argentine dance partners Leandro Bojko and Micaela García are celebrating after winning the stage category, the last competition at the World Tango Championship finals on Tuesday, during a competitive dance-off at Buenos Aires’ Gran Rex theatre. The enormously followed event draws dancers from more than 50 countries for several rounds of intense dramatic competition in over 20 theatres. Both amateur and professional couples showcased their skills in the two main categories: Tango de Pista (Salon Tango) and Tango Escenario (Stage Tango). After winning the contest, García said that the victory had strengthened their…
Lawmakers from the other major government party, Fianna Fáil, will be asked to choose next week between two candidates: veteran lawmaker Billy Kelleher or Dublin’s former Gaelic football manager Jim Gavin. Prime Minister Micheál Martin, the Fianna Fáil chief, is publicly backing Gavin, a political newcomer who led Dublin to a record five straight All-Ireland championships. But backbenchers are grumbling that Kelleher — a Cork lawmaker from 1997 to 2019 and, since then, an MEP — is more deserving. They’ll decide in a secret ballot set for Tuesday night. The biggest unknown is whether Sinn Féin, the main opposition party,…
By Julian GOMEZ & Damaso JAIVENOIS Published on 03/09/2025 – 17:28 GMT+2 The highest share of users was recorded in the Netherlands (94.8%), followed by Ireland (90.6%) and Denmark (87.0%), according to Eurostat. By contrast, the lowest shares were in Poland (46.1%), Bulgaria (50.8%) and Romania (56.6%). Internet-connected TVs were by far the most used IoT devices in 2024, as reported by 57.9% of individuals. This was followed by smart wearables, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers (29.9%). One-fifth of people reported using games consoles and internet-connected home audio systems. 16.0% of people reported using a virtual assistant in the form of a…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 17:11 GMT+2 The Czech government has approved the €1.4bn purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 battle tanks from Germany as part of efforts to modernise its army. The development follows the defence ministry’s backing of the deal last month. Speaking on Wednesday, Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová confirmed that the tanks, which are due to be delivered between 2028 and 2031, would cost 34 billion crowns (€1.4 billion). The Czech Republic also has the option to buy 14 more at a later date. “Tanks are an essential part of a heavy brigade,” Černochová said on Wednesday after…
During both meetings, MEPs and members of China’s National People’s Congress will address the topics of Russia’s war in Ukraine, trade, maintaining the role of the United Nations in the global order, and human rights, Eroglu said. The last gathering was an interparliamentary summit held in Beijing on May 2018. Further talks were put on hold because of the Covid-19 pandemic and a break of diplomatic ties after China sanctioned EU lawmakers in 2021. Lifting sanctions “We need to change the status quo of our trade relationship,” Eroglu said. “At the moment, we have a massive trade deficit with China,…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 14:49 GMT+2 A 2023 data transfer agreement between the EU and the US remains valid, the EU General Court has found, dismissing a French MEP’s complaint that it allows for disproportionate data collection, lacks transparency and adequate safeguards for Europeans’ personal information, and offers insufficient legal redress. The case brought by French MEP Philippe Latombe was the first such challenge to an international agreement. He needed to convince judges that the deal affected him directly as an individual – but he failed to do so. Over 2,800 US companies rely on the agreement to conduct business,…