Ukraine: Former POWs struggle to rebuild their lives
28/07/2025
Israel begins daily pause in fighting in 3 Gaza areas to allow 'minimal' aid as hunger grows
28/07/2025
US and EU strike deal with 15% tariff to avert trade war
28/07/2025
Euro 2025 final: England beat Spain in penalty shootout
28/07/2025
Turkey battles wildfires amid strong winds, heatwave
28/07/2025
Thai, Cambodian leaders hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia
28/07/2025
War in Gaza: Israel says 120 trucks of aid distributed
28/07/2025
US and EU clinch deal with 15% US tariff on most EU exports to avert trade war
28/07/2025
Tadej Pogacar wins a fourth Tour de France, Wout van Aert takes the final stage
28/07/2025
Trump and Von der Leyen strike a deal in transatlantic tariff standoff
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France 24
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- France 24
Trump opens Scottish golf course and vows 'peaceful world'
US President Donald Trump cuts the ribbon on the first tee to officially open the Trump International Golf Links course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire To the sound of bagpipes, secret agents and golfers criss-crossed the sprawling complex on the Aberdeenshire coast, waiting for the president to tee off. "We started with a beautiful piece of land, but we made it much more beautiful, and the area has ... really, really welcomed us," Trump said before cutting a red ribbon. "We'll play it very quickly, and then I go back to (Washington) DC and we put out fires all over the world," he added. "We have a world that's got some conflict, but we've ironed out a lot of it. We're gonna have a great and peaceful world." Marine One carrying US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at MacLeod House on the Trump International Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire © Jane Barlow / POOL/AFP Trump's campaign song, the Village People's "YMCA", blared out after the ribbon cutting, as fireworks exploded in the background. The president then teed off with son Eric, who led the project. "This will be a tremendously successful place and a place where people can come and enjoy life," the US leader said, highlighting how his trip has again blurred the lines between his presidency and his business interests. "We wanted this to be the greatest 36 holes anywhere on Earth. And there's no question that that's been achieved," said Eric Trump. "This was his Mona Lisa," he said of his father's crafting of the course. "Sculpting the dunes, sculpting the land, that was always his painting," he added. Trade deal Trump also held talks with Scotland's leader First Minister John Swinney discussing tariffs on Scottish whisky as well as the situation in Gaza. Trump boards Air Force One at RAF Lossiemouth, north-east Scotland, heading back to the United States © Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP Then later Tuesday, Trump departed Scotland heading back to the United States. His new course in Scotland features the world's largest natural bunker, dunes and greens overlooking the sea, with a "focus on environmental sensitivity", said a press release. Visible out to sea were the offshore wind turbines that Trump unsuccessfully tried to block. The president again spoke out against wind power as he hosted European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday. It was one of the many issues Trump addressed during free-wheeling press conferences at his other golf complex in Turnberry, western Scotland where he played golf on Saturday and Sunday and juggled diplomacy. A wind turbine is seen in the sea behind the Trump International Golf Links course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire © Jane Barlow / POOL/AFP With Von der Leyen, he announced a trade agreement in which the EU resigned itself to 15 percent tariffs on goods entering the United States, a deal heavily criticised across the continent. At a press conference Monday with Starmer, Trump promised more aid for Gaza and gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a "10 or 12 day" ultimatum to cease hostilities in Ukraine. "I really felt it was going to end. But every time I think it's going to end he kills people," Trump said of the Russian leader. "I'm not so interested in talking (to him) anymore," he added. Trump also criticised London mayor Sadiq Khan at the press conference and waded back into UK politics on Tuesday when he took to his Truth Social platform to urge the government to cut taxes and incentivise oil drilling in the North Sea, denouncing wind turbines as "ugly monsters". "Incentivize the drillers, FAST. A VAST FORTUNE TO BE MADE for the UK, and far lower energy costs for the people," he wrote. © 2025 AFP
LeMonde
2 hours ago
- LeMonde
Economist Dmitry Nekrasov: 'Only a handful of sanctions have had a serious effect on Putin's ability to continue the war'
In its 18 th package of sanctions against Russia, announced on July 18, the European Union introduced two measures targeting Russian oil exports. First, it lowered the authorized price cap for Russian crude oil purchases, which was now set at 15% below the market price. This supposedly more "dynamic" sanction mechanism replaces a previous cap of $60 (€51) per barrel. In addition, the EU added 100 more ships to its list of vessels banned from entering ports and locks, in a move aimed at curbing the so-called " shadow fleet" of tankers that secretly export Russian crude oil. What impact could these new measures have? Dmitry Nekrasov, an economist, entrepreneur and expert at the Center for Analysis and Strategy in Europe (CASE), which he co-founded, shares his insights. Nekrasov, a former adviser to Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev (2008-2012), later joined the Russian opposition coordination council and was ultimately forced to emigrate to Cyprus. He has been highly critical of the sanctions' real effectiveness on the Russian economy. According to his estimate, only 2,000 out of 15,000 sanctions measures have achieved their intended goal.
France 24
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- France 24
Pogacar to skip Vuelta after Tour de France triumph
"Fresh from his emphatic fourth victory at the Tour de France, (Pogacar) will take a well-earned break," UAE Team Emirates said as they named their eight-man squad for the Vuelta. The 26-year-old Pogacar crushed his rivals to collect another Tour title on Sunday, adding to those won in 2020, 2021 and 2024. "After such a demanding Tour, we decided it was best to take a break," Pogacar said in a team statement. "The Vuelta is of course a race I would dearly love to return to. I have fantastic memories there from 2019, but now the body is telling me to rest." Pogacar plans to return to competition in the Canadian one-day races in Quebec and Montreal in mid-September, a week before the world championships begin in Rwanda. "I'm excited to go back to Canada; the races are tough but beautiful, and they fit my style well," he said. "I'll be aiming to be back racing well again for that part of the season and for the World Championships especially." The Vuelta is the only Grand Tour that Pogacar has not won. He finished third in his only participation in 2019. Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia last year on his debut.
