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The 27 leaders of the European Union are gearing up for a high-voltage summit in Brussels with a packed agenda devoted to Ukraine, climate targets and China, all of which could lead to fraught negotiations and delicate compromises in the room. The all-day meeting on Thursday will also address defence readiness, competitiveness, the Middle East, irregular migration and, for the first time, the housing crisis. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the gathering in person to plead for political backing for his strategy and fresh assistance for his armed forces, which is running dangerously low after US President Donald Trump…
By Galiya Khassenkhanova Published on 22/10/2025 – 18:34 GMT+2 Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev and his Kazakhstan counterpart president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed 15 agreements covering energy, transport, industry and artificial intelligence, during Aliyev’s state visit to Kazakhstan. The visit marks the 20th anniversary of the Treaty on Strategic Partnership and Allied Relations between the two countries, and it signals a major economic offensive for the two countries together with their neighbours within the Organisation of Turkic states. The so-called Middle Corridor, which connects Europe and Asia, including China, through Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, is a strategic connectivity project for the region and globally,…
Speaking at a press conference in Sweden on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said he welcomed the efforts, though added that they needed to be discussed further. “There are propositions, like from France, from some Europeans and I think we understand each other and some European countries are really very helpful,” the Ukrainian president said. “It’s not like a plan [for] how to totally stop the war, it’s mostly a plan of ceasefire.” But, he cautioned: “I know some steps of it, but really we have to discuss it, it’s not done.” The European initiative is coming as Trump’s peace efforts have hit…
Published on 22/10/2025 – 18:11 GMT+2 Sweden and Ukraine signed a letter of intent on Wednesday for a potential deal to supply up to 150 Gripen E fighter jets to Kyiv over the coming years. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Linköping, home to the defence company Saab, which produces Gripen jets and other weapons. Kristersson clarified that the memorandum was not aimed at any immediate new supplies. “This is the start of a long journey of 10-15 years,” the Swedish prime minister said, pointing out that the deal concerns the most modern jet…
Published on 22/10/2025 – 17:51 GMT+2 ChatGPT, the AI chatbot made by US company OpenAI, could be subject to the strictest EU platform rules after it said on Tuesday that it now has more than 120 million users per month in Europe, a spokesperson for the European Commission hinted at on Wednesday. Under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which aims to combat the spread of illegal content and products online, the largest online platforms face stricter rules than smaller ones due to their significant societal impact, including their potential to spread harmful content and disinformation. Platforms with more than…
Die Immunität des ehemaligen Chefs der Jungen Union und heutigen Bundestagsabgeordneten für Niedersachsen, Tilman Kuban, ist aufgehoben worden. Es soll Ermittlungen der Staatsanwaltschaft in Konstanz geben. Die Hintergründe sind privater Natur und sollen mit der Trennung Kubans von seiner Ehefrau zu tun haben. Jürgen Klöckner spricht mit Jan Schäfer, Politikchef und Mitglied der Chefredaktion bei BILD, über die Aufhebung der Immunität von Abgeordneten, über die Reaktionen in der CDU, die möglichen Folgen für Kuban und über die Unschuldsvermutung, die jetzt selbstverständlich für ihn gilt. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen ab 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das…
Cyprus has presented a “very specific” six-point plan on Gaza’s recovery to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, ahead of a gathering of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday. The country’s President, Nikos Christodoulides, for the first time discussed the details with Euronews. The proposal, elaborated on in a Euronews exclusive, is designed to prop up United States President Donald Trump’s broader 20-point peace initiative, unveiled at the end of September. First discussed with world leaders during the “Gaza Peace Summit” in Sharm-el-Sheikh in mid-October, it involves repurposing the so-called ‘Amalthea’ corridor to both “extract rubble”…
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“If I had felt that France was safe for me I would never have returned to the U.K.,” the man told the Guardian. “The smugglers are very dangerous. They always carry weapons and knives. I fell into the trap of a human trafficking network in the forests of France before I crossed to the U.K. from France the first time.” He added: “They took me like a worthless object, forced me to work, abused me, and threatened me with a gun and told me I would be killed if I made the slightest protest.” 25 asylum seekers who were returned…
The disturbance took place outside the Citywest Hotel, which houses asylum seekers, with reports of bricks and fireworks being thrown at officers as they attempted to disperse the crowd. Police said one officer was injured during the confrontation, while a helicopter deployed to monitor the situation was targeted with lasers from the ground. As tensions escalated, water cannon were used to push protesters back, and several individuals were detained at the scene. Authorities condemned the violence, describing the protest as far from peaceful and driven by disorderly conduct. The incident marked the second consecutive night of disturbances in the area,…