London Playbook: Aliens — China threat — Power couples big-plus
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Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Presented by Intuit By ROSA PRINCE PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good Tuesday morning. This is ...

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Chinese mobile masts loom over the Munich Security Conference big-plus
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Breaking news Chinese mobile masts loom over the Munich Security Conference

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Huawei kit is set up around the venue, highlighting a sore point in Germany’s security ties with the US and allies. MUNICH, Germany — As the world’s security elite gathers in Munich this week, t ...

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The golden era of EU-Japan relations dawns big-plus
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Breaking news The golden era of EU-Japan relations dawns

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Brussels needs to keep its friends in the Indo-Pacific with truly compatible agendas close, particularly from a security point of view — and Japan is one of those allies. Jean De Ruyt is a forme ...

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Lawyer for Paris bomber takes over MEP Eva Kaili’s defense in Qatargate probe big-plus
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Breaking news Lawyer for Paris bomber takes over MEP Eva Kaili’s defense in Qatargate probe

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Well-known criminal defense lawyer Sven Mary says he’s ‘taking over the torch.’ The former lawyer to Salah Abdeslam — the key figure in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks — is taking over the defe ...

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Russia sanctions talk in focus This WEEK big-plus
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Breaking news Russia sanctions talk in focus This WEEK

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin and Ukranian president Volodomyr Zelensky at last week’s EU summit in Brussels (Photo: Council of the European Union) We are fast approaching the first ...

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Berlin votes for Christian Democrats in re-run election big-plus
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Breaking news Berlin votes for Christian Democrats in re-run election

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Early results suggest that 22 years of uninterrupted Social Democrat rule in Germany’s capital may come to an end. Berlin voted for a government for the city state on Sunday, in a re-run of a Se ...

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Code of Practice on Disinformation: New Transparency Centre provides insights and data on online disinformation for the first time big-plus
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Breaking news Code of Practice on Disinformation: New Transparency Centre provides insights and data on online disinformation for the first time

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

For the first time with these baseline reports, platforms are providing insight and extensive initial data such as: how much advertising revenue flowing to disinformation actors was preven ...

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Zelensky pleads for jets, EU plans more sanctions big-plus
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Breaking news Zelensky pleads for jets, EU plans more sanctions

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Ukraine’s president Volodomyr Zelensky among EU leaders at his first personal visit to an EU summit (Photo: Council of the European Union) Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky said on Th ...

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Legalising cannabis: Germany first, Europe next? big-plus
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Breaking news Legalising cannabis: Germany first, Europe next?

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

If Germany follows through with promised full legalisation of cannabis in 2024, will the rest of Europe follow suit? The German ‘traffic light’ coalition of the SPD, Greens, and Liberals p ...

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Border fences are an indictment of EU state asylum failures big-plus
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Breaking news Border fences are an indictment of EU state asylum failures

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

EU’s external land border is over 12,000 km. (Photo: Mariusz Błaszczak) The past few years have seen EU states erecting fences and barriers along their borders in record time. Between 201 ...

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Commissioner Reynders will visit Lithuania and Latvia on 9-10 February to discuss the targeted support to Ukraine and the 2022 Rule of Law Report big-plus
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Breaking news Commissioner Reynders will visit Lithuania and Latvia on 9-10 February to discuss the targeted support to Ukraine and the 2022 Rule of Law Report

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

Following their meeting, Commissioner Reynders and Justice Minister Dobrowolska will hold a press conference at 10:30 CET. The Commissioner will then meet with President of the Constitutio ...

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Group leaders endorse first steps of parliamentary reform  big-plus
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Breaking news Group leaders endorse first steps of parliamentary reform 

Thursday, 01 May 2025 00:21

The reforms aim at strengthening the Parliament’s integrity, independence and accountability, while protecting the free mandate of Members. Other medium and long-term measures will be part ...

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