Dose of realism would allow Kyiv to focus on halting Russian advance

Recognising Putin is not serious about peace is first step towards effective strategy to permanently stall his attacksWhile Donald Trump โ€“ and other western leaders โ€“ are taking their time to catch up with reality, it is obvious that Vladimir Putin has…

Head of Trumpโ€™s economic council circles around questions on 50 percent tariff on Brazil

Kevin Hassett appeared to deflect questions on how the new tariff will benefit America despite the U.S. having a trade surplus with the South American country.

EU suspends US trade war countermeasures while pushing for tariff deal

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU is negotiating for the best, but preparing for the worst.

โ€˜Now or neverโ€™ to save โ‚ฌ26m replica of historic French ship, campaigners say

Fresh plea for funds to repair copy of frigate that carried Louis XVIโ€™s promise of aid in American revolutionary warFrench maritime enthusiasts are battling to save a replica of an 18th-century warship that became a symbol of the countryโ€™s historic rel…

Why Grok Fell in Love With Hitler

AI expert Gary Marcus explains what went wrong with Elon Muskโ€™s pet project, and what it means for the future of AI.

EU strikes deal with Indonesia to strengthen trade ties

The long-awaited pact comes as the U.S. imposes tariffs on trade partners.

Rosie Oโ€™Donnell dismisses Trumpโ€™s threat to revoke her US citizenship

Actor says she is latest in long list of artists, activists and celebrities to be threatened by US presidentRosie Oโ€™Donnell has shrugged off a threat from Donald Trump to revoke her US citizenship on the grounds that she is โ€œa threat to humanityโ€.The N…

Secret Service had major โ€˜failuresโ€™ ahead of Butler assassination attempt

Chuck Grassley, who requested the report, said in a statement that what occurred at the rally was the result of โ€œa series of bad decisions and bureaucratic handicaps.โ€

Macron calls on EU to โ€˜defend European interests resolutelyโ€™ from Trump tariffs

French president says bloc should be ready for trade war after 30% tariff threat but other EU leaders call for calmThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called on the EU to โ€œdefend European interests resolutelyโ€ after Donald Trump threatened to im…

Dozens of Palestinians reported killed at aid station despite EU-Israel deal

The bloc’s top diplomats are set to consider downgrading ties with Israel at a meeting on Tuesday.

Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds

YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc โ€“ but not on same terms it once enjoyedA decade after MPs voted to hold the referendum that led to Britain leaving the European Union, a poll has found majorities in the blocโ€™s f…

Trump threatens to revoke US citizenship of longtime critic Rosie Oโ€™Donnell

The president โ€” who has already sought to limit birthright citizenship for the children of some immigrants โ€” has no clear authority to do so.

Warning sign in new poll: Trumpโ€™s voters donโ€™t love his tariffs

In an exclusive POLITICO-Public First poll, Republican voters show limited support for the presidentโ€™s handling of China.

What if Ukraine falls? This is no longer a hypothetical question โ€“ and it must be answered urgently | Simon Tisdall

Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step upFor 40 cruel and bloody months, Ukraine has fought the Russian invader. Since February 2022, when Moscowโ€™s full-scale, countrywide on…

Inside the ghost museums of Ukraine: exhibits replaced by fragments of war and occupation

The curators of shattered historical buildings near the eastern frontline are preserving wartime memories as they reconstruct their collectionsThe museum of local history in the eastern Ukrainian town of Izium has, like the community around it, endured…

Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un voices โ€˜unconditionalโ€™ support for Moscow as Russian foreign minister visits

North Korean leader meets Sergei Lavrov in โ€˜atmosphere full of warm comradely trustโ€™; six people killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine. What we know on day 1,236Read all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…

Trumpโ€™s 10% tariff on most UK goods โ€˜here to stayโ€™, says Lord Mandelson

British ambassador to US believes universal levy unlikely to change but there is โ€˜scopeโ€™ for negotiations in some sectorsThe 10% tariffs on most UK goods imported into the US are likely โ€œhere to stayโ€, according to Lord Mandelson.The British ambassador…

EU will be reeling over how to tackle trade talks after Trumpโ€™s 30% tariff threat

Bloc had already backtracked from tough talk to seeking a bare bones deal โ€“ but US president has turned tables againSecond-guessing Donald Trump is a foolโ€™s errand.But Saturdayโ€™s shock threat to impose tariffs of 30% on the EU is a blow to the blocโ€™s c…

Slovakia aims to reach deal with EU on ending Russian gas supplies by Tuesday, Fico says

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters in Bratislava he wants to resolve the issue involving the proposed phase-out of all Russian fossil fuels by Tuesday, adding that he spoke to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the matter.

Italian court hands Meloni partial victory in UniCredit banking merger battle

The future of UniCredit’s controversial takeover bid of BPM remains in doubt after the ruling.

Russian drone attack: The goal is to ‘terrorise the Ukrainian population’

At least six people were killed overnight and on Saturday as Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has further dampened hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more …

Europe needs infrastructure overhaul to tackle summer heatwaves, expert says

With increasingly frequent and intense summer heatwaves, Europe needs to overhaul its urban infrastructure in order to handle rising temperatures, said Dr. Chloe Brimicombe, climate scientist at the Royal Meteorological society. Brimicombe said Europe…

Trump hits EU with sweeping 30 percent tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump declared a full-scale trade war with the European Union on Saturday, imposing 30 percent tariffs on the bloc. In a letter sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Trump said: โ€œStarting on August 1, 2025, we will charge the European Union a Tariff of only 30 percent on EU [โ€ฆ]

Donald Trump announces 30% tariffs on goods from the EU and Mexico

The president made the announcement on social media, even as the EU was hoping for a trade agreementDonald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August, in lett…

Canada pauses new tariff threats as Trump escalates

The presidentโ€™s letter to the prime minister extends the trade deadline to Aug. 1.

Trump delayed his tariffs again. This could be the last time.

Trump insiders maintain that it would make little sense โ€” politically or from a policy standpoint โ€” for the president to offer any further extensions on trade.

US State Department lays off more than 1,300 people

Diplomats called the cuts โ€œnihilisticโ€ and illogical.

EU risks breaking international law over Israel gas deal, say campaigners

Europe accused of โ€˜trampling over Palestinian rightsโ€™ with deal linked to imports from pipeline running parallel to Gaza coastThe EU is โ€œtrampling over Palestinian rightsโ€ and risks breaching international law, over an energy deal signed with Israel to…

Slovakiaโ€™s Fico eyes deal Tuesday on EUโ€™s Russian gas ban and sanctions package

Slovakia has blocked the EU sanctions package over Bratislava’s concerns that a European Commission proposal to end Russian gas imports could damage its economic interests.

French army chief says Russia ‘will pose a real threat before 2030’

General Thierry Burkhard sought to raise public awareness in France about the need to support the defense budget during a rare press conference on Friday. He warned that Russia ‘will continue to rearm’ and establish ‘a force that will constitute a real…

Srebrenica massacre commemoration: 30 years later, the enduring bitterness of grieving families

Thousands of Bosnians gathered at the site of the largest massacre of civilians in Europe since the end of World War II. Many drew parallels between the 1995 genocide and the current situation in Gaza, believing that ‘the world has learned nothing,’ wh…

White House probe fuels speculation Trump could oust Fed chief Powell

The investigation into cost overruns on a renovation of Fed headquarters is drawing concern that it’s a pretext to eventually fire the central bank chief.

Collectors can fight to pay ยฃ7m for a Birkin โ€“ but the โ€˜itโ€™ handbag is no longer cool | Lauren Cochrane

As prices have ratcheted up, the bag created for Jane Birkin has lost its bohemian edge and its fashion appealThe news that Jane Birkinโ€™s original Hermรจs bag has sold for a record-breaking โ‚ฌ8.6m (ยฃ7.4m) at auction will no doubt cause some jaws to drop …

โ€˜Historyโ€™s most devastating document of warโ€™: the simple yet graphic details of the Bayeux tapestry

Hand-stitched depiction of Battle of Hastings pulls viewers into story of friendship and betrayal, vengeance and despairโ€œAngli et Franciโ€ โ€“ these Latin words embroidered on the Bayeux tapestry may be the first time those cartoon rivals, the English and…

Deal struck to create new state of New Caledonia

French Prime Minister Franรงois Bayrou hailed the agreement for a โ€œunique organizationโ€ enshrined in France’s constitution.ย 

Russia fires over 600 drones, missiles in massive barrage targeting western Ukraine

Russia launched a massive barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles in an overnight attack Saturday on western Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 14 others. President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his Western allies to send “more tha…

Trump weighs new Ukraine aid package

The administrationโ€™s first military assistance to Ukraine would come after a controversial halt in weapons to Kyiv.

Trump delayed his tariffs again. This could be the last time.

Trump insiders maintain that it would make little sense โ€” politically or from a policy standpoint โ€” for the president to offer any further extensions on trade.

Sweden set to rent cells in Estonian jails as it runs out of room for its prisoners

Centre-right government rejects long-established national policies focused on rehabilitation and reintegrationSweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to ren…

โ€˜Itโ€™s blitz, blitz, blitzโ€™: Kyivโ€™s shelters fill up as Russia intensifies aerial attacks

People in Ukrainian capital are exhausted and struggling for normality amid a dramatic rise in bombardmentAt 1am on Thursday, Dartsia Liuba went to the basement of her Kyiv apartment building with her two children and husband, Roma. The air-raid siren …

Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy

Farmers are seeking ways to fend off birds who are stirring up soil in flooded paddy fields in Ferrara provinceAn unusual bird is ravaging crops and infuriating farmers in north-eastern Italy: the flamingo.Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in th…

From tiger-nut milk to strawberry pasta: what Europeans eat to beat the heat

Guardian correspondents reflect on the cultural history and folk origins behind the sacred snacks, icy soups and accidental refreshments seen as summer essentials in their countriesWimbledon is no stranger to strawberries, but when the Polish tennis st…

Young people donโ€™t feel part of the EU โ€“ and theyโ€™re right | Francesco Grillo

Its remote, top-down structures need a fresh, citizen-led approach fit for the digital age. Letโ€™s start by extending Erasmus to school-goersThe former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi produced his much-awaited prescription for how to reboot Europeโ€™s…

Ukraine war briefing: US resumes military supplies to Ukraine, Zelenskyy announces

President says Kyiv โ€˜preparing new European defence packagesโ€™; Ukraine says its drones hit fighter aircraft plant and missile production facility inside Russia. What we know on day 1,235Read all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…

The great Benghazi blunder: How a Libyan warlord humiliated Brussels ย 

Europeโ€™s mission to tackle migration flows from North Africa became a fiasco in a row over a photo opportunity.

The ICC petitions to end Russia’s plundering of Ukrainian museums

The advocacy group For Ukraine, for Their Freedom and Ours! โ€“ a collective made up of 130 academics โ€“ has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to swiftly issue arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and eight other senior Russian officials.

A Dutch dangerous experiment in criminalizing compassion: How a parliamentary "slip-up" could create Europe’s harshest migration law

 Huub Verbaten, Research
Fellow at the Clingendael Institute

Photo credit: Markus Bernet, via Wikimedia
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On the evening of
July 3, 2025, as Dutch parliamentarians prepared to vote on what could become
some of Europe’s most restrictive asy…

Nobel worthy Trump? Putinโ€™s โ€œBullsh*tโ€, Emmanuel, Keir & the King

Itโ€™s been a grim, record-breaking week for Ukraine, with Russia unleashing an unprecedented wave of missiles and drones, including decoys to overwhelm air defences. Amid the chaos, Trump seemed equally thrownโ€”confused by Putin, then reversing course t…