Burnham exchanges messages with impostor posing as Trump’s chief of staff
Britain's embassy in Washington raised the security breach with the White House amid fears that Susie Wiles had been hacked for a second time.
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Damascus court sentences Assad to death in absentia over war crimes
The ruling has landed as the European Union accelerates its re-engagement with Syria's new rulers and presses for the return of Syrian migrants.
Russian court removes only anti-war party from parliamentary ballot
The Central Election Commission had approved Yabloko's candidate list in late July alongside those of 10 other parties.
Farage pledges to send foreign prisoners from British jails to El Salvador
Reform UK is to send a delegation led by party chairman Lee Anderson to San Salvador to examine renting cells in Nayib Bukele's prison system
Trump warns he could be the last Republican president as midterms loom
The US President has told an American congressional news outlet that his own voters are angry with their party and may not turn out in November.
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Morawiecki sets October date for launch of new Polish opposition party
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński demanded its dissolution and ordered members to sign a loyalty pledge disavowing "external" groupings.
Fidesz prepares autumn campaign as Hungarian Government sets September end for mortgage rate cap
Some 220,000 households would move to market interest rates from October under the phase-out set out by Finance Minister András Kármán.
Morawiecki resigns as ECR party leader after PiS moves against his faction
In a letter published by the ECR Party, the former PM said he had decided to devote his full attention to "the challenges facing my beloved Poland".
Guterres presses Cypriot leaders to restart stalled reunification talks
The UN chief's first visit to the divided island since taking office is meant to prepare the ground for a wider conference involving Greece, Turkey and the United…
Tusk’s parliamentarians bring out popcorn over acrimonious split on Poland’s right
Morawiecki had been prime minister in the PiS government for six years between December 2017 and December 2023.
Poland’s main opposition party splits as ex-PM Morawiecki and 30 MPs forced to leave
"Everyone knew what they were supposed to sign, and knew the consequences of not signing. And so they made the decision they did," said Kaczyński.
EU steps up Cuba aid as MEPs press to suspend cooperation deal
The European Commission has pledged a further €10 million to the island a month after Parliament called for the 2016 agreement with Havana to be scrapped.
Hungary’s prosecutor general resigns under pressure from Magyar
Gábor Bálint Nagy's departure hands Prime Minister Péter Magyar a further victory in his drive to clear out Viktor Orbán's appointees.
Hungarian prosecutors seize Orbán party’s servers in unannounced raid
The prosecution service moved on the servers of Hungary's main opposition party without warning, seizing material from its internal communications network and leaving…
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Attempt to poison Nawrocki during election campaign alleged
“I was in a truly critical situation then. There was a moment of terror that I still remember very clearly,” the President said.
Chess grandmaster Judit Polgár declines Hungarian presidency
Judit Polgár has ruled herself out days after Prime Minister Péter Magyar removed the sitting head of state, leaving his party to search for another candidate.
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Britain’s seventh prime minister since Brexit turns towards Brussels
Andy Burnham took office promising a closer relationship with the EU, even as Nigel Farage's Reform UK held a commanding lead in the polls.
Lindsey Graham’s sister announces run for his South Carolina Senate seat
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French Left opposes life sentences for serial child rapists, citing reintegration concerns
The party's position immediately prompted a wave of criticism from politicians across the political spectrum.
Burnham becomes UK prime minister with pledge to restore stability and cut energy bills
The former Manchester mayor inherits a stagnant economy, record electricity prices and questions over Labour's climate and Brexit red lines.
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Former Polish PM Morawiecki facing threat of expulsion from PiS
The main opposition Conservatives have decided to ban party members from participating in associations, foundations, and other organizations of a political nature.
EU summons Burkina Faso ambassador over ‘unjustified’ expulsion of diplomats
Brussels has said retaliatory measures would follow, weeks after Ouagadougou broke off relations with Paris.
EU court clears Spanish amnesty law for Catalan separatists
Luxembourg rejects the European Commission's case against a law that keeps Prime Minister Sánchez in office, though Puigdemont's arrest warrant still stands.
Burkina Faso expels two EU diplomats and gives them three days to leave
Ouagadougou has offered no explanation for the move, which comes weeks after it broke with Paris.
Thuringia parliament to hold hearing on AfD ban
It would be the first time a committee of any German parliament has examined the question in a public session.
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Magyar goes after Hungary’s President as Orbán invokes the right of resistance
The Prime Minister's two-thirds majority passed a constitutional amendment written to end the mandate of one named office-holder and gave Tamás Sulyok five days…
Setback for Tusk as Polish court rejects European Arrest Warrant for former justice minister
Despite Ziobro’s presence in the US, Polish prosecutors were still seeking a European arrest warrant against him.
Hungarian minister defends rewriting constitution to dismantle Orbán-era
Zsolt Hegedűs argued that acting within the law was not enough for a head of state.
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Italy’s centre-left alliance faces crisis over Russia divide
The row erupted during an opposition rally in Naples organised to showcase unity among the parties.
Syriza collapses as MPs defect to Tsipras’s new party
Syriza faces a major crisis as many MPs defect to Alexis Tsipras's new party, leaving them at risk of losing their parliamentary group status ahead of upcoming elections.