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7 reality checks on Britain’s sunshine spending review
Rachel Reeves, Britain’s finance minister, laid out four years of government spending with a smile. Will it last?

Trump’s latest trade ‘deal’ with China underscores key US disadvantage

Italy vows to stop US from sending its citizens to Guantanamo

Leveling up 2.0: Rachel Reeves makes her pitch to Britain’s left-behind voters

Missions impossible: Can Starmer’s Cabinet get behind his plan?

Merz has ‘no doubt’ US is committed to NATO after Trump meeting

The Trump-Musk bromance devolves into a chaotic public breakup
Britain prepares to go all-in on nuclear power — after years of dither
The U.K. Treasury has run out of road for delaying nuclear decisions, according to Whitehall and industry insiders.
Budget cuts hit European Parliament communications department
“There are people scared for their jobs,” said one Parliament official.
Pentagon to redraw command map to more closely align Greenland with the US
The Pentagon’s move to shift its oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command aligns with President Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.
Dozens of Palestinians killed en route to aid hub, health authorities claim
Israel refutes the claims, which come amid broader criticism of aid distribution efforts backed by Israel and the U.S.
White House to pull nomination of Musk ally for top NASA job
Jared Isaacman has a long-running relationship with Elon Musk.
PBS sues Trump administration over order to revoke federal funding
PBS’s lawsuit comes just days after NPR filed a similar suit over Trump’s order to halt federal funding to public media.
Rachel Reeves has been prudent. Now she needs a purpose.
With a government-wide spending review looming, Britain’s top finance minister is being urged to give voters a compelling reason for her ‘tough decisions.’
How the EU always gets away with it
From fraud to nepotism to revolving doors between the public sector and industry, the stench of impunity is pervasive.
The UK government thinks AI can do two-thirds of the most junior civil servants’ work
Meanwhile, the most senior civil servants perform zero routine (i.e. automatable) work.
Prague accuses China of hacking Czech foreign ministry
EU also slams Beijing for “malicious cyber campaign.”
Trump administration to shrink the National Security Council
The plans involve slashing the number of staffers in the NSC to less than 150, according to three people familiar with the restructuring.
Musk to step back from political spending: ‘I think I’ve done enough’
“If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I don’t currently see a reason,” he said.
Qatari PM denies Trump plane gift is bribery
The offering will be “basically done with full transparency and very legally,” top Doha official says.
EU downgrades growth estimates after US trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit prospects.
Can defense become Europe’s economic growth machine?
If the continent plays its cards right, the necessity of defense could turn out to be the mother of invention.
Russia and Ukraine agree on 1,000-prisoner exchange — but no ceasefire
First direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in three years made little substantive progress toward peace.
Put on a tie and get off your laptop, EU’s top tech officials told
Bureaucrats have been warned to speak only when spoken to when attending high-level meetings.
PMQs: Starmer finishes on top as he brands Tories ‘dead party walking’
The PM faced flack about the economic picture — but dismissed Kemi Badenoch’s party as an irrelevant force.
India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire
The two nuclear-armed countries agreed to start talks on a “broad set of issues at a neutral site,” U.S. says.
EU farm plan: More cash for disaster relief and looser green rules
Proposals to slash red tape risk clashing with earlier recommendations to make farming more resilient.
Blow to UK clean power goals as major wind project shelved
The Hornsea 4 project secured government backing at the end of 2024.
‘Don’t tax Bluey’: Ambassadors to US warn against Trump movie tariffs
Australia’s diplomat says the popular children’s cartoon could be impacted.
What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal
From tariffs to visas and services, we talk through the key concessions in the long-awaited agreement, as well as the big unanswered questions.
Trump’s trade war threatens €549B of EU goods, Brussels warns
U.S. president’s existing and threatened tariffs would hit an estimated 97 percent of total EU exports to America.