Matt Brittin, Former Google Executive, Named the New BBC Head
Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.
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NATO officer says allies must urgently rethink defence, prepare for ‘new enemy’
A top NATO official on Wednesday urged allied countries to rethink how they ensure their defence. Pierre Vandier told a security and defence forum in Paris that many countries have yet to fully grasp the scale of the challenge, particularly when it co…
Sweden announces plan to deport migrants who do not adhere to ‘honest living’
The proposed changes would enable authorities to deport migrants for avoiding fines or working without paying taxes.
Man gets suspended jail sentence for racially abusing England soccer player Jess Carter on TikTok
A man who posted racially abusive online messages about England soccer player Jess Carter received a suspended jail sentence
Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms
New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.
Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found
Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel characterMore than three-and-a-half centuries after a musket ball to the throat put an end to decades of exemplary swashbuckling, the French soldier w…
Could the continent’s far right be suffering from a Trumplash?
France’s National Rally missed key targets in local elections ahead of next year’s seismic presidential vote – and the mainstream is doing OK elsewhere, too• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Rassemblement National is no…
Lars Løkke Rasmussen: Denmark’s pipe-smoking kingmaker who cleans his teeth with soap
Man credited with cooling Greenland tensions with Donald Trump is poised to play central role in any coalition dealEurope live – latest updatesAt the end of a long, gruelling night for the biggest parties on the right and left, there was one veteran of…
NATO’s ‘Trump Whisperer’ Faces Blowback Over Support for Iran War
Critics say Mark Rutte, the alliance’s secretary general, has gone beyond his remit by openly supporting a war that does not directly involve Europe’s collective defense.
Pope Leo XIV picks Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s top legal expert
Pope Leo XIV has filled one of the most important Vatican vacancies by tapping an Australian church lawyer to serve as the Holy See’s chief legal expert