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  • British Prime Minister Starmer hosts 4th European Political Community summit<br>epa11485271 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) during the Opening Plenary at the European Political Community (EPC) meeting at Blenheim Palace, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Britain, 18 July 2024. Starmer will host more than 45 European leaders at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill, for the European Political Community (EPC) summit. This is the 4th EPC meeting since the grouping was founded in October 2022. EPA/CHRIS RATCLIFFE / POOL

    Ukraine
    Zelenskiy to attend UK cabinet meeting in effort to disrupt Russian oil sales

    Ukraine’s president will ask for more help to block Putin’s growing ‘shadow fleet’ of tankers carrying sanctioned crude to buyers
  • Yaël Braun-Pivet applauds the national assembly vote

    France
    Macron ally wins surprise re-election as national assembly speaker

  • France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L)

    Immigration and asylum
    Keir Starmer says he is open to processing asylum seekers offshore

  • Keir Starmer points while standing behind a lectern between two union jacks

    Politics
    Keir Starmer speaks after European Political Community summit – as it happened

  • Skeletons uncovered at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, probably of middle-aged males

    Volcanoes
    Earthquake at same time as eruption could have caused Pompeii deaths – study

  • Head and shoulders shot of Sebastian Hotz in a white hoodie doing a sneer for the camera

    Donald Trump
    ‘Just missed’: German comedian loses job over Trump shooting joke

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Opinion & analysis

  • Keir Starmer (right) and Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the European Political Community meeting at Blenheim Palace, 18 July.

    The Guardian view on the European Political Community summit: at last, Britain is back in the diplomatic room

  • Timothy Garton Ash

    The old European order is fraying. We will soon find out whether Keir Starmer can help hold it together

    Timothy Garton Ash
  • Alberto Alemanno

    Ursula von der Leyen has lost Europe’s trust. She doesn’t deserve a second term

    Alberto Alemanno
  • Paul Taylor

    Putin, Xi and Trump would love to see Ursula von der Leyen go. That’s why the EU must keep her on

    Paul Taylor
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Brexit news

  • Healthcare workers wear PPE during the pandemic

    UK Covid-19 inquiry: report ‘does not go far enough’ say bereaved families – as it happened

  • Passengers walk past the Eurostar departures entrance at St Pancras International train station in London

    EU biometric checks for foreign travellers delayed again

    • David McAllister and Ursula von der Leyen

      Proposed UK-EU security pact ‘will be welcomed in Brussels’, MEP says

    • Covid-19 pandemic inquiry<br>EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY JULY 18 File photo dated 06/10/23 of a member of the public observing the National Covid Memorial Wall, a public mural painted by volunteers to commemorate the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, opposite the Houses of Parliament in London. Failures to properly prepare for a pandemic in the UK are expected to be laid bare on Thursday as the UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes its first report, which is expected to highlight the UK's focus on preparing for a flu pandemic instead of a coronavirus pandemic. Issue date: Thursday July 18, 2024. PA Photo. Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett will report on how well the UK was able to face a deadly outbreak in the run up to 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic swept across Britain. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

      Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response

    • A large container ship at sea

      UK ready to build ‘closer, more mature’ trade links with EU

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Pictures & video

  • UK prime minister says government wants to rediscover common interests with neighbouring countries at opening of European political community summit

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    Keir Starmer: 'We want to reset relationships' with EU – video

  • Anne Hidalgo promised to swim in the Seine to show the river was clean enough for open swimming competitions beginning in nine days

    0:59

    Paris mayor swims in Seine to show river is clean enough for Olympics – video

  • Inflatable pigs watch from the roadside during the Tour de France

    Costumed and colourful: 2024 Tour de France fans – in pictures

  • An autopsy has confirmed that the body found by Spanish rescuers in Tenerife is Jay Slater

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    Spanish rescuers recover body in search for missing Briton Jay Slater – video report

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