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How Europe is leading efforts to digitize and save our ocean
To protect life on Earth, we must protect the ocean. UNOC3 revealed how innovative technological advances are helping to translate knowledge into concrete action.

Trump’s Iran bombing tests the limits of British influence

Europe pleads for diplomacy after US strikes Iran

Oil prices jump as market awaits Iran response to attacks

Israel savages EU over ‘outrageous and indecent’ human rights review

How Europe would fill an America-shaped hole in NATO

Von der Leyen faces political crisis after groups threaten to withdraw support
Israel in breach of EU deal over Gaza human rights, report signals
EU leaders will now have to decide whether there is sufficient support to take action.
Europe strains to give Trump an off-ramp on bombing Iran
Germany, France and the U.K. prepare for talks with Iranian officials in Geneva. Can they stop Trump joining Israel’s war?
Starmer warns Trump to de-escalate in Iran
The prime minister said negotiations between the U.S. and Iran were the way to resolve tensions about Tehran’s uranium enrichment agenda.
There was no breakthrough on trade at the G7. Trump’s OK with that.
The lack of movement has left foreign leaders and domestic businesses on edge with a little less than three weeks until Trump’s July 8 deadline for striking trade accords.
US announces evacuations out of Israel for American citizens
The U.S. had been holding off on organizing any flights out of Israel for American citizens as Israel and Iran trade blows.
Le Pen and Bardella staging kiss-and-make-up moment
Are Le Pen and Bardella running mates or rivals?
Starmer: Trump’s not saying he’s going to bomb Iran
British prime minister insists US president is serious about de-escalating Israel-Iran conflict.
G7 leaders: ‘Iran can never have a nuclear weapon’
Tehran “is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” declare G7 leaders in a joint statement.
EU resurrects banking practice that caused the 2008 financial crisis
Securitization allows banks to repackage and resell debt, famously explained by actress Margot Robbie in a bubble bath in the film “The Big Short.”
The London mayoralty’s quarter-life crisis
25 years after the city got a directly-elected mayor, questions about the post’s effectiveness linger.
Corruption scandals put Spain’s Sánchez under pressure to call snap elections
Municipal and regional leaders from the Socialist Party fear the politically compromised prime minister is harming their electoral prospects.
Israeli fire and airstrikes kill over 41 Palestinians as Iran conflict intensifies
Gaza has fallen to second place behind Iran on Israel’s list of military priorities.
Baltic countries team up on mass evacuation plans as Russian threat grows
“Clear procedures are crucial, as is the rapid exchange of information,” says Lithuanian interior minister.
Major two-state solution conference postponed after Israeli strikes on Iran
French officials were hoping to use the gathering in New York to re-engage regional actors in diplomacy.
EU faces uphill battle to pass new Russia sanctions
Brussels wants to cut the flow of cash to Moscow — but Hungary and Slovakia are poised to hold up the proposals.
French doctor says Israeli authorities were ‘abusive’ to Greta Thunberg
The Swedish climate activist and fellow boat passengers were mocked and deprived of sleep, Baptiste André claimed.
Now is the time to rebuild the global economic system
European political will is needed ahead of the UN Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla
Greeks feel they have no one to vote for
With so many parties on the left and right fighting each other, the ruling New Democracy still leads the polls — despite being roundly disliked.
Greta Thunberg hits back at Donald Trump over anger management jibe
Swedish activist battles U.S. president (again).
Israel deports Greta Thunberg
Swedish activist is on a flight to France, after her aid ship fails to reach Gaza.
As France-Algeria ties sour, supporters of imprisoned writer turn to Europe for help
Writer Boualem Sansal has been in and out of hospital since he was locked up last November.
Macron dissolved the French parliament a year ago. How will he surprise us again?
POLITICO makes its super-serious predictions for the French president’s next big surprise.
Brussels rebukes Romania and Austria for breaching EU spending rules
Austria’s appearance on the list was more of a surprise than Romania’s, and follows months of political deadlock in Vienna.
Bulgaria prepares to join the euro — but Poland couldn’t be less interested
The election of a Euroskeptic populist as Poland’s president means Europe’s great economic success story will show even less interest in joining the eurozone.