• EUROPE
    EU-wide body condemns attack on Ukraine hospital

    By Martin Banks Russia’s attack on Kyiv this week,including a children’s hospital, has faced fresh stiff condemnation. A children’s hospital in Kyiv was hit after Russia launched a wave of missile strikes against cities across Ukraine. Two people died when the Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital – Ukraine’s biggest paediatrics facility – sustained major damage during the […]

  • SPORTS
    England fans “praying” for win at Euros

    By Martin Banks Praying is the most common ritual for England fans before a game at the Euros in Germany, with one in five (22.2%) fans admitting to doing this before their team play. The survey findings come just ahead of England’s much awaited clash with Switzerland in the Euro on Saturday night. After a […]

  • UK NEWS
    UK election: Keir Starmer’s Labour wins landslide victory

    BY Brian Melley & Jill Lawless LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal in his first official remarks Friday after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory after more than a decade in opposition. Starmer acknowledged in […]

  • POLITICS
    Parties unite in France to “block” the Far Right

    By Martin Banks The success of the Far Right in the first round of the French elections “threatens” the future of the European Union, it has been claimed. It is said that there is a “real risk of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) obtaining an absolute majority in the French Assemblée Nationale in Sunday’s second […]

  • POLITICS
    Major divisions emerging over ongoing war in Ukraine – report

    By Martin Banks Ukrainians are not yet ready to countenance territorial trade-offs for NATO accession. This is one of the key findings of a major new multi-country polling report out on 3 July. It says there is still sustained public support for the delivery of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, but shows divisions on how […]

  • POLITICS
    Independent Scotland “would rejoin EU”

    By Martin Banks The SNP says it is the only party offering Scotland a route back into the European Union. Energy Secretary Mairi McAllan also accused the Conservatives and Labour of having “utterly abandoned Scotland’s European future”. Her comments just ahead of the UK general election this week. Both the Conservatives and Labour remain opposed […]

  • POLITICS
    French election paves way for “anti EU” government

    By Martin Banks A senior MEP has condemned Emmanuel Macron for calling the snap general election in France. Danuta Hubner says the move has paved the way for a possible “anti EU” French government. She was speaking to this website after the shock weekend election which saw major gains for the National Rally. On Monday, […]

  • POLITICS
    World’s first “AI MP” standing in UK General Election

    By Martin Banks This year’s UK general election has at least one highly unusual candidate running for office….. “AI Steve.” If elected, it would be the world’s first elected AI politician. “SmarterUK” is a new AI-powered political party in Britain which has put forward AI Steve as a candidate to fight in next week’s general […]

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