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Is your hot girl – or guy – summer getting a little too literal? Following one of the hottest May’s on record, who isn’t longing to sit very still in the shade, by a large body of cool water, wearing probably as little as possible. But in a cruel twist of fate, many of us are stuck in the offices, melting as the mercury keeps rising. If your brain is simply too addled by the constant planning of how to keep your electrolytes up to be able to give heatwave office outfits any thought, we’re here to help. Loose clothing:…
Eigentlich klingt es simpel und gerecht: gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit. Aber die neue Entgelttransparenz-Richtlinie der EU droht zu einem Bürokratiemonster für deutsche Unternehmen zu werden. Künftig soll jeder Beschäftigte das Recht haben zu erfahren, was Kollegen in gleichwertigen Positionen verdienen. Gordon Repinski bespricht mit Maximilian Stascheit, warum Familienministerin Karin Prien die offizielle Umsetzungsfrist im Juni reißen wird , warum die Wirtschaft Sturm läuft und wie das Ministerium nun versucht, den Betrieben zumindest bis Ende nächsten Jahres Zeit zu verschaffen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview verteidigt die ehemalige Familienministerin Lisa Paus (Grüne) die Richtlinie vehement. Sie argumentiert gegen die Blockadehaltung aus der Wirtschaft…
Europe’s far right is yet again under the microscope as a European Parliament watchdog moves to ban the Alternative for Germany’s EU party. On the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss how the far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations party — home to Germany’s AfD — risks losing EU funding and even its status as a political party. In a 300-page letter, the Authority for European Political Parties and Foundations cites evidence of anti-immigration, antisemitic and anti-LGBT rhetoric from its members. It argues this “casts doubt” on the ESN’s compliance with EU values. Next, we discuss how one of Europe’s…
LONDON — Nigel Farage was hoping to sabotage Labour’s leadership fight. But a former ally is now trying to eat into his vote from the right — with some significant online help. Next month’s Makerfield by-election looked set to be a head-to-head battle between Farage’s Reform UK and Andy Burnham — a Labour mayor who hopes the contest will provide a stepping-stone in his push to become prime minister. But a Survation poll released this weekend put Restore Britain — a relatively obscure party led by multimillionaire former football chairman Rupert Lowe — in third place. Campaigners who have been…
Relations between Blair and Starmer have been remote in recent months, according to a senior figure at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, the ex-PM’s sprawling policy and strategy consultancy. Having given up having much influence on the Starmer operation, Blair now “wants to rise above right or left and talk about the center much more broadly — what are the ideas Britain needs to thrive? He wants politics to look upwards and outwards. And whoever wants to take that forward, that’s up to them,” this person said. Protesters wearing Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson masks hold pictures of…
U.S.-made PAC-3 interceptor missiles used in the American Patriot system are currently the country’s best defense against Russian ballistic missiles, although it hopes to develop its own ballistic missile defenses. The second Trump administration has dragged its feet on providing Kyiv with Patriot missiles, leaving Kyiv in a bind as its supplies dwindle. The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran has further threatened Ukraine’s supply, as the two countries and other U.S. allies in the region burn through hundreds of PAC-3 interceptors. In Monday’s letter, the Ukrainian leader acknowledged the “high demand” for Patriot missiles in other regions, and accedes to the…
By Emma De Ruiter Published on 27/05/2026 – 22:22 GMT+2 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted on Wednesday that he had “not betrayed the trust of the French people,” in his final statement before the Paris Court of Appeal, which is retrying the case into allegations that the late Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi secretly funded his successful 2007 presidential campaign. “This case of alleged Libyan financing of my campaign began with lies and with a conspiracy; it must end in truth and transparency”, he added. “I will never be able to confess to something I did not do; that is not…
“Russia’s largest nuclear arsenal is located in the High North, just a few kilometers from Norway,” he said, adding that Norway would continue to primarily rely on NATO for its security. On March 2, the French president announced that Germany, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden had agreed to discuss nuclear cooperation with Paris. That could include joint nuclear drills, information sharing and, ultimately, the potential temporary deployment of French nuclear-capable Rafale fighter jets in allied countries — a concept the French called “forward nuclear deterrence.” Since then, highly classified talks about exactly what the cooperation will entail…
The confrontation unfolded near the Paracel Islands, a strategically important archipelago of some 130 islands that Beijing seized from Vietnam in the 1970s and now controls through a network of military outposts and surveillance capabilities. China strictly controls travel to the region, and individual or commercial vessels are not allowed in the islands’ territorial waters. The Dutch Defense Ministry disputed Beijing’s account, telling POLITICO that HNLMS De Ruyter was operating “in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).” The ministry said the frigate is sailing through the South China Sea and…
Published on 27/05/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2 In this special edition from the Imperial Fora in Rome, we are joined by Claudio Borghi, senator for the League, and Arturo Scotto, member of the Italian Parliament for the Democratic Party (PD). The debate focuses on the alleged shift in the foreign policy of Giorgia Meloni’s government. In recent months, tensions have grown with the United States and Israel — two of Rome’s historic allies, both led by figures politically close to the Italian prime minister. The call for European sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, following the shocking video in…