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UK officials suggested single market for goods with Europe

detail of what that has meant beyond existing talks on single market treatment for the trade in food, farm products, electricity and emissions trading. It has now emerged that UK officials suggested that the agenda

The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?

loan, underwritten by European taxpayers. Europe's leaders could act against Russia with a lot more impact, argues Keatinge. "They're just not willing - or united enough to go vollgas (foot on the gas pedal

Does Viktor Orbán’s defeat signal a wider backlash against ‘the forces of darkness’?

details were merely the last straws for a population desperate to reclaim their country as a functioning democracy. Orbán’s rightwing populist rule has cast a shadow over Europe for almost 16 years. That

What are Iran’s $100bn in frozen assets and where are they held?

details, Iran is sceptical,” he said. Jacob Lew, who was secretary of the Treasury under former US President Barack Obama, said in 2016 that Iran would not be able to access all of its assets