This year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) was supposed to be primarily about two things: how to end the war in Ukraine without giving in to Russia, and how Europe needed…
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USA: Trump tariff VAT threat raises fears of hit to UK
Concerns are growing the UK could be hit with higher US trade taxes after President Donald Trump announced he would target VAT in his latest move. Trump has instructed his…
Ireland: Cigarettes, cash and vehicles worth €911K seized in Donegal
Illegal cigarettes, tobacco, cash and two vehicles worth about €911,000 (£758,000) in total have been seized in an operation targeting criminality in Burnfoot, County Donegal. The Irish Revenue Service said…
Ireland: PM asked to review comment about Sinn Féin leader ‘telling lies’
The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and the leader of the opposition are embroiled in a row over “telling lies”. It follows a clash in the Dáil (the lower house of…
Germany: Jihadist motivation in Munich attack, prosecutors say
An Afghan man arrested on suspicion of driving into a crowd of people in Munich, injuring 36, has admitted carrying out the attack and appears to have had a religious…
Germany: Car ramming happens as migration is at forefront of German elections
Given the profile of the man accused in the suspected car-ramming attack in Munich, the incident will undoubtedly have an impact on Germany’s parliamentary election in ten days. Farhad N,…
Ukraine: Chernobyl radiation shield hit by Russian drone- Kyiv
A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter protecting Chernobyl’s damaged nuclear reactor, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The overnight strike at the nuclear plant, which is the…
Ukraine: Zelensky says no peace deal without Ukraine involvement
Ukraine will not accept any peace deal agreed by the US and Russia without its involvement, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin pledged to begin…
Germany: Leaders set for key security meeting as ‘old’ world order at risk of crumbling
The US Vice President, JD Vance, Ukraine’s President Zelensky and up to 60 other world leaders and decision-makers are due to convene in Munich over the next three days for…
UK: Police accuse politician of damaging town’s economy
North Wales Police chiefs have accused a Senedd member of damaging the reputation of Llandudno. They said Janet Finch-Saunder, MS for Aberconwy, had told the media “incorrect” and “misleading” crime…