UK politics live: Kemi Badenoch describes Rachel Reeves as a ‘woman problem’ for Keir Starmer
Opposition leader says PM’s ‘woman problem is not my concern’ when asked jokingly if she would back Starmer if he sacked the chancellor Richard Adams...
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Drone above site of Starmer-Zelenskyy meeting in Kyiv draws anti-aircraft fire
Aircraft – possibly a Russian decoy – seen above presidential palace where UK PM is meeting Ukrainian president Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Anti-aircraft...
Fall in UK trade with EU should spur rewrite of post-Brexit rules, says IPPR
Thinktank’s report details decline in trading position and also calls for new strategy as Trump takes power in US A slump in trade with the...
Polish PM accuses Russia of planning ‘acts of terrorism’ around the world
Donald Tusk claims Warsaw has been involved in countering ‘acts of sabotage’, referencing incendiary parcel attacks in Poland and the UK Russia planned to conduct...
Ireland’s two main centre-right parties to form coalition government
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin will be taoiseach for first three years with Fine Gael’s Simon Harris taking over in November 2027 Ireland’s two main centre-right...
Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU
Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups say The European Union has been...
European jitters about Trump 2.0 not shared by much of world, poll finds
Exclusive: Findings suggest ‘weakening of west’ as relations become more transactional, say report’s authors European anxiety about Donald Trump’s return to the White House is...
French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt
Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830k A French woman who believed she...
Tuesday briefing: What Ukraine might gain from two North Korean captives
In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what...
