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Trump poised to announce trade agreement with UK
Specifics of the agreement were not immediately available.

BoE ready to cut again as UK braces for trade war impact

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France believes Trump’s movie tariffs will backfire
Trump vs. 007? Britain shrugs off US threat to tariff movies
US president’s plan to slap a 100 percent “tariff” on movies “produced in Foreign Lands” sparks confusion — and some mockery — in the House of Commons.
PMQs: Badenoch misses open goal on India trade deal
The Tory leader opted not to press her party’s attacks on the British-India trade deal and instead attacked Keir Starmer on winter fuel and net zero.
Merz to Trump team: Stay out of German politics
The new conservative chancellor criticized top Trump administration officials’ recent defenses of Germany’s far-right AfD.
Biden defends waiting until last minute to drop out of 2024 US election
Former U.S. president tells the BBC in his first major interview since leaving office that he doesn’t think withdrawing earlier would’ve helped Democrats beat Donald Trump.
Biden says Trump-Zelenskyy clash was ‘beneath America’
Former U.S. president says Trump’s approach to peace with Russia is “modern day appeasement.”
Von der Leyen: Bad Ukraine deal risks more aggression from Putin
“We have all seen how Russia negotiates. They bomb. They bully. They bury promises beneath rubble,” European Commission chief warns.
Bessent and Greer to meet with Chinese trade official in Switzerland
The trade talks come after months of stalled progress.
‘Don’t tax Bluey’: Ambassadors to US warn against Trump movie tariffs
Australia’s diplomat says the popular children’s cartoon could be impacted.
A bruised Merz wants to prove he’s a strong leader in first foreign trip as chancellor
The newly sworn-in German leader heads to Paris and Warsaw in an effort to rejuvenate an alliance and show he’s ready to lead despite political troubles at home.
The conclave happens behind closed doors. World leaders are still meddling.
With nudges and winks, governments are trying to influence who becomes the next pope. Whether they’ll succeed is up to 133 holy men.
Merz is weakened from Day 1. Europe will pay the price.
The EU’s center looks flaky, with France a mess and Germany’s Friedrich Merz having to battle to be confirmed as chancellor.
Greenland belongs to Greenlanders, EU’s top diplomat warns
Kaja Kallas used her opening address to the European Parliament to rebuke Donald Trump’s plans to seize the self-ruling Danish territory.
EU to propose blanket ban on Russian gas
The upcoming legislation sets up a clash between Brussels and EU capitals eying a post-war return to cheap Russian energy.
UK and India clinch trade deal after three years of talks
It’s the most valuable trade deal the U.K. has struck since Brexit — but a migration row is already in flow.
Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs
The European Commission is looking at imposing retaliatory tariffs should talks fail with the Trump administration.
Trump’s trade war threatens €549B of EU goods, Brussels warns
U.S. president’s existing and threatened tariffs would hit an estimated 97 percent of total EU exports to America.
Barbie dolls become new victim of Trump’s tariff war
“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” the U.S. president shrugged last week. Now prices are indeed going up.
Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs
The EU will make its pitch Tuesday, searching for momentum as sanctions stall, the U.S. equivocates and some eye a Russian fuel return.
Trump has already screwed over Germany’s new chancellor
Germany’s most important and powerful ally for many decades — the US — has only further weakened conservative leader Friedrich Merz.
Poland’s Duda tells Trump to force Putin ‘to make peace’
Polish President Andrzej Duda wants Trump to use harsh sanctions measures to compel Putin to negotiate.
Trump’s movie tariff threat puzzles Europe
As U.S. productions flock overseas, Trump wants to target foreign moviemakers, opening a new front in the transatlantic trade war.
EU urges Israel not to ramp up military attack on Gaza
“The European Union is concerned at the planned extension of the operation by Israeli forces in Gaza,” a Commission spokesperson says.
Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump’s war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’
The European Commission chief and the French president are trying to woo American researchers with a new program called “Choose Europe for Science.”