As Europe debates the future of military spending and Russian propaganda seeks to portray it as preparation for war, wildfires and other disasters show that Defence capabilities are also a crucial part of civilian protection, mobilising people, resources and coordination when the threat is not an army, but fire or an earthquake

And how many interceptors remain in the US arsenal? The costs of Operation Epic Fury, which began on 28 February and is receiving ever less support from both Democrats and Republicans

The Israeli Prime Minister travelled to the White House to try to limit Tehran’s ability to rebuild, rearm and move closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon. “On Iran, the President’s ego is at Israel’s expense. He has to tell his supporters that every decision is his alone. And whilst for America it is a war of choice, for Israel it is a war of necessity,” says Barnea

During his meeting with Putin, the President of Kazakhstan called for the conflict in Ukraine to be ‘frozen’ and for a return to the so-called Istanbul 2.0 formula. His words represent one of the few public appeals from the leader of one of Moscow’s closest regional partners urging Russia to return to the negotiating table

A twenty-point manifesto in which he promises to bring the Eurovision Song Contest to Clacton in 2028, cut taxes for constituents and raise them for everyone else. The rival of the British nationalist leader is redefining the concepts of the establishment and irony

The vice-president has his sights set on the White House and does not want to do without the anti-Israelis. Rod Dreher, a conservative intellectual and one of the first to back Vance, says, “We are no longer friends: I don’t think he’s a bad person, but I need to see him take a clear stand against those who hate Jews.”

The measure aims to trace the exact origin of these products, but this will prove to be an extremely complex task and is unlikely to be sufficient: the risk of forgery of certificates of origin remains high. Furthermore, both the Council of State and the Tax Intelligence and Investigation Service have expressed various concerns in this regard