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The US has warned the Iranian government that Washington would regard as an act of war any attempt on the life of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, Reuters reported today, citing sources in Washington.more

King Charles has confirmed that it is up to the Australian people to decide whether the country remains a constitutional monarchy or becomes a republic. Ahead of the King's visit to Australia next week, the Australian Republic Movement exchanged letters with Buckingham Palace officials, writing on the King's behalf.more

Europe, which is "declining economically", risks becoming a Chinese or American colony if it does not take appropriate action, said former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in an interview for the Spanish daily El Pais.more

Peter Mandelson has suggested the UK could start talks on rejoining the EU in 10 years’ time, much earlier than Keir Starmer believes. Lord Mandelson told an audience in Edinburgh the “truth is that [reversing Brexit] could be a conversation which starts in 10 years’ time”, but only if EU member states were willing to consider it.more

Russian forces will be able to attack NATO territory by the end of this decade at the latest, the head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Bruno Kahl, told a parliamentary committee in Berlin today.more

The American magazine "The New Yorker" published fragments of Alexei Navalny's prison diary on Saturday; they show that the Russian oppositionist, who died in a labor camp, expected to be poisoned in prison and not regain freedom, but did not lose faith in his ideas.more

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced a reset in relations with the European Union today at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stressed that the European Union and the United Kingdom share security challenges.more

In the latest NBC News national poll, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump received equal support from registered voters - 48 percent each. The remaining 4 percent of respondents are undecided or say they would not vote for either of them.more

Alex Salmond was one of the most influential figures in modern Scottish history and, regardless of his political differences, his commitment to Scotland is hard to question - this is what his political colleagues and rivals have to say about the former First Minister of Scotland who died unexpectedly.more

Poland is planning to temporarily suspend asylum rights, the dpa news agency and the portals of all major German newspapers and broadcasters reported yesterday. The media quote Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who announced that he would limit migration to a minimum.more

When Keir Starmer took office as British Prime Minister exactly one hundred days ago, no one expected that everything would immediately change for the better. Starmer himself warned that fixing the country would be a long process. But no one expected it to start with such a big false start.more

Scrapping short prison terms is among a number of ideas set to be considered by an upcoming government review of sentencing. Ministers are interested in proposals to toughen up community orders as an alternative to jail, to reduce the number of offenders in prisons.more

Only 20% of Poles know of any other form of contraception than condoms, and for 23% of respondents, the topic of pregnancy prevention methods is a taboo - according to a report by Kantar, presented by the Coalition Right to Contraception.more

The UK returned to growth in August but the "broader picture" is one of a "slowing" economy in recent months, the official statistics body has said. A bounce back in construction and strong month for accountancy, manufacturers and retail businesses helped boost the economy by 0.2%, after it failed to grow in the previous two months.more

The NHS is approaching winter in a “bad shape”, experts have warned, as new figures showed that the number of people waiting for routine hospital treatment in London has increased. more

Unions are calling on ministers to undo “years of damage to the housing sector” by the previous Conservative government and honour its pledge to tackle the housing emergency by introducing a form of rent cap.more

Ukraine's military needs in the coming months were the subject of talks held today in London between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British PM Keir Starmer and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutt, Reuters reported.more

Donald Trump has secretly spoken to Vladimir Putin several times already after leaving the White House, CNN TV reported. It was also revealed, among other things, that in September 2022, the authorities in Washington estimated the probability of Russia using nuclear weapons at 50 per cent.more

Former business and trade minister Kemi Badenoch and former junior immigration secretary Robert Jenrick entered the crucial round of voting yesterday to find a new leader for the British Conservative Party. Whichever one wins, it will mean a significant shift of the party to the right.more

Sixty of the wealthiest people in the UK collectively contributed more than £3bn a year in income tax, the BBC has learned. Each of the 60 individuals had an income of at least £50m a year in 2021/22, but many will have earned far more and probably pay large amounts in other taxes too.more

Although the US services have deconfirmed a Kremlin-linked network of accounts designed to interfere in the US election, the Russians need not worry. No one does as much to promote disinformation as the owner of Platform X, reports today's 'Rzeczpospolita'.more

Former Foreign and then Home Secretary James Cleverly unexpectedly came to the fore yesterday in the election for the new leader of the Conservative Party, which lost power in the UK at the beginning of July after 14 years in government.more

Russia's intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate "sustained mayhem on British and European streets", the head of MI5 has said. Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions" in Britain as the UK continues to support Ukraine in its war with Russia.more

I hope that the Polish people will go to the polls and vote for me. ’No one has done more for the Polish people than I have,’ former US President Donald Trump declared in an interview with TV Republika yesterday.more

British sovereignty over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands is non-negotiable, Prime Minister's spokesperson Keir Starmer stated yesterday. He stressed that the situation of these territories is quite different from that of the Chagos Islands, which, according to the agreement reached on Thursday, will be ceded to Mauritius.more