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Women in Ireland and the UK linked to Free Birth Society among scores around world to have suffered loss or serious harm after births

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Over a weekend in late June 2024, Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the Free Birth Society, hosted a festival on her 21-hectare (53-acre) property in North Carolina. It was a celebratory gathering for FBS, a multimillion-dollar business that promotes a radical approach to giving birth without medical support.

Promotional footage from the Matriarch Rising festival shows Saldaya dancing beside her private lake, wearing a crown. That same weekend, more than 3,000 miles away, in Dundalk, a town on the east coast of Ireland, Naomi James, bled to death after freebirthing her son.

Commission unveils €3bn strategy to de-risk and diversify supply chains for critical rare earth metals and elements

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The EU is considering legally forcing industries to reduce purchases from China to insulate Europe from future hostile acts, the industry commissioner, Stéphane Séjourné, says.

He made his remarks as the European Commission unveiled a €3bn (£2.63bn) strategy to reduce its dependency on China for critical raw materials amid a global scramble caused by Beijing’s “weaponisation” of supplies of everything from chips to rare earths.

Prosecutors say two others also indicted in investigation into funding for school training young diplomats

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The EU’s former chief diplomat Federica Mogherini and two other people have been formally accused of fraud and corruption, the European prosecutor’s office has said.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) did not refer to Mogherini by name, but said the rector of the College of Europe in Bruges – her role – had been formally notified of the accusations. A senior staff member of the college and a senior official from the European Commission were also indicted, the EPPO said, after all three were questioned by Belgian police.

Output reduction to ‘around 790’ planes comes after French firm issued recall over software glitch affecting 6,000 jets

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Airbus has cut its plane delivery target for this year after it identified a problem with the fuselage panels on its bestselling A320 family of aircraft that has forced it to inspect hundreds of jets.

The world’s largest plane manufacturer said it would now deliver “around 790” commercial aircraft this year, a drop of 30 from its previous target of 820 planes.

Le 1ᵉʳ décembre 2025, la Police nationale sud-coréenne a annoncé l’arrestation de quatre individus soupçonnés d’avoir piraté plus de 120 000 caméras IP à travers le pays. Les images volées auraient ensuite été revendues à un site diffusant clandestinement ces contenus à des fins sexuelles. Une affaire qui remet la sécurité des objets connectés au cœur des débats.

All hopes were on Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to Moscow, but a breakthrough in peace talks was never going to happen with a man who has repeatedly taken Russia’s side, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

As Moscow becomes more bullish in its hybrid warfare tactics to provoke Nato, James C. Reynolds looks at how both armies and economies compare

‘Violent’ night time assault on family’s boat left it taking on water, only just making it to shore