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POLITICSOct 8Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remainIsrael said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.BBC World
POLITICSOct 8UK’s exclusion from ‘Made in EU’ scheme would ‘weaken’ Europe, minister warnsHamish Falconer, the UK’s chief negotiator with Brussels, warns that excluding Britain from the EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ industrial policy risks fracturing the common industrial base and making Europe ‘weaker’.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 8U.S. and Russia discuss reopening path for Russian gas sales to Germany - reportA report indicates that the U.S. and Russia are discussing reopening the path for Russian gas sales to Germany. This suggests potential shifts in international energy policy and diplomatic relations.Seeking Alpha Tech
POLITICSOct 8‘Adios Maricarmen’: Hundreds protest in Madrid after pensioner’s deathHundreds protest near Spain's parliament in Madrid to honour evicted pensioner Maricarmen Abascal and demand action over the country’s housing crisis.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 8Royal Navy serviceman accused of spying for foreign powerSky News World
POLITICSOct 8EU-China talks enter critical phase as trade chief Šefčovič touches down in BeijingGood morning. Mared Gwyn and Angela Skujins with you again this Thursday morning. Today: the EU’s trade chief holds crunch talks in Beijing, Maricarmen’s death sends shockwaves in Spain, and student protests persist in France.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 8French PM Lecornu denies police crackdown as France’s student protests intensifyHigh school and university students across France launched a fourth straight day of nationwide action on Thursday, after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promised measures to improve conditions in schools but stopped short of announcing immediate changes.RFI [en]
POLITICSOct 8Can Europe's return hubs work without breaking its own human rights rules?The EU has approved a legal basis for sending people with no right to stay to centres outside the bloc. Governments say rights will be respected. Rights groups warn the safeguards on paper may not hold up in practice.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 8French students prepare for more marches as hundreds of schools closeFRANCE 24's Jamie Smith-Maillet reports from a high school in Paris as students across France prepare for more marches on Thursday.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 8Europe Today: Rubio urges Europe to wake up as EU trade chief begins key China tripEurope's ties with China, the US and the UK are all being tested at once. EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič is in Beijing with a deadline to rebalance trade relations, Marco Rubio tells Europe to wake up, and London weighs rejoining the EU. In France, students are back on the streets today.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 8Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has diedMaría del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.NPR News
POLITICSOct 8British consulate in Jerusalem to become 'UK Mission, Jerusalem' after Israel announces closure of facilityThe UK government said it will retain its presence in East Jerusalem as Israel insisted the British consulate in the city had "ceased to function".Sky News World
POLITICSOct 8Naked statue of Trump named ‘Orange Plague’ unveiled at European ParliamentThe creator of the sculpture said it was a ‘satirical outcry’ against Trump’s volatile climate and foreign policiesThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 8Germany news: UK's Burnham, Merz to talk security in BerlinUK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is visiting Berlin to launch a joint security partnership with Germany. President Steinmeier is on a state visit to France. DW has more.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 8Albanian Criminal Procedure Bill Slammed as Bid to ‘Neuter’ Anti-Graft BodyWhile addressing widely-held concerns about pretrial detention measures, a bill to rewrite a big chunk of Albania’s Code of Criminal Procedure has been met with consternation among judges, prosecutors and civil society groups worried it will ‘neuter’ a key anti-corruption body none too popular with PM Edi Rama.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 8America shut out Chinese EVs. Britain welcomed them — and now faces a difficult choiceBritain faces a finely balanced choice over whether to follow the EU in imposing tariffs on Chinese EVs.CNBC
POLITICSOct 8Ireland risks losing its moral clarity over Aughinish debacleirishexaminer.com · Ireland
POLITICSOct 8Reactions after Maricarmen's death and last-minute election news on 29-N, live | Maricarmen's death shakes the election campaign.Rufián responde a las dudas sobre su candidatura: “Yo quiero representar a Esquerra acompañado de otras fuerzas de izquierda” | Feijóo, sobre Maricarmen: “No vamos a permitir el intento de manipulación emocional a los españoles”El País
POLITICSOct 8Why have SLBCs/UTLBCs been asked to report SC beneficiary data for key government schemes for jobs and entrepreneurship? | ExplainedThe primary focus of the SLBS is supposed to be on “policy and strategic issues relating to the flow of priority sector credit and overall financial inclusion in the state”, as per the RBI guidelines governing the functioning of the committeesThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8France students at forefront of global stirring of disaffected youthGlobal Briefing: While education budgets are squeezed, EU governments are borrowing billions of euros to spend on defenceIrish Times World
POLITICSOct 8'Psychological War': Exiled Russian Activist Describes How Kremlin Targets Critics AbroadMikhail Klimaryov fled Russia to escape political persecution and now lives in Germany, but says he is still not safe. The constant pressure from Kremlin agents has, he says, driven him to "a kind of paranoia" about his security.RFE/RL
POLITICSOct 8Signage at UK consulate in East Jerusalem removed as Israel’s deadline overUK Foreign ⁠Minister ⁠Ed Miliband says consulate building in occupied East Jerusalem will not be closing.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8German President Steinmeier targets China trip as Berlin sharpens trade stanceGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit China in the coming weeks, even as relations between the two countries sour over trade, according to multiple sources familiar with the arrangement. It will mark the first official visit to China since 2018 for Steinmeier, a former foreign minister whose decade-long tenure as president ends in March 2027. The visit will coincide with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trips to Japan and South Korea before the end of October. When asked about...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 8Naked, gilded Trump statue goes on display at EU ParliamentA gilded statue of US President Donald Trump naked went on display in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on Tuesday. Danish artist Jens Galschiot is exhibiting the satirical statue, titled Orange Plague and also known as King of Injustice, at the parliament’s headquarters in the eastern French city. It shows the president sitting naked on the shoulders of a much smaller man. In his hand, he holds a long golf club. Including its pedestal, the statue is around 2.5 metres tall and,...South China Morning Post