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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

Fast-track visas will also be stopped for VIPs. Ministers have previously pressured other countries into accepting returns by threatening visa bans. Eritrea branded the move a "perfunctory political gimmick", saying the…

France drops opposition to UK being included in ‘Made in Europe’ legislation

In a breakthrough for Andy Burnham, France on Thursday came round to backing Germany, which has always supported the UK's calls to be designated European for the purposes of the Industrial Accelerator Act. The…

‘No logic’: Finland slams Trump for siding with Putin against Ukraine

“Today, we need to find a solution [on] how to support Ukraine, how to finance Ukraine in this winter, but also in next year,” Orpo said. “It’s crucial.” Finland and Sweden are among the countries pushing the European…

Farage accused of ‘protecting’ Reform candidate over racist slurs against David Lammy

The latest footage from an undercover investigation by ITV also shows Sarah Pochin, one of two female MPs for Reform, complaining that other party officials "are so fucking chauvinistic" and that "they just exclude you…

Macron warns EU leaders they need to agree budget by end of year

The EU’s 27 governments are divided over the total size of the 2028-2034 budget. Leaders gathering in Brussels are discussing the Irish plan , which envisions cuts of €159 billion in current prices to the Commission’s…

It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers | Gaby Hinsliff

It's how politics is supposed to work but almost never does, which is why on the rare occasions it happens the result can be faintly chaotic. What did Andy Burnham mean when he said – in response to a question from the…

The Guardian view on Stormont: voters in Northern Ireland deserve more than an endless cycle of dysfunction | Editorial

Years of agricultural pollution have created an environmental disaster in an area of huge ecological significance that once inspired the poetry of Seamus Heaney. Its plight should be a top priority for Northern Ireland's…

Burnham asks for his Widdecombe remarks to be corrected

The prime minister had faced calls to apologise for the remarks, made during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, with a senior Tory saying they breached the "presumption of innocence" in criminal cases. A man was…

EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

On Monday, hours before a meeting of EU environment ministers convened in Luxembourg, Poland led a meeting of member countries with concerns on the ETS. Their gang, which originally counted 10 countries in March, had now…

Von der Leyen floats EU ‘strategic reserves’ for gas amid winter supply fears

However, they stop short of explicitly endorsing strategic reserves that governments would have to fill to a set level to offset supply shortages, regardless of market conditions. Countries that typically rely on…