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Human Rights Watch says EU's and Spain’s outsourcing of migration control to Mauritania has worsened abuses against asylum seekers, including torture, rape and mass expulsions. The report links these violations to a €210 million 2024 migration deal aimed at curbing departures to the Canary Islands.

Videos of a countryside estate owned by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's father have raked in hundreds of thousands of views online, with an anti-corruption campaigner sharing fresh footage Wednesday.

Mauritania’s role as a key transit hub for African migrants seeking passage to Europe has come into sharp focus, following renewed claims by the NGO Human Rights Watch of abuse by its security forces.

A handful of countries account for the majority of fruit and vegetables harvested in the EU. Which states are the top producers?

Germany's factory and equipment makers' federation warned Wednesday the sector is facing an "existential crisis" after the United States broadened the reach of its metals tariffs.

The U.S. and European Union are ready for a trade-off, as recent reports suggest that the EU is willing to waive all tariffs on industrial imports from the U.S. in exchange for lower duties on its automobile exports to the country. This proposition of having no industrial tariffs is poised…

The upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, will be the organisation’s largest gathering of heads of state to date. It comes at a time when the existing liberal international order is rapidly disintegrating. But rather than offering a concrete…

Nick Thomas-Symonds indicates closer ties with Europe in future and promises to agree agriculture deal

Nick Thomas-Symonds promised a ‘new relationship of mutual benefit’ with the EU - but admitted there would be a ‘political fight’ in order to get there

COMMENT: In directing their fire at Nigel Farage, Reform’s opponents risk building him up, helping him seize the agenda – and further exposing their own limitations and failures over immigration, says Andrew Grice

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson specifically mentions the EU Digital Service Act, UK Online Safety Act, and UK Investigatory Powers Act as attempts to "censor content or degrade security for users."