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Briefing: Merz criticized for selective approach to international law

Strategic angle: Legal scholars urge the German government to take a stand against US operations in Iran and Venezuela.

Briefing: A new era of quantum computing may pose threats closer than we think, Google warns

Strategic angle: Google sets a timeline to migrate to post-quantum cryptography by 2029, emphasizing the urgency to protect current encryption from future quantum computers.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Effort to create buffer zone in Lebanon positions Israel as 'aggressive force requiring resistance'

Strategic angle: Analysis by Dr. Filippo Dionigi highlights the implications of Israel's actions in Lebanon.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: EU approves customs reform to handle rising trade and global uncertainties

Strategic angle: The new customs reform is designed to adapt the bloc to rising trade volumes amid US-related uncertainties and new trade deals with South America and Australia.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Ageing on display: Wellcome Collection in London explores life across time in art and culture

Strategic angle: The Wellcome Collection exhibition in London explores ageing across life, using art, culture and scientific research to show how inequality shapes who gets to grow old well.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Russian court bans Oscar and BAFTA-winning documentary ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’

Strategic angle: The documentary reveals the indoctrination of schoolchildren by the Putin administration following the invasion of Ukraine.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Fifteen years after fall of Gaddafi, Libyan city of Benghazi reborn

Strategic angle: Fifteen years after the revolution that deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, our team reports from the eastern city of Benghazi.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: 'Talk to Lukashenka or face Putin,' freed Belarus activist warns EU

Strategic angle: Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava issues a stark warning to Europe about the growing Russian influence in Belarus.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Germany news: Bundestag votes for pension scheme reboot

Strategic angle: German lawmakers have voted for a scheme aimed at making state-backed private pensions more attractive.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Are Europe’s roads getting safer, or simply less dangerous?

Strategic angle: Across the European Union, progress towards safer mobility continues, but at a slow and arguably insufficient pace.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Misleading headlines claim UK legalised abortion until birth

Strategic angle: A network of online European outlets and social media posts are claiming that the United Kingdom will now allow abortion up until the moment of birth, based on a confusion of the terms 'decriminalisation' and 'legalisation'.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Iran and the US Hardening Positions Over Ceasefire Talks

Strategic angle: Tensions escalate as both nations take firm stances in the ongoing conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

'Ukraine is not a bargaining chip,' says Renew Europe chief

Interview with Valérie Hayer, MEP & President of Renew Europe

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: French prime minister pushes on as 2025 public deficit beats forecasts

Strategic angle: France's public deficit stood at 5.1% of GDP in 2025, exceeding the target of 5.4%, enhancing credibility for future fiscal goals.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: 'My daughter is under the rubble': Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises

Strategic angle: One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: ‘Reckless’: Trump seeks Endangered Species Act exemption for oil, gas projects in Gulf of Mexico

Strategic angle: The move could 'greenlight the extinction of sea turtles, whales and corals to pad the oil industry’s pockets', says an Earthjustice attorney.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Is Iran using cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions?

Strategic angle: Experts say Iran's Revolutionary Guards are using cryptocurrencies to circumvent Western sanctions and finance allied militias.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: Judge rejects Trump administration's 'Orwellian' branding of Anthropic as national security threat

Strategic angle: A federal judge criticizes the government's labeling of an American company as a potential adversary.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Podcast: From Ljubljana to Copenhagen: A dramatic week at the polls

Strategic angle: Danes and Slovenians cast their ballots earlier this week in key parliamentary elections. We take a look at what these votes mean for the European Union.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

Politics

Briefing: Whale swims off sandbank after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast

Strategic angle: Rescue teams now hope the whale will swim out of the shallow waters of Lübeck Bay and into the wider sea.

Editorial Staff Mar 27