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Tory mayor Ben Houchen bucks the trend on dire night for Rishi Sunak
Tories keep key Tees Valley mayor post — but wider picture is grim.
Who’s John Swinney, the SNP veteran set to run Scotland?
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Teenager turns himself in for assault on German lawmaker
Matthias Ecke, a lead candidate in June’s European Parliament election, was ‘seriously injured’ Friday while putting up campaign posters.
Socialists to Ursula von der Leyen’s conservatives: Don’t work with far right
Call follows European Commission chief’s declaration she is open to a deal with the right-wing ECR group.
EU finally ready to bring down Russia’s gas empire … sort of
A new sanctions proposal is expected to target Russia’s liquified natural gas for the first time, but the measures would only cover a quarter of Moscow’s profits.
France
Germany
Elite Russian hackers breach Scholz’s German socialist party
Berlin says German chancellor’s party was hacked by Moscow’s Fancy Bear in 2022-2023.
Campus protests: Top French university shuts as police remove pro-Palestinian group
Israel’s war in Gaza stokes European tensions, after clashes erupt between students and cops at American colleges.
Scholz and Macron to hold secret dinner in Paris ahead of Xi’s visit
The meeting comes days ahead of Chinese leader’s trip to France and tensions over potential EU car tariffs
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