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Europe eyes investments in Africa into clean energy and infrastructure

European and African leaders met in Luanda during the EU-African Union summit where they pledged to increase trade in renewable energy and critical raw materials. Shortly before, European leaders met in Johannesburg for the G20, where the bloc struck a trade deal with South Africa.

Euronews

Global Fund faces shortfall as several European donors cut contributions

The European Union’s influence and contribution to global health is quietly receding in a broader decline in donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Euronews

Peace talks: EU demands 'full involvement' on sanctions and Russian assets

Europeans insist that any decisions related to economic sanctions against Russia, the immobilised Russian assets and Ukraine's EU accession must be taken with full consent in any peace plan to end the war.

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Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right

Political elites in Europe’s ‘mature’ democracies warn of external threats – but at home they normalise racism and undermine the rule of law, writes Shada Islam

The Guardian - UK

High-stakes showdown looms as US and EU trade member states meet

US officials and EU ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday for what is expected to be a "frank" discussion about the two sides' fraught trade deal.

Euronews

Von der Leyen: EU role in Ukraine peace must be 'fully reflected'

The European Commission chief emphasised that Ukraine must freely choose its destiny and highlighted the EU's role in ensuring peace. Key conditions include no forced border changes and no limitations on Ukraine's armed forces.

Euronews

Africa's first G20 summit adopts declaration as EU leaders respond to US peace plan for Ukraine

The summit, the first to be held in Africa, opened on Saturday with EU leaders and their counterparts from leading and emerging economies coming together as Washington's proposed peace plan for Ukraine loomed large on the sidelines.

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Australia hopes to seal EU trade deal within months

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has left the door open to scrapping Australia's luxury car tax as he aims to strike a trade deal with the EU in the new year.

AAP

EU moves to cut red tape with overhaul of AI and data privacy laws

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to ease tech rules, arguing that a loosening of red tape could give Europe’s high-tech sector the breathing room to compete with global rivals.

Radio France Internationale

What we learned from Ursula von der Leyen's options paper to support Ukraine

The options paper sent by Ursula von der Leyen to EU leaders presents a binary choice: fresh debt or tap the Russian assets. Euronews breaks down the key elements of her long-awaited document.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘in secret talks’ with Putin’s envoy over Gaza-style peace deal

Trump's special envoy is due to meet Zelensky later today

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Macron says peace deal can be struck next year after Kyiv buys 100 French fighter jets

Zelensky said the agreement to supply fighter jets would significantly improve Ukraine’s air defences

The Independent UK

'No easy options': Von der Leyen urges EU countries to plug €135bn gap for Ukraine

Von der Leyen sends a letter to member states calling for a fast agreement on how to fund Ukraine's enormous €135 billion budget hole for next year and 2027. EU leaders will meet for a make-or-break summit in December.

Euronews

How the EPP ushered in a right-wing majority at the European Parliament

For the first time, a right-wing majority is emerging at the European Parliament as the European People's Party flirts with groups that would have been considered too toxic to work with in the past. The pivot has given the EPP a choice but also created a headache for Ursula von…

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Korea mass producing attack drones to aid Moscow’s invasion, says Kyiv

Deputy head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence reveals North Korea launches mass production of drones

Euronews

Nordic and Baltic allies to fund joint €430m PURL military package for Ukraine, NATO says

The PURL initiative was launched in July and came following criticism from the White House that Europe needed to shoulder more of the responsibility for Ukraine's security.

Euronews

Von der Leyen lays out alternatives to reparations loan for Ukraine as time runs out

Ursula von der Leyen has outlined a plan B to fund Ukraine should the reparations loan pegged to the Russian assets fail. The loan is still seen as the best option to keep the financing going even if Belgium plays hardball.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s PM announces plans to audit public companies: ‘corruption is unacceptable’ – as it happened

Yulia Svyrydenko says government will conduct major audit of Energoatom and other state-owned firms in bid to fight corruption allegations

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Starmer and Von der Leyen agree on need for rapid progress on Brexit reset deal

They agreed formal talks would begin on food and drink and emissions trading deals.

Euronews

European Commission unveils its big plan to save democracy

Fighting for democracy is the 27-member bloc's foremost enshrined value, but NGOs and MEPs argue that the new Democracy Shield falls short on concrete measures and funding.

Euronews

Is the EU spy unit about to become reality? Von der Leyen wants her own secret service

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to create an intelligence service using data from member states, aiming to expand its operational use and increase her influence, according to international media reports.

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Von der Leyen offers minor concessions on EU budget to placate centrist MEPs

Ursula von der Leyen has proposed changes to her €2 trillion EU budget to empower regional authorities and protect financing for rural areas. The tweaks look to stave off a parliamentary rebellion after a week of tensions.

Euronews

Europeans largely skip Latin American summit under Donald Trump's shadow

Top European leadership is set to skip the EU-CELAC summit on Sunday marked by tensions between the United States and Colombia. Donald Trump is also pursuing an aggressive policy on Venezuela, with Nicolás Maduro in focus. Europeans cite low attendance to cancel summit participation.

The Guardian - UK

EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others

Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media

Radio France Internationale

Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife

Tunisia’s migration policy is under scrutiny two years on from a deal with the European Union intended to discourage illegal migration from the North African country, and from a "replacement theory" speech the same year by President Kais Saied on the "dangers" of black migration. A recent Amnesty International report…

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