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Tommy Robinson Is Not the Problem. He Is the Reckoning.

The parties Europe once called fringe are no longer fringe. Europe is shifting to the right, as voters who feel their leaders stopped listening increasingly make their frustration clear at the ballot box

Declassified Files Show Spain Had Advance Warning of Ceuta Border Assault

Spain’s intelligence service knew a mass attempt to enter Ceuta was being organised and warned authorities a day before more than 70,000 migrants crossed from Morocco. Newly declassified files are now raising difficult questions about what Madrid knew.

Ukraine’s Drones Reach Russia’s Arctic Gas Heartland for the First Time

For the first time, Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s Arctic gas heartland, nearly 3,000 km from the border. The attack caused limited damage, but reaching this far into Siberia shows just how much Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has evolved.

Russia Closes In on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Where the Donbas War Began in 2014

Russia is closing in on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the heart of Ukraine’s Donetsk fortress belt and the cities where the Donbas war first erupted in 2014, raising the prospect that the conflict could return to where it began.

Thieves steal artworks from Renoir Museum in southern France

Two thieves broke into a Renoir museum on the French Riviera and fled with artworks worth millions after being spotted on surveillance cameras.

UK to announce trade restrictions on West Bank settlements

Britain set to unveil trade curbs on goods from Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank, risking diplomatic friction with Israel.

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Resigns as Corruption Scandal Deepens Political Tensions

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has resigned amid a major corruption investigation inside his office, adding to political tensions in Kyiv as President Zelensky faces growing pressure over corruption and divisions within his wartime government.