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The EU earlier this year agreed on wide-ranging new rules allowing countries to establish “return hubs” in third countries like Albania and Rwanda, to which unsuccessful asylum seekers and other failed migrants can be sent to. It has also drawn up lists of safe countries from which would-be refugees are unlikely to be accepted apart from in exceptional cases. With far-right parties gaining in the polls ahead of key elections in France, Germany, Italy and other EU countries, governments are pushing Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to use her State of the Union speech next week to demonstrate mainstream…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 19:07 GMT+2•Updated 19:09 The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a legislative proposal allowing EU public authorities to favour European companies in public procurement for key public services such as energy, water, railways, ports, airports and postal services. The move comes as European policymakers seek to shield the bloc’s market from China amid heated trade negotiations, as the EU grapples with a trade deficit with Beijing of roughly €1 billion a day. Public procurement markets in Europe represent €2 trillion every year — 15% of Europe’s GDP. “Public money must serve our collective interests,” Commission Vice-President Stéphane…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 18:30 GMT+2 An explosion at a weapons depot near the northwestern city of Idlib killed at least 14 people and injured 11 others, Syria’s Health Ministry said. “The toll from the explosion in a temporary storage for collecting weapons and war remnants near the town of Sarmada … registered 14 killed and 11 injured in a preliminary count,” the Idlib health department said. Security forces cordoned off roads leading to the Burj al-Nimra area on the road to Sarmada, some 45 kilometres from Idlib, as Civil Defence and Syrian Red Crescent first-responders continued to search for…

Think-tank, médias, édition : l’influence politique de Vincent Bolloré ne cesse de s’accroître. Le milliardaire de 74 ans compte bien peser, encore plus qu’en 2022, sur la prochaine présidentielle. Celui qui rêve d’unir la droite et l’extrême droite mène aussi un combat pour rechristianiser la France. C’est ce que raconte La droite de Dieu, l’enquête de Camille Vigogne Le Coat et Clément Lacombe publiée par Les Arènes. Anthony Lattier les reçoit dans le podcast Playbook Paris de POLITICO.

Published on 09/09/2026 – 17:31 GMT+2 The European Commission has granted the Spanish government 114.7 million euros from its emergency aid fund to deal with the migration crisis that Ceuta has been facing since the end of July, in what the institution describes as an act of “solidarity” with Spain. “This financial assistance comes on top of the Commission’s immediate response from day one, when it offered Spain both financial and operational support,” the Commission said in a statement. “The decision once again demonstrates the Commission’s full solidarity with Spain in dealing with this difficult situation.” The funding comes from…

US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after the Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic missiles at a US Navy warship twice in two days, as Iran launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the crews of all five vessels — the Kivik, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco and Derya — were warned to abandon ship before the strikes. The targeted warship evaded both Iranian attacks without casualties, CENTCOM said. Iranian state-affiliated news agency confirmed one oil tanker was struck near Jask and another tanker four miles off Kharg Island. Iran’s state broadcaster has reported…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:11 GMT+2 A suspicious cyberattack using fake CAPTCHA checks to target a Ukrainian government organisation has been linked to Moscow, according to a new report. US tech giant Cisco said its cybersecurity researchers noticed unusual activity in the organisation’s computer systems in April, asserting “with moderate confidence” that a Russian threat actor carried out the attack. Cisco’s researchers found malware known as Amatera running on the system, capable of stealing sensitive information. It was also used to install software that could give an attacker access to the computer, including the ability to inspect files, transfer data…

The allegations center on footage of Reform insiders discussing how the party could receive donations from a fake U.S. donor, and also asking a bogus company to pay for polls commissioned by the party. Farage and two of his most senior advisers were caught in the sting. Those two advisers Dan Jukes and James Orr stepped down pending the outcome of an investigation by Reform UK after the documentary was broadcast. They both deny all wrongdoing. Scotland Yard’s Special Enquiry Team had already been investigating donations worth £500,000 paid to Reform by the mother of convicted fraudster — and close…

Four years after the European Union launched a plan to break its dependence on Russian oil and gas and accelerate the clean energy transition, an audit presented by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on Wednesday said the bloc’s plan is falling well short of its ambitions. Russian oil imports have plunged following EU sanctions and gas imports have declined, the ECA auditors noted, but they urge caution against attributing all of that progress to REPowerEU, the plan launched by the European Commission in 2022 to achieve energy sovereignty and end all dependence on Moscow. “In our view, other factors…