To bring down petrol prices ahead of the mid-term elections, Trump is stripping Kyiv of its most effective weapon and calling for a new Ukrainian president. Now the sanctions game is being played out in Brussels

Russia is attacking towns both far from and close to the front line; in Kramatorsk, it struck two buses, killing thirty people. However, from the battlefield, Russian prisoners who surrendered during Operation Vivaldi describe their situation, how they fought and why the army will not allow them to withdraw. The stories gathered 

Sefcovic in Beijing to restore balance to trade relations. Also on the agenda are the fourteen European companies (and the two Italian ones) that ended up on China’s blacklist following the EU sanctions against Russia. Iurino (Garnet) speaks out

The independent Russian publication The Insider has published an investigation carried out in collaboration with Der Spiegel, which reconstructs the Russian intelligence unit responsible for the attack on the Ukrainian aircraft in Germany: the GRU’s ‘Special Tasks Unit’ (SSD), established by 2023 to carry out sabotage operations in Europe

There is one dimension that Europe, following the Second World War, has deliberately excluded from its identity: security. In a world dominated by the identity narratives of China, Russia and ‘America First’, our defence depends on our roots 

Following the death of a researcher at the Anti-Plague Institute, rumours are circulating of a second, unconfirmed death. The WHO is seeking clarification, Washington is monitoring the situation “hour by hour” and neighbouring countries are stepping up controls. There is no evidence of an outbreak, but too many questions remain unanswered