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Will the EU's health union remain a priority?

Stella Kyriakides has served as the EU's Health Commissioner for the past five years, during which she confronted an unforeseen global pandemic that impacted the lives of millions across Europe.

United Kingdom

UK PM Starmer under fire for failing to declare gifts on time

UK MPs are allowed to accept gifts but have to declare donations and extra-parliamentary income within 28 days. Starmer says he missed the deadline because he was verifying exactly what needed to be declared.

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UK think tank calls for ‘class ceiling’ to be broken in the arts

UK think tank the Fabian Society calls for a “universal library card” and a “culture pass” for children in the UK, in order to democratise the arts and break the “class ceiling”.

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Starmer to contribute €4.75m to Meloni's anti-illegal migration plan

The UK prime minister met with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome Monday to discuss how the two countries could bolster cooperation in tackling illegal migration.

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Starmer seeks to learn from Italy's 'dramatic' decline in migrants

The centre-left Labour Party prime minister isn't a natural ally of Giorgia Meloni, who heads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, yet the two sides hope to work together to reduce irregular migration to Europe and improve the UK's relations with the rest of the continent.

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Joe Biden brushes off Vladimir Putin's warnings of war with the West

The meeting comes just days after a British newspaper said the US and UK had reportedly made the decision to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia.

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Starmer says Putin started Ukraine war and can end it any time

Starmer's comments come a day after it emerged that the US and UK had made the decision to allow Ukraine to use partly British-made Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia.

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Idris Elba joins UK PM Keir Starmer for new anti-knife crime coalition

The actor and musician will join UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in Downing Street to promote a coalition of organisations coming together to stop knife crime.

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Keir Starmer visits Ireland as part of 'wider EU reset'

Relations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted to leave the European Union, complicating some political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.

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Europe needs to find a common answer to Gaza war: Palestinian diplomat

Palestinian envoy to the UK Husam Zomlot spoke to Euronews Turkish on a number of pressing issues, including the EU and UK's relations with Palestine and the Gaza crisis.

France

Starmer meets Macron in bid to beef up UK-France relations

The trip is part of the UK prime minister's two-day talks in mainland Europe aimed at "resetting" the country's post-Brexit relationship with the EU and the rest of the continent.

Germany

UK PM pledges 'ambitious' Europe relations reset during Berlin visit

Keir Starmer announced plans for a new treaty with Germany but insisted it would not mean reversing Brexit.

Europe News

The EU-UK reset: What are the prospects for closer cooperation?

As the UK Labour government’s honeymoon period fades, it must now get down to the nitty-gritty of its EU reset.

United Kingdom

Anti-racism protesters rally across UK after violent far-right riots

Thousands of anti-racism protesters have rallied in towns and cities across England after a week of anti-immigrant rioting and disorder.

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PM Starmer: 'Standing army' to battle far-right unrest gripping UK

UK prime minister made the announcement on Monday after he convened officials for an urgent meeting aimed at tackling growing far-right violence enshrouding the nation.

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WATCH: Anger and misinformation fuel clashes near Downing Street

Violence erupted near British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's residence in London as hundreds of protesters clashed with police following the killing of three girls in Southport.

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UK: Police clash with violent crowd after attack that killed 3 girls

Far-right protesters threw bricks at police officers, set vehicles on fire and attacked a mosque in the northwestern town of Southport after the attack which took place following a Taylor Swift-themed event.

United Kingdom

UK reverses stance on ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

The Prime Minister's office said the decision is "based on a strong belief in the separation of powers and the rule of law, both domestically and internationally."

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Euroviews. Starmer must put nature at the heart of Labour's economic plans

Starmer now has a window of opportunity to take action to show that the country is fully in the game as a climate and biodiversity leader. Without such leadership, businesses will remain stuck between a rock and a hard place, Lindsay Hooper writes.

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Zelenskyy to address the UK cabinet as Ukraine looks for more weapons

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to finalise a weapons financing treaty with Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Ukraine looks for more arms.