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Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators have uncovered a large corruption and embezzlement network in the country's energy sector. Searches were carried out at the homes of German Galushchenko, the now-dismissed justice minister who formerly served as minister of energy, and influential businessman Tymur Mindich, a long-time confidant of President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the investigators the state suffered losses of 'around 100 million US dollars'.

Climate protection targets are the focus of the COP30 World Climate Conference which began on Monday in Belém, Brazil. In the run-up to the conference UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for stronger measures against climate change, stressing that every tenth of a degree of warming means more hunger, displacement and losses. Commentators examine the changing roles of the US, China and the Global South.

The BBC is under fire again after the resignation of its Director General Tim Davie. US President Trump has now threatened to sue for one billion dollars in damages following allegations that the British broadcaster misleadingly edited a speech he gave shortly before the storming of the Capitol for one of its documentary programmes. What does the crisis say about the BBC and public service media?

Several other countries, including EU members Hungary and Bulgaria, have also passed anti-LGBTQ "propaganda" laws that critics say are inspired by Russia

REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade
Nina Carberry, Thijs Reuten

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The Democracy Shield, published by the Commission on Wednesday, is a strategic effort by the EU to fight hybrid online disinformation attacks from Russia and others

Europe faces chronic antibiotic shortages. A study in sixteen European countries highlights that prices for widely used off-patent antibiotics have fallen about 10% since 2020, while production, labour, and energy costs have surged over 30%, worsening supply challenges.

Leaks ahead of the Commission's formal digital omnibus proposal next week have the S&D group extremely worried

The challenges come at a critical time for Zelenskyy, who has remained popular and largely unchallenged since Russia invaded in 2022