The Commission has launched a review of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). However, it has come under intense pressure from three groups: on the one hand, Spain and the Nordic countries; on the other, Italy, Poland and ten other states. Germany and France, meanwhile, find themselves in the middle

Budapest’s former Foreign Minister Szijjártó is going to work for the Chinese in Byd. Together with Viktor Orbán, he has helped turn Hungary into a Trojan horse for Russia and China in Europe

The address to the nation was intended to reassure the public ahead of the November mid-term elections. The President speaks of a Chinese conspiracy (“Colossal theft of electoral data”) and the deep state, and calls for the Save America Act. Yet the documents declassified by the White House tell a different story

Starmer ends his term in Ukraine with a final gesture of solidarity, whilst at the local councils he and Badenoch offer a rare lesson in institutional grace. And in the challenge to Farage, Binface emerges – the delightfully British antidote to political fatalism

The public is forcing Zelensky to choose: the general or the former defence minister

Cavo Dragone reminds the forgetful just how Putin is threatening Europe

The Pentagon will carry out annual tests on service personnel’s testosterone levels. And, in the event of a drop in the hormone, it will offer specific therapies on a voluntary basis to replace it. It seems like a routine medical initiative, but it opens the door to historical connections and bioethical questions that may not all be appropriate, but are inevitable

Before 2019, the term "banned books" did not exist; today, this is the third arrest of independent booksellers in the space of a few months

Backed by the US President but supported at home by figures close to the regime in Tehran, the young Iraqi leader is seeking an economic agreement with the US without fuelling tensions