Five months after the far-right Freedom Party won Austria’s general election, a three-way coalition looks set to exclude it from power. The conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), the Social Democrats (SPÖ),…
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UK: Aircraft drug-drop gang smuggle £4m of cocaine
A gang involved in importing parcels of cocaine that were dropped into the British countryside from a plane has been convicted of drugs offences. Cocaine worth an estimated £4.2m was…
UK: Boomers and Gen Z join forces on TikTok to raise £600,000 to save local pub
Campaigners who went viral with their take on a Gen Z TikTok trend have raised £600,000 in a bid to buy their village pub. The Elm Tree Inn in Langton…
Romania: Far-right presidential hopeful detained on street and indicted
Far-right populist Calin Georgescu, who came from nowhere to win the first round of last year’s presidential election, has been detained by police and is facing criminal proceedings on a…
Romania: Far-right candidate for presidency taken for questioning
Far-right populist Călin Georgescu has been detained by police as part of an inquiry by prosecutors into election campaign fraud, after he came from nowhere to win the first round…
UK: BP shareholders want it to make money, not climate policy
It was more than 20 years ago that the then boss of BP reframed those famous initials as “Beyond Petroleum”. It was the first tentative step in transforming the company…
UK: BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas
BP has announcedit will cut its renewable energy investments and instead focus on increasing oil and gas production. The energy giant revealed the shift in strategy on Wednesday following pressure…
UK: Sites sought for Ukranian bombed door sculpture
An artist who has created a sculpture using the door of a bombed home in Ukraine is appealing for places display it. Robert Marshall from Wareham, Dorset, salvaged the door,…
UK: Trump accelerated British military boost- former defence chief
The decision to hike UK defence spending has been “accelerated” by President Donald Trump’s actions on Ukraine, a former defence chief of staff has said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…
UK: Starmer upends Labour manifesto to confront Europe’s new reality
A big moment and a big decision, ahead of a big meeting. The government’s announcement that it will crank up defence spending and shrivel the international aid budget amounts to a big…