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After funding Trump's White House bid, the world's richest man is backing the far-right in UK and Germany

Armed forces minister Luke Pollard said the Government ‘wants the UK to be Nato’s leading European nation’.

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty

Kyiv has finally turned off Russia’s gas supply to Europe, ending a source of income that helped pay for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The decades-old deal, which allowed the transit of natural gas produced by Russian energy giant Gazprom through Ukraine, ended at midnight on December 31, shutting down Russia’s…

The tech sector has always thrived on ideas and innovation but in recent years, large parts of it have stuttered. For the third year in a row, investments across the industry fell in 2024 and European startups struggled to raise even half of the $101 billion raised when the sector…

European ministers visit Syria, Gaza faces Israeli airstrikes, and Yemen missile triggers alarm in Israel amidst escalating conflicts.

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The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “political new beginning” between Europe and Syria is possible

Six generations ago, Europe’s seas possessed vast oyster reefs. Oysters were found in their millions, clustered together in reef systems that spanned hundreds of square kilometres. Now the reefs are gone and with them, our collective understanding of what the sea used to look like.

Cottagers view Brazilian international as key figure in push for Europe

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is due to meet the French and German foreign ministers on Friday, in the highest-level visit by major Western powers under the new authorities in Damascus.