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Starmer’s new plan: Save our energy bills, stop the war
- Charlie Cooper
- Mar 11, 2026
The U.K. prime minister wants a quick de-escalation in Iran to spare his voters higher bills. But Donald Trump isn’t in a hurry.
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Frankfurt finds a golden solution to its European School problem
- Johanna Treeck
- Mar 11, 2026
A whole new generation is set to shudder at the sight of the Bundesbank's iconic HQ.
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Ships under fire in Strait of Hormuz while US hammers Iranian minelayers
- Martina Sapio
- Mar 11, 2026
Traffic through the passage that carries roughly a fifth of global oil supply has sharply declined as shipping companies reroute vessels and insurers...
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Édouard Philippe’s presidential ambitions run into trouble in his Normandy base
- Clea Caulcutt
- Mar 11, 2026
The former PM is seen as well placed to beat the far right in next year's French presidential election. But first he has to see off a Communist challe...
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Reform UK interested in MI5 help on candidate vetting
- Mason Boycott-Owen
- Mar 11, 2026
Nigel Farage's party is "very interested" in taking up the intelligence agency's offer to help with national security checks.
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Polanski’s Greens are beating Liberal Democrats at their own game
- Noah Keate
- Mar 11, 2026
The U.K.’s third party is struggling to reach voters as insurgent outfits offer an alternative protest vote.
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The golden triangle: Can 3 top officials save the British establishment from itself?
- Tim Ross
- Mar 11, 2026
They run Keir Starmer’s office, the king’s business, and the civil service. In moments of crisis when the politicians can’t cope, they run Britain, to...
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Iceland could be EU’s 28th member, foreign minister says
- Zoya Sheftalovich, Koen Verhelst
- Mar 11, 2026
If Icelanders vote to restart EU talks in their Aug. 29 referendum, they might beat front-runner Montenegro to join the bloc, the minister told POLITI...
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The populist right’s ‘worst enemy’: Itself
- Karl Mathiesen
- Mar 11, 2026
The man Viktor Orbán sent to shake up Brussels on why Europe’s rising right-wing wave may not be ready for power.
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EU climate advisers say eat less meat and tax farm emissions
- Zia Weise
- Mar 10, 2026
Brussels must take urgent measures to reduce the carbon footprint of food and farming, a scientific advisory board report says.
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Ukraine retakes territory as Russia’s buffer zone strategy falters, official says
- Martina Sapio
- Mar 10, 2026
Officials say Ukraine has regained almost full control of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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Pressure mounts on EU to propose ‘concrete’ response to energy crisis
- Ben Munster
- Mar 10, 2026
Countries are growing frustrated with the EU executive's wait-and-see approach as prices soar.