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Britain is also targeting Russia’s shadow fleet — oil tankers used to evade sanctions which have been surveilled, intercepted and boarded by the U.K. and its allies. It is sanctioning 48 vessels and 175 companies in Russia’s “2Rivers” illicit oil network — a move the U.K. Foreign Office said will send a “clear” message that […]

Charles Kushner has been temporarily blocked from meeting members of the French government after failing to attend a diplomatic summons. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

KYIV — Hungary shouldn’t “disrespect” the EU’s decision to give €90 billion to Ukraine, which Budapest has blocked after originally agreeing last December, European Council President António Costa told POLITICO. “We need to implement what we agreed on the 18th of December, to deliver the €90B loan to Ukraine,” Costa said in Kyiv, where he […]

It also sees a similar level of tariffs applied to exports from the European Union. Products coming from the EU previously paid 15 percent, or the MFN rate, depending on which was higher. The European Parliament froze ratification of the EU’s trade deal with the U.S. on Monday amid concerns that Trump’s latest tariff broadside […]

Peter Mandelson is arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, a seismic moment in British politics  — but will the pain of Epstein files continue to haunt Sir Keir Starmer’s government over the coming days, weeks and months? With an active police investigation and limited scope of what he can reveal, the prime minister […]

Friedrich Merz reist nach China. Mit einer 30-köpfigen Wirtschaftsdelegation und klaren Worten im Gepäck. Kurz vor dem Abflug hat der Kanzler das Land als globalen Machtfaktor beschrieben, der Abhängigkeiten ausnutzt, Taiwan unter Druck setzt und die internationale Ordnung in seinem Sinne neu deutet. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie der Kanzler die kritische Perspektive darauf und wirtschaftspolitische […]

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European leaders gather in Kyiv to signal unity and solidarity. But back in Brussels, Hungary blocks a new sanctions package against the Kremlin and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. Host Ian Wishart is joined by senior finance reporter Kathryn Carlson. We also hear from […]

In hundreds of emails between Ehnbom and Epstein, or his assistant Lesley Groff, their chatty, familiar manner paints a picture of an established relationship that benefited them both. The communications continued from 2005 through 2018 — after his 2008 conviction and during his 13-month jail term. He died by suicide in jail in 2019. Ehnbom later […]

What keeps Council up at night The letter from the Council pushes back against parts of the agreement that would allow the Parliament to be present during international negotiations. The treaties “do not grant the Parliament a right of consultation during the negotiations stage, but only a right of information which does not include, nor […]

As the war of words continued, Ukraine’s Sybiha said Hungary and Slovakia should “send their concerns to the Kremlin.” Russian oil accounted for 92 percent of Budapest’s energy imports last year, according to the Center for the Study of Democracy, a European policy institute. Orbán has frequently argued his country has no viable alternatives to […]