23 h. ago EU chief says row over fishing rights is settled ahead of Starmer's Brexit 'reset' next week but Spain bids to reopen Gibraltar spat

Kaja Kallas said 'we are over the fish' ahead of a major summit in London next week where Sir Keir Starmer hopes to confirm UK firms will join a 150 billion euro joint defence fund.

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60 h. ago Keir Starmer to ensure settlement in UK a 'privilege' and 'not a right' in massive overhaul of immigration system

Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce an overhaul of the immigration system to ensure "settlement in this country is a privilege" and "not a right" as Immigration White Paper is unveiled

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5 d. ago Bank of England chief urges Starmer to 'do everything' to 'rebuild' trade with the EU after sealing deal with Trump... as Tories warn Brexit must NOT be unwound

Andrew Bailey backed deepening relations as the PM pushes ahead with his Brexit 'reset' - after sealing a damage limitation deal with Donald Trump .

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud | Rafael Behr

Britain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virusNot much about Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union is settled, but Keir Starmer can justifiably claim it has been “reset”. That word was artfully chosen before last year’s election to dress low aspiration as high diplomacy. There are 10 days of negotiation before the summit in London, where a new UK-EU partnership is due to be unveiled. It will be more outline than substance. But there is progress in the very fact that Britain’s ruling party sees Brussels as a partner, not a parasite.Old-guard Eurosceptics will, of course, denounce any deal as a betrayal of Brexit. If there are plans for a time-limited, youth exchange visa, it will be decried as a return to free movement by the back door. If there is agreement to align regulations so that goods can more efficiently cross borders and the European court of justice is involved in adjudicating ...

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5 d. ago Spain hit by more blackouts as 'tens of thousands' left without power in Canary Islands a week after nationwide outages

Local media reported that thousands of locals and holidaymakers across the island were left without power for nearly two hours after a blackout occurred at around 10am local time.

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6 d. ago UK and EU split over youth mobility deal, negotiating document shows

Two sides are far apart with only fortnight until post-Brexit ‘reset’ summit in London

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6 d. ago Keir's own goal? Labour's pick for new football regulator chief risks fresh 'cronyism' row as he reveals he donated to both Starmer's and Lisa Nandy's leadership campaigns

David Kogan, who is the Government's preferred candidate to chair the watchdog, admitted previously giving cash to both the Prime Minister and Culture Secretary.

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7 d. ago US trade deal 'set to be signed this week' as Starmer scrambles to ease Trump's tariffs on cars and steel before his Brexit 'reset'

Negotiators appear to be closing in on a package that could reduce the impact of the president's eye-watering 25 per cent levies on car and steep imports.

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8 d. ago Spain's train network grinds to a halt after vital signalling cables stolen in ‘act of sabotage'

It comes just a week after Spain and Portugal suffered an unprecedented and unexplained power blackout

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9 d. ago How's your Brexit 'reset' going, Keir? EU 'rejects Starmer's bid to access bloc's crime and migration databases' in blow to PM's efforts to tackle small boats crisis

The Prime Minister had been hoping to restore pre-Brexit intelligence-sharing arrangements with Brussels to help 'smash the people-smuggling gangs'.

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1 week ago ‘Blackouts can happen anywhere’: how power systems worldwide can collapse

After Europe’s biggest blackout in over 20 years, experts warn that while such incidents are rare, no grid is infallibleEurope’s biggest blackout in over 20 years on the Iberian peninsula unleashed hours of chaos for people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France earlier this week. But in the aftermath it has raised a common question for governments across the continent: could the same happen here?Europe’s political leaders and energy system operators have given assurances that such blackouts are extraordinarily rare, and that European power grids are some of the most stable in the world. Continue reading...

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1 week ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: As Ed Miliband doubles down on his Net Zero madness  Disaster, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

Ed Miliband is ramping up his Net Zero zealotry, despite the blackout chaos that the failure of wind and solar brought to Spain and Portugal this week.

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1 week ago Brussels demands UK fishing rights in return for food standards deal

Issue is a remaining hurdle in ‘reset’ talks ahead of summit later this month

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1 week ago Solar storm warning over risk of nuclear disaster 'worse than Chernobyl'

The monster power outage in Spain and Portugal this week saw nuclear plants automatically stopped.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump 'puts UK trade deal on back burner' amid US warnings that Starmer's Brexit 'reset' will block pact

Donald Trump is said to have made clear that Britain will not be in the first 'phase' of pacts that he is hoping to strike.

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2 w. ago Spain and why energy security's being sacrificed on the altar of green dogma: RUPERT DARWALL

The blackouts in Spain and Portugal this week viscerally exposed how vulnerable Europe's energy networks have become. Energy security has been sacrificed on the altar of green dogma.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour leader of 'selling out' British fishing rights to the EU in exchange for a new trade deal

The Prime Minister is close to agreeing a reset with the European Union which will allow British defence companies to bid for a new €150 billion defence fund.

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2 w. ago Brussels rebuffs UK bid to prise open access to EU single market

Post-Brexit ‘reset’ talks intensify ahead of crucial summit next month

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2 w. ago Starmer's EU Brexit 'reset' to include 'one in, one out' version of free movement for youths ... but he won't unveil it until AFTER local elections

The Home Secretary is said to be willing to consider a limited operation, having previously been opposed to any type of exchange over fears it would affect migration figures.

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2 w. ago Starmer pushes for his Brexit 'reset' but at what price? PM hosts EU's von der Leyen in No10 amid fears he will cave on 'youth free movement', fishing rights and Brussels rules

Keir Starmer has welcomed Ursula von der Leyen to Downing Street amid intense negotiations over a new package.

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