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UK and France must end dependency on US and China, Macron warns
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday Britain and France must work together to counter the world's many destabilising threats and protect Europe from 'excessive dependencies' on the US and China. Advertisement Macron, in a rare address to both houses of the British parliament, celebrated the return of closer ties between the two countries as he became the first European leader to be invited for a British state visit since Brexit. Having been greeted earlier by the British royal family, Macron set out to parliament where he said the two countries needed to come together to strengthen Europe, including on defence, immigration, climate and trade. 'The United Kingdom and France must once again show the world that our alliance can make all the difference,' he said. 'The only way to overcome the challenges we have, the challenges of our times, will be to go together hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder.' Advertisement Listing the geopolitical threats the countries face, Macron argued they should also be wary of the 'excessive dependencies of both the US and China', saying they needed to 'de-risk our economies and our societies from this dual dependency'.
South China Morning Post
6 hours ago
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Outrage in Italy as heroic police dog Bruno killed in ‘vile, cowardly' attack
The horrific killing of a police bloodhound, who helped find nine people throughout his sniffer dog career, has outraged Italians and sparked a criminal investigation to find his killers. Bruno, a 7-year-old bloodhound, was found dead on Friday morning in his shed in southern Taranto. His trainer, Arcangelo Caressa, said that he had been fed bits of dog food laced with nails. In a social media post on Tuesday, Caressa urged police to 'find the killers before I do.' Premier Giorgia Meloni , who was photographed with Bruno after one of his heroic rescues, said that his slaughter was 'vile, cowardly, unacceptable.' Lawmaker Michael Vittoria Brambilla, a long-time animal rights activist, filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors under a new law that she helped push through stiffening penalties for anyone who kills or mistreats an animal Bruno, a seven-year-old bloodhound, had been hailed as a hero for finding nine missing people during his career, and was once honoured by Italy's prime minister. Photo: Handout The editor of the Il Giornale daily, Vittorio Feltri, voiced outrage, saying Bruno had done more civic good in Italy than most citizens. Caressa said that he had told prosecutors that he suspected he was the ultimate target of Bruno's killers, and that Bruno was killed 'to get to me'. He cited his efforts at rescuing dogs that were being used for illegal dogfights, saying that he had already received threats for his work. He said he had given police investigators the names of two people whom he suspected. The new animal protection law, known as the Brambilla law, went into effect on July 1 and calls for up to four years in prison and a €60,000 (US$70,000) fine, with the stiffest penalties applied if the mistreatment is committed in front of children or is filmed and disseminated online. Italy mourns Bruno, a heroic police dog killed in a vile attack. Photo: Handout Feltri said that the penalty should be even greater than four years, saying animals must be respected 'especially when they behave heroically' as Bruno.
South China Morning Post
8 hours ago
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Von der Leyen deepens gloom over China-EU summit with attack on Beijing's Russia stance
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made some of her strongest criticisms of China to date on Tuesday, laying into Beijing's stance on Russia and its policies on trade. The speech at the European Parliament was designed to set out the hawkish German's stall ahead of a major showdown with China's leaders in two weeks. It showed that from the European perspective, the outlook for that summit is getting increasingly gloomy. What was supposed to be a two-day summit has been reduced to one, according to diplomatic sources. A second day in Hefei where the sides were slated to meet with business groups was cancelled at Beijing's request. Two sources said discussions have now moved to hosting the round table in Beijing on July 24 – the same day as the summit. It is thought that Hefei, a city in Anhui province, was chosen to generate some positive mood music ahead of the summit.
