All in all, is the upcoming counter-US summit in Brazil destined to be just another BRICS in the wall? Xi don’t need no education … For those who don’t know about this effort to counter Western dominance in capital and currency, BRICS formed in 2009-10 as a brainchild of Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov. A...
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India has refused to sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China as it did not reflect the country’s concerns on terrorism, India’s foreign ministry has said. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that India’s desire for its concerns to be reflected was “not acceptable to one particular country”. While...
Laura Gozzi & Paul Kirby BBC News NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP Nato’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, hosted the 32 leaders in his home country For the Netherlands this was the biggest security operation in its history; for Nato’s 32 member states the Hague summit was historic too. There were unexpected moments of levity in among the momentous...
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor JOHN THYS/AFP The US president (L) has been pushing for Nato allies to “equalise” their defence spending for some time Nato leaders are meeting in The Hague to decide on ramping up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output, following months of pressure from US President Donald Trump....
Laura Gozzi & Paul Kirby BBC News Reuters Security is tight at the Nato summit – President Trump’s first since 2019 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia’s president understands only the language of force and that Tuesday’s “historic” Nato summit in The Hague will aim to ensure peace in Europe for generations to...
Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Watch: A trade deal, a family photo and conflict in the Middle East – Trump’s short G7 US President Donald Trump has cut short his visit to the Group of Seven summit in Canada, with the White House saying he must return to Washington to deal with the escalating conflict...
James Landale Diplomatic correspondent in Banff, Alberta Getty Images Donald Trump greets Mark Carney in May 2025. This week’s G7 summit in Canada will be dominated by war – only not one of those that the world leaders had expected. High on the agenda had been Russia’s war against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s tariff war...
Nepali sherpa Kami Rita, also known as “Everest Man”, has scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own record for the most climbs up the world’s tallest peak. The 55-year-old, who was guiding a group of Indian army officials up the mountain, reached its 8,894m summit at 04:00 local time on Tuesday (23:15...
“We’re turning a page,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday after the bloc’s first summit with the UK since Brexit. “We’re opening a new chapter.” It is not the first page that has been turned in the post-Brexit period, but it is the most significant. The two sides have now struck a...
Wales’ squad for the 2025 Women’s European Championship will be announced on Thursday, 19 June from the summit of Yr Wyddfa. Rhian Wilkinson’s selection will be confirmed at 1,085m above sea level, Wales’ highest summit, in line with the tagline of this summer’s competition, ‘the summit of emotions’. Wales side will be competing in their...
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock “Don’t expect miracles. But do know – everyone wants this to work.” On Monday in London the EU and UK hold their first bilateral summit since Brexit. Symbolically, this is a big moment. Officials and analysts I speak to, on and off the record, like the individual I just quoted, are quick to point...
EPA Nigerian migrants facing deportation from Libya this month The UK is hosting a two-day international meeting to tackle what it calls the global threat of illegal migration. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to urge the summit, which will welcome representatives from more than 40 countries, to disrupt the “vile trade” of people-smuggling...