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“Don’t forget…this is Robert Generic. This is Robert the Remainer. This is the Robert the ‘I don’t stand particularly for anything at all’ who suddenly appears to be … on this Damascene conversion.” May 2025: Jenrick says Farage has had too many pints It cuts both ways. Jenrick has been happy to throw the odd insult Farage’s way too. Lambasting Reform’s social security policy, the ex-Tory got personal: “Has he cooked this up after one too many pints at his local?,” Jenrick asked. “Has a joint found its way into his usual pack of Marlboro Golds?” August 2025: Jenrick claims…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union will continue to work closely with the United States to strengthen security in the Arctic even as US President Donald Trump persists with his threats to seize Greenland from Denmark. “The European Union has a very good reputation in Greenland, and we are counting very much on the excellent cooperation that we have,” von der Leyen said on Thursday on an official visit to Limassol, Cyprus. “We will thus continue our work on Arctic security with our allies (and) our partners, including the United States,” she added. Trump…

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has launched his first solo exhibition at Nature Morte’s Dhan Mill space in southern New Delhi, India. The show opened on 15 January and brings together sculptures, installations, and mixed-media works that trace more than two decades of his career. It also includes pieces created as a personal homage to India. Ai Weiwei, 68, is known worldwide for blending art with political critique. He helped design Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium for the 2008 Olympics before openly criticizing the Chinese government. That stance led to his detention for 81 days in 2011 and years of restrictions…

US forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader effort by Washington to take control of the South American country’s oil. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the US Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early on Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s “established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.” US Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS…

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Four International Space Station crew members returned to Earth early on Thursday after a medical issue brought their mission to an early end. A SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 08:41 GMT, NASA footage showed. Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov were seen leaving the capsule alongside Americans Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman. NASA said the return was planned and not an emergency. The agency declined to share details, noting the affected crewmember was doing well. The team had spent about five months in orbit and carried out…

The French president confirmed that France would seek to increase defense spending by €36 billion between 2026 and 2030, adding he wants the updated military planning law to be voted by parliament by July 14. “This decade of French rearmament is bearing fruit … and rearmament efforts will continue,” he told the audience. However,  the military planning law has been delayed by France’s spiralling political crisis. It was initially scheduled for last fall and has already been put off several times. As well, the €6.7 billion boost for 2026 still hasn’t been approved by lawmakers, and it’s unclear whether (and…

If the European Union wants to remain a key player in wind power production, member states need to follow Germany’s example, a major leader in the continent’s wind industry said in an exclusive interview with Euronews. Former Belgian energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten, who was recently appointed CEO of WindEurope, the wind energy industry trade body in the EU, explained to Euronews that the industry is still facing significant challenges expediting permits to unlock wind power projects in some EU countries, a problem that undermines the bloc’s overall climate goals. Van der Straeten pointed to Germany as “the perfect…

2026 will be “a year of challenges” for national defence, French President Emmanuel Macron told armed forces on Thursday at the Istres Air Base in southern France, against a backdrop of escalating international tensions. Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, tensions are escalating amid violent protests in Iran, and a new source of concern has emerged with US President Donald Trump’s expressed interest in taking over Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Paris has viewed this development as strategically sensitive, given the Arctic region’s growing geopolitical importance. “We are ready,” Macron declared. “This decade of French rearmament is…

Long is a former Republican congressman from Missouri whom Trump nominated to become the new U.S. envoy to Iceland, replacing Carrin Patman. In the wake of Long’s reported comments, Icelanders launched a petition urging Foreign Minister Katrín Gunnarsdóttir to reject him as ambassador. It currently has 2,000 signatures. “These words of Billy Long, who Donald Trump has nominated as ambassador to Iceland, may have been said in half-hearted terms, but they are insulting to Iceland and Icelanders, who have had to fight for their freedom and have always been a friend of the United States,” the petition says. “We want Þorgerður…