‘Ik stelde de vraag toen ik naar Downing Street kwam: was er inmenging in het referendum van 2016 vanuit Rusland?’, aldus de premier. ‘Ik kreeg toen een duidelijk antwoord: ja, dat was er.’
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We, the four pro-European groups in the @Europarl_EN, reject the #EUBudget proposal put forward by the Irish Presidency of the @EUCouncil, which cannot constitute a basis for Parliament’s consent on the next #MFF.
The draft budget presented by the Commission was half full, half empty. The Irish Presidency’s proposal is completely empty.
The European Commission rightly identified security, defence and competitiveness as new priorities. However, its proposal fails to secure traditional priorities, such as agriculture and cohesion.
The Irish Presidency’s proposal reduces funding for the new priorities, leaving the EU unprepared to tackle new challenges, and slashes much-needed investment intended to improve competitiveness. It also leaves farmers and regions underfunded.
Parliament’s official position, advocating a budget in line with the political commitments made by the Council, the Commission and Parliament, is completely disregarded.
The Irish negotiating box also leaves the Union with no capacity to react in the event of unexpected developments. The flexibility put forward by the Commission in the draft budget and defended by the European Parliament is further reduced by the Irish Presidency.
When it comes to funding the Union, the Irish Presidency is relying solely on the own resources proposed by the Commission, which have clearly failed to secure the unanimous backing of the Member States. It endangers the funding of the Union by disregarding the own resources proposed by Parliament.
Read the statement by the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA groups in the European Parliament:
New: Trump administration has warned Ukraine and allies in Europe that the US could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy facilities, two European offcials tell CNN. (Confirming FT’s story with some additional details). https://t.co/rOlqVx2xxP
Aanslag op Donald Tusk, vicepremier en ministers? Melding die bij Poolse politie binnenkwam is dermate serieus genomen dat de publiciteit ermee is gezocht. Diensten aan het werk, nog geen verdere verklaringen, later vandaag verwacht.
W związku z informacją, która wpłynęła do @PolskaPolicja i dotyczy możliwego zamachu na premiera @donaldtusk oraz wicepremiera, ministra obrony narodowej @KosiniakKamysz, minister koordynator służb specjalnych @TomaszSiemoniak oraz minister spraw wewnętrznych i administracji @MKierwinski polecili podjęcie działań w tej sprawie��️
▶️ Dzisiaj o godz. 11.00 w CAT @ABW_GOV_PL odbędzie się spotkanie funkcjonariuszy #ABW oraz przedstawicieli służb podległych MSWiA: @PolskaPolicja i @SOP_GOV_PL.
Festnahmen wegen mutmaßlicher landesverräterischer Ausspähung, Auskundschaften von staatsgeheimnissen, versuchten Landesverrats und Spionage, Pressemitteilung der #Bundesanwaltschaft vom 06.10.2026
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Conflict gaat niet zozeer over het fenomeen 'eurovisie songfestival' (al staat de invulling cultureel ver af van deze Tsjechische regering) en ook niet om Gaza (Tsjechië is pro-Israël), maar om conflict tussen regering en publieke omroep mbt financiering en onafhankelijkheid.
Některé zprávy se nepíšou snadno. Víme, že pro nás všechny Eurovize znamená hodně. I proto děkujeme všem českým reprezentantům a především vám, fanouškům, za každý hlas, každý komentář, každé fandění a za to, že jste byli u toho.
V roce 2027 českou vlajku na pódiu neuvidíme. Budeme ale společně fandit ostatním a věříme, že se na Eurovizi zase někdy potkáme.
BREAKING: Germany has arrested former BND chief August Hanning in a major suspected espionage and treason case involving highly classified intelligence on Iran’s nuclear programme and the Russian military.
According to investigations by WDR, NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating Hanning over suspected treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason and intelligence-agent activity.
Investigators from the Federal Criminal Police Office reportedly arrested Hanning early this morning at his home in Nordwalde near Münster. A second former senior BND employee, identified as Manfred D. was also arrested in Bavaria. D. allegedly supplied Hanning with highly classified BND information for money until at least 2022.
Around 2,000 classified documents are reportedly believed to have been passed from D. to Hanning. Many were briefings prepared for the “ND Lage” at the Federal Chancellery, where the heads of Germany’s security agencies exchange intelligence. The documents reportedly included extremely sensitive assessments of Iran’s nuclear programme and Russia’s armed forces, as well as intelligence originating from foreign partner services.
Investigators reportedly suspect that Hanning used at least some of the information to prepare a security analysis for a foreign intelligence service. According to WDR, NDR and SZ, the service involved in that case was not Russia. In another case, Hanning is alleged to have used information from classified BND documents in communications with a foreign agent.
The case reportedly came to light after Hamburg investigators searched Hanning’s home and offices in September 2025 during a separate investigation connected to the Christina Block kidnapping case. They allegedly discovered an electronic storage device containing highly classified BND material that Hanning should not have possessed.
The documents reportedly included material dating as recently as June 2022, years after Hanning had left the BND. The Hamburg LKA subsequently handed the material over to federal authorities, and the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office opened a classified investigation in May 2026.
For Germany’s intelligence community, the allegations are extremely serious. The material allegedly included intelligence supplied by foreign partner services. Any unauthorized disclosure of such information could seriously damage trust between the BND and allied intelligence services.
The investigation remains ongoing, and the allegations against Hanning have not been proven in court.
Gewelddadig dagje aan leesvoer. Aantal 'hoogtepunten': Dan Driscoll haalt z'n gram, fileert Pete Hegseth en prijst Oekraïne in Rolling Stone. Verbaal geweld. 1/
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BND waarschuwt voor gewelddadig conflict tussen Duitsland en Rusland, verijdelde aanslag Leipzig is volgens Jäger een voorbeeld hiervan. Schaduwoorlog. 4/
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Seems to me the Franco-German strategy is:
1) Carpet bombing with within-the-rules CVDs and safeguards.
2) A „kill switch“ on Chinese imports as a deterrent on escalation.
3) The diversification tool to reduce dangerous dependencies (REE/APis), regardless of EU-China talks.
Franziska Brantner Parteichefin von den Grünen und der Öffentlich-Rechtliche-Rundfunk bezeichnen alle Menschen in Neukölln wie auch die Partei die Linke als Antisemiten.
Diese Relativierung des Antisemitismus-Begriff für die Feindmarkierung erreicht ein neues Hoch.
So Ekelhaft.