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Unlike last year’s edition which kicked off with the excellent ‘Small Things Like These’, 2025’s Berlinale doesn’t get off to the greatest of starts with its opening film, ‘Das Light’ (‘The Light’)… For his third Berlinale opening film after Heaven in 2002 and The International in 2009, German director Tom Tykwer, best known for his kinetic thriller Lola rennt (Run Lola Run), has delivered an ambitious, clumsy and ultimately insufferable parable that attempts to comment on a lot but ends up saying precious little.Das Licht (The Light) follows a family falling apart in Berlin – where it constantly seems to…

Later in the day, Trump declined to directly answer a reporter’s question about Ukraine’s role in the coming talks. “It’s an interesting question,” Trump replied, before suggesting that Ukraine chose to enter into a war with Russia after its invasion. “I think they have to make peace. That was not a good war to go into.” The Trump administration’s decision to downplay Ukraine’s role in negotiations with Russia — and to reopen communication channels with the Russian leader — rattled European leaders and prompted an outpouring of criticism for Trump’s methods.  “Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity are unconditional,” EU foreign…

Al-Khelaïfi has been the subject of multiple criminal investigations in France, none of which have resulted in a conviction. He has repeatedly maintained his innocence. “There’s a witch hunt against Qatari businesses and people, with Nasser al-Khelaïfi as the lightning rod,” the official close to the Qatari government, who was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive investigation, told POLITICO. However, an adviser to French Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin denied that Qatar was looking to wind down its investments in France. “The latest investments announced by Qatar are being deployed and discussions are underway on new projects,” the adviser said, pointing…

La faute, aussi, à un excès de communication, qu’il assume : “Je communique comme si j’avais une ville d’un million !” nous a-t-il rétorqué, dans un haussement d’épaules, ce lundi 10 février, en nous recevant dans son bureau au rez-de-chaussée de la mairie de Saint-Ouen (53 000 habitants en 2022). Certes, il ne parle jamais explicitement de la présidentielle, mais le sujet affleure régulièrement et comme par inadvertance, comme lorsqu’au détour d’un échange sur sa famille et sa vie privée, il glisse : “Ma femme, elle va pas s’occuper des Pièces jaunes.” Chouchou des médias Tout a commencé en avril…

Trump said Wednesday he’d had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with Putin that morning, confirming the two leaders had agreed to work together on a diplomatic resolution to the war in Ukraine. Following Trump’s call with Putin, the so-called Weimar+ grouping — the EU, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and the U.K. — published a joint statement in support of Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity. “In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role,” Kallas wrote in a post regarding the statement. But Hungary’s illiberal Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mocked the statement on Thursday, describing it as “sad” and…

With the U.S. as the largest non-EU market for Italian exports, tariffs imposed by President Trump could significantly impact sectors like wine, spirits, and furniture. Federvini, representing wine and spirits exporters, warns that such tariffs could cost Italy up to half of its U.S. market share The United States is the largest non-EU market for Italian exports. According to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, during the first two years since taking office, they have grown by over 15 billion euros.But what could happen if Made in Italy products were targeted by Trump’s tariffs?We put the question to Marco Simoni, who’s the…

To mark the 20th anniversary of ‘The Gates’, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s iconic installation in New York’s Central Park, a series of events and technological experiences are bringing the celebrated work back to life for a new generation. In February 2005, Central Park was transformed into an orange-hued wonderland, as 7,503 gates with flowing fabric panels lined the park’s walkways. The installation, which spanned 23 miles (37 kilometres), attracted an estimated four million visitors. Critics had mixed opinions on the work at the time, with some dismissing it as a “visual one-liner”, while others saw it as a homage to the…

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola crossed into the Gaza Strip from Israel at noon Thursday to “witness firsthand the humanitarian assistance delivery at the border region,” her office told POLITICO.  Palestinian militant group Hamas reached a deal with Israel in mid-January to bring a cease-fire to the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages following 16 months of Israeli’s retaliatory onslaught to the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, which has ravaged the region and killed tens of thousands of people. “Her crossing of the border at a crucial moment in time is meant to highlight the EU’s critical role…

After Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to “immediately” start negotiations on Ukraine, Europe wonders if it will have a seat at the table. It took an hour and a half to bulldoze three years of unity.With his “highly productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump has cast aside the West’s rules of procedure to propose himself as the sole intermediary who can possibly bring Russia and Ukraine to the table.”We have agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately,” Trump wrote on social media. The tone of his post was so flattering that the reader could not…

After 15 months of devastating war and with a ceasefire at risk of collapse, peace in the Middle East has seldom looked more elusive. Euronews spoke to two groups who refuse to accept that. Hopes for any form of long-lasting peace between Israel and Palestine were already fading when Hamas launched its murderous rampage on 7 October 2023, triggering a military response from Israel that has claimed more than 40,000 lives in Gaza alone.The militant group first took control of the Gaza Strip in 2006 and since then has entrenched itself in an increasingly extreme ideology. Israeli governments, meanwhile, have…