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Published on 11/06/2025 – 14:34 GMT+2Ministers and representatives from more than 95 countries called for an ambitious agreement from global plastics treaty negotiations at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) on Tuesday. Negotiations for the UN plastics treaty collapsed in late 2024 with nations unable to agree on how best to stop millions of tonnes of plastic from entering the environment each year. The next round of negotiations is due to resume in Geneva, Switzerland, in August. The declaration, dubbed the ‘Nice Wake-Up Call’, identifies five elements that the signatories say are key to achieving a global agreement that is “commensurate…
On March 18, 1967, the supertanker SS Torrey Canyon struck a reef off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, spilling 100,000 tonnes of crude oil into the English Channel. Beaches in southern England, the French region of Brittany, and Guernsey in the Channel Islands were submerged in thick sludge. More than 15,000 seabirds were killed, and the spill caused innumerable long-term damages to the marine environment. The Torrey Canyon disaster was the first major oil spill in European waters. It marked a turning point in the way people interacted with oceans, revealing how vulnerable marine ecosystems are to human-induced threats. To mark World Oceans…
Locals have attended vigils and marches to demand justice for Fabian, and criticized the disproportionate pursuit by the police. The police motive for giving chase, Moinil said at a press conference Wednesday, was “nothing other than him riding the scooter. There were no drugs, no aggression.” According to the prosecutor, an investigation provisionally indicated that the police officer in the car gave chase without switching on a blue light or siren, and that the vehicle was driven into the park, which isn’t accessible to cars, at a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour. It’s not yet clear whether…
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Two EU diplomats told POLITICO the European Commission was taking a tougher and more uncompromising approach to this round of sanctions. While it would normally avoid suggesting ideas that would lead to a veto, this time the EU executive appears to be less concerned. At least von der Leyen can fly into the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, on the back of a big sanctions announcement — putting the ball in Washington’s court to raise the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table and make peace with Ukraine. So far, however, U.S. President Donald Trump…
Musk took to social media to criticize Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — the legislation now in the Senate that incorporates his presidential agenda, from tax cuts to immigration enforcement — calling it a “disgusting abomination.” That earned a rebuke from Trump, who said Musk had gone “crazy” and threatened to cancel federal contracts and subsidies for Musk’s businesses. Notably, Musk accused Trump — without proof — of being named in the Epstein files, documents compiled by federal investigators into financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and claimed that was the “real reason” they have yet to be unsealed. But…
Detainees also had difficulty accessing food and water, he said. Thunberg was one of 12 passengers aboard the Madleen, a boat organized by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition that departed Italy on June 1 to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. Israeli naval forces intercepted the vessel early Monday, approximately 200 kilometers off the Gaza coast, and detained its crew members. “I don’t have the legal qualifications to specify what happened, but there were acts of mistreatment,” André said Tuesday. Four passengers of the boat, including Thunberg and André, agreed to sign deportation documents and return home by Tuesday…
Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy serve up their essential guide to the day in British politics. After weeks of haggling between government ministers, Labour announces today how they plan to apportion cash around departments for the foreseeable future. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Labour say this comes as the government has “fixed the foundations” and introduced stability to the economy. They say the economy is “turning a corner”. But is that totally true? And which sectors are the big winners and losers from this major statement of intent from Labour?
Was Deutschlands neue Rolle im Welthandel bedeutet – verständlich, relevant, auf den Punkt. Von LAURA HÜLSEMANN Mit ROMANUS OTTE und TOM SCHMIDTGEN Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören. TOP-THEMEN — Achim Truger fordert ein Eingreifen der Regierung, falls die Kommission weniger als 15 Euro festlegt. — Deutschland und Frankreich wollen gemeinsam Wasserstoffhochlauf und Geothermie fördern — POLITICO liegt die Beschlussvorlage exklusiv vor. — Umweltministerium pocht auf Verbrenner-Verbot — in der CDU werden andere Stimmen laut. Willkommen bei Industrie und Handel — heute schon zum zweiten Mal! Um 6 Uhr hat Sie wegen eines technischen Fehlers eine alte Ausgabe erreicht. Das bitten wir, zu entschuldigen. Keine Sorge, es ist…
CSU-Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt steht bei seiner ersten Innenministerkonferenz unter Beobachtung. Im Zentrum: Abschiebungen und Clan-Kriminalität. Rasmus Buchsteiner ordnet die Konfliktlinien zwischen Bund und Ländern ein. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt NRW-Innenminister Herbert Reul, warum Abschiebungen teils juristisch blockiert bleiben, Grenzkontrollen politisch wirken – und warum Symbolpolitik manchmal mehr ist als Symbolik. Und in Polen? Premier Donald Tusk stellt die Vertrauensfrage – und kämpft gegen Blockade, Präsident und ein fragiles Sechs-Parteien-Bündnis. Hans von der Burchard analysiert, was auf dem Spiel steht: EU-Milliarden, Rechtsstaatsreformen und Polens Rolle im Weimarer Dreieck. Und: Die Schuldenuhr wird 30 und läuft und läuft und läuft nahezu immer vorwärts.…