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Published on 13/07/2026 – 8:30 GMT+2•Updated 8:30 The British government has announced a £250 million (€293.5m) package to strengthen police protection for Jewish communities following a series of antisemitic attacks across the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The funding, spread over three years, will pay for more than 500 additional police officers in areas with significant Jewish populations, including 300 officers in London. It will also support increased patrols outside synagogues and Jewish schools, as well as the deployment of more plain-clothes officers. Outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer said the announcement was part of a “coordinated response across every corner of our…
In the EU, surplus renewable electricity is sometimes wasted because there is not enough capacity to store it until it is needed. Fossil-fuel power plants are still required when renewable generation falls. Electricity demand is rising, from electric vehicles, heat pumps and AI-driven data centres. Expanding energy storage has become increasingly important to keep the power system reliable and green. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU energy ministers signed, on 26 June, the bloc’s first tripartite agreement on energy storage, bringing together member states, industry and financial institutions. Twenty-two countries committed to adding 30–35 gigawatts of new storage capacity by 2028, contributing towards…
Published on 13/07/2026 – 9:38 GMT+2 Countries in Europe reported over 10,000 excess deaths during the extreme heatwaves that baked the west of the continent towards the end of June, new data shows. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The vast majority of the fatalities, in excess of 9,000, were recorded among those aged 65 and over, according to data published by EuroMOMO, the European mortality monitor which is backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organisation. The European heatwaves have seen temperature records broken in several countries across Europe and have caused thousands of excess…
Published on 13/07/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2•Updated 13:59 The European Union and the UK have announced coordinated sanctions against Russia after accusing Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency of carrying out a cyber attack in December targeting Poland’s energy grid and orchestrating a wider campaign of digital sabotage across Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The joint measures focus on individuals and organisations linked to Russia’s security services, with the EU imposing sanctions on nine people and four entities, while Britain added 24 names to its sanctions list. The UK government said the package – the first joint cyber sanctions announced with the EU – was…
Published on 13/07/2026 – 11:42 GMT+2 A court case involving a French teen charged for filming himself licking a straw from a vending machine in Singapore and then putting it back was postponed on Monday as prosecutors sought to clarify if he could continue his studies if convicted. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, was widely expected to plead guilty to charges of mischief and public nuisance. Proceedings were halted after prosecutors sought more time to check if the teen’s student pass will be revoked in the event of a conviction. The court adjourned the case until 30 July.…
Published on 13/07/2026 – 18:48 GMT+2 The United Kingdom has joined the European Union’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine, which is designed to cover the country’s financial and military needs for 2026 and 2027. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The inclusion of London has been in the works for several months, and was formally announced on Monday as the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” of Ukraine-backing governments convened in Paris. “Together, we are supporting Ukraine’s brave resistance,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on social media. The deal means Ukraine will be allowed to procure weapons and ammunition from British defence…
Updated: 13/07/2026 – 21:30 GMT+2 Hundreds of skiers headed to the Grande Motte glacier in Tignes to escape France’s heatwave and enjoy summer skiing. But visitors and experts say the glacier is shrinking rapidly, with scientists warning it could disappear within 10 to 15 years. … More
Parliament has adopted the 17th amendment to the constitution with 139 votes in favour and 6 against, thereby making it possible to remove the current President of the Republic, Tamás Sulyok. 54 MPs did not take part in the vote. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The constitutional amendment is primarily designed to remove the incumbent president, while also establishing a precedent that could enable similar removals in the future. On the day after the amendment enters into force, Sulyok’s mandate will end, and thereafter Parliament will elect a head of state to serve until the new constitution takes effect, but for no more…
A full ban on EU imports of goods made in Israeli settlements extracted “most support” from EU foreign ministers during a meeting on Monday, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said, after the European Commission last week presented a range of options to restrict settlement trade, the boldest of which was a full trading ban. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The option that got the most support was banning the trade with the illegal settlements,” Kallas told reporters in Brussels on Monday evening. Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal under international law and by the EU. EU…
Nine European countries and Ukraine announced the creation of a coalition to develop anti-ballistic capabilities in Europe to protect the continent. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We believe that the protection of Europe, requires a global solution of integrated missile defence architecture to deter and defeat future missile threats,” said a joint declaration by Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. “Faced with the ballistic threat, we are making a clear choice: protect Ukraine, strengthen our collective security, and build the Europe of defence,” France’s President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X. The statement comes on the sidelines…