In a post on his Truth Social platform late on Monday (25 August), Trump railed against “Digital Taxes, Legislation, Rules, or Regulations,” and warned he could impose more tariffs and tighten controls on US technology exports. “As the President of the United States, I will stand up to countries that…

When Friedrich Merz recently declared that Germany can no longer afford its welfare state, he was diagnosing a crisis that extends far beyond German borders. Across Europe and in many advanced economies, ageing populations and rising welfare costs have governments scrambling for solutions. But this crisis is a product of…

Eleanor Lyons will interview women who say they have been trafficked into sex work and advertised online. The independent anti-slavery commissioner has launched an investigation into so-called pimping websites amid concern at the level of exploitation of trafficked and vulnerable women on those platforms. Eleanor Lyons will interview women who…

Andriy Parubiy, a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker, was shot dead in western city of Lviv on Saturday. Prosecutors have opened a murder investigation and said police were still searching for the shooter but have not mentioned possible motives at this stage. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

Permanent border controls are illegal under Schengen rules, which govern much of Europe. The system allows for temporary “exceptions” if countries justify them as a last resort. In practice, the European Commission has normalised granting these exemptions, and since they are time-limited, officials can insist Schengen is intact even as…