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Published on 03/12/2025 – 10:29 GMT+1 Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter has hit out at an “evil and disgusting” White House video of immigration agents chasing, handcuffing and detaining people, all to the sound of her song ‘Juno’. “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” she posted on X. Donald Trump’s hugely controversial policy of sending ICE officers into communities has led to the detention of people who have been living and working in the US for decades and have no criminal record. Carpenter adds her name to a long list of musicians who have…
Worse, turning inward with protectionist policies would only weaken the foundations that we now seek to strengthen. “Old wines in new bottles” — import substitution, isolationism, picking winners — won’t deliver competitiveness or security. Contrast that with the much-debated US Inflation Reduction Act. Its incentives and subsidies were open to EU companies, provided they invest locally, develop local talent and build within the US market. It’s not about flags, it’s about pragmatism: attracting global investments, creating jobs and driving innovation-led growth. So what’s the practical path? Europe must embrace ‘sovereignty done right’, weaving diversity, resilience and autonomy into the fabric…
Fabergé’s 1913 Winter Egg, created for Russia’s imperial family, achieved a record £22.9 million (€27.5 million) at auction in London. Made from carved rock crystal and adorned with platinum snowflakes and 4,500 diamonds, the egg is among the rare few still privately owned. Commissioned by Czar Nicholas II as an Easter gift for his mother, it resurfaced multiple times after being sold off in the 1920s. With only 43 surviving imperial eggs, the Winter Egg remains one of the most significant works in Fabergé’s legacy.
With reports of a merger, or that Nigel Farage expects to do a deal with the Conservatives before the next election – is it game over for the Tories or Reform? Sam and Anne discuss what this potential pact could mean for the right of British politics and whether the move will be seen as weakness from the Reform UK leader, in essence admitting that he can’t sweep to power alone. Away from party politics – Anne has the latest on the talks to end the Ukraine war.
Published on 03/12/2025 – 9:35 GMT+1 •Updated 9:38 Nobel Prize winner in economics Philippe Aghion has urged the European Union to lower internal barriers and establish “a true single market” in an interview on Euronews. The French economist said a fully integrated internal market for EU goods and services will boost competition and innovation in the bloc, which he argued is lagging behind the United States and China amid rising geopolitical tensions. “We don’t have a true single market and it is absolutely necessary,” he told Europe Today, Euronews’ flagship morning show. “Each member state has its own regulation, which…
Belgian police released former EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini and former foreign service chief Stefano Sannino from custody after they were held for questioning in relation to a fraud probe, the EU’s public prosecutor said Wednesday morning. Mogherini, the rector of the College of Europe, Sannino and a staff member of the College of Europe were detained Tuesday in connection to an investigation into whether the public tender awarded by the European External Action Service (EEAS) in 2021-22 to a higher education institution to host the EU Diplomatic Academy was rigged in favor of the College of Europe. “The accusations…
By euronews Published on 03/12/2025 – 7:43 GMT+1 •Updated 8:43 The EU foreign affairs headquarters, the EEAS, and the College of Europe in Bruges were raided yesterday by Belgian police. Former EU foreign affairs chief and College of Europe Rector Federica Mogherini as well as other top officials are now in custody as part of a probe into alleged fraud. For more on this developing story that came as a big shock to many in Brussels, we will be joined by Euronews EU editor Maria Tadeo. Coming up, we will be joined by the 2025 Nobel Prize in economics winner, the…
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Governments around the world are being forced to set out clear rules for action following a “surge” in climate litigation. . A new report from the Climate Litigation Network explores how 10 years of court cases have helped establish “binding legal duties” for leaders and big polluters to help protect citizens from climate harm. Many of these legal battles were inspired by the groundbreaking Urgenda case, which marked the first time a court anywhere in the world ordered a government to take stronger climate action. The ruling came after the non-profit Urgenda Foundation, along with almost 1,000 citizens, petitioned Dutch…
I met Seán again in 2021 and 2023, both times outside the courthouse in Mytilene on Lesvos. In 2023, the lesser misdemeanor charges against him and the other foreign defendants — forgery, espionage and the unlawful use of radio frequencies — were dropped. Then, in 2024, the rest of the defendants were acquitted of those same charges. While leaving the courthouse that day, still facing the more serious felony charges along with the other 23 aid workers, Seán said: “We want justice. Today, there has been less injustice, but no justice.” As Amnesty International, we’ve been consistently calling for these…