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Waitangi Day: record crowds expected amid tensions over Māori policy in New Zealand
Organisers of New Zealand’s national day commemorating the signing of the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British crown are expecting record attendance in 2025, following a year of rising tensions over the government’s policy direction for Māori.
In February, tens of thousands of people are expected to …
Swinney to warn opposition of fuelling populism if Scottish budget not passed
John Swinney, Scotland’s first minister, will warn opposition parties that they will fuel populist forces if they prevent his budget from being passed this month.
In a keynote speech in Edinburgh on Monday to mark the new year, Swinney will say Scottish voters would be astonished and public services damaged …
‘Titan’ of Welsh politics Jenny Randerson dies aged 76
Tributes have been paid to Jenny Randerson, a “titan” of Welsh politics who introduced free entry to museums in Wales, after her death at the age of 76.
Lady Randerson brought in the measure while a minister in the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition in the Welsh parliament between 2000 and 2003. …
My aunt Sybil Ashton, who has died aged 94, was a veteran member of the Socialist Workers party and a familiar face in UK activism. She was something of a local celebrity in north London and could often be spotted selling the party newspaper outside Finsbury Park tube station or …
Austria’s president to meet far-right leader amid coalition speculation
Social order in Gaza will collapse if Israel ends cooperation with UN aid agency, official says
Social order in Gaza is likely to collapse further if Israel goes ahead with its threat this month to end all cooperation with the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, Louise Wateridge, its senior emergency officer, has warned.
Wateridge – who has just returned from Gaza – described the territory as …
UK-EU youth mobility scheme key to better EU relations, says top diplomat
Keir Starmer’s efforts to reset Britain’s relations with its European allies is contingent upon a UK-EU youth mobility scheme, a top diplomat has indicated.
Miguel Berger, Germany’s ambassador to the UK, said stability across Europe could be undermined if the allies could not secure a number of “clear measures” that …
Giorgia Meloni meets Donald Trump in flying visit to Mar-a-Lago
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, made a flying visit to Donald Trump’s Florida golf club on Saturday, during which the US president-elect praised the far-right leader for “really taking Europe by storm”.
The pair were photographed in the grand ballroom of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.
The five-hour visit comes a few …
‘It’s not just alerts, it’s a state of mind’: How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west
‘Don’t feed the troll’: German chancellor responds to Elon Musk comments
When the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was asked in an interview about the barrage of insults being directed at him and other German leaders by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, his reply was: “Don’t feed the troll.”
Speaking to German weekly Stern, Scholz described the criticisms as nothing new. …