Alex Varha

Freelance journalist. A view on politics at home & abroad.

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Today’s Dublin summit was meant to bring EU leaders together to tackle Europe’s AI challenges. But world events have flipped the agenda to Ukraine peace talks and who should speak for Europe.

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Poland failed to overturn seven major European Union climate laws today, with the bloc’s top court rejecting challenges to measures including the 2035 target for zero-emission cars and carbon pricing for heating and transport.

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As the war in Ukraine drags on, Moscow is taking great pains to suppress casualty figures by closing databases and prosecuting those who document the dead.

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Limitations affecting Starshield, the military version of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system, appear to be back in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today.

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The state-owed Polish Armaments Group is playing a key role in Poland’s rearmament drive, but it’s not without its own troubles.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pressed EU governments to step up participation in Ukraine peace negotiations during a summit with world leaders. This comes hours before he’s due to hear about today’s Moscow discussions between Vladimir Putin and U.S. officials.

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US military officer from NATO headquarters arrested in UK on suspicion o... https://t.co/JbXOJIaQEU via @YouTube

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MEPs demand security review of BYD cars over cyber-espionage and data co... https://t.co/YAIcuxWY8W via @YouTube

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UK to allocate £90 million to counter Russian undersea threats in the No... https://t.co/dStJlnkh47 via @YouTube

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More than 700 schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland received threaten... https://t.co/cWHYuDlw9j via @YouTube

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Former Economy Minister arrested in Serbia https://t.co/onQ3D77SCr via @YouTube

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Germany bans Chinese drones and cars from military sites over data leak ... https://t.co/PgWJwR8SXR via @YouTube

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“As recently as 1 September 2026, Argentina wrote to me and Rockhopper’s chief financial officer personally threatening us with criminal prosecution, imprisonment and fines under its domestic legislation,” Moody said

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The Argentinian government threatened a British businessman involved in an offshore Falkland Islands oil project with jail, the Guardian can reveal.

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Sam Moody, the chief executive of Rockhopper Exploration, and his company’s chief financial officer received the correspondence this autumn as Buenos Aires began ramping up its rhetoric over the British overseas territory.

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Police Scotland immediately classified the messages as a hoax. In their assessment, the emails do not represent a credible threat, and there are no grounds for mass evacuations Police said the emails originated from outside the UK

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More than 700 schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland received threatening emails

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On 11 November 2026, hundreds of schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland received identical emails containing bomb threats. According to police, more than 300 schools in Northern Ireland and around 470 in Scotland were affected — nearly 800 institutions in total.

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Christine Lagarde, the departing president of the European Central Bank, would fare as well as center-right candidate Edouard Philippe if she ran in next year’s French presidential election