AfD leads North Rhine-Westphalia on a federal ballot for the first time
The governing CDU-Green coalition would still have a majority. No other two-party deal without AfD would work.
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Milei tells UN it has become a ‘useless organisation’ feeding ‘fatally arrogant parasites’
He added the “gender agenda, environmental extremism and unchecked immigration”, along with Agenda 2030.
Die Linke MP in Remmo clan row sought operational detail on anti-clan raids
They asked which operations had taken place, at which places, on which days and at which hours.
Trump rolls out red carpet for Xi as US and China extend trade truce
A senior Republican senator has criticised the "lavish welcome" given to the Chinese leader, who is on his first state visit to the US since 2015.
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‘Fort Trump’ is confirmed, says Polish President Nawrocki
Poland, which borders Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, Belarus and Ukraine, sees a permanent US presence as an important deterrent against Russia.
Swiss voters set to reject bid to lock strict neutrality into constitution
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EU trademark office clears way for challenge to Vannacci’s party name
A conservative think tank close to Italy’s governing right has filed the challenge as the former League general faces mounting attacks from figures across Giorgia…
Croatia’s wartime grievances threaten Montenegro’s EU accession timetable
Zagreb has kept blocking key negotiating chapters as Podgorica races to wrap up membership talks with Brussels by the end of the year.
Swedish prosecutors investigate two vote-rigging cases in national election
A separate corruption inquiry is examining possible vote-buying, while Sweden’s Election Review Board can assess the validity of the result without waiting for…
Kallas presses Tehran for toll-free passage through Hormuz
The EU's foreign policy chief has met Iran's Foreign Minister in New York as Iranian lawmakers advance a bill to penalise ships crossing the strait without permission.
Audi sues German importer over Chinese AUDI electric cars
The cars are the E5 Sportback and the E7X, developed with SAIC Motor for young, tech-minded Chinese buyers and never listed for official sale in Europe.
India and Europe turn space into a new arena for competition and cooperation
Their capabilities are different, but complementary enough to compete industrially while cooperating on Earth observation, disaster management and security.
Ratcliffe mothballs Hull chemical plants as UK gas hits 12 times US price
Ineos said almost 4,000 jobs in the Humberside supply chain hang on the plants if the pause becomes permanent.
MCC Brussels team launches new think tank after Hungarian funding cut
The group says it is building its own funding and partnerships and is already fundraising. Donations are solicited on the site.
Italy misses early exit from EU deficit procedure by a decimal point
Rome remains under Brussels' fiscal supervision after its 2025 budget shortfall was confirmed just above the European Union's ceiling, narrowing Giorgia Meloni's…
Zelensky calls oligarch delistings ‘suicidal’ as von der Leyen promises more defence aid
The Ukrainian President has urged Brussels to tighten sanctions on Moscow on the day member states agreed to drop two Russian billionaires from the EU blacklist.
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What the EU-Philippines free trade deal contains
Brussels and Manila settled the core of an agreement on September 22 that reached well beyond customs duties, though lawyers, legislators and an expiring preference…
Trump claims ‘permanent control’ over Greenland security after signing Arctic pact
Copenhagen and Nuuk have insisted the agreement, signed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, leaves Danish sovereignty and the islanders' right to self-determination…
Belgian law opens prison door for Bataclan attacks logistician
Bakkali, a 39-year-old Belgian-Moroccan from Verviers, eastern Belgium, helped with the logistics of several terrorist attacks.
EU and Philippines close in on free trade deal after decade of stop-start talks
Brussels and Manila have agreed the bulk of a pact that would scrap tariffs on almost all trade, though public procurement remains unresolved and signing is not…
German chemical giant Evonik cuts 3,200 jobs amidst crisis
The figures match a plan first set out in June under the “tailor Made” programme.
UN Palestine rapporteur Albanese says NATO keeps Ukraine war open and backs halt to arms
The political calculation that kept "that front" open, she said, "does not originate in Europe, but inside NATO, NATO led by the United States".
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Brussels presses Beijing to cap hybrid car exports after imports rise more than tenfold
Trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is due in Beijing next month with an October deadline for “tangible results”.
Google fined €403 million for EU location-data breaches
Ireland is Google’s lead EU supervisor because the company’s European headquarters are in Dublin.
BBC cuts 11 ‘racist’ Mitchell and Webb sketches from iPlayer anniversary release
Viewers and Reddit users noticed the gaps after the iPlayer upload. Neither Mitchell nor Webb has commented. BBC News said it had asked them.
Infantino offers FIFA governance review after World Cup investment plan collapses
UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation and Concacaf later called for changes to FIFA’s leadership.
German Europe minister says Costa has lost touch with reality on EU budget
Berlin's Europe minister has rejected the European Council President's push for new EU taxes as net contributors demand deep cuts to the European Commission's near-€2…
Kallas calls for tougher action on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ as sanctions renewal stalls
The EU foreign policy chief has said Europe must raise the price Moscow pays for its sabotage campaign, while also asking member states for more warships in the…
Macron and Trump eye diplomatic fixes for Hormuz without ‘global deal’
The French President has also pressed Washington to speed up interceptor deliveries to Kyiv and has backed an energy truce between Ukraine and Russia.
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What is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ and how does it work?
A network of ageing tankers grew out of the 2022 oil sanctions and carried more than half of Moscow's seaborne oil in August.