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Ukraine’s European allies are putting on a show of support as Trump-brokered talks show little sign of progress. The German foreign minister says that US President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a truce in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine are at a deadlock, but her Chinese counterpart claims that it is encouraging that peace talks between Washington and Moscow continue.Arriving in Kyiv for an unannounced visit, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that “due to the deadlock” between the US and Russia on a ceasefire deal, European allies’ continued support for Ukraine in the war is “absolutely crucial”.Yet at the…
Following the celebrated actors’ work leading the UK-wide knife-crime campaign, it now seems that Labour have Idris Elba at the top of its ‘wish list’ for its next City Hall candidate… British actor Idris Elba is reportedly being considered as a potential Labour candidate for Mayor of London.Sources close to the political party reportedly said they were interested in the celebrated film and TV actor as a candidate following his documentaries and activism surrounding knife crime in the capital.“Idris has star appeal — but he is also a thoughtful political campaigner,” a source told The Sun, referring to the acclaim…
Flames and smoke shot through the air as the volcanic fissure opened near the town of Grindavik. A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday as tourists at the nearby Blue Lagoon and residents of local communities were evacuated. Flames and smoke shot through the air as a fissure opened near the town of Grindavík, about 50 kilometres southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, where roughly 40 homes have been evacuated, according to national broadcaster RUV. Residents mostly vacated the community, located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in 2023 when the volcano came to life after lying dormant for 800 years.A swarm of…
From the heady heights of newly crowned three-star restaurants, to the ones who didn’t make the cut, here’s everything you need to know about the new Michelin Guide for France. Michelin has launched the 2025 edition of its guide to France. The most-esteemed bible of gastronomy annually crowns restaurants with coveted stars so, who has made the cut this year and who has been given the chop?The Michelin Guide was first created by the French tyre company as a handy tool for travellers looking for nice places to eat while journeying through France. Since the first guide’s publication in 1900,…
UK won’t walk away from talks During the interview, Reynolds conceded that tariffs would hit the U.K. before it could agree a deal with the U.S. “I believe from where we are at the minute, the president wants this ‘Liberation Day’ tomorrow to apply to every country in the world and there’ll be no exemptions on that first day towards that,” he said. “If any country is able to reach an agreement with the U.S., I don’t believe there’s a country better placed than the U.K. because of the work that we have been doing.” But he insisted that April 2…
In a knife edge vote, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted down an objection jointly tabled by the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) against continued funding of civil society campaign groups. The European People’s Party (EPP) group’s campaign to block EU financial support for non-profit environmental groups has taken a blow after a trio of conservative lawmakers broke ranks and voted down a motion to censure the European Commission over its use of public funds. The motion was jointly tabled by Dutch lawmaker Sander Smit of the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), who sits with the EPP in the European Parliament, and the eurosceptic ECR group member Pietro Fiocchi,…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said France will provide Ukraine with an additional €2 billion worth of military support. Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr … Mar 26 1 min read
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had legal protection from being deported to his home country of El Salvador, from which his lawyers say he fled aged 16. The Trump administration has admitted to deporting a Maryland resident to a Salvadoran mega-prison due to an “administrative error” despite a court order barring him from being sent to the country.While it appeared to acknowledge the mistake, the government then argued it could not return him to the US, where court records filed by his lawyers state he has lived since 2011, and has a family. Attorneys for the US government conceded in a…
Hooters, the US-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and staff wearing skimpy outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection. HOA Restaurant Group filed the motion for Chapter 11 protection on Monday in the North Texas Bankruptcy Court in Dallas.The company ran into financial woes as its debts mounted, but it says it intends to stay open and resolve its troubles within months. A group of the company’s original founders that own almost a third of Hooters’ US locations, including about half of its biggest volume restaurants, plans to buy and operate more of the outlets, Hooters said in a news…
Berlin pledged the long-term deployment in 2023, breaking with decades of German defense policy that avoided permanent stationing of combat troops abroad. The unit is set to be fully operational by 2027 and will eventually be based in a new military complex in Rūdninkai, roughly 30 kilometers south of Vilnius. Until then, troops will operate out of temporary Lithuanian bases. The plan includes not just frontline forces but also support units — such as a medical center, signal company and command support teams — across multiple locations. Currently, 150 German troops are stationed in Lithuania. That number is expected to…