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The prime minister told MPs the current UK-EU relationship is not good enough and promised to push for agreements on food trade, youth mobility and emissions trading. He says deals reached at the summit could add £10bn a year to the economy by 2040.
Foreign Minister Kėstutis Budrys wants the designation in place before EU ministers meet on 12 October. No Russian entity has ever appeared on the EU terrorist list, which currently includes Hamas, Islamic State and the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks.
Ten warrant officers completed a 19-week course at Fort Bragg to become the inaugural class of a new specialty focused on autonomous systems. The Army created the role after finding that units couldn't integrate robotic systems fast enough without dedicated experts.
The Prime Minister announced five areas for negotiation, including food trade, energy and youth mobility, projecting gains by 2040. Conservatives say he has shown his hand too early and the EU will not offer a better deal.
An inspector general's report found the war exposed strategic inventory shortfalls. The Pentagon is now seeking a supplemental budget of around $50 billion to restock, but a shortage of Patriot interceptors is already leaving Ukrainian cities exposed.
The Finnish prime minister will take the proposal to an EU summit, warning that Russia could use tourist access to organise sabotage in Europe. European countries issued 800,000 tourist visas to Russians last year; Finland issued none.
The British prime minister said he asked for an intelligence assessment after taking office in July and received 'the clear answer that, yes, there was' involvement. No sitting UK prime minister had previously said so in public.
Wes Streeting said Britain would not back the US agreement with Moscow, and that Ukrainians alone should choose their leader. Zelenskyy warned the deal would hand Russia money for more weapons.
The update includes a New York Army National Guard officer who died in March but was only now added to the official list. A Navy woman who died in September is also included, with her cause of death still pending.
The National Intelligence Bureau opened in Tokyo on 31 July with around 700 staff and a remit to coordinate information across government agencies. A separate foreign intelligence service is also in preparation.
The plan aims to cut the deficit from 5.4% of output to 5% by 2027, but France's fiscal watchdog calls the effort limited. Student protests over school conditions are adding to the pressure on Lecornu's government.
Senator Richard Blumenthal has sent Cantor Fitzgerald's chairman 13 requests covering the firm's stake in and custody work for Tether. He alleges the stake rose from $600 million to $10 billion since Trump returned to office, and that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick received more than $250 million in the same period.
Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and three other wealthy member states have called for reductions of hundreds of billions of euros. The European Parliament wants a bigger budget and protected funding for farming and regional development — putting the two sides far apart.
Islamabad agreed to the rapid deployment at an emergency meeting in Riyadh, invoking a joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey for the first time. It is a sharp reversal of the restraint parliament imposed in 2015, when it voted to keep Pakistan out of the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Canada, Lithuania and the EU's diplomatic service covered their logos on conference materials at #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius. The State Department had contacted multiple governments over panels describing the United States as a source of information manipulation in Europe.
Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was denied access to Al Udeid Air Base during an October trip to the Middle East. The Pentagon says it applied travel guidance issued by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth evenly.
Péter Szijjártó faced three hours of closed questioning before the National Security Committee about whether his new role at the Chinese carmaker poses a security risk. He helped broker the deal that brought BYD's factory to Hungary, which came with 20 billion forints in state support.
The draft allocates 17.1 trillion rubles ($205.2 billion) to defence — 375 percent above the pre-war level. Adding security and law enforcement, nearly half of all federal spending would go to the war effort.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham made the announcement at the UN General Assembly, saying Russian agencies had copied the branding of 28 British organisations and tried to interfere in the 2019 general election.
Brett McGurk says the administration was weighing what he called 'pretty draconian measures' after an Israeli strike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. An intelligence warning of an Iranian aerial assault — 120 ballistic missiles, 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles — forced a sudden change of course.
The European Commission wants incoming members to give up the power to block some Council decisions for as long as 15 years, with voting rights removable if they breach EU values. The rules would not apply to existing member states, making backsliding by older members harder to punish. EU leaders debate the plan at a Brussels summit on 15-16 October.
The 471 billion rubles came after a closed-door Kremlin meeting where wealthy Russians were asked to contribute to the war effort. Without the money, Russia's 2026 budget deficit would have been 3.4% of GDP rather than 3.2%.
The ruling ends a legal block placed by a Falklands War veterans' group, leaving Milei's 2023 deregulation decree in force. Both houses of Congress must reject it to overturn it — the Senate already has, but the lower house has never voted.
The Seimas took the first of three required steps to strike Article 137 from the constitution, which has barred weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases since the Soviet army left. Two further votes are needed, in October and January, each requiring a two-thirds supermajority.
The Justice Department says all 40 concealed criminal histories or other material facts when applying for citizenship. Cases include a navy sailor convicted of passing secrets to China and a man convicted of sexual offences against a minor.
The three nationally broadcast spots, due to air before November's congressional elections, had drawn criticism from ethics experts and lawmakers on both sides who said they could breach rules against government propaganda. The underlying question of whether federal money can fund ads celebrating a president remains unresolved.
The council halted its fire-and-rehire plan after talks broke down when Unison refused to ballot its members on the pay offer. Negotiations are due to resume early next week.
The agency named the China General Technology Research Institute as a front for Chinese state intelligence, saying it secretly financed British research into AI, cyber-security and covert communications. Universities have been told to cut all ties, with criminal charges possible for those who do not.
The Autonomous Warfare Command, or AutoWarCom, is due to be operational by October next year. It will have its own manpower, budget and acquisition authorities, and Hegseth called it the fastest peacetime shift in modern military history.
Both measures fell at Friday's vote, with the Catalan separatist party Junts joining the opposition to defeat them. The government is now weighing whether to dissolve parliament.
More than 400 schools and colleges were closed on Friday as demonstrations over teacher shortages and crumbling classrooms spread nationwide. Fires broke out at schools in Nantes and Rouen, 305 police officers were injured in a single day, and one region alone recorded €25 million in damage.
The Prime Minister told the BBC his government could seek full membership, not just a closer trading arrangement. France and Spain welcomed the prospect, though the terms of any return remain unresolved.
A bipartisan group of representatives warned that relief would strengthen Moscow and prolong the war. The pushback comes as the administration weighs offering sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners.
The 47-53 vote defeated a resolution by Democrat Chris Van Hollen that would have required the State Department to report on nine American killings and the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. Only one Democrat crossed party lines — to vote against it.
The administration has legally obligated $307 million so far, with the remaining $93 million due before the fiscal year ends on 30 September. Initial deliveries, including offensive weapons and armoured vehicle parts, began this month, with the rest expected by 2029.
Member states and national regulators say tariff design must stay local, not move to Brussels. The dispute goes to a deeper question about who controls the costs of modernising Europe's power grid.
The two leaders discussed AI safeguards and the war in Iran, though no broad agreement was expected. On Wednesday, the countries agreed to extend their trade truce for two more months beyond its November deadline.
The Israeli prime minister rejected genocide accusations over Gaza and praised US-Israeli strikes on Iran, as dozens left the chamber in protest. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas put the opposing case by video link after being denied a US visa.
The money is being redirected from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. The State Department says it will help secure the Panama Canal and counter Chinese influence in the region.
A six-month inquiry led by Forbidden Stories found the US has struck secret deals with 35 countries to take deportees, paying out $410 million to governments and UN agencies. Many of those removed had legal protection against being sent back to their home countries and had lived in the US for decades.
The administration is preparing sanctions that would bar US citizens and companies from providing money, goods or services to the court without a Treasury licence. They would take effect after a grace period of six to seven months, potentially disrupting the ICC's technology, insurance and payroll.
The president announced the conversion on Sunday, saying the military had requested space for drones, snipers and ammunition storage. The Pentagon offered no details beyond his statement, and final planning approval for the arch is still pending.
The deal, set to be signed at the UN General Assembly next week, gives Washington unilateral authority to build military structures on the island. Greenland stays under Danish sovereignty, but many details — including financial terms and the full text — have not been made public.
Spencer alleges the King made the remark in an angry phone call days after Diana's death in 1997. The Palace called the words inconsistent with his character — and suggested grief can distort memory.
Lance Schroyer's nomination was withdrawn without explanation, leaving ICE without a Senate-confirmed director for the first time since 2017. Paul had held up the hearing demanding answers over the fatal shooting of two US citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
The US president made the unsolicited remarks during talks with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin. He later headed west to his golf course for the Irish Open, under one of the biggest security operations Ireland has ever mounted.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said Britain could no longer just "call out" injustice and had to act. Israel responded by closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem and excluding the UK from a US-led Gaza mission.
A forthcoming book by Haaretz reporters claims Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Netanyahu a week and a half before the attack — and that Netanyahu kept the warning from Israeli security chiefs. Netanyahu's office called the account an absolute lie.
Mohan Bhagwat, head of the RSS — widely seen as the ideological parent of India's ruling BJP — is due to speak in New York on August 29. A bipartisan federal commission has urged the government to revoke his visa, and 61 organisations have signed an open letter opposing the visit.
The posts came after the Washington Post and CNN reported that five months of war with Iran had significantly depleted American missile stocks. Trump called the disclosures treasonous and said those responsible would face long prison terms.
The State Department is targeting Iranian nationals with unusual specificity, revoking green cards held by relatives of senior regime figures killed in US strikes. Officials cited national security, fraud and immigration abuse as broader grounds for the surge.
Trump announced her departure on August 12, saying he 'totally understands' her decision to step back for her young family. No successor has been named, with the midterm elections less than three months away.
Trump announced the departure of his youngest-ever press secretary on Truth Social, calling her one of his most trusted aides. Leavitt, 28, said she could not give the role the time it demands while raising two young children.
The CIA had assessed a credible Iranian threat against whichever plane was carrying the president. The journalists and staff left aboard the decoy aircraft were told nothing — and a former Secret Service agent says they were '100% in danger.'
General Dan Caine has told senior advisers that escalation options are limited and dangerous, and that airpower alone cannot achieve the president's goals. Trump is said to be weighing symbolic strikes that could let him claim victory and step back from the conflict.
Four major reforms are now taking shape under the US Department of War's sweeping acquisition overhaul. They cover contracting rules, cybersecurity certification, artificial intelligence and a push to bring in private capital for defence infrastructure.
Speaker Johnson's move forces Democrats to vote on government funding in July, but the bill still needs 60 Senate votes to pass.
The shake-up, Ukraine's second senior military overhaul in 18 months, follows mass street protests triggered by the earlier dismissal of Defence Minister Fedorov, whose allegations against Syrskyi now appear at least partly vindicated.
Three sculptures are on loan from conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow, whom the White House described only as a 'generous private American patriot' until his spokesperson confirmed his involvement.
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