Abigail Spanberger gave the counter-speech to Trump’s speech this year.Image: keystone The Democratic governor of the US state of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, focused on the rising cost of living in her response to US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. 02/25/2026, 08:0202/25/2026, 08:02 Families are suffering from high prices for housing, energy, child […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union’s flagship initiative to cut pollution from heavy industry has hit its first birthday, but a new watchdog study claims the bloc’s ambition has caved in to the biggest polluters with more than 750 meetings between lobbyists and EU officials registered in just 12 months. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The investigation by the Corporate Europe […]
Continue ReadingKeir Starmer is set to face questions from MPs in the Commons for the first time since the arrest of Peter Mandelson. The former ambassador to Washington was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office and later released on bail. Mandelson, who has been accused of passing sensitive information to paedophile financier […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 02/25/2026 – 7:44 GMT+1•Updated 8:01 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo breaks down Donald Trump’s State of the Union and what it means for Europe, as well as Hungary’s latest veto linking Russia sanctions and support for Ukraine to a dispute over a damaged pipeline. Jakub Janas looks at […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch King Harald of Norway has been admitted to a hospital in Spain‘s Canary Islands during a winter vacation there, the royal palace said Tuesday. Harald, who turned 89 on […]
Continue Reading02/25/2026, 07:0802/25/2026, 07:08 Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) wants to expand economic and diplomatic relations with China. “I attach great importance to maintaining and deepening this – wherever possible,” he said at the start of his visit to China at a meeting with Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Chinese Prime […]
Continue Reading02/25/2026, 07:0502/25/2026, 07:05 Colombian police have arrested what they say is a leading drug trafficker in the notorious Tren de Aragua criminal organization. Jorge Luis Páez Cordero, known by the alias “Cucaracho,” is accused of coordinating the shipment of tons of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to Central America, the United States and Europe, said […]
Continue ReadingThe evidence of Sunday’s terrifying cartel rampage is still visible across parts of Mexico. The BBC’s Will Grant visits Puerto Vallarta, a popular coastal resort town in Jalisco state, to see the lines of burnt cars in a Costco car park and the cleanup. He says the city is trying to return to a state […]
Continue ReadingLast month, he gave a national address from the White House where he struck similar themes and cited similar statistics – but it hasn’t convinced the public. The president and his aides appear to be hoping that with a bigger State of the Union audience, which should measure in the tens of millions, the results […]
Continue ReadingFriedrich Merz said it would be a mistake to “decouple” Germany from China shortly before boarding a plane to Beijing.
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