A year ago, President Donald Trump said he was okay with the United Kingdom ceding ownership of the archipelago that includes Diego Garcia. Now, he calls it “GREAT STUPIDITY.”
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 Portuguese police arrested 37 people suspected of belonging to an ultra-right group responsible for hate crimes, with links to similar international groups, in a large operation that involved around […]
Continue ReadingThe European Parliament is planning to suspend approval of the US tariffs deal agreed in July, according to sources close to its international trade committee. The suspension is set to be announced in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday. The move would mark another escalation in tensions between the US and Europe, as Donald Trump ratchets up […]
Continue ReadingThe Syrian military has announced a new four-day ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after a previous agreement fell through. There was no immediate response from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The two sides have been clashing for two weeks, amid a breakdown in negotiations over implementation of a deal to merge their forces together. The announcement […]
Continue ReadingSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Elon Musk has suggested he could buy budget airline Ryanair after demanding CEO Michael O’Leary is fired in his latest online war of words. The world’s richest man claimed the Ryanair […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 01/20/2026 – 16:56 GMT+1 The European Commission on Tuesday presented a revision of the Cybersecurity Act aimed at reducing risks linked to so-called “high-risk” suppliers in the EU’s information and communication technology supply chains. The scope is broad, covering companies providing equipment and services for telecom networks, data centers, cloud services, connected devices […]
Continue ReadingFrench Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu is set to ram his budget bill through parliament without a vote after conceding it was a “partial failure” Monday after weeks of stalled negotiations. French hard-left France Unbowed and far-right National Rally party are both expected to file votes of no-confidence, said FRANCE 24 Senior Reporter James André, adding […]
Continue ReadingFrench officials have made their first interception on the water as part of a new policy aimed at stopping small boats carrying illegal migrants to the UK. A so-called “taxi-boat” was boarded by French officers on Saturday on the Aa canal in Gravelines, which is on the Channel coast above Calais. It follows a change […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 20, 2026, 2:55 p.mJanuary 20, 2026, 2:55 p.m In 1941, then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was asked to have a bunker built under the White House. The reason for this was the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. This writes “CNN”. The White House in Washington and the demolished East Wing.Image: keystone As historian […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 20, 2026, 2:50 p.mJan 20, 2026, 3:47 p.m The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), led by Kurdish militias, say they are withdrawing from the notorious al-Hol camp in Syria. In the camp that the SDF has previously guarded Thousands of members of the terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS) were accommodatedespecially women, children and young people. […]
Continue Reading