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The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a September U.S. military operation that has come under bipartisan scrutiny. According to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, defence “Secretary Hegseth authorised Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes, said Leavitt. “Admiral Bradley worked well within his authority and the law, directing the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States of America was eliminated. Leavitt, in her comments to…
Transparency experts have warned that the source of cryptocurrency donations can be difficult to track. That raises concerns that foreign donations to political parties and candidates — banned in almost all circumstances under British law — as well as the proceeds of crime and money laundering could slip through the net. Labour’s elections bill is also expected to place new requirements on political parties and their donors. It is set to include a clampdown on donations from shell companies and unincorporated associations, and could force parties to record and keep a risk assessment of donations that could pose a risk…
“The richest families in cocoa — the Marses, the Ferreros, the Cargills, the Jacobs — are billionaires thanks to the exploitation of the poorest children on earth,” said journalist and human rights campaigner Fernando Morales-de la Cruz, the founder of Cacao for Change. “And countries like Norway, which claim to be ethical, profit from slavery and child labor.” The problem is, few are asking who picks the cocoa. And though the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which was adopted last year, requires large companies to address human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains, critics say the directive’s…
“Ministers agreed we need to agree on the funding options as a matter of urgency,” Kallas told reporters after the Foreign Affairs Council. “We need to work on the legislative proposals to work on all the risks and mitigate all the risks and share the burden regarding those risks, but we definitely need to move on.” Ahead of the gathering, Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson called for more sanctions on Russia as well as the use of the Russian frozen assets to allow Ukraine to “negotiate from a position of strength.” On the sidelines of the gathering, the Netherlands announced a €250…
In the conversation, Nadella stressed that digital sovereignty is a critical consideration for any nation. “I think that every country, whether it’s at the European Union level or at the country level, like in Germany, I think sovereignty is an important consideration,” he said. “So every country would like to ensure that there is continuity of their supply, there is resilience in their supply. And there’s agency in which they operate. And that’s one of the reasons why we have made all these commitments.” Nadella said that true sovereignty goes beyond infrastructure. “The new chapter of sovereignty is … what…
LONDON — Keir Starmer has defended his efforts to restore relations with China, rejecting calls to treat the superpower with suspicion in all interactions. In a speech at the Lady Mayor’s banquet on Monday night, Starmer condemned the previous Conservative governments’ colder approach to Beijing as “staggering” and a “dereliction of duty.” The U.K.-China relationship cooled under Boris Johnson and his successors, as hawks within the Conservative Party argued for a tougher line, citing both national security concerns and alleged human rights abuses. Since taking office, Starmer has overseen closer engagement with Beijing, including several visits by high-profile Cabinet ministers…
The push to link trade measures to migration policy comes amid major advances by far-right parties across Europe and calls for governments to get tougher on enforcing returns. Currently, only a small share of those eligible for removal from the EU are actually deported — many because their home countries refuse to cooperate. “In case of serious and systematic shortcomings related to the international obligation to readmit a beneficiary country’s own nationals, the preferential arrangements … may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in that beneficiary country, where the Commission considers that an insufficient…
Published on 01/12/2025 – 21:55 GMT+1 •Updated 22:09 The FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 opened on Monday with a sweeping ceremony at Al Bayt Stadium that blended culture, politics and performance — before Palestine delivered a shock 1–0 victory over hosts Qatar in the tournament’s first match. More than 60,000 fans filled the stadium in Al Khor for an opening show built around themes of unity, peace and renewal. Produced by Katara Studios, the 15-minute performance unfolded as a three-chapter narrative, tracing the rise, fracture and rebirth of Arab unity through music, choreography and large-scale visual storytelling. The show opened…
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General Ben Hodges has warned that the European continent is “slowly waking to the realisation” that it cannot count on Washington as a fair partner. “The United States really sees Europe as inconsequential except maybe for some business purposes,” Hodges told Euronews on Europe Today programme. In his view, the US administration’s approach to the conflict was “doomed from the start” because they treated the war like “a massive real estate deal”. Hodges pointed to recent revelations involving Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, as evidence that Washington’s primary…