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Published on 24/09/2025 – 13:16 GMT+2 The United Kingdom says it has saved a record sum in a major fraud crackdown, thanks in part to a “high-tech push” that will now include artificial intelligence (AI). The UK’s anti-fraud teams reclaimed about £480 million (€556 million) in the year ending in April 2025, compared to £373 million (€432 million) in the previous period, the government said. The fraud detection teams cross-referenced data that was held by different government departments to claw back the money, most of which was public funding. “We’re using cutting-edge AI and data tools to stay one step…

The rhetorical shift raised questions around the world over whether Trump has decisively changed posture on the Ukraine war, after months of wooing Russian leader Vladimir Putin and failing to hit Moscow with much-hyped massive sanctions. Moscow brushed off Trump’s broadside, taking exception to the U.S. president’s remark that “Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act.” Peskov said that despite “certain points of tensions” due to Western sanctions following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia “maintains resilience and macroeconomic stability.”

Several vessels belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza were targeted by Israeli drones in international waters south of Crete on Tuesday, organizers said. “Our boats were repeatedly attacked by military drones. They struck us with unknown but irritating substances, with sound bombs, and even with drones that deliberately damaged the masts of several vessels,” said Maria Elena Delia, the GSF’s Italian spokesperson, in an Instagram post. “These attacks targeted boats flying Italian, British, and Polish flags. That’s the same as attacking Italy, the U.K., and Poland — essentially a declaration of war against those…

Some countries’ leaders are watching rising seas threaten to swallow their homes. Others are watching their citizens die in floods, hurricanes and heat waves, all exacerbated by climate change. But the world US President Donald Trump described in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday didn’t match the one many world leaders in the audience are contending with. Nor did it align with what scientists have long been observing. “This ‘climate change,’ it’s the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion,” Trump said. “All of these predictions made by the United Nations and…

Published on 24/09/2025 – 9:19 GMT+2 The acclaimed Italian actress, Claudia Cardinale, famous for her roles in The Leopard and 8½, has died at the age of 87. Her agent Laurent Savry told French news agency AFP that she passed away on Tuesday at her home in Nemours in France, surrounded by her children. Cardinale starred in more than 100 films and made-for-television productions, but was best known for her role in Federico Fellini’s 8½, in which she co-starred with Marcello Mastroianni in 1963. She also won praise for her role as Angelica Sedara in Luchino Visconti’s award-winning screen adaptation…

Are we all in danger of missing the biggest story of the day? Sam ponders that as he links up with Anne to discuss what’s happening in Westminster today. One of the country’s biggest car producers is shut because of a cyber attack. The problems at Jaguar Land Rover have been going on for weeks – we discuss why this might be more of a political story than it seems.Elsewhere, the Tories continue to pile the pressure on the PM’s chief of staff – Morgan McSweeney – over leaked lawyer advice and a £700,000 “admin error”. In response a Downing…

The new purse for the agricultural policy, commonly known as CAP, guarantees that around €300 billion will go into farmers’ pockets through various streams funded by the EU and co-financed by member countries. The burden of spending for things like climate incentives will be shared, while area-based support — paid out to farmers per hectare — will come from the EU’s coffers.   To deliver on promises to better target support for young or small farmers, European Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen has large landowners in his sights. | Thierry Monasse/Getty Images Environmentalists worry that requiring member countries to chip in to…

Incidents of unidentified drones flying in Germany’s airspace are on the rise with the country’s air navigation service DFS saying 144 drone overflights have been logged this year alone, with 35 incidents clustered around Frankfurt Airport. What remains unclear is how many of those drones were taking part in espionage. The majority were reported by pilots, while other cases were discovered by air traffic controllers. The majority of these drone flights, around 90% on average, were reported from areas surrounding airports, DFS told Euronews. For this reason, the Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to rapidly expand Germany’s defence against drones.…

Pål Jonson also confirmed Sweden plans to accelerate its military buildup, aiming to reach NATO’s new defense spending targets. | Narciso Contreras/Getty Images He also rejected a bigger role for the European Commission in procurement. “We’re not part of SAFE,” he said, referring to the EU’s new €150 billion Security Action for Europe financing tool. He added that Stockholm prefers defense buys to be steered through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation or the European Defence Agency. “I don’t see a role for the Commission in doing joint procurement. EDA should have this role.”…

Publicist Michel Friedman was due to speak about democracy at the Uwe Johnson House of Literature in Klütz in October 2026 to mark the 120th birthday of the Jewish political theorist Hannah Arendt. However, the Jewish publicist has now had his invite revoked. The reason given was the fear of right-wing protests but he himself sees the incident as a dangerous signal, as he told Euronews. What happened? The 69-year-old Friedman was invited to the event to read from his recently published book “Mensch! Declaration of Love by a Desperate Democrat” and to talk about democracy. According to Friedman himself,…