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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…

The Independent View: To get Britain growing again, we must cut the cost of doing business

The Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce argues that at a key component of this debate should be consideration of how to cut the costs of doing business. On a recent visit to Lancashire, I met some…

Associate Membership: What might work across the Atlantic is unlikely to work across the Channel

The very ambition that could make Associate Membership meaningful for Canada makes it difficult for Britain. A successful EU–Canada partnership could instead provide the kernel for a broader alliance of like-minded…

Poorest countries hit hardest by UK aid cuts under Keir Starmer government, new figures reveal

The latest figures released by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office show a 6.7% decrease in funding to the least-developed countries and low-income countries, amounting to cuts of £118m. The UK's overall…

Joel Hetherington: Britain doesn’t need to be everywhere but it does need to matter somewhere

The tricolour behind the hull framed Macron as La Marseillaise rang out a cappella, and for a moment the theatre of it said something Britain hasn’t managed to say convincingly in years: here is a state that still takes…

Monzo bank hasn’t launched its own online casino site

A spokesperson for Monzo has confirmed that this is not a genuine casino site from the company and said the posts were allowing individuals to “take advantage of our much-loved brand to trick people”. The posts often use…

EU to ban metal scrap exports to India, Egypt on environmental grounds

Egypt and India respectively bought over 1.3 million and 850,000 tonnes of scrap metal. Last-minute concerns over the EU’s trade deal with India led the European Commission to withdraw planned export duties on aluminum…