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Five times Gavin Williamson didn’t make the grade
Will this week’s A-level results prove to be what finally ends the education secretary’s tenure?
Football’s Super League saga: Now it gets Messi
Barcelona and their allies are fighting on multiple fronts to keep controversial project alive.
What the UN’s new climate warnings mean for Europe
Continent will see more heat waves and floods even if world meets 1.5 degree goal, according to new report.
The climatologist who put climate science ‘on the offensive’
Friederike Otto has tailored her research to beat back doubt about the link between extreme events and climate change.
Time to ‘get scared’: World’s scientists say disastrous climate change is here
A new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lays out the consequences of global warming.
Armin Laschet wants to lead Europe. Not everyone thinks he’s up to it.
Frontrunner to succeed Merkel has EU experience but critics see a lack of boldness when it’s badly needed.
The Austrian newspaper that can survive anything … except Sebastian Kurz?
The Wiener Zeitung was founded in 1703 but the chancellor’s funding plans may kill it off.
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Brexit
EU faces Arctic cod war with Oslo over post-Brexit rights
Norway complains EU’s unilateral actions could have wider implications for exploitation of the Arctic.
Poll: Brits blame EU for Northern Ireland trade problems
45 percent of voters who are aware of trade frictions say the EU bears most responsibility for them.
UK prepares to climb down from ‘discriminatory’ France travel rules
Ministers were stung by criticism that they were slow to restrict travel from India.
France
Germany
German chancellor candidate Laschet runs but can’t hide
Conservative is trying to bounce back from his flood zone gaffe.
German SPD bets big on Scholz in election campaign
Social Democrats hope finance minister’s popularity will lead to poll boost.
Poland attacks German justice system over fine for anti-gay article
Cologne court imposed penalty on Polish theologian for inciting hatred.
Washington
Brussels
EU officials play down prospects of Afghan deportations as war rages
Six EU countries had warned Brussels against halting forced returns despite major Taliban advances.
Europe was the world’s great tech enforcer. Not anymore.
China and the US have stepped up the pressure on their biggest tech companies.
Austria digs in ahead of the EU’s deficit battle
Gernot Blümel is seeking support in bid to counter a push for easing fiscal rules.
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Britain
Things can only get tougher for Liz Truss
UK Trade Secretary Liz Truss is beloved of Tory Party members — but things are about to get tougher.
UK Home Office taken to court over family permit refusals
Campaigners claim UK broke Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
Businesses face ‘horrible’ abuse amid UK’s coronavirus vaccine checks dilemma
Companies checking coronavirus status of customers and staff feel the heat.
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