Europe, Macron and Nuclear Weapon
The UK's benchmark FTSE 100 share index posted its highest close on record on Friday, buoyed by positive corporate earnings including from British Airways parent IAG, while a slump in Morgan Advanced Materials after a bleak outlook weighed on the mid-cap index.
Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company humming as millions of legs of ham travel on hooks along conveyor belts. Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world,
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit reflects Europe's concern over Trump's push to end the war in Ukraine and concede too much to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
US President Donald Trump has drawn accusations of appeasement for his rapprochement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, seemingly abandoning Ukraine.
Trump, Europe
Before you head off into the weekend, here’s how UK assets fared this week, and what’s been dominating London’s market today:
Guntram Wolff of Bruegel, a think-tank in Brussels, and Alex Burilkov of Leuphana University Lüneburg calculate the immediate requirement at 3.5% of GDP for Europe to be able to defend itself without the Americans—and in the longer term The Economist thinks expenditures will need to be more like 4-5%.
Cyprus should have investigated UK woman's gang rape claim
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Cyprus failed to effectively probe British teen’s rape claims, Europe’s top human rights court says
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'Victim-blaming' behind Cyprus failure to pursue UK woman's rape claim, Strasbourg court says
Cyprus should have investigated UK woman’s gang rape claim, ECHR
Cyprus failed in its legal duty to investigate a British woman’s allegation in 2019 that she had been gang-raped by Israeli tourists on the holiday island, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Thursday.
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Trump switches his top target from China to the EU—he says after years of being ‘screwed’ by Europe, it will face 25% tariffs
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EU Pushes Back Against Trump Tariff Threats and His Caustic Comments That Bloc Is Out to Get the US
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Business Lookahead: Trump's tariffs and China's growth target