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Labour has promised to crack down on benefit fraud by reintroducing “snooper’s charter” proposals mooted under the last government that would allow welfare officials to request information from claimants’ bank accounts.more

Poland will want to organise an EU-British summit during its upcoming EU presidency on the issue of London's announced reset of relations with Brussels, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna said.more

The US economy is in great shape, although its major problem is the scale of the national debt; elements of Donald Trump's and Kamala Harris's programmes could spoil this, the media assess. Prof. Witold Orłowski says that the policies of the Republican candidate threaten to cause a downturn in America and the world.more

Businesses that break work visa rules will be banned from hiring employees from abroad under a new immigration plan, the Prime Minister announced on Tuesday. Sir Keir Starmer told the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that his government will reduce migration and Britain’s dependency on foreign workers. more

Poland has a convergent outlook with the UK on many issues, including security, but we hope that the Labour government's announced reset in relations with the European Union will further improve bilateral Polish-British relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna announced.more

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday warned that the budget deficit left by the previous government would require her to make tough decisions, but assured that this did not mean a return to the austerity policies of the early part of the previous decade.more

The electoral success of Germany's extremist parties and their dislike of Ukraine may change Chancellor Olaf Scholz's policy towards Kyiv. An SPD delegation has reportedly already visited Moscow, wrote the main foreign affairs commentator of the ‘Financial Times’, Gideon Rachman.more

A former member of the Defence Forces’ elite Army Ranger Wing who was killed while fighting Russian forces in Ukraine had previously lost an eye in an explosion following an attack there.more

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump announced yesterday in an interview with Sinclair Media Group that if he is not elected to the highest office in the land this year, he will not participate in the next election in 2028.more

Although Labour's annual conference, which began yesterday in Liverpool, is the first time Labour has been in power for 15 years, they have little to be pleased about. The start of the conference has been overshadowed by issues, of which there have been an unexpectedly large number in recent times.more

Vladimir Putin cannot win the war in Ukraine, because only his defeat will open up the possibility of building a new democratic Russia, but both the opposition and the West must not squander this opportunity again, as happened in the 1990s, according to recently released Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza.more

The valves opened, the sea gurgled in and slowly, imperceptibly at first, the ship began its journey to the bottom of the Atlantic. The 60-metre MV Shingle debuted in Ireland a decade ago as a smuggling vessel, but then became an unwanted hulk. On Wednesday afternoon it performed its swan song – scuttled off County Mayo to create an artificial reef.more

Mass immigration and woke culture are leading England into a national identity crisis, Robert Jenrick has claimed.more

Former President Donald Trump's visit to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Pennsylvania has been cancelled, an insider to the Republican candidate's plans confirmed yesterday.more

The French daily "Le Monde" assesses that Poland has become "a new key player in Europe", which was helped by the development of its economy and "acceleration of changes in the geopolitical context". The daily emphasizes the unprecedented increase in Poland's defense spending.more

Keir Starmer has declared more free tickets and gifts than other major party leaders in recent times, with his total now topping £100,000 after recent support for his lifestyle from Labour donor Waheed Alli. The prime minister has accepted almost 40 sets of free tickets during his time as Labour leader, mostly to football matches.more

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has summoned the Russian Ambassador today following Russia’s malicious and deliberate public campaign of aggression against the UK. more

Nicola Sturgeon has predicted Scotland will become independent as part of a "wider shake-up" of UK governance, including Irish reunification. The former first minister also suggested further devolution for Wales in the coming years as part of a "very healthy realignment of how the nations of the British Isles are governed and co-operate together”.more

Billionaire Elon Musk's comments, in which he accused US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of saying no one had ever tried to assassinate them, were condemned by many social media users and the White House as an incitement to violence, the BBC reported yesterday.more

Britain will not 'go it alone' and let Ukraine use long-range missiles against targets in Russia without the backing of the United States, The Times reports. Five former defence secretaries and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson have urged Britain to allow the use of Storm Shadow missiles without American support.more

Meta, which owns Facebook, announced yesterday that it would block the Kremlin's RT television and other Russian state media from its apps. Meta claims that these media outlets are trying to influence the results of the American election in various ways.more

New solutions must be sought to manage the influx of migrants, said the Italian and UK Prime Ministers, Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer, in Rome yesterday. Meloni said that one of the topics of conversation was the Italian agreement with Albania to set up a residence centre for migrants there.more

Black universal credit claimants 58% more likely to get sanctions than white people, while mixed ethnic groups are 72% more likely, writes "The Guardian".more

Florida police have detained a man they believe was planning to assassinate former President Donald Trump, law enforcement officials said. The would-be attacker hid in bushes near a golf course where the Republican candidate was playing.more

The West is afraid to talk about shooting down Russian missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a conference in Kiev on Friday. During his speech, he declared, among other things, that he would meet with US President Joe Biden in September and present him with his plan to end the war.more