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Firms now have 28 days, Kyle said, to prepare to begin exporting to India under new provisions that slash tariffs on whisky from 150 percent to 40 percent and new quotas that cut duties on cars from 100 percent to 10 percent. The deal is the largest trade pact the U.K. has forged post-Brexit and is expected to boost U.K. GDP by £4.8 billion annually. Implementation follows last-minute wrangling over Britain’s new steel protections between the U.K.’s Kyle and his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi on June 2. Kyle flew to New Delhi after Indian officials said they…
Published on 17/06/2026 – 21:18 GMT+2 Finland’s parliament voted to lift a total ban on nuclear weapons on Wednesday, to bring the country in line with NATO’s deterrence policy after joining the alliance in 2023. The bill will permit nuclear weapons to be brought, transported, supplied, or possessed in Finland where the country’s military defence requires it. While 125 deputies backed the government proposal, 61 voted against it, with another 13 absent from the chamber. Now that it has been approved by parliament it only requires the approval of the president. The decision repeals the national ban on the import,…
Still, Macron and his allies also believed that, for once, they held some cards in their dealings with Trump. The United States needs European mine-clearing capacities to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and stabilize the world’s oil trade after the war in Iran, something Trump repeatedly demanded at the G7 summit. The second phase of U.S.-Iran talks, if the first deal is signed Friday, will address Iran’s nuclear program and will involve France, Germany and the U.K., the original custodians of the 2015 U.N. sanctions against Iran. The U.S. is also coming under heavy pressure at home over fears the…
Published on 17/06/2026 – 22:57 GMT+2 One of Europe’s biggest technology and startup events, VivaTech, is underway in the French capital, with AI at the top of the agenda. Around 200,000 visitors, including one of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, alongside ViveTech regular, French President Emmanuel Macron. Out on the show floor, Euronews has been asking visitors the same two questions: which technology worries them most, and which one excites them most. The answer to both, more often than not, is artificial intelligence. “Oh, definitely AI,” said one student from Morocco. Spanish tech worker Maria Isabel…
Donald Trump was welcomed to the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday evening for a private reception and dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron following the conclusion of the G7 summit in Evian. The US president walked through the palace courtyard and posed for photographs in front of Versailles’ famous golden gates before joining Macron inside the UNESCO World Heritage site. The event marks the 250th anniversary of the United States and comes at a time of continuing discussions between Washington and European allies on issues including Iran, Ukraine and trade. Trump said he accepted the invitation because he is…
Calls for direct talks have prompted debate among the bloc’s 27 member countries about who, if anyone, should represent the EU. Poland and Baltic countries have pushed back on these efforts, arguing that direct talks could undermine pressure on Moscow, while French President Emmanuel Macron has backed the talks. A senior EU diplomat from a Nordic country described the effort to make contact as “delusional.” “It’s surprising how much willingness some EU leaders have to make the same mistakes, to be proven wrong, to get nothing of each and every attempt ‘to talk to Russia’ and yet keep repeating the same…
The dispute between US tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and the public broadcaster ZDF is causing a major stir across Germany. In its coverage of last week’s anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, an edition of “ZDFheute live” said that Musk had called for “a migrant hunt” in his social media posts about Northern Ireland. On Monday, Musk called ZDF’s characterisation of his words a “terrible lie” and said he was pursuing legal action against the broadcaster, which has since removed the contested passage. On 9 June, Musk shared a post by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson in which Robinson, following the knife…
By euronews Published on 17/06/2026 – 12:42 GMT+2 Vietnamese police have rescued hundreds of cats after dismantling an cat meat trafficking ring in Ho Chi Minh City. The operation followed an investigation into a series of pet thefts and led officers to locations where cats were being held in cages. Authorities discovered around 400 live cats, additional animals at a separate site and dozens of dead cats. More than 500 cats were seized in total. Animal welfare group Humane World for Animals said more than 40 rescued cats have already been reunited with their owners, although several animals later died due…
In a marked shift from its previous projections, nine Fed officials forecast at least one interest rate increase this year, while the central bank also removed language from its policy statement that had suggested its next move would be a rate cut. The unusually brief statement likely reflects the influence of new Fed chair Kevin Warsh, appointed by Trump, who has previously criticised the Fed for commenting too broadly on the economy. Six policymakers projected two or more rate increases this year, a sharp change from March, when no officials pencilled in a hike and the committee as a whole…
Les uns disent qu’il ne décolle pas, les autres qu’il a un socle solide. Avec son meeting samedi au Parc floral, à Paris, le président des Républicains, candidat à la présidentielle, Bruno Retailleau espère faire taire les critiques et convaincre les siens qu’il peut desserrer l’étau entre celui qui représentera le Rassemblement national et Edouard Philippe. Anthony Lattier en discute avec Elisa Bertholomey et Sarah Paillou dans le podcast Playbook Paris de POLITICO.