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UK PM Keir Starmer said yesterday in an interview with the BBC that he would like to see hotels for asylum seekers closed by the end of the parliamentary term, i.e. 2029. He added that his government's main task is to ‘control the borders’ of the UK.more

Queen Elizabeth II believed Britain should remain in the European Union and would have voted against Brexit if she had been allowed to, according to a new book. The late monarch, who was constitutionally bound to stay politically neutral, is reported to have told a minister in 2016: “We shouldn’t leave the EU.” She is also said to have added: “It’s better to stick with the devil you know.”more

The growing presence of Russian shadow fleet vessels off the coast of Ireland is causing concern, Gen. Ross Mulcahy, Chief of Defence of the Irish Defence Forces, admitted on Saturday in an interview with the "Irish Times". He also listed espionage, cyberattacks and disinformation as threats to the state.more

Polish President Karol Nawrocki clashed with Prime Minister Donald Tusk over benefits for Ukrainian refugees and foreign policy, including relations with US President Donald Trump, the British newspaper Financial Times wrote yesterday.more

The Treasury is reportedly considering a tax on landlords that will target income from rents in the upcoming autumn budget. The proposals are centred on the expansion of national insurance to include rental income, which is currently exempt from the levy, as part of a broader push to plug a potential £40bn shortfall in the public finances.more

The Israeli Ministry of Defence announced today that it will not participate in the DSEI 2025 defence and security equipment fair in London, according to the Times of Israel website. Earlier, the British government announced that it would not invite representatives of the Israeli government and military to participate in the fair.more

Hackers sponsored by the Chinese government infiltrated critical infrastructure in the UK in 2021, including the telecommunications, transport and military sectors, the Times reported today, citing a report by the British Electronic Intelligence Commission (GCHQ).more

The British Labour Party can count on 20 per cent of voter support, which is the lowest level since winning the 2024 general election, according to a YouGov poll published yesterday for Sky News. The right-wing Reform UK party has the highest support at 28 per cent.more

American tariffs imposed on the EU may remain in force for up to 20 years, and although they are economically harmful, they are politically attractive, do not require tax increases, and can therefore be maintained by Democratic administrations, according to an analysis by the Bruegel think tank.more

Peatlands could become a key element in Europe's defence against two major threats: Russian expansionism and man-made climate change, the British daily “Financial Times” wrote yesterday.more

Reform UK says it would offer payments to countries like Afghanistan as part of a plan to enable hundreds of thousands of migrant deportations if it won power. The party's leader Nigel Farage set out a five-year plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission at a news conference.more

An official in the Swedish Prime Minister's office left a briefcase containing secret documents about Sweden's accession to NATO in a toilet at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 2022 after a state visit to Turkey, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter revealed today. However, the official's identity was not disclosed.more

US President Donald Trump warned that if the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, do not meet, there could be "very serious consequences".more

"There is speculation that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with American television NBC News broadcast yesterday.more

The United Kingdom has agreed to pay £2.9 million to residents of the Lolldaiga nature reserve near Mount Kenya in Kenya, where a fire broke out during British military exercises in March 2021, the BBC reported, citing a lawyer involved in resolving the dispute.more

US President Donald Trump said that ‘within two weeks’ it will be clear what will happen next with peace in Ukraine. He added that if there is no progress, ‘different tactics’ may be needed.more

Donald Trump intends to leave Russia and Ukraine to organize a meeting between their leaders without directly playing a role for now, according to administration officials familiar with the situation, taking a step back from the negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.more

Russia announced yesterday that it has imposed an entry ban on 21 people whom it accuses of collaborating with "destructive British media" to spread – as Moscow claims – an anti-Russian narrative.more

Violent political extremism is on the rise in Ireland, Irish police have warned after anti-migrant riots and arson attacks on asylum centres. The Gardai, which is responsible for both policing and state security, said it was maintaining vigilance against the threat, which has been fuelled by the far-Right on social media.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday in a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump to begin the next stage of the peace process, i.e. to meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed yesterday.more

Military planners of countries belonging to the so -called Coalitions willing in the coming days will meet with American planners to discuss the plan to ensure solid security guarantees for Ukraine - said the office of the British government of Keir Starmer.more

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday, following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, that he was arranging a meeting between Zelensky and Putin to end the war. He expressed his readiness to help Europeans secure peace.more

The Coalition of the Willing, a group of more than 30 nations supportive of Ukraine wants to resume civilian flights in Ukrainian airspace after a truce in the war between Kyiv and Moscow, according to the British daily “Telegraph”. Civilian flights in Ukraine were suspended after Russia launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.more

Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about the Aug. 15 meetings between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage.more

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin described their meeting yesterday in Alaska as ‘constructive,’ but did not announce any specific agreements after the talks ended abruptly. Trump noted that they agreed on many issues, but several important issues remained unresolved.more