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State visit will involve events with pageantry but is also scheduled to include an Anglo-French summit and other meetings with Keir StarmerDanish prime minister Mette Frederiksen is now giving a major speech in the European parliament, outlining Denmark’s priorities for the EU as it takes the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.Opening, she warns that “Europe is facing the greatest challenges since the 1940s,” as she lists a growing lists of urgent issues, with Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, migration, the Middle East, trade, and terrorism.“The threats may be many, and they are indeed serious, but I have

Trump and Netanyahu met on Monday for first time since joint strikes against IranThe US is reeling after catastrophic floods killed more than 100 people in Texas, including 27 children and counsellors from an all-girls Christian camp. On Monday, Democrats asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) affected the forecasting agency’s performance.But Republicans’ default response has been to express fealty to Donald Trump. They lavished praise on the president for providing federal assistance while studiously avoiding questions around the effect of his “department of government efficiency” (Doge) or threats to dismantle the Federal

A former employment secretary and Conservative party chair, Tebbit was injured in the 1984 Brighton bombingKemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, has issued this tribute to Norman Tebbit.Our Conservative family mourns the loss of Lord Tebbit today and I send my sincerest condolences to his loved ones.Norman Tebbit was an icon in British politics and his death will cause sadness across the political spectrum. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/08/norman-tebbit-emmanuel-macron-horizon-post-office-scandal-uk-politics-live Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-07-08 08:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sam Edmunds hopes to help young people with his play The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt ReturnGrowing up in Luton in the late 90s and early 00s, the playwright Sam Edmunds witnessed an abundance of knife violence that has stayed with him to this day.“Me and my friends had knives pulled on us on numerous occasions. We once saw someone being chased with a machete at the back of the field by our school. In drama class, I remember a boy went into his bag to get his notebook out and a massive knife fell out. A