Lecornu, 39, faces the challenge of securing support in a divided parliament to pass a budget France’s new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has pledged a “profound break” with past politics as he succeeded the unpopular centrist François Bayrou, who was ousted this week over a proposed budget squeeze. Lecornu, 39,…

Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg, where she, for the first time, proposed sanctions on Israeli officials, acknowledged the backlash over the EU-US trade deal, and underlined the importance of competitiveness for Europe. But can these promises restore trust in her…

In an Oval Office address delivered before the person who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk had even been identified, Donald Trump blamed “the radical left” for the shooting and promised a crackdown. “For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s…

Russian president Vladimir Putin has awarded a state medal for courage to Army General Valery Gerasimov, the overall commander of Russia’s war in Ukraine, despite an international arrest warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity. Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces and one of the most…

Donald Trump has declared he is ready to move to a new stage of sanctions against Russia, raising questions about what impact such measures could have and how they might reshape the transatlantic approach to Moscow. Sanctions So Far Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February…