As the repression intensifies, and the loss of innocent lives continue, we are monitoring the situation carefully. Europe stands with the people of Iran in their legitimate fight for freedom.

Trump announces US withdrawal from dozens of internatitonal organisations including Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and UN's Peacebuilding Commission www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

European Council President Costa draws parallels between Russia's war in Ukraine with Trump's threats towards Greenland. The EU cannot accept violations of international law whether in Gaza, Latin America, Ukraine or Greenland, @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu says

Erasmus+: UK to pay £570m to rejoin student exchange scheme Read more by @georgvh.com : www.channel4.com/news/erasmus...

UK to pay the EU to rejoin the Erasmus+ scheme. The UK will contribute £570 million for the first academic year 2027-28 #brexit

Discussion around European Convention on Human Rights based on "wrong evidence" and erroneous "careless correlation" between migrants and crinimality, @commissionerhr.coe.int Michael O'Flaherty tells @channel4news.bsky.social #C4News #ECHR www.channel4.com/news/uk-join...

President Trump has crossed the line by interferring in European politics, but may "wake up our survivial instincts" former EU ambassador to the US, @valedealmeidaeu.bsky.social, tells @channel4news.bsky.social. #C4News #Ukraine #Trump #EU www.channel4.com/news/lines-w...

Andrej Babiš stood for election on a Trump-inspired ‘Czechia first’ platform that has worried Ukraine and the European Union. Read @georgvh.com's article about the Czech Republic's billionaire prime minister: www.channel4.com/news/trump-i...

As peace talks are ongoing, the EU remains ironclad in its support for Ukraine. Our financing proposals are on the table. The goal is a strong Ukraine, on the battlefield & at the negotiating table. We reaffirmed to President Zelenskyy that the EU remains steadfast and committed to its principles

France is the latest in a line of European countries where the narrative on military service appears to have shifted since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. Read @georgvh.com's article. www.channel4.com/news/conscri...

Military chief warns of ‘sacrificing’ French children for defence: Controversial comments made by France’s most senior military general in relation to Russia spark outrage, writes @georgvh.com

European Court of Justice rules non-alcoholic gin cannot be labelled as such because the word gin has a specific and defined meaning in EU law. "The fact that the legal name ‘gin’ is accompanied by the term ‘non-alcoholic’ is irrelevant"

EU's climate service now estimates global warming will breach 1.5°C in May 2029. When the Paris Agreement was signed, #Copernicus estimated it would not happen until March 2043. #COP30 #environment #globalwarming climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...

NATO allies now producing more ammunition than Russia, says Secretary General Mark Rutte. #Ukraine #NATO #defence

The European Union has agreed what it calls an ambitious new emissions target just days before COP30, but as @georgvh.com reports, environmentalists were quick to criticise the deal.

European Convention on Human Rights "must embrace this century", says @coe.int President @alain-berset.coe.int. We must ensure the #ECHR's "proper functioning", he said in a signal he is willing to open "dialogue" with the UK, Denmark, Italy about its use, particularly in migration cases

EU fears sale of Anglo American's nickel business to a Chinese state-owned company could lead to cut to Europe's supplies. Nickel is used in electronics, batteries and for making stainless steel. European Commission has launched an investigation on competition grounds.

🗣️ The Netherlands looks set for a swing back to the centre ground after an election that has seen the liberals making the biggest gains. But the far-right, though down, are by no means out. 📩 Read the full newsletter from @georgvh.com here: channel4news.substack.com/p/dutch-elec...

Voting is underway in the Dutch elections and polls suggest the party of anti-immigration and far-right veteran Geert Wilders could win again. @georgvh.com examines the tactics that have overshadowed the combative election campaign:

"Putin [may] try to open new fronts" if there is no ceasefire and plan for ending the war in #Ukraine, says Zelenskyy To Putin, it doesn't matter whether countries are in the EU or NATO, warned the Ukrainian President. #Russia

France could contribute to Trump's 'Stabilisation force' for Gaza by providing training, equipment, "or possibly even troops. At this stage, it's too early to tell", a spokesperson said this afternoon #Gaza #Palestine #GazaCeasefire #StabilizationForce #ISF

EU proposes to cut import steel quotas in half and double tariffs to 50 percent. We are trying to save the European industry, Commissioner Sejourne said. It will be tough for UK industry which exports 80 percent of its steel to the European Union. #brexit #steel #tariffs #wto

European Parliament President pays tribute to victims of #Manchester synagogue attack

Sébastien Lecornu blams egos and intransigence for his downfall #frenchPM #France #C4News www.channel4.com/news/french-...

Withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights would mean leaving the Council of Europe, warns @alain-berset.coe.int. Something only Russia and Belarus have done. The UK has been a member since the Council of Europe was founded in London in 1949. #ECHR #Migration #COE

The prime minister of Denmark has formally apologised for a Danish health programme of forced contraception which for decades systematically implanted coils into young women in Greenland. Read @georgvh.com's article: www.channel4.com/news/denmark...

The European Union will not be ready to deliver a climate target to the United Nations next week after its environment ministers failed to reach an agreement. Read @georgvh.com 's article: www.channel4.com/news/eu-set-...

British Prime Minister confirms that a migrant was returned to France this morning. It is an important "proof of concept" and will be 'ramped up', Keir Starmer promises. #migrants #UK #France

EU is prepared to fund a "drone wall" across eastern Europe, says spokesperson, following @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's backing for the idea which Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been pushing for. #drones

EU's @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu should put pressure on Germany over Israel's actions, says Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel. Luxembourg has announced that it will join the UK, France, Canada and Belgium in recongising the State of Palestine next week. #UNGA #Gaza

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe announces "integrated" defensive line from the north of Finland through the Baltic states, Poland and down to the Black Sea in response to drone attack. The UK, France and Denmark have already pledged equipment #EasternSentry #NATO #Russia

"There must be changes - not just in terms of form or method, but in substance as well." France's new PM Sebastien Lecornu - the fourth in a year - promises change to break the political deadlock. Georg von Harrach reports. Read here: www.channel4.com/news/france-...

Takeover of UK takeaway firm Deliveroo by the American company DoorDash has been approved by the European Commission. The EU has no "competition concerns, given that the companies are not active in the same or vertically related markets."

The French government has collapsed after yet another vote of no confidence by MPs in the Assemblée Nationale. Prime Minister François Bayrou is likely to offer his resignation to President Macron before the end of the day, @georgvh.com writes. Read here: www.channel4.com/news/why-fra...

Breaking: French governemnt collapses after losing confidence vote.

"It’s not a political decision, it’s an historic question that concerns the people and the nation", says French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, urging MPs not to bring down the government in a confidence vote schedule for later this afternoon. #France

Putin has warned that western troops in Ukraine would be “legitimate targets”, rejecting the security guarantees formulated by the Coalition of the Willing yesterday. @georgvh.com looks at what western allies have put on the table. Read here: www.channel4.com/news/western...

Macron says 26 countries have "committed to deploying troops as a reassurance force in Ukraine or to being present on the ground, at sea, or in the air" #Ukraine #Russia #coalitiondesvolontaires

Nine member states not convinced Ukraine should be allowed to join the EU, even once it has met the entry requirements, according to poll conducted for @Europarl_EN #Eurobarometer europa.eu/eurobaromete...

EU foreign ministers* condemn Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine and pledge to keep "working with international partners including the US in order to end Russia’s war of aggression with a comprehensive, just and lasting peace." (*Hungary refused to sign up to the statement)

Security guarantees for #Ukraine must be "similar to NATO's Article 5 with continued United States engagement", insists European Council President Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu

Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron chairing a a Coalition of the Willing debrief shortly on yesterday's #Ukraine meeting in Washington. EU27 leaders will then hold a video conference to do the same. #UkraineWar

Trump says US-EU tariff deal could be struck within the hour, but says he won't go lower than 15 percent ahead of his meeting with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu. #tariffs #trumptariffs #Turnberry

Price of cocoa caused EU food product exports to the UK to increase by €778 million in the first quarter of 2025, according to European Commission data. #foodprices #chocolate #cocoa agriculture.ec.europa.eu/media/news/e...

International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change marks a "new era of climate accountability at a global level", says Greenpeace. #climatechange #ICJ www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

UK promises to impose "first wave" of sanctions on migrant smugglers on Wednesday. "Anyone complicit in facilitating people smuggling to the UK will be at risk of having their assets frozen and being banned from travelling to Britain", the Foreign Office says. #migration #brexit

UK and EU coordinate to lower oil price cap from $60 barrel to $47.60 to try to hit Russia's oil revenues. #Ukraine

EU proposes to put up the price of ETIAS travel authorisation from €7 to €20. Brits and US travellers to the European Union will have to apply for ETIAS from late 2026 (unless they have an EU passport) travel-europe.europa.eu/etias/ltr/ab...

After years of difficult relations between the UK and EU since Brexit, Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz today signed a ‘Friendship Treaty’ in London. @georgvh.com explains what it is all about. www.channel4.com/news/uk-and-...

Trump deal will see UK, Germany and Finland amongst the European countries sending "massive numbers of military equipment" to Ukraine bought from/ back-filled by the US, says NATO chief Mark Rutte. Includes Patriot air defences, Trump confirms.