Moscow alleges unnamed diplomat is affiliated ‘with the British secret service’ as it gives them two weeks to leave
A British diplomat has been expelled from Russia after being accused of being a spy.
The diplomat, who was not named, has two weeks to leave the country, the Russian foreign ministry said, after it received information “regarding the affiliation of a diplomatic employee at the embassy with the British secret service”.
The EU must be more robust in order to stem the tide of international disorder, or it risks falling to authoritarian imperialism
Donald Trump is threatening to take over Greenland, the territory of a Nato ally, possibly by military force, as Vladimir Putin is trying to take over Ukraine. Even if he doesn’t actually do it, this is a new era: a post-western world of illiberal international disorder.
The task now for liberal democracies in general, and Europe in particular, is twofold: to see this world as it is and to work out what the hell we’re going to do about it.
Timothy Garton Ash is a historian, political writer and Guardian columnist
Face aux vélléités états-uniennes de s'emparer du Groenland, le Danemark organise dans l'urgence un exercice militaire baptisé « Groenland Arctic Endurance ». Plusieurs pays européens dont l'Allemagne, la Norvège la Suède et la France y participent. Les premiers soldats français arrivent ce jeudi matin sur zone.
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A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again.
Face aux vélléités états-uniennes de s'emparer du Groenland, le Danemark organise dans l'urgence un exercice militaire baptisé « Groenland Arctic Endurance ». Plusieurs pays européens dont l'Allemagne, la Norvège la Suède et la France y participent. Les premiers soldats français arrivent ce jeudi matin sur zone.
Mercredi 14 janvier, les chefs de la diplomatie danoise et groenlandaise ont rencontré leur homologue américain Marco Rubio, ainsi que le vice-président JD Vance, tandis que des soldats français, suédois, allemands et norvégiens faisaient route vers le Groenland, pour une mission militaire européenne d’exploration dans ce territoire arctique convoité par le président Donald Trump. A Washington, la réunion s’est terminée sur un constat de « désaccord fondamental » entre les Etats-Unis d’une part, et le Danemark et le Groenland d’autre part.
Mercredi 14 janvier, les chefs de la diplomatie danoise et groenlandaise ont rencontré leur homologue américain Marco Rubio, ainsi que le vice-président JD Vance, tandis que des soldats français, suédois, allemands et norvégiens faisaient route vers le Groenland, pour une mission militaire européenne d’exploration dans ce territoire arctique convoité par le président Donald Trump. A Washington, la réunion s’est terminée sur un constat de « désaccord fondamental » entre les Etats-Unis d’une part, et le Danemark et le Groenland d’autre part.
Si le patineur français a changé son programme court, prévu jeudi à Sheffield lors des Championnats d'Europe, c'est pour répondre à son esprit compétitif et par désir de goûter enfin au podium européen.
PORTRAIT - Auteur d’un somptueux triplé face à Northampton lors de la 3e journée de Champions Cup, l’international de l’Union Bordeaux-Bègles est l’une des attractions de la saison.
Alors que les contacts sont rompus avec la NBA, l'Euroligue poursuit son lobbying auprès des clubs, à qui elle a donné un ultimatum, et a menacé la ligue américaine de poursuites judiciaires en cas de lancement d'un Championnat européen.
Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered
In late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference in Brussels brought together several officials from the recently deposed Biden administration for a discussion about the global economy. In Washington, Trump and his wrecking crew were already busy razing every last brick of Joe Biden’s legacy, but in Brussels, the Democratic exiles put on a brave face. They summoned the comforting ghosts of white papers past, intoning old spells like “worker-centered trade policy” and “middle-out bottom-up economics”. They touted their late-term achievements. They even quoted poetry: “We did not go gently into that good night,” Katherine Tai, who served as Biden’s US trade representative, said from the stage. Tai proudly told the audience that before leaving office she and her team had worked hard to complete “a set of supply-chain-resiliency papers, a set of model negotiating texts, and a shipbuilding investigation”.
It was not until 70 minutes into the conversation that a discordant note was sounded, when Adam Tooze joined the panel remotely. Born in London, raised in West Germany, and living now in New York, where he teaches at Columbia, Tooze was for many years a successful but largely unknown academic. A decade ago he was recognised, when he was recognised at all, as an economic historian of Europe. Since 2018, however, when he published Crashed, his “contemporary history” of the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, Tooze has become, in the words of Jonathan Derbyshire, his editor at the Financial Times, “a sort of platonic ideal of the universal intellectual”.
The US I grew up in was built on the rule of law. Now my Indian-born dad is scared ICE will take him from his American care home
As an American of mixed Danish and Indian heritage, who is also a citizen of France and, therefore, of the EU, Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law fills me with dread. “I don’t need international law,” he boasted on 7 January in an interview with the New York Times. For Louis XIV, it was “L’état, c’est moi”. For Trump, it’s the “Donroe doctrine”, or “the western hemisphere is mine for whatever profit I and my elite group of loyal courtiers can wring from it”.
At the same time, Trump’s honesty about his intention to use the astonishing military power he wields for unfettered plunder is at least refreshing. No more American pieties to democracy and human rights. The world hasn’t seen this kind of unabashed dedication to amassing wealth since the British East India Company. All hail the new king emperor! Or else.
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Après des mois de tractations, le dernier sommet européen, en décembre, a validé une formule destinée à fournir à l’Ukraine les fonds dont elle a durement besoin. La Commission européenne a mis sur la table hier, mercredi 14 décembre, la formule juridique qui permettra de mettre en place ce prêt sans toucher aux avoirs souverains de la Russie immobilisés en Belgique. L’Ukraine peut donc espérer le versement rapide de 90 milliards d’euros d’argent frais pour 2026 et 2027, dont les deux tiers seront consacrés à l'achat d'armes européennes.
Après des mois de tractations, le dernier sommet européen, en décembre, a validé une formule destinée à fournir à l’Ukraine les fonds dont elle a durement besoin. La Commission européenne a mis sur la table hier, mercredi 14 décembre, la formule juridique qui permettra de mettre en place ce prêt sans toucher aux avoirs souverains de la Russie immobilisés en Belgique. L’Ukraine peut donc espérer le versement rapide de 90 milliards d’euros d’argent frais pour 2026 et 2027, dont les deux tiers seront consacrés à l'achat d'armes européennes.
Night-time temperatures dip close to -20C; minister outlines major problems with desertion and conscription evasion. What we know on day 1,422
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to declare a state of emergency in Ukraine’s energy sector to tackle disrupted power supplies after heavy Russian attacks. Energy imports would also be increased, the Ukrainian president said. Emergency crews in Ukraine have proceeded with round-the-clock efforts to restore power and heating supplies at a time when night-time temperatures are dipping close to -20C (-4F). Zelenskyy said the state of emergency would allow authorities “more options and flexibility”. He called for the establishment of more centres where residents can stay warm and charge electronic devices, and said nightly curfews could be lifted in areas where the security situation permitted it.
The president said Kyiv – whose mayor he regularly clashes with – had done considerably less than other major centres, notably Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, to prepare for the hardships inflicted by the attacks. “Even in recent days, I do not see sufficient intensity,” he said. “This must be urgently corrected. Decisions must be made.” The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, countered that heating had been restored to all but about 400 of 6,000 affected apartment buildings and support centres were operating 24 hours a day. “Such statements, first of all, undermine the dedicated work of thousands of people, professionals,” Klitschko wrote. “They may not have weapons in their hands, but through their tireless efforts they are also fighting for their country.” Zelenskyy said a permanent coordination headquarters would be set up in Kyiv with Denys Shmyhal, the newly appointed first deputy prime minister and energy minister, overseeing the work.
Donald Trump has again claimed Ukraine – not Russia – is holding up a potential peace deal, rhetoric that stands in marked contrast to that of European allies, who have consistently argued Moscow has little interest in ending its war in Ukraine. “I think he’s ready to make a deal,” Trump said of Vladimir Putin, in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. “I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal.” Moscow and Kyiv remain at odds over the key issue of territory. There are few signs that Putin is prepared to soften his maximalist demands to end the full-scale invasion.
Zelenskyy urged the military to hold their positions along the 1,200km (775-mile) frontline and diplomats to keep working on securing peace. “From our side, maximum productivity is required,” he said. “We expect the same level of energetic work from the American side. I personally very much expect this.”
Ukraine will be able to buy military equipment from non-European suppliers when it is given access to a €90bn (£78bn) EU loan later this year under a proposal outlined by the EU executive, Jennifer Rankin writes from Brussels. “European preference first, but if not possible then purchase abroad,” said the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, who added that Europe should have a return in jobs and research benefits from the “billions and billions that are being invested”. Her proposal represents a softening of the approach pursued by France that favoured a more restrictive “buy European” clause. The commission said an alternative plan based on using Russia’s frozen assets remained on the table.
Desertion by 200,000 troops and another two million people evading conscription are among many challenges facing the military, Ukraine’s new defence minister said on Wednesday. Mykhailo Fedorov told parliament that other problems included excessive bureaucracy, a Soviet-style approach to management, and disruptions in the supply of equipment to troops. “We cannot fight a war with new technologies but an old organisational structure,” Fedorov said.
The defence ministry was facing a shortfall of 300bn hryvnia ($6.9bn) in funding, Fedorov said. On the upside he said some sectors had emerged from scratch, including private missile producers, which now number about 20, and more than 100 companies manufacturing ground-based robotic systems.
The US treasury department has extended until 28 February a licence for companies to talk with Russian energy company Lukoil about buying its foreign assets. The US imposed sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft, Russia’s two biggest energy companies, on 22 October as part of an effort to pressure Moscow over its war in Ukraine. Lukoil put its $22bn in global assets up for sale shortly after. It has been hard-hit by the US sanctions, with overseas operations disrupted from Iraq to Finland.
Tenante du titre, l'Estonienne Niina Petrokina a pris la tête chez des femmes trop fragiles. Les Françaises Lorine Schild et Léa Serna, qui ont chuté, sont respectivement 13e et 14e.
Alors que la France et plusieurs autres pays européens mobilisent leurs armées pour participer à un exercice militaire conjoint au Groenland convoité par le gouvernement américain, un détachement de soldats français est en route pour le territoire arctique où il doit arriver ce jeudi 15 janvier.
Alors que la France et plusieurs autres pays européens mobilisent leurs armées pour participer à un exercice militaire conjoint au Groenland convoité par le gouvernement américain, un détachement de soldats français est en route pour le territoire arctique où il doit arriver ce jeudi 15 janvier.
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