Kayleen Devlin,
Barbara Metzlerand
Kevin Nguyen,BBC Verify
BBCDozens of oil tankers sanctioned by the UK in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine have sailed through the English Channel this month despite defence officials vowing to take…
Category: 3. Europe
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Dozens of sanctioned Russian tankers navigate Channel despite UK vow of ‘assertive’ action
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Ukraine is battling to keep the lights on
Wyre DaviesKhmelnytsky nuclear plant, western Ukraine
BBCTechnicians monitor the control room at the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant A handful of technicians closely monitor a wall of screens and dials in the control room at the Khmelnytsky nuclear plant – a vast facility in western Ukraine…
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Ein Spaziergang mit Lars Klingbeil in Davos – POLITICO
Lars Klingbeil spricht mit Gordon Repinski über den Moment, in dem das World Economic Forum endgültig geopolitisch wird. Die Rede von Donald Trump, der europäische Schulterschluss – und die Frage, warum sich Europa jetzt nicht zurücklehnen darf.
Außerdem geht es beim…
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Trump disinvites Canada from Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
President Donald Trump revoked Canada’s invitation to participate in his “Board of Peace” initiative, in the latest blow to the increasingly frosty relations between the North American neighbors.
Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney…
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TikTok lands $14B deal to avoid US ban
TikTok has closed a $14 billion deal establishing a U.S. subsidiary of the platform to avoid a ban, the company said Thursday.
The new owners will include the U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake, Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence company MGX and Oracle, a tech giant co-founded by Larry…
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Separated by war — and by Schengen – POLITICO
Vitaly and Bogdan Osipov found refuge from Russia’s full-scale invasion in central Germany, but for nearly two years the father and son have been waiting for Yuliia Hetman — Vitaly’s partner and Bogdan’s mother — to join them. What keeps the family apart is no longer…
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Merz and Meloni – POLITICO
“[Our] two countries have stable governments, especially if compared with France’s,” he said. “It is clear that Meloni and Merz still probably have a long path ahead of them, during which they can work together.”
Safeguarding the relationship with Trump is crucial to both…
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What really happened after Trump blinked – POLITICO
What a week!
Tariff threats, Greenland brinkmanship and a dramatic Trump U-turn in Davos: EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit meant to pick up the pieces of the shattered transatlantic relationship and figure out what to do next.
In this episode of EU…
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This was the moment EU leaders agreed Europe must go it alone
BRUSSELS ― There’s no turning back now.
That was the message from European leaders who gathered in Brussels on Thursday.
And even though this emergency summit, called in response to Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, turned into something far less dramatic because the U.S….
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Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off potential voters – POLITICO
“Stevenage woman” became pollsters’ shorthand for mothers based in towns and suburbs at the last election, who were seen as crucial to Labour’s 2024 general election victory.
Farage might “just be a stooge” for Trump, Lauren, a mental health support worker, said. “He might…
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