Negotiations between the UK and France over renewing a key agreement to tackle illegal migration across the English Channel have reached an impasse. The current deal expires tonight, and experts fear a sharp spike in crossing attempts in the coming days. Under the existing agreement, the UK funds a significant...
Attacks by pupils on teachers have risen sharply in UK schools
British schools are experiencing an alarming increase in violence by pupils towards teachers. According to the NASUWT teachers' union, 40% of surveyed teachers experienced physical violence or aggression from pupils over the past year. One in five teachers (20%) reported being hit or punched, 38% said they had been shoved...
Russia builds a recruitment and training network of saboteurs to destabilize Europe
In the spring of 2026, materials from an investigation by Moldovan law enforcement agencies made it possible to reconstruct in detail one of Russia’s largest hybrid operations. It concerns the creation of a transnational network involving the recruitment, training, and use of agents to destabilize the political situation both in...
Crime without punishment: British police solve just one in ten burglaries
British police have effectively "given up" on tackling burglaries. That is the damning conclusion of a major investigation by The Sun, which has laid bare a deep law and order crisis across the country. According to the report, of 183,783 burglary investigations closed over the past year, police shut down...
Reform UK candidate in Wales withdraws after Nazi salute scandal
Cory Edwards, announced just a day earlier as Reform UK's lead candidate for the Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan constituency in the Welsh Parliament elections on 7 May, has withdrawn his candidacy. The reason was the emergence online of an old photograph in which he appears, in the view of...
U.S. Senate prepares sanctions against Hungary over Ukraine blockade
Two U.S. senators from opposing parties — Democrat Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Thom Tillis — have introduced a bipartisan bill called the Block Putin Act. The legislation provides for financial sanctions and visa bans against senior Hungarian officials who obstruct aid to Ukraine and contribute to Hungary's continued dependence on...
Slovakia opens treason Investigation against Prime Minister Fico
Slovak police have initiated a criminal investigation against sitting Prime Minister Robert Fico. The announcement was made by Branislav Gröhling, leader of the opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS). According to Gröhling, he filed a police complaint a month ago accusing Fico of high treason, abuse of power, dereliction of...
British parliament calls for preparing to defend Europe without the US
The Joint Committee on National Security of the British Parliament has called on the UK government and European allies to seriously prepare for a "worst-case scenario" in which the United States would not come to Europe's aid in the event of a crisis. In the report, lawmakers emphasize that London...
Meloni’s judicial reform failed at referendum
The judicial reform initiated by Giorgia Meloni's government has become one of the sharpest political and institutional conflicts in Italy in recent years. In the public sphere, it is presented as an attempt to cleanse a justice system that, according to the authorities, has "rotted from within." At the center...
The US Government has been officially declared insolvent — Treasury Department report data
The US Treasury Department's consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025 have revealed an extremely dire situation for the federal government. Assets total just $6.06 trillion, while liabilities have reached $47.78 trillion. The government's net position is negative, at approximately –$41.72 trillion. Liabilities exceed assets by nearly eight times. The...