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Ukraine exports millions of tons of grain to the world market and sells to the EU under a strict quota regime. Some countries, such as Poland, have blocked grain imports from Ukraine to protect their own farming sectors.…
Read moreThe party said the "Britannia Shield" would offer the UK an integrated network of radar, command and control systems, as well as interceptor missiles. The Tories initially said the system would be "in essence a British…
Read moreAs the Conservative Party conference gets underway, there is little sign of a substantial recovery in their electoral fortunes. Despite talk of a ‘ Keminaissance ’, the opinion polls for the most part still have the…
Read moreThere is a temptation to think of Young Conservatives as the bit of the Conservative Party where young people in suits go for drinks, and discover that someone has somehow managed to bring a Union Jack to a pub. There’s…
Read moreHowever, the most tone-deaf moment was when he claimed that his party would be “the ones to make the hard choices”, after ducking tough decisions for more than 14 years. When Labour returned to power in 2024, we…
Read more“We will be a different, a new BND,” he said. “We are aware that additional powers entail greater responsibility.” On Tuesday, however, Jäger was forced to defend his agency amid mounting concerns that the massive…
Read moreArcher sold more than 300 million books in his five-decade writing career, including the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, and often set the novels in his home town of Wellington, Somerset. In a statement, Archer's…
Read moreThe Green leader said "no-one will be made unwelcome because of their background, their faith, or where they worship". The motion defines Zionism as an ideology supporting "an ethnonationalist Jewish state" and backs a…
Read morePublicly owned motorways are being leased from the state and being converted into privately operated, highly expensive routes. Failure to pay the toll often leads to the seizing of vehicles, and this has happened to…
Read moreThey asked to preserve farmers’ subsidies and regional payouts, known as cohesion policy, in a joint letter last week. During a separate speech to the European Parliament on Tuesday, Portuguese Prime Minister Luís…
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