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Confession: Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

9:55 18.02.2025

Confession: Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, subject to political manipulation and has seen conduct that crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes, a former UK diplomat has claimed. Writing for ‘The Guardian’, Mark Smith, who resigned from the Foreign Office in August, said officials were instructed to …

It is more than corruption: A $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon

9:55 18.02.2025

It is more than corruption: A $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon

President Donald Trump's team of zealous cost-cutters under Elon Musk will soon set their sights on the U.S.’s largest discretionary budget, FOX News reports. With an annual budget of $850 billion, the Pentagon has long been plagued by accusations of waste and inefficiency in its defense programs and recently failed …

View from Washington: The mad king of Kyiv – why Zelensky can’t afford to end the war

9:53 18.02.2025

View from Washington: The mad king of Kyiv – why Zelensky can’t afford to end the war

Not long ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was a comedian in Ukraine. He made his living playing a fictional president on television. Then, by a twist of fate, he became the real thing. And before he had time to adjust to the role, history threw him onto the world’s stage, catapulting him …

‘The Economist’: Germany lies in ruins

11:19 17.02.2025

‘The Economist’: Germany lies in ruins

Germany is the hole at the heart of Europe, writes British ‘The Economist’ about Germany’s troubles with a touch of satisfaction. It accounts for a quarter of the European Union’s output but it has been in recession for the past two years — and this year risks being the third. …

Bloomberg: Why Europe’s gas storage has become more of a worry

11:17 17.02.2025

Bloomberg: Why Europe’s gas storage has become more of a worry

Whether the EU would return to importing Russian pipeline gas remains to be seen. It’s unlikely the bloc would want to relinquish control of its energy security back to Moscow, notes Bloomberg. Europe’s stockpiles of natural gas have been a closely watched metric. The network of gas storage sites across …

View from London: “A single call can change the course of history”

11:16 17.02.2025

View from London: “A single call can change the course of history”

After Donald Trump set up direct peace talks with Moscow, bypassing Kyiv and European allies, the Russian president Vladimir Putin is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted, ‘The Financial Times’ notes. Putin’s main ambition is to establish a new security architecture that gives Russia a sphere of …

POLITICO: Is this the end of NATO?

11:12 17.02.2025

POLITICO: Is this the end of NATO?

“We’ve now got an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,” one diplomat said, POLITICO quotes. As they gathered for the summit today, European officials were still reeling from the readout of Trump’s 90-minute phone call with …

WP: Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence

11:23 16.02.2025

WP: Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence

The warnings about a potential Israeli strike are included in multiple intelligence reports spanning the end of the Biden administration and the beginning of the Trump administration, none more comprehensive than an early January report produced by the intelligence directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence …

View from Türkiye: Russia returns to Africa – Lavrov opens Department for Partnership with Africa

11:22 16.02.2025

View from Türkiye: Russia returns to Africa – Lavrov opens Department for Partnership with Africa

Africa is a natural Russian ally in ensuring that the principles of justice and equality are upheld around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the official launch of the country's newly established Department for Partnership with Africa, Anadolu Agency from Türkiye reports. Russia "returns" to Africa, Lavrov …

CNN: US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin

11:20 16.02.2025

CNN: US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin

Europe’s American century is over, CNN stresses. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, meanwhile, went to Brussels and told European allies to “take ownership of conventional security on the continent.” The watershed highlights Trump’s “America First” ideology and his tendency to see every issue or alliance as a dollars and cents …

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