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Groundworks began at the site in Ancoats last month. The government has previously said it will be the workplace for around “8,800 people from multiple government departments with a focus on digital delivery.” Burnham did not set out a timescale for the creation of “No. 10 North” or discuss how many people it could involve. However, he has said it will be tasked with reforming utilities, regeneration and reindustrializing Britain, centralizing many powers held elsewhere in Whitehall. In the wide-ranging interview, Burnham also said the whipping system in Westminster should not be used to “punish” MPs and said he would…

Published on 02/07/2026 – 21:10 GMT+2•Updated 21:13 The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Thursday that eight people had been arrested as part of a probe into an international network of men drugging and sexually abusing women they know. The NCA, which looks into international crime, said it had uncovered a global network of predominantly men suspected of offences, known as organised drug-facilitated sexual assault, after a 2025 tip-off by German journalists about a platform used to facilitate them. The crime agency found “a truly international network with group members identified in dozens of countries spanning every continent,” said…

Depuis plus de trente ans, les Français la connaissent comme présentatrice d’une vingtaine d’émissions, parmi lesquelles Stars à domicile (TF1). Au-delà de la télé, c’est son combat contre les violences sexuelles qui a donné de l’écho à sa parole. Cette année, son témoignage à visage découvert et sa plainte pour viol contre Patrick Bruel, déposée le 13 mai, ont contribué à la mise en examen du chanteur pour viol, tentatives de viol, d’agression sexuelle et de harcèlement sexuel, alors que plusieurs enquêtes avaient déjà été publiées. Le 9 et le 23 juin, elle était aux côtés des manifestantes, Place Vendôme…

Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated in southern France and water-bombing helicopters deployed to battle wildfires after a record-breaking heatwave last month, officials said on Thursday. Tourists and local residents had to be moved after a wildfire broke out in the town of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer and spread to Canet-en-Roussillon. Firefighters said nearly 3,000 people were evacuated with half of them from three campsites in the affected area. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, said Pierre Regnault de La Mothe, the top regional official for the southern department of Pyrenees-Orientales. Two hundred firefighters and four water-bombing aircraft were deployed to put out the…

C’est maintenant ou jamais. Après l’échec de la fusée Zemmour en 2022, Vincent Bolloré se rêve toujours en faiseur de président. L’ogre des médias (Cnews, Europe 1, Le JDD), de l’édition (Hachette, Lagardère, Fayard) et de la com (Havas) a désormais ajouté son propre think tank à son empire : l’Institut de l’espérance. Un cercle de réflexion catholique, dont les idées pour influencer l’élection reine vont du recul de l’immigration à la fin du délit d’entrave à l’avortement, en passant par la préférence nationale pour les logements sociaux ou la baisse de la dépenses publique. Certes, les audiences de CNews…

Sánchez’s government called Feijóo’s comments “profoundly irresponsible” and said he had deliberately conflated two different policies. The beneficiaries of the legalization process that has just concluded cannot vote in Spanish regional or national elections because they are being granted resident permits, and voting rights are reserved for citizens. After being criticized for his inconsistency, Feijóo on Thursday appeared to reverse course. “We agree that a grandchild, where there is a very clear line of descent, should be entitled to Spanish citizenship,” he said during a speech in Santander, but added that he still believed the government had failed to be…

Published on 02/07/2026 – 18:23 GMT+2 Russia is increasingly using jet-powered drones in its mass attacks, counting on the fact that missiles used by Ukraine’s air defences to intercept them are in limited supply. According to Ukraine’s Air Force spokesperson Colonel Yurii Ihnat, Moscow is now deploying jet-powered drones “virtually around the clock” alongside other kamikaze UAVs. Reaching speeds of up to 500 km/h, they can outpace Ukraine’s own interceptor drones. “These drones are no longer within the reach of interceptor drones, whose speed is up to 300 km/h,” Colonel Ihnat said. “That means mobile fire groups and anti-drone interceptors…

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Deezer Le podcast Playbook Paris se délocalise au parc Jourdan des Rencontres économiques d’Aix-en-Provence, où se bousculent les politiques et la plupart des candidats à la présidentielle — à l’exception notable des responsables du RN et de LFI. Malgré les sondages (et les échanges qui se multiplient entre les lepénistes et le patronat), ils ne sont pas les bienvenus sur scène. ⁠On en discute avec Jason Wiels et Paul de Villepin, envoyés spéciaux de POLITICO à Aix, auteurs de la newsletter Paris Influence.

Representatives of EU institutions took the stage at a flagship conference in Brussels to push European governments to agree an ambitious long-term budget, including with new own resources. During the Annual EU Budget Conference, the Commission’s flagship event, European Commissioner for Budget Piotr Serafin took an opportunity to push back against so-called “frugal” countries. “We need to be mindful of the link between having a frugal budget and having a modern budget,” Serafin said at the event. He stressed that a too-small EU budget would not necessarily be cheaper for taxpayers, as money that won’t be spent on the EU…

Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” ratcheting up further tensions over a waterway crucial to international trade. The strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, has emerged as one of the top issues in negotiations to reach a permanent end to the Iran war. The statement from the Khatam al-Anbiya military command, reported by Iranian state-run television, comes after both US and Iranian diplomats met with mediators in Qatar on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear what sparked the threat from Iran.…