Trump: Military could be needed to preserve order on Election Day
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We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker.
A POLITICO analysis of more than 20 of his rallies and campaign events shows Trump has demonized minority groups in all of them.
Back to the future: Russia to unveil new Stalin statue
There was a public demand to commemorate the dictator responsible for millions of deaths, local politician says.
Boris Johnson says Joe Bidenโs โnot really Irishโ
The claims keep coming from the former prime minister’s memoir.
Barack Obama: Black men have โexcusesโ for not supporting Kamala Harris
The former president has been hitting the campaign trail to energize the Democratic base.
DNA study confirms Christopher Columbusโs remains are entombed in Seville
Scientists have โdefinitivelyโ proved identity of remains โ with navigatorโs precise origins to be revealedScientists in Spain claim to have solved the two lingering mysteries that cling to Christopher Columbus more than five centuries after the explor…
Bella Ciao: a brief history of the resistance anthem sung to Viktor Orbรกn
A look at the origins and appeal off the song MEPs used to serenade the Hungarian PM in StrasbourgโThis is not Eurovision,โ said the speaker of the European parliament, Roberta Metsola, as she tried to silence leftwing MEPs greeting the visiting Hungar…
The EU is helping Turkey forcibly deport migrants to Syria and Afghanistan
European taxpayers finance ill-treatment and forced expulsion, an investigation found.
Hereโs what Kamala Harris must do to seal the deal
The vice president can prevail in a tight race if she takes these tough steps to prove to skeptics that sheโs committed to bipartisan government.
Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida after DeSantis warns of fatalities
It made landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday evening; DeSantis warned earlier in the day of the likelihood of storm-related deaths in the state.
Fly green or die: EU urged to stop reforming and start investing in aviation
The industry has had enough of new regulations to reduce emissions. Now it wants the money to do so.
Could Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine have been prevented? NATOโs outgoing chief thinks so.ย
Jens Stoltenberg reflects on the past and future of the military alliance.
Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be next leader of Britainโs Tories
Party members will now cast their ballots after centrist James Cleverly’s surprise elimination.
PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama
The PM was probed on his economic promises โ and managed to largely escape unscathed.
โTorn down for hotel roomsโ: Icelandโs famous music venues swallowed by tourism
Thriving music scene that gave world Bjรถrk, Sigur Rรณs and รlafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavรญkโs popularity โThat was the first thing that people came here for,โ said รli Dรณri, who until a few weeks ago was event organiser at the music venue at th…
EU strips Georgia of โฌ121M in funding over โdemocratic backslidingโ
Foreign funding has supported the South Caucasus country’s economy for years.
James Cleverly leads Tory pack jostling for worst job in UK politics
Surge in leadership contest backing for former home secretary comes as defeated party eyes route back to power.
Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyenโs new team โ and tell me the EU doesnโt have a diversity problem | Shada Islam
I have seen how structural racism is embedded in the EUโs institutions. A recruitment revolution is neededAs Ursula von der Leyen sweet-talked and bullied EU leaders to send more women to Brussels over recent weeks, I kept hoping she would also make he…
Trump calls US election โmost important day in the history of Israelโ
The former presidentโs remarks came at an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.
Keir Starmerโs reset shows his premiership is already in crisis
Less than 100 days after taking office, the prime minister has already been forced to shake up his team.
Musk the surrogate: The tech titan will hit the campaign trail for Trump
Those close to Musk say his primary focus is on Pennsylvania.
Walz downplays past false statements in rare interview
The Minnesota governor also attempted to make a stronger case for the Democratic ticket.
Estonian president: Tear down the wall of restrictions weโve built around Ukraine
As the West, the limits weโve placed on ourselves merely reflect our fear, weakness and indecision โ all feeding the aggressor.
Poland and Ukraineโs bloody past overshadows their anti-Russia alliance
Thousands died in wartime massacres and Warsaw wants Kyiv to admit responsibility and allow for exhumations and reburial of the victims.
Artists Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings: โWe felt that anything we saw in art history, we could also doโ
The coupleโs commission for Art on the Underground is an ambitious mosaic in St Jamesโs Park station
We should have given Ukraine more weapons earlier, says ex-NATO chief
โIโm proud of what we have done, but it would have been a great advantage if it started earlier,” Jens Stoltenberg said.
Trump losing ground with women on economy, poll shows
An American University poll shows a majority of women trust Harris over Trump to address inflation and bring down the cost of living.
Argentinaโs eyes light up over Falklands as Britain gives away one overseas territory
Chagos Islands deal sparks interest in Buenos Aires, more than 40 years after war between U.K. and Argentina.
Fico sues Aktuality.skโs editor-in-chief outlet over bestselling book about him
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has filed a lawsuit against Peter Bรกrdy, editor-in-chief of Aktuality.sk, over his bestselling book about him, prompting Reporters Without Borders to strongly condemn Fico’s move in the biggest case against a journalis…
Israel could bomb Iranโs oil. Energy markets are noting it but not panicking.
President Joe Bidenโs remarks about a possible Israeli strike on Iranโs oil facilities caused a jolt Thursday. But the worldโs oil supply has new ways to get around.
The Labour-linked lobbying firm boasting invite-only access to the UK Treasury
Arden Strategies have gained a reputation as a power player in the new U.K. regime.
Lebanon yearns for national unity as war revives specter of 1980s
Many in Lebanon are desperate not to let Israel’s attack and economic hardships reignite sectarian divisions.
The Brief โ Germanyโs wrong holiday
As Germany celebrates Unity Day, the mood in the country is at one of its lowest points in modern history, with fears concerning losing peace, prosperity, and social cohesion.
Poland hails step towards defusing Ukraine Volyn massacre history row
The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance announced it planned to authorise field research in 2025 into the Volyn massacre in western region of Rivne, a dark episode of massacres by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II.
Mystery deaths and mass layoffs: Europeโs green battery dream Northvolt turns sour
Northvolt was a shiny new startup with a pretty logo that promised to โmake oil historyโ by making the cleanest electric car battery the world had ever seen. The Swedish companyย founded in 2016ย was seen as a huge driver for Europeโs dream to become ca…
Attitude to migrants will determine Irelandโs future | Letters
Jack Byrne and Jim Cosgrove respond to a piece by Maurice J Casey about Irish identity and immigrationMaurice J Caseyโs article on immigration in Ireland recounts his experience of multiracial Ireland as well as examples of people of colour โ Paul Robe…
It was a very Midwestern debate. And Vance won.
The Ohio senator has a reputation for knowing when to turn up the heat. The debate proved he can turn on the charm, too.
It was a very Midwestern debate. And Vance won.
The Ohio senator has a reputation for knowing when to turn up the heat. The debate proved he can turn on the charm, too.
JD Vance won the VP debate โ but only on style
The Ohio senator has a reputation for knowing when to turn up the heat. The debate proved he can turn on the charm, too.
Israel risks a long fight in Lebanon
The 1982 invasion โ that turned into a long occupation โ was also originally styled as a mission to push back militants.
Muhammad Ali’s most famous boxing glove goes to auction
Ali’s glove, iconic for its history split, is expected to sell for a price in the millions.
As the far right celebrates election success in Austria, this much is clear. It must be denied power | Farid Hafez
Though the Freedom party has won the biggest share of the vote, other parties can and should form alliances to sideline itFor the last few years the radical right Freedom party of Austria (FPร) has dominated opinion polls, outpacing historically mainst…
US officials quietly backed Israelโs military push against Hezbollah
The officials urged caution and stressed the need for diplomacy. But the timing was right for such a military shift, they concluded.
Biden needs to be the last Irish-American US president
In desperately seeking to maintain its privileged position in Washington, successive Irish governments have unintentionally sabotaged their credibility within the EU.
Netanyahu: Iran regime change will come a โlot sooner than people thinkโ
Israeli prime minister delivers not-so-subtle warning to leadership in Tehran.
How the Trump-Vance platform could win or lose
Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former presidentโs campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when heโs riffing on the campaign trail. And for years โ amid [โฆ]
Orbรกn, Le Pen and Wilders are buzzing over Austriaโs far right winning election
Russia-friendly Austrian Freedom Party wins big in national vote triggering delight in conservative circles.
Sakartveloa! How a Georgian summer hit managed to rally a divided country
Mgzavrebiโs song, which translates as โThis is Georgiaโ, has soundtracked street demonstrations and the Euros and will ring even louder in the run-up to elections that will decide whether the country leans to Russia or the EUConsidering its status as t…
โNew eraโ in Austria as far-right Freedom Party (FPร) wins general elections
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPร) secured victory in the general election for the first time in its history with 29% of the vote in Sundayโs elections
Austriaโs far-right Freedom Party triumphs in national election
Austriaโs far-right Freedom Party (FPO) won the most votes in Sundayโs election, the first time it has topped the poll in post-war history, in line with forecasts.
In this episode, host Giada Santana and politics reporter Nicoletta Ionta discuss the …
Trump says โviolent dayโ of policing will end crime
The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday did not amount to a policy proposal allowing police retaliation, the former presidentโs campaign said.
Iranโs president seeks โregionalโ response to Israel
โHezbollah by herself cannot stand against a country that is armed to the teeth,โ he said.
Far-right FPร secures first place in Austrian election, first projections show
Austriaโs far-right Freedom Party (FPร) has surpassed Chancellor Karl Nehammerโs Austrian Peopleโs Party (รVP) in the general election for the first time in the countryโs history, according to Institut Foresight projections.ย ย
Pope ends troubled visit to Belgium demanding sex abusing clergy are judged
Francis’ visit to Belgium was always going to be difficult given the country’s history of clerical sexual abuse and its increasingly secular society.
Trump says Harris would turn every town into a โthird-world hellholeโ
Responding to Kamala Harrisโ hardening border stance, Donald Trump spun a vision of a U.S. overrun by violent โterroristsโ and called the vice president โmentally disabled.โ
Will the Lassana Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it?
The former Arsenal playerโs legal action against Fifaโs โdraconianโ rules could lead to the age of Bosman 2.0By the time Lassana Diarra played his last game as a professional footballer, on 20 October 2018, he had become a โwhat if?โ player. What if he…
Polls open in Austria’s parliamentary elections with far-right tipped to win
The Freedom Party is set to win a national election for the first time in its history as it taps into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation and the war in Ukraine.
Germanyโs far right loves one migrant group: Russian Germans
Germany’s AfD is targeting Russian-speakers who migrated to Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
West should set its own red lines, not just accept Putinโs, argues veteran diplomat
Former German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger says Western leaders should be making more threats and be willing to follow them through.
Orbรกn accuses Brussels of denting North Macedoniaโs pride after further EU bid delay
Orbรกn also offered to mediate with EU member Bulgaria, whose dispute with Skopje over Balkan history and heritage triggered the new delay.
Some Men in London โ a magnificent history of postwar gay life and moral panic
Peter Parkerโs two-volume anthology is a meticulous portrait of prejudice and the gradual shifting of public opinion
VW issues second profit warning in three months on weaker sales
The lower guidance comes the carmaker looks to close plants in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history
Kyiv slams Georgian electoral ads depicting bombed-out Ukraine
Georgian people “need not to be afraid of a new war as long Ukraine resists Russian aggression,” Kyiv said.
Two more Van Gogh paintings souped after Just Stop Oil activists sentenced
The climate protesters repeated the action of their fellow activists by throwing soup at the same picture.
Cooling inflation opens door to October interest rate cut from ECB
Attention of policymakers is shifting from inflation to growth as unemployment starts to rear its head.
Orbรกn (sort of) slaps down aide who said Hungary would surrender to Russia
Hungarian PM said political director’s comments on Ukraine’s resistance were a “mistake.”
So long, no thanks to all the fash: review of Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac
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Everything you need to know about the upcoming Vance-Walz VP debate
The pair is set to debate in New York City next week.
On the right track, European rail sector unites, integrating for digital era [Advocacy Lab Content]
For the first time, the entire ecosystem of EU rail has come together in Berlin. From innovation to authorisation and market entry, stakeholders are building on railโs rich history to integrate it into the digital era.
North Macedonia hits out at Brussels, says EU accession like ‘Waiting for Godot’
Both North Macedonia’s president and prime minister slammed stumbling blocks put in place by Brussels over a dispute with Bulgaria over Balkan history, language and culture.
European lawmakers condemn atrocities at French energy giantโs African fortress
Human rights organizations called for thorough independent investigation.
Hungary would have given in to Russia, says Orbรกnโs top aide
The political director of Hungary’s PM says that the Ukrainians killed fighting Russia died “for nothing.”
FS policy: 20 people to meet at Tory conference
The party is licking its wounds from a gargantuan defeat at the U.K.โs general election in July, and it still doesnโt have a leader. So this yearโs Conservative Party conference will be a bit different, with most eyes on the leadership debate rather than the policies the party will prioritize in opposition. Nonetheless, in financial [โฆ]
โAll must be beheadedโ: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giantโs African stronghold
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Von der Leyen budgeted โฌ149K to pay medieval history professor for farming report
The European Commission president bumped up the salary rate for academic to nearly โฌ1,000 per day.
Facing Republican attacks, Zelenskyy looks to sell White House on victory
Republicans are sharply criticizing his Sunday visit to a Pennsylvania munitions factory.
Here are the foreign leaders on Trumpโs and Harrisโ radars this week
Americaโs election is the wild card looming over many discussions at this yearโs U.N. General Assembly.
Spain to boycott Mexico presidentโs inauguration after she snubbed King Felipe VI
Mexico asked for an apology from King Felipe VI over the Spanish conquest and says it didn’t receive a response.
Austrian election offers far right a springboard back to power
A win for the Freedom Party Sunday would expand Central Europe’s Putin-friendly bloc.
Trump likely wonโt meet Zelenskyy on US trip
Ukrainian leader annoyed Republican election candidate with factory visit in key swing state of Pennsylvania.
Who are โthe Irishโ? History shows weโve been a mixed bunch for centuries | Maurice J Casey
The far right demands a pure โIrishnessโ. But our island story has long been interwoven with other ethnicities and diasporasWhen lecturing on Irish immigration history, I usually start by asking: in which decade was the first footage of people of colou…
โI had found gold before, but not like thisโ: four of the most splendid treasures salvaged from shipwrecks
The underwater archaeologist Mensun Bound recounts some of the astonishing relics he has seen, as detailed in his new co-authored book, Wonders in the DeepTreasure and shipwrecks go hand in hand โ but what are the most magnificent and historically sign…
Financial services role goes to Albuquerque โ but she brings baggage
Former Portuguese finance minister is known for introducing harsh economic austerity.
Ed Miliband is Britainโs minister for good vibes
Amid much Labour doom and gloom, the energy secretary appeared to be having the time of his life.
Macron and Trudeau: The downfall of a pair of liberal bros
As the French president visits Canada, both he and Trudeau are grappling with declining popularity and the rise of right-wing movements that challenge their political legacies.
Trump promises to โtake other countriesโ jobsโ with โlowest taxesโ
Trump previewed a sprawling manufacturing overhaul aimed at โrelocating entire industriesโ into the U.S.
Austria elections: could the far-right FPร take power and what are its plans?
The anti-immigration Freedom party leads in the polls but the centre-right รVP looks likely to be kingmakerAustrians head to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections that polling suggests are likely to be won, for the first time in the countryโs…
Trump moans that Zelenskyy wants Harris to win US election
Ukrainian leader’s visit to a Pennsylvania munitions factory raises Republican candidate’s hackles.
Humanity has been a casualty in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden can leverage tools available to the U.S. government to encourage Israelis and Palestinians to hold those who peddle in hate and facilitate abuse to account.
California attorney general sues Exxon Mobil over plastics recycling deceptions
The filing caps a two-and-a-half-year investigation into the oil giant.
Rachel Reevesโ 7 reasons to be cheerful
Britain’s strait-laced chancellor was sent out to cheer up the nation โ and insist there’s more to Labour than penny-pinching.
Macronโs old guard spooked by new governmentโs rightward shift
New ministers’ stances on immigration and social issues appear to break with some of their predecessors’ worldview.
Putin casts his net over Stalinโs exonerated victims
A legal review of rehabilitations combines propaganda with an insatiable impulse to rewrite Russian history
โHeโs a very, very handsome manโ: Meet the ex-pop star turning heads in the UK Treasury
Former Clean Bandit member Neil Amin-Smith is one of Chancellor Rachel Reevesโ most trusted advisers.
Czech crisis manager set to become EUโs top global dealmaker
As boss of the EUโs โฌ300 billion Global Gateway infrastructure initiative, Jozef Sรญkelaโs job will be to beat China at its own game.
Kamala Harris got a debate bump โ but not enough to make her the favorite
Hereโs a close look at how the polls have shifted after Kamala Harrisโ debate with Donald Trump.
Trump says itโs โtoo lateโ after Harris agrees to Oct. 23 debate on CNN
The former presidentโs comments come after Harris goaded her opponent to accept another face-off.
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy to present โvictory planโ during US visit
Ukraineโs president urges Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes inside Russia with US-supplied weapons, before visit to Washington this week. What we know on day 942See all our Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Joe …
Doctors โfight like hellโ against a second Trump term
Some see the politicking as a moral obligation, but others see a threat to the doctor-patient relationship.
Balkan plot to dig up Yugoslav leader Titoโs remains hits a wallย
Belgrade mayor wants Titoโs remains moved back to his native Croatia, triggering a debate hotter than a Balkan summer.