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Summit in Brussels, hosted by UK defence secretary John Healey and French defence minister Sébastien Lecornu, considering advancing plans for supportWe’re getting a bit more details from EU spokesperson, Olof Gill, speaking at the commission’s press briefing right now (which, notably, got delayed by almost half an hour as that von der Leyen statement was being put out).He said:We are not going to offer any greater detail at this point about what we are not saying to the Americans beyond what we have already said.We want to negotiate, we want to talk. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/10/ursula-von-der-leyen-trump-tariff-pause-stabilising-global-economy-europe-latest-updates-news Author :

Israeli minister says plan is ‘prize for terror’ as French president says ‘we must move towards recognition’ and process could start at UN conference in JuneTurkish and Israeli officials began talks on Wednesday aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, where militaries of the two regional powers are active, Turkish ministry sources said on Thursday.According to Reuters, the sources said the technical talks, in Azerbaijan, marked the beginning of efforts to set up a channel to avoid potential clashes or misunderstandings over military operations in the region. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/10/france-palestinian-state-emmanuel-macron-israel-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-news Author : Amy Sedghi Publish date :

Supermarket deepens existing measures and forecasts lower profit for year amid price war with rivalsTesco has said it plans to slash a further £500m in costs, as the supermarket chain tries to cushion the blow of Rachel Reeves’s tax increases and invest in fighting a price war with rivals.Britain’s biggest grocery retailer said on Thursday it was deepening an existing drive to cut costs to help offset higher operating costs, as well as the £235m increase in its national insurance contributions (NICs) as a result of changes made by the chancellor. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/10/tesco-plans-to-cut-further-500m-in-costs-to-help-offset-rachel-reeves-tax-rises Author : Kalyeena

Bill which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown fails by 11 votes to 112It was the bill that launched 300,000 public submissions, sparked New Zealand’s largest ever protest on Māori rights and prompted a haka in parliament that quickly went viral.And now the treaty principles bill, which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown, is dead. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/10/treaty-principles-bill-voted-down-in-new-zealand-parliament-maori Author : Eva Corlett in Wellington Publish date : 2025-04-10 05:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.