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21/11/2025

Trump’s latest proposal for a Ukraine peace deal has triggered alarm in European capitals.

Partly because they were cut out of drafting it, and mostly because, in the view of one official, it amounts to nothing more than Putin’s wishlist.

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21/11/2025

Criminals are grooming children through video games and smartphones, Europol has warned.

The agency is aware of 105 instances in which minors were involved in violent crimes "performed as a service" — including 10 contract killings.

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21/11/2025

Donald Trump has hurled a wrench into one of the most sensitive negotiations currently under way in Europe, potentially derailing efforts to help fund Ukraine to stay in the fight against Russia.

Diplomats and officials react with outrage to new details of the U.S. peace plan, warning it could wreck their efforts to help Ukraine survive the war.

21/11/2025

All the rival parties are piling into Reform after its ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for peddling Russian propaganda in exchange for bribes.

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21/11/2025

Venetian heavyweight Luca Zaia and firebrand Matteo Salvini disagree on issues of immigration, climate and LGBTQ+ rights.

One of the big questions looming over Italian politics is whether these two rivals can survive within the far-right League.

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21/11/2025

The European Commission will ask the Donald Trump administration to exempt a list of sensitive EU goods ranging from whiskies through to medical equipment from US tariffs, according to a 27-page list seen by POLITICO.

Brussels to present wish list to top Trump officials when they visit on Monday.

21/11/2025

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned today that Ukraine is approaching “one of the most difficult moments” in its history as the White House steps up pressure on Kyiv to agree a deal with Russia.

The disputed 28-point proposal has put Kyiv on the verge of a “very difficult choice” as a brutal winter looms, according to the Ukrainian president.

21/11/2025

When Patrick Pouyanné decided to spend billions on a giant natural gas field in a faraway warzone, he made the call alone, over a single dinner.

Six years later, that decision would lead the TotalEnergies CEO to be named in a war crimes complaint.

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21/11/2025

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy spent 20 days in prison, and soon you can read about every single one of them.

Former French president penned 216 pages looking back on his 20-day stint behind bars.

21/11/2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.

The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.

21/11/2025

Talks between the European Commission and the UK on taking part in the bloc's €150 billion Security Action for Europe loans-for-weapons plan failed to meet today's deadline, three diplomats told POLITICO.

The Commission wanted to wrap talks with the U.K. on taking part in the SAFE program by the end of the week, but that deadline is slipping.

21/11/2025

A new Ukraine peace plan circulated by President Donald Trump's US administration outlines a detailed 28-point framework aimed at ending Russia's war on its neighbor.

The proposal will be difficult for Kyiv to swallow, as it includes making serious territorial concessions to Moscow.