EU countries will release fresh oil stocks only after top agency assessment

Countries need to know "how low we can go," said another. While diesel prices are high as a result of airstrikes on energy infrastructure in Russia and the Middle East, some EU countries warned that releasing stocks now…

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“Super Intelligence Force” : ce que la Maison-Blanche attend de cette task force sur l’IA

La charte met également en avant deux domaines à risque qui font l’objet d’une attention accrue depuis quelques mois : la biosécurité et les menaces pesant sur l’approvisionnement en eau. OpenAI a récemment apporté son…

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Greens investigate party member behind Zionism motion

Speitan was behind a controversial Green Party conference motion which described Zionism as a form of racism. A Green Party spokesperson said: "Where members have expressed views that do not fit in with the party's…

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5 takeaways from Kemi Badenoch’s fighty Tory conference speech

One party activist told POLITICO a mere 17 campaign managers are in post, despite around 80 being needed for a full-strength election battle. “If we have an election tomorrow we’re f*cked,” they added. (A Tory official…

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Badenoch made the best of it – but the Tories still have a mountain to climb before any hope of No 10 | Henry Hill

Any journalist covering the leader's speech, for instance, will have watched it in full. But it will reach the vast majority of its intended audience in fragmentary form, through clips – and speeches are increasingly…

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George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK

Since the byelection campaign began, the leader of the Workers party of Britain has yet to set foot in the UK, let alone the Holborn and St Pancras constituency, because he is in what he describes as "self-exile" after…

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Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes

Badenoch added her ambition would be for a Conservative government to abolish IHT "as soon as we can afford it", but said she could not currently propose this due to spending commitments on defence, prisons and the…

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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – as it happened

And these changes mean every inheritance tax bill will be cut and the number of families paying inheritance tax will fall by more than half. Conference, my ambition, my ambition is to abolish inheritance tax altogether…

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Mistral, le retour dans la course du champion de l’Elysée

En voulant se replacer dans la course aux IA génératives de pointe, l’entreprise rassure ses défenseurs, à commencer par l’Etat français, qui doutaient de sa stratégie. Comment la start-up s’est-elle imposée comme la…

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UK Column News — 7th October 2026

UK Column News Show Notes 00:43 Digital ID: Airports and assets Airports to go contactless in major boost for UK passengers - GOV.UK Inspection report published: An inspection of the Future Border and Immigration System…

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