3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1652+ words) What's driving the day in Westminster. Politics and policymaking in the UK capital. Presented by Shell UK Good Tuesday morning. This is Andrew McDonald. At the same time: Advocates of a trade ban have been calling for services to be…...

44+ min ago   (615+ words) U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to formally announce a trade ban as part of a promised reset on policy. LONDON — U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested Tuesday the U.S. could retaliate against the U.K. over new trade sanctions…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (932+ words) A new report alleging Moroccan involvement in the migrant surge threatens to upend the Spanish PM’s narrative and further erode his standing with voters. When Pedro Sánchez agreed to appear in the Spanish parliament’s hearings on the Ceuta migration crisis,…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (207+ words) Former interior minister alleges ex-PM asked her to interfere in police staffing. Slovenia’s parliament on Wednesday allowed prosecutors to pursue a criminal case against former Prime Minister Robert Golob over allegations that he improperly meddled in police staffing after taking…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (451+ words) The war in Gaza has heightened tensions around games involving Israeli clubs playing in Europe. Leuven Mayor Mohamed Ridouani barred a UEFA Europa League match between Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise and Israeli side Hapoel Be’er Sheva from taking place in…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (332+ words) The package will cover ballistic missiles, aircraft and drones. Israel agreed to build a multilayered air-defense network for Greece in a new €3 billion defense deal published on Monday. “This is the largest defense export deal in the history of Israel-Greece…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (866+ words) Belgian evacuations from Gaza have ground to a halt amid disagreements in Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s coalition government. A group of Palestinian students and researchers is unlikely to take up scholarships at Belgian universities this fall due to disagreements…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (383+ words) The U.K., Australia and Canada on Friday called Israel’s decision not to pursue a criminal investigation into the deadly 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy “shameful.” The three governments said in a joint statement that “announcing this decision on World…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (431+ words) From Merz’s conservatives to Alternative for Germany and the Left, condemnation cut across the Bundestag’s political spectrum. BERLIN —Senior conservative and social-democrat lawmakers in Germany’s governing coalition are urging the EU to sanction Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (943+ words) Send tips here | Follow us @gerardofortuna @NicholasVinocur @GabrielGavin | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser GOOD MORNING — I’m Gabriel Gavin, with you on International Left Handers Day. And that got me wondering: Who’s Europe’s most powerful southpaw since the…...