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European leaders prepare public for ‘intensified threat’ from Putin

Yet it remains unclear whether the latest warnings are based on fresh intelligence. On Friday, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Vilnius had “the same intelligence” as Tusk “about a possible foreign-flag…

Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer's former Commons seat, the Guardian understands…

Victoria Collins MP writes.. The ask that changes everything

Not the selection meeting, not the count on election night but the moment before when someone else believed in you, when someone asked you to stand. For most of us, we’d never have got there on our own. Someone else saw…

Australia following Canada as EU associate member is ‘pure speculation,’ says Commission

“We have a very strong and close relationship with our Australian partners,” she said. “All the rest is pure speculation, and we’re not going to enter into that.” Von der Leyen pitched Canada as a potential first EU…

California’s Newsom signs executive order to explore new AI rules, consider ‘kill switch’

The order comes after he told POLITICO this week he was mulling his options to take further action on AI safety, including a possible special legislative session to address recent safety concerns set off by AI…

Burnham urged by opposition parties to follow Macron and act with more urgency on Russian threat – as it happened

France's interior minister had met regional prefects to step up "vigilance in response to the Russian hybrid attacks", Macron said after the meeting with presidential hopefuls and party leaders ahead of next year's…

Germany gets its first F-35 as Europe’s fighter plans fall apart

“The F-35 has a clear mission in nuclear sharing,” said Marie-Christine von Hahn, managing director of Germany’s aerospace and defense industry association BDLI. But she warned that the procurement should not distract…

Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Bassetlaw – East Markham Reform UK 436 (49.6 per cent, +49.6 on 2023) Conservatives 250 (28.4 per cent, -37.6) Labour 151 (17.2 per cent, -4.1) Green Party 42 (4.8 per cent, +4.8) Result from Tuesday Reform UK gain from…

Macron to call emergency G7 meeting as energy prices spike and Russian hybrid attacks mount

“In this context we need to stay united.” France’s dire fiscal outlook, which has prompted the government to pursue a €54 billion budget squeeze next year , will make it difficult for the state to massively subsidize…

Ukraine’s NATO envoy calls for more air defense donations

It is also in NATO’s own interest … the more drones and missiles Ukraine can destroy in its own airspace, the fewer will cross the borders of neighboring NATO countries,” the envoy added. Getmanchuk underlined that…