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THOUSANDS more Airbnbs are at risk in Spain amid a major crackdown on holiday rentals. Earlier this week, the Spanish government confirmed that more than 65,000 holiday rentals had to be removed from the Airbnb website. 2 Catalonia has revealed more than 9,000 Airbnbs that need to be taken downCredit: Alamy This is because they were…
After Artyom Uss, a Russian businessman and son of a powerful Kremlin-connected governor, escaped from Italian house arrest two years ago, investigators spent months honing in on a motley Balkan crime gang that smuggled him home to Russia. The trail of evidence led from the suburbs of Milan to Zagreb, to Belgrade, and to the…
But he was due to come under fierce criticism when he makes his statement to Parliament, shortly after midday, from the Conservatives and Mr Farage’s Reform UK, with particular anger over granting EU trawlers the right to fish in UK waters for 12 years.
When Shannon Waters was moving to Prince George, in the central Interior region of northern British Columbia, flowers were not the first thing on her mind. “I thought it was this cold place dominated by the smell of pulp mills,” she said, admitting some trepidation about coming to the community for a job opportunity. But…
Ukraine and its allies on Monday sought to pile pressure on Russia to agree to an unconditional truce, with European leaders threatening to immediately impose a new round of sanctions and President Volodymyr Zelensky challenging President Vladimir V. Putin to meet him in Turkey on Thursday. President Trump raised the stakes, suggesting he might take…
Britain’s government on Monday promised to tighten migration rules and make it harder for newcomers to permanently stay in the country, in a sign of the increasing political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to cut immigration numbers. Under the plans, visas for some lower skilled workers would be reduced, language requirements for immigrants raised…
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine responded cautiously on Sunday morning to Russia’s offer of direct talks, saying it was a “positive sign” but pressing for an immediate truce first, just hours after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had rejected a cease-fire. Mr. Zelensky’s response did not directly address Mr. Putin’s suggestion that representatives of…
Ukraine and four European leaders pressed Russia on Saturday to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday, threatening Moscow with coordinated sanctions if it did not comply. The ultimatum was given after talks in Kyiv attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland. The United States and other countries back…
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland arrived together in Kyiv on Saturday for their first-ever joint visit to Ukraine, pledging to intensify pressure on Russia until it agreed to a full, unconditional 30-day cease-fire. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, released a photograph of President Volodymyr Zelensky and the four other European leaders huddled…
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland made their first-ever joint visit to Kyiv on Saturday, in an effort to underscore their support for Ukraine and reinforce calls for Russia to agree to a 30-day cease-fire. During a trip intended to showcase European unity, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, the new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz,…
