Secretary of state calls the US ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world order
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has described America as “a child of Europe” and made an emotional but highly conditional offer of a new partnership, insisting the two continents belong together.
In a much-anticipated speech at the annual Munich Security Conference, he said the US was intent on building a new world order, adding “while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe”. The US and Europe, he said “belong together”.
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German chancellor rebuts idea of American unilateralism and says ‘democracies have partners and allies’
The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role as global leader, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, warned Donald Trump at the opening of the Munich Security Conference.
Merz also disclosed he had held initial talks with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, over the possibility of joining France’s nuclear umbrella, underlining his call for Europe to develop a stronger self-standing security strategy.
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Coincé à la 12e place du Championnat, loin de la zone rouge et du top 6, le LOU vit une saison relativement anonyme que son entraîneur Karim Ghezal trouve tout de même « passionnante », lui qui raconte un club au caractère plus prononcé qu'il n'y paraît.EU’s head of foreign policy claims ‘Board of Peace’ is vehicle for Trump with no accountability to Palestinians or UN
A bitter dispute between Europe and the US over the future of Gaza has broken out into the open, with the EU’s head of foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, warning that Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” was a personal vehicle for the US president that removed any accountability to Palestinians or the United Nations.
Spain’s foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, also accused Trump of trying to bypass the original UN mandate for the board, and said Europe, one of the chief funders of the Palestinian Authority, had been excluded from the process.
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Maxime Lucu de retour avec l'UBB face à Castres, Bayonne en quête d'une première victoire en 2026 face au Racing, Perpignan d'une quatrième à domicile face au dauphin palois et La Rochelle en plein doute qui accueille un MHR en forme... Tous les enjeux de la 17e journée de Top 14.
À 13 ans, alors qu'il vivait avec sa mère dans un centre d'hébergement d'urgence, Djibi Diakhaté rêvait de devenir comédien. Dix ans plus tard, il est à l'affiche du film « Le rêve américain », avec Raphaël Quenard et Jean-Pascal Zadi.Number of males at RSPB Abernethy rises to 30, after ‘huge amount of work’ by conservationists in Highlands forests
After decades of decline, there are signs of hope for the capercaillie, one of Britain’s most endangered birds.
Populations of the charismatic grouse, which in the UK is found only in the Caledonian pine forests of the Scottish Highlands, have increased by 50%, from 20 males in 2020 to 30 in 2025 at RSPB Abernethy.
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Scientists believe we’re seeing the largest loss of life since the dinosaurs – and it’s a risk to the global economy. Governments and companies need to work together on solutions
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It feels like groundhog day: another week, another warning about the seriousness of the biodiversity crisis. This time it was the financial sector’s turn, as on Monday a major report, approved by more than 150 governments, said that many companies face collapse unless they better protect nature.
From healthy rivers to productive forests, the natural world underpins almost all economic activity. But human consumption of the Earth’s resources is unsustainable, driving what many scientists believe is the largest loss of life since the dinosaurs. And companies are not immune to the consequences.
‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide
‘It sounds apocalyptic’: experts warn of impact of UK floods on birds, butterflies and dormice
Indonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape
‘We thought they would ignore us’: how humans are changing the way raptors behave
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