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French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a European “Section 301 tool” to prevent Chinese-driven deindustrialisation in the EU. Photo: WPA
China-EU relations

EU nations ready to battle ‘China Shock 2.0’ with tough new strategy

Broad coalition of EU members support new trade strategy to prevent China causing European deindustrialisation as key Brussels summit looms.

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Russia

Murder of Russian artist critical of Putin likely ‘political’: Poland’s Tusk

Royalty

Norway’s crown princess has ‘successful’ lung transplant

Britain

New UK party emerges as a threat to Farage. And, it’s even more far-right

Rupert Lowe’s fringe group threatens Reform’s momentum ahead of a key parliamentary test.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces an unexpected challenger as a new, harder-line splinter party threatens to disrupt his electoral momentum. Photo: Reuters
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces an unexpected challenger as a new, harder-line splinter party threatens to disrupt his electoral momentum. Photo: Reuters
G7

Cigarettes, football and Greenland: G7 hot mics reveal world leaders’ banter

Unfiltered audio captures off-the-cuff conversations at the G7 summit in France.

China-EU relations

Why Europe’s fight against a ‘China shock 2.0’ could end before it even begins

Brussels currently lacks the firepower to win a trade clash with China – and Beijing is not in a mood to make concessions, analysts warn.

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China-France relations

China’s Shein to be ousted from Paris store after other brands flee

New BHV Marais owners say Chinese fast-fashion heavyweight should leave by Christmas after brands pulled out in protest.

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The BHV Marais department store in Paris, whose new owners plan to end a controversial partnership with Shein after describing it as a strategic mistake. Photo: AFP
The BHV Marais department store in Paris, whose new owners plan to end a controversial partnership with Shein after describing it as a strategic mistake. Photo: AFP
Britain

Russian warship fires warning shots near yacht in English Channel

The frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired on a path near the UK-registered vessel just outside British waters.

European Union

EU bows to Trump pressure on tariffs but warns of future chaos

Trump has threatened ‘much higher’ levies if the EU does not remove import duties on US industrial goods by July 4.

Ukraine war

Trump urges Russia to make deal with Ukraine after meeting Zelensky at G7

US president says ‘gonna do whatever I can’ as Europe presses Trump for more support.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
Crime

Swede who ‘ruthlessly’ prostituted wife to over 100 men jailed for 4½ years

The prosecutor said the woman had ‘a serious fear’ of her husband, who had warned her ‘the monster would be released’ if she angered him.

A Swedish court jails a 61-year-old man for four years and five months for forcing his wife to have sex with scores of men for payment on Tuesday. Photo: Shutterstock
A Swedish court jails a 61-year-old man for four years and five months for forcing his wife to have sex with scores of men for payment on Tuesday. Photo: Shutterstock
China-EU relations

‘It’s absurd’: how the EU’s new carbon tariff is causing havoc in China

The system is creating huge new compliance burdens for China’s steel firms, with smaller producers using greener technology often hit hardest.

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Britain

UK charges Indian captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker seized in Channel

Ajay Pant is alleged to have contravened sanctions by supplying or delivering ‘prohibited oil / oil products from Russia to a third country’.

Ukraine war

Zelensky proposes meeting Putin in US after Russian leader ‘ignores’ G7 invite

Ukrainian leader said he made the proposal in a call with Trump, suggesting Putin would find the offer of a US meeting ‘harder to refuse’.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: EPA
Hungary

Hungarian parliament rules out Orban return with 8-year limit for PMs

Viktor Orban was ousted by PM Peter Magyar in an election in April after 16 years in power. Magyar has promised a ‘regime change’.

Viktor Orban, former Hungarian prime minister, in Budapest, Hungary on April 12. Photo: Reuters
Viktor Orban, former Hungarian prime minister, in Budapest, Hungary on April 12. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

EU says China trained Russian troops as bloc weighs tougher stance on Beijing

Kallas cites verified reports of Chinese training for Russian forces as Brussels weighs sanctions and new trade measures.

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Poland

34 fetuses found in Polish doctor’s garden

The 57-year-old medical pathologist is suspected of using the fetuses to perform experiments and now faces up to 12 years in prison.

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Britain

London court convicts 2 men of plot to torch houses and car linked to UK PM

A Russian-speaking figure who went by the name ‘El Money’ offered one of the men money through Telegram to torch the properties.

A person walks to a police officer at a cordoned off street, where a fire broke out at Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s home in May 2025. Photo: Reuters
A person walks to a police officer at a cordoned off street, where a fire broke out at Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s home in May 2025. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK bans under 16s from social media apps including TikTok, YouTube

The move makes the UK part of a growing global movement to tighten online safety for children.

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Royalty

Norwegian crown princess’ son to be jailed 4 years for rape, domestic violence

One alleged rape took place in ‌the basement ‌of the crown prince’s family home, the court heard.

Ukraine war

Russia’s major barrage on Ukraine kills 11, damages Unesco heritage site

Kyiv City Military Administration head claims Russia is deliberately targeting civilian structures.

Smoke and fire rise from the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra following a Russian missile strike on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson says he was detained under terrorism laws

Police said a man in his 40s had been arrested under the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act as he flew back to Britain from Russia.

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Photo: AFP
British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Putin and Zelensky hold calls with Trump as US president marks 80th birthday

Trump said ending the Ukraine war could open the door to a ‘new quality of US-Russian relations’, according to a Russian presidential aide.

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Switzerland

Thousands hold G7 protest in Geneva as world leaders prepare for France summit

Roughly 7,000 protesters clashed with police, set a car on fire and smashed the windows of a bank in the Swiss city on Sunday.

Italy

Italian former general starts far-right party in attack on PM Meloni, EU

Roberto ‘Il Generale’ Vannacci’s fast-rising far-right party poses a threat to the stability of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s centre-right government.

Former Italian general Roberto Vannacci delivers his speech at the end of the national assembly of his far-right Futuro Nazionale party, in Rome, Italy, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
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