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Emmanuel Macron heckled during state visit to Netherlands

French president also criticised for saying Europe should act independently from US over Taiwan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023

Liz Truss hits out at Rishi Sunak and French President Macron in US speech

Liz Truss risked re-opening Conservative Party wounds over Brexit after criticising the government for not moving fast enough to remove EU laws from the statute books.

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023

UN migration agency sounds alarm over sea deaths as EU arrivals rise

Three times as many people sought to reach the European Union across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared to a year before, the bloc's border agency said, as the U.N. migration arm decried the deadliest first quarter since 2017.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2023

UN: Year Is off to a Deadly Start for Migrants Crossing Med

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats, the UN migration agency reported Wednesday, citing nations' delays in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 12, 2023

OPINION - Expectations vs reality: Joe Biden in Northern Ireland

Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland may go down in history as a case study in ‘expectations versus reality’, and one nearly as cinematic as this classic scene from the film (500) Days of Summer.

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023

President Biden meeting has 'not changed Stormont dynamic' - DUP

"It doesn’t change the political dynamic in Northern Ireland, we know what needs to happen."

Belfast Live · Apr 12, 2023

Joe Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to Northern Ireland

US president calls for return of powersharing – as his advisers reject DUP’s ‘anti-British’ claims

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

US puts sanctions on four Georgian judges over ‘significant corruption’

US does not mention case of Mikheil Saakashvili but move coincides with protests in Tbilisi over ex-president’s detention

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023

Zelensky denounces ‘beasts’ in beheading video

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian "beasts" after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage.

Bangkok Post · Apr 12, 2023

Campaigners call for EU to tax fishing industry to fund decarbonisation

Report says revenues raised from a gradually imposed fuel tax could be used to transition to low-carbon fisheries

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023