Brexit France will delay retaliatory measures against the UK while talks over post-Brexit fishing rights continue, Emmanuel Macron has said. Paris had threatened to block British fishing boats from its ports from midnight in a row over the licensing of French fishing boats. But the French president told reporters the sanctions would be put […]
By Joseph Lee BBC News Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged “turbulence” in the UK’s relationship with France as the row over fishing rights escalates. After dozens of French boats were denied post-Brexit fishing licences for UK and Jersey waters, France threatened to block ports to British vessels. But Mr Johnson told the BBC the […]
By Mark Lowen BBC Rome correspondent COP26 In a message recorded exclusively for the BBC, Pope Francis has called on world leaders meeting next week at the UN Climate conference in Glasgow to provide “effective responses” to the environment emergency and offer “concrete hope” to future generations. Speaking from the Vatican for BBC Radio 4’s […]
The EU’s top court has told Poland to pay a daily fine of €1m (£850,000) in a row over judicial reforms. Earlier this year, Poland was ordered to suspend a controversial disciplinary chamber, but has not yet done so. It is the latest development in a bitter feud with the EU over changes that are […]
By Steve Rosenberg BBC News Chisinau, Moldova His country is immersed in a gas crisis. But Nicu Popescu is trying to remain positive. “On Monday our country made history,” Moldova’s foreign minister tells me. “For the first time Moldova bought gas from a source that was not Russia’s Gazprom.” The gas shipment from Poland’s PGNiG […]
German police have stopped armed members of an extremist right-wing group from blocking migrants crossing the Polish border. More than 50 far-right vigilantes were armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and batons, police said. The group is believed to support the Third Way, a far-right party with suspected links to neo-Nazi groups. The […]
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered 10 ambassadors, including those from the US, Germany and France, be declared persona non grata. It follows a statement from the envoys calling for the urgent release of activist Osman Kavala. He has been in jail for more than four years over protests and a coup attempt, although […]
By Jessica Parker BBC Brussels correspondent Last week I waited in a packed press pen for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to descend the stairs at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. She’d already had lunch with King Philippe and later would go to a farewell concert featuring the works of Mozart and Beethoven. In other words, […]
COP26 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will not attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision not to attend, but a Kremlin spokesperson said climate change was an “important” priority for Russia. COP26 takes place in Scotland’s largest city from 31 October to 12 […]
FBI agents are sweeping properties in the US linked to Russian billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Mr Deripaska, who has close ties to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, was placed under US sanctions in 2018. The oligarch’s spokesman told Reuters news agency the FBI is searching two homes owned by relatives of Mr Deripaska under court […]
