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Germany plans to give spies vast new powers in rollback of postwar restraints

  • Politics
  • Nette Nöstlinger
  • Feb 17, 2026

Berlin is preparing its foreign intelligence service for a world where the U.S. halts intelligence sharing.

What Nigel Farage’s new team tells us about his bid to run Britain

  • Politics
  • Dan Bloom
  • Feb 17, 2026

5 takeaways from the poll-topping Reform UK's big "shadow cabinet" reveal.

Le marché du carbone européen sous le feu des critiques de l’industrie comme des politiques

  • Politics
  • Zia Weise
  • Feb 17, 2026

Les déclarations contre le système d'échange de droits à polluer, pilier de la politique climatique européenne, portent les attaques contre la régulation environnementale à un autre niveau.

Macron pushes to Le Pen-proof France before 2027 election

  • Politics
  • Clea Caulcutt, Giorgio Leali, Laura Kayali
  • Feb 17, 2026

The far-right National Rally is already calling foul at controversial personnel moves.

5 things to watch as EU Parliament gears up for midterm reshuffle

  • Politics
  • Max Griera
  • Feb 17, 2026

The jostling and maneuvering for influential roles has already begun — even though the reshuffle is still a year off.

Fight over trans rights comes to Brussels

  • Politics
  • Mari Eccles
  • Feb 17, 2026

NGOs claim that anti-transgender activists are getting more speaking time at events in Brussels.

Trump wants critical minerals. So do Cornwall’s MPs.

  • Politics
  • Nicholas Earl
  • Feb 16, 2026

Global leaders are going head to head over critical minerals and national security. For some U.K. lawmakers, it is chance to grab both investment and votes.

Trump-Milei pact piles pressure on EU to lock in Mercosur accord

  • Politics
  • Lucia Mackenzie, Camille Gijs
  • Feb 16, 2026

A new U.S.-Argentina deal could undermine protections for European food names that are included in the trade agreement with Latin America.

Nissanka century sees Sri Lanka through & leaves Australia on brink

  • Sports
  • Feb 16, 2026

Australia's hopes of reaching the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup are all but over after Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka hits a brilliant unbeaten 100 to condemn them to an eight-wicket defeat in Palle...

Australia on brink as Nissanka sends Sri Lanka through

  • Sports
  • Feb 16, 2026

Australia's hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup are all but over after Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka hit a brilliant unbeaten 100 to condemn them to an eight-wicket defeat in Pall...

Was Tullis-Joyce's 'tactical-injury' a smart move? Fara thinks so

  • Sports
  • Feb 16, 2026

Fara Williams suggests that Phallon Tullis‑Joyce's 'tactical injury' was a clever move, as it gave Manchester United players the chance to receive instructions - guidance that subsequently contributed...

Inside the week the EU’s climate foundations started to shake

  • Politics
  • Zia Weise
  • Feb 16, 2026

An assault on Europe's most important climate law, the Emissions Trading System, took the fight against green rules to a whole new level.