BoE delivers Christmas rate cut after cooler-than-expected inflation<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//02//18//boe-chief-says-collaboration-is-key-to-solving-economic-imbalances/">BoE chief says collaboration is key to solving economic imbalances<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>If these failures consistently make way for more efficient businesses, the UK may enjoy a much-needed boost to employment.<\/p>\n<p>The nation's unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 5.1% in the three months to October 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics, while wage growth also slowed.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in 2026, the Resolution Foundation underlined that government spending as a share of GDP will shrink after a major increase in the state budget during the pandemic. The reduction is partly due to lower inflation and interest rates, but also linked to reductions in departmental spending.<\/p>\n<p>Rising taxes and lacklustre real wage progression will reduce the growth of average household disposable income in the coming year, researchers added. This is while an ageing population provides an increasingly pressing challenge for policymakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story of 2026 is not one of crisis, but of drift finally giving way to change,\u201d concluded the report. \u201cWhether that change is managed or merely endured is the question that will define the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1767624686,"updatedAt":1767679283,"publishedAt":1767679253,"firstPublishedAt":1767679253,"lastPublishedAt":1767679282,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/27\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6cbceaf9-b675-565f-9159-1f1878664c1f-9602776.jpg","altText":"FILE. Houses of Parliament, Big Ben. 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prescriptions for heart diseases","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How Artificial Intelligence can help find new heart treatments","titleListing2":"New study shows how AI could transform drug prescriptions for heart diseases","leadin":"The researchers say the technology could eventually support more personalised care, allowing treatments to be better matched to how an individual\u2019s heart is functioning.","summary":"The researchers say the technology could eventually support more personalised care, allowing treatments to be better matched to how an individual\u2019s heart is functioning.","keySentence":"","url":"new-study-shows-how-ai-could-transform-drug-prescriptions-for-heart-diseases","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2026\/01\/03\/new-study-shows-how-ai-could-transform-drug-prescriptions-for-heart-diseases","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A new artificial intelligence tool could speed up the search for treatments for heart disease, according to a new study.\n\nCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and disability across the European Union, accounting for about 1.7 million deaths annually and affecting 62 million people, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).\n\nScientists at Imperial College London have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify which genes are linked to disease and to help find heart disease drugs faster by combining detailed heart scans with large medical databases.\n\nThe tool, named CardioKG, was built using heart imaging data from thousands of people in the UK Biobank. This included patients with conditions such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure and heart attacks, as well as healthy volunteers.\n\nBy doing this, researchers say they can make more accurate predictions about which medicines might help people with specific heart conditions.\n\n\u201cOne of the advantages of knowledge graphs is that they integrate information about genes, drugs and diseases,\u201d said Declan O\u2019Regan, the group leader of the Computational Cardiac Imaging Group at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London.\n\nResearchers say the approach could eventually lead to more personalised care, where treatments are better matched to how an individual\u2019s heart is functioning.\n\nThe same technology could also be adapted to study other conditions using medical imaging, including brain disorders and obesity.\n\n\u201cThis means you have more power to make discoveries about new therapies. We found that including heart imaging in the graph transformed how well new genes and drugs could be identified,\u201d said O\u2019Regan.\n\nAmong the drugs highlighted were methotrexate, which is widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and a group of diabetes medicines known as gliptins.\n\nThe AI model suggested methotrexate could help people with heart failure, while gliptins might benefit those with atrial fibrillation.\n\nThe analysis also pointed to a possible protective effect of caffeine in some patients with atrial fibrillation, although researchers stressed this does not mean people should change their caffeine intake.\n\n\u201cBuilding on this work, we will extend the knowledge graph into a dynamic, patient-centred framework that captures real disease trajectories,\u201d said Khaled Rjoob, the first author of the study and a data science researcher at Imperial College London.\n\n\u201cThis will open new possibilities for personalised treatment and predicting when diseases are likely to develop\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A new artificial intelligence tool could speed up the search for treatments for heart disease, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//12//15//the-burden-of-cardiovascular-disease-in-europe-almost-2-million-deaths-and-282-billion-ann/">Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and disability across the European Union<\/strong><\/a>, accounting for about 1.7 million deaths annually and affecting 62 million people, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at Imperial College London have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify which genes are linked to disease and to help find heart disease drugs faster by combining detailed heart scans with large medical databases.<\/p>\n<p>The tool, named CardioKG, was built using heart imaging data from thousands of people in the UK Biobank. This included patients with conditions such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure and heart attacks, as well as healthy volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>By doing this, researchers say they can make more accurate predictions about which medicines might help people with specific heart conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//12//22//this-vest-can-map-the-hearts-electrical-data-in-just-5-minutes-to-prevent-sudden-cardiac-d/">This vest can map the heart's electrical data in just 5 minutes to prevent sudden cardiac death<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the advantages of knowledge graphs is that they integrate information about genes, drugs and diseases,\u201d said Declan O\u2019Regan, the group leader of the Computational Cardiac Imaging Group at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say the approach could eventually lead to more personalised care, where treatments are better matched to how an individual\u2019s heart is functioning.<\/p>\n<p>The same technology could also be adapted to study other conditions using medical imaging, including brain disorders and obesity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means you have more power to make discoveries about new therapies. We found that including heart imaging in the graph transformed how well new genes and drugs could be identified,\u201d said O\u2019Regan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//12//02//orange-juice-found-to-affect-thousands-of-genes-in-immune-cells-study-says/">Orange juice found to affect thousands of genes in immune cells, study says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Among the drugs highlighted were methotrexate, which is widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and a group of diabetes medicines known as gliptins.<\/p>\n<p>The AI model suggested methotrexate could help people with heart failure, while gliptins might benefit those with atrial fibrillation.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis also pointed to a possible protective effect of caffeine in some patients with atrial fibrillation, although researchers stressed this does not mean people should change their caffeine intake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding on this work, we will extend the knowledge graph into a dynamic, patient-centred framework that captures real disease trajectories,\u201d said Khaled Rjoob, the first author of the study and a data science researcher at Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will open new possibilities for personalised treatment and predicting when diseases are likely to develop\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1767365792,"updatedAt":1767421127,"publishedAt":1767421079,"firstPublishedAt":1767421079,"lastPublishedAt":1767421125,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/07\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_66bc0bf0-6815-5693-8fd8-2a85b43aa118-9600738.jpg","altText":"Visual representation of the CardioKG. 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Tunnel power malfunction resolved but train delays continue","titleListing2":"Channel Tunnel power malfunction resolved but train delays continue, Eurostar says","leadin":"The tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, said the 50-kilometre undersea link was back to \u201cfull capacity\" after a power fault inside it was fixed overnight on Tuesday.","summary":"The tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, said the 50-kilometre undersea link was back to \u201cfull capacity\" after a power fault inside it was fixed overnight on Tuesday.","keySentence":"","url":"channel-tunnel-power-issue-resolved-but-some-train-delays-continue-eurostar-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/31\/channel-tunnel-power-issue-resolved-but-some-train-delays-continue-eurostar-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Trains were running again in both directions through the Channel Tunnel between continental Europe and the United Kingdom on Wednesday but problems remained after\u00a0a day of travel chaos caused by power malfunctions and a broken down train.\n\nThe tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, said the 50-kilometre undersea link was back to \"full capacity\" after a power fault inside it was fixed overnight on Tuesday.\n\nThe short statement didn\u2019t detail the cause of the power failure.\n\nBut Eurostar, which runs passenger trains through the tunnel, warned of continued possible delays and cancellations because of \"knock-on impacts\" from the severe disruptions on Tuesday.\n\nIts website showed delays on Wednesday to London-Paris, London-Brussels and London-Amsterdam trains in both directions and some early morning cancellations.\n\nTuesday's hours-long interruption of cross-Channel train services and a resulting cascade of cancellations upended\u00a0travellers' end-of-year holiday plans\u00a0and provoked scrambles for flights and buses.\n\nAnother power malfunction on Tuesday on the UK side that Eurostar said was related to the electrical fault inside the tunnel also caused severe delays for passengers aboard three trains, Eurostar said.\n\nIt said an overhead power cable fell onto a Eurostar train from London to Paris, near the tunnel entrance, and that an effort to move the train with its passengers inside proved \"very complex.\"\n\nThe power failure also caused severe delays to two trains to Brussels, Eurostar said.\n\nPassenger Ghislain Planque told French broadcaster BFMTV that his Eurostar journey on Tuesday evening from London to France was meant to take just under 90 minutes but instead took around 11 hours, with passengers stuck overnight in the train that had only intermittent power.\n\n\"We were left without electricity, so with no heating, no air-conditioning, no possibility to charge phones,\" he said. \"We were in total darkness for some of the time.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Trains were running again in both directions through the Channel Tunnel between continental Europe and the United Kingdom on Wednesday but problems remained after a day of travel chaos caused by power malfunctions and a broken down train.<\/p>\n<p>The tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, said the 50-kilometre undersea link was back to \"full capacity\" after a power fault inside it was fixed overnight on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The short statement didn\u2019t detail the cause of the power failure.<\/p>\n<p>But Eurostar, which runs passenger trains through the tunnel, warned of continued possible delays and cancellations because of \"knock-on impacts\" from the severe disruptions on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Its website showed delays on Wednesday to London-Paris, London-Brussels and London-Amsterdam trains in both directions and some early morning cancellations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//59//92//47//808x539_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg/" alt=\"Travellers queue for Eurostar services at St Pancras International station in London, 30 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/384x256_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/640x427_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/750x500_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/828x552_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/1080x720_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/1200x800_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/1920x1280_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Travellers queue for Eurostar services at St Pancras International station in London, 30 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Tuesday's hours-long interruption of cross-Channel train services and a resulting cascade of cancellations upended travellers' end-of-year holiday plans and provoked scrambles for flights and buses.<\/p>\n<p>Another power malfunction on Tuesday on the UK side that Eurostar said was related to the electrical fault inside the tunnel also caused severe delays for passengers aboard three trains, Eurostar said.<\/p>\n<p>It said an overhead power cable fell onto a Eurostar train from London to Paris, near the tunnel entrance, and that an effort to move the train with its passengers inside proved \"very complex.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//22//eurostar-unveils-2bn-plan-to-run-double-decker-trains-through-channel-tunnel/">Eurostar unveils \u20ac2bn plan to run double-decker trains through Channel Tunnel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//27//uber-plans-new-trains-to-offer-direct-connections-to-paris-brussels-and-lille-from-london/">Uber plans new trains to offer direct connections to Paris, Brussels and Lille from London<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The power failure also caused severe delays to two trains to Brussels, Eurostar said.<\/p>\n<p>Passenger Ghislain Planque told French broadcaster BFMTV that his Eurostar journey on Tuesday evening from London to France was meant to take just under 90 minutes but instead took around 11 hours, with passengers stuck overnight in the train that had only intermittent power.<\/p>\n<p>\"We were left without electricity, so with no heating, no air-conditioning, no possibility to charge phones,\" he said. \"We were in total darkness for some of the time.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1767203525,"updatedAt":1767204708,"publishedAt":1767204681,"firstPublishedAt":1767204681,"lastPublishedAt":1767204681,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/77\/23\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1969c977-9159-5e18-86c9-4f008229ebb2-9597723.jpg","altText":"Travelers disembark a Eurostar train at the Gare du Nord station in Paris, 30 December, 2025 ","caption":"Travelers disembark a Eurostar train at the Gare du Nord station in Paris, 30 December, 2025 ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/92\/47\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_229daf45-a2f4-5006-957d-dcc586051f2a-9599247.jpg","altText":"Travellers queue for Eurostar services at St Pancras International station in London, 30 December, 2025","caption":"Travellers queue for Eurostar 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Hollywood A-lister knighted in King Charles' New Year's Honours ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Arise Sir Idris: British actor knighted for fighting knife crime ","titleListing2":"Arise Sir Idris! Hollywood A-lister knighted in King Charles' New Year's Honours ","leadin":"Actor Idris Elba has been made a knight in King Charles III New Year's honours list in recognition of his work to reduce knife crime and poverty and promote education.","summary":"Actor Idris Elba has been made a knight in King Charles III New Year's honours list in recognition of his work to reduce knife crime and poverty and promote education.","keySentence":"","url":"arise-sir-idris-hollywood-a-lister-knighted-in-king-charles-new-years-honours","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/12\/30\/arise-sir-idris-hollywood-a-lister-knighted-in-king-charles-new-years-honours","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"It's the most wonderful time of the year if you're among the chosen few to make Britain's New Year's honours list, an annual tradition that rewards people for the contributions to public life.\n\nBritons ranging from Hollywood A-listers Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in King Charles III\u2019s New Year\u2019s honours list.\n\nElba, who starred as a drug dealer in 'The Wire' and the president of the United States in 'A House of Dynamite' was knighted for his services to young people after he and his wife, Sabrina, founded the Elba Hope Foundation to target issues such as knife crime, education and poverty.\n\nThe actor accepted the honour on behalf of the young people served by the charity.\n\n\u201cI hope we can do more to draw attention to the importance of sustained, practical support for young people and to the responsibility we all share to help them find an alternative to violence,\u201d Elba said.\n\nScreen and sport stars\n\nJayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the ice dancing duo who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, were also awarded top honours, with Torvill receiving a damehood and Dean a knighthood.\n\nCynthia Erivo, one of the stars of 'Wicked', was named a Member of the British Empire, or MBE, for services to music and drama. And John Hearn, who goes by the name Judo Jack, received a British Empire Medal, after the Guinness World Records recognised him as the world\u2019s oldest judo instructor.\n\nIn total 1,157 people have been recognised, among them England's victorious women's football and rugby teams.\n\nThe comedian and actress Meera Syal is made a dame while 'Willow' and 'Return of the Jedi' actor Warwick Davis gets an Officer of the British Empire (OBE).\n\nOther honorees include author and comedian Richard Osman, who writes the \"Thursday Murder Club\" book series and was declared an OBE; retired marathon runner Paula Radcliffe, OBE; and 101-year-old D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh, who was awarded a British Empire Medal for school talks on Holocaust remembrance and his wartime service.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It's the most wonderful time of the year if you're among the chosen few to make Britain's New Year's honours list, an annual tradition that rewards people for the contributions to public life. <\/p>\n<p>Britons ranging from Hollywood A-listers <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//12//01//idris-elba-and-naomi-campbell-pose-for-timeless-pirelli-calendar-2024-celebrating-black-ex/">Idris Elba<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//10//17//cynthia-erivo-criticises-offensive-edit-of-wicked-poster/">Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><\/a> to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//10//23//pray-together-to-stay-together-king-charles-meets-pope-leo-xiv-in-historic-public-show-of-/">King Charles III\u2019s<\/a> New Year\u2019s honours list.<\/p>\n<p>Elba, who starred as a drug dealer in 'The Wire' and the president of the United States in 'A House of Dynamite' was knighted for his services to young people after he and his wife, Sabrina, founded the Elba Hope Foundation to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//09//idris-elba-joins-uk-prime-minister-keir-starmer-for-new-anti-knife-crime-coalition/">target issues such as knife crime, education and poverty.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//03//idris-elba-says-he-wont-go-into-politics-after-london-mayor-rumours/">Idris Elba says he won\u2019t go into politics after London mayor rumours<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The actor accepted the honour on behalf of the young people served by the charity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope we can do more to draw attention to the importance of sustained, practical support for young people and to the responsibility we all share to help them find an alternative to violence,\u201d Elba said.<\/p>\n<h2>Screen and sport stars<\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//59//75//53//808x539_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform Bolero, the routine which gave them the first, and only, perfect score in Olympic skating history\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/384x256_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/640x426_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/750x500_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/828x551_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/1080x719_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/1200x799_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/1920x1279_cmsv2_a607c096-b26e-5539-b49b-8e22d2d45c97-9597553.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform Bolero, the routine which gave them the first, and only, perfect score in Olympic skating history<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the ice dancing duo who <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//07//25//olympic-art-the-exhibitions-around-europe-inspired-by-the-games/">won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics<\/strong><\/a> in Sarajevo, were also awarded top honours, with Torvill receiving a damehood and Dean a knighthood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6645\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//59//75//53//808x539_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: Actress Cynthia Erivo at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film, California, Dec 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/384x255_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/640x425_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/750x498_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/828x550_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/1080x718_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/1200x797_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/75\/53\/1920x1276_cmsv2_784c3ddb-f057-548f-a7bd-1991ca1afdb9-9597553.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: Actress Cynthia Erivo at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film, California, Dec 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Richard Shotwell\/Invision<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Cynthia Erivo, one of the stars of '<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//11//22//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-wicked-youre-not-being-told-the-whole-story/">Wicked', was named a Member of the British Empire, or MBE, for services to music and drama. And John Hearn, who goes by the name Judo Jack, received a British Empire Medal, after the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//08//27//guinness-world-records-turns-70-and-reveals-unclaimed-records-titles/">Guinness World Records<\/strong><\/a> recognised him as the world\u2019s oldest <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//06//05//modesty-judo-is-a-sport-with-a-moral-code-and-it-will-help-you-greatly-in-life/">judo instructor<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In total 1,157 people have been recognised, among them England's victorious women's football and rugby teams.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian and actress Meera Syal is made a dame while 'Willow' and 'Return of the Jedi' actor Warwick Davis gets an Officer of the British Empire (OBE). <\/p>\n<p>Other honorees include author and comedian Richard Osman, who writes the \"Thursday Murder Club\" <a 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known as \"The Alternative Christmas Message.\"\n\nIn a speech broadcast of Channel 4 on Christmas Day, Kimmel warned about the rise of fascism and took aim at the US president who he said behaves as if he's a king.\n\n\u201cFrom a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,\" he said. \u201cTyranny is booming over here.\"\n\nChannel 4 began a tradition of airing an alternative Christmas message in 1993, as a counterpart to the British monarch's annual televised address to the nation. Channel 4 said the message is often a thought-provoking and personal reflection pertinent to the events of the year.\n\nA history of beef\n\nThe comedian has regularly targeted Trump since returning to the air after ABC indefinitely suspended the \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d show in September following criticism of comments the host made over the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.\n\nKimmel made remarks in reference to the reaction to Kirk\u2019s shooting suggesting that many Trump supporters were trying to capitalise on the death.\n\nTrump celebrated the suspension of the veteran late-night comic and his frequent critic, calling it \u201cgreat news for America.\u201d He also called for other late night hosts to be fired.\n\nThe incident, one of Trump\u2019s many disputes and legal battles waged with the media, drew widespread concerns about freedom of speech and freedom of the press.\n\nHundreds of leading Hollywood stars and others in the entertainment industry urged Americans to \u201cfight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights.\u201d The show returned to the air less than a week later.\n\nKimmel told the UK audience that a Christmas miracle had happened in September when millions of people \u2014 some who hated his show \u2014 had spoken up for free speech.\n\n\u201cWe won, the president lost, and now I\u2019m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on Earth a right and richly deserved bollocking,\u201d he said.\n\nChannel 4 previously invited whistle-blower Edward Snowden and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver the alternative Christmas message.\n\nKimmel, who said he didn't expect Brits to know who he was, warned that silencing critics is not just something that happens in Russia or North Korea.\n\nDespite the split that led to the American Revolution 250 years ago, he said the two nations still shared a special relationship and urged the UK not to give up on the US as it was \u201cgoing through a bit of a wobble right now.\u201d\n\n\u201cHere in the United States right now, we are both figuratively and literally tearing down the structures of our democracy from the free press to science to medicine to judicial independence to the actual White House itself,\u201d Kimmel said, in reference to demolition of the building's East Wing. \u201cWe are a right mess, and we know this is also affecting you, and I just wanted to say sorry.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has renewed his war of words with Donald Trump in a British television address known as \"The Alternative Christmas Message.\" <\/p>\n<p>In a speech broadcast of Channel 4 on Christmas Day, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//25//record-ratings-for-jimmy-kimmels-return-despite-abc-affiliates-refusing-to-air-show/">Kimmel warned about the rise of fascism and took aim at the US president who he said behaves as if he's a king. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,\" he said. \u201cTyranny is booming over here.\"<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4 began a tradition of airing an alternative Christmas message in 1993, as a counterpart to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2022//12//25//king-charles-salutes-late-queen-and-public-workers-in-his-first-christmas-message/">British monarch's annual televised<\/strong><\/a> address to the nation. Channel 4 said the message is often a thought-provoking and personal reflection pertinent to the events of the year.<\/p>\n<h2>A history of beef<\/h2>\n<p>The comedian has regularly targeted Trump since returning to the air after ABC indefinitely suspended <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//18//us-late-night-tv-comic-show-jimmy-kimmel-taken-off-air-over-remarks-about-charlie-kirks-de/">the \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d show<\/strong><\/a> in September following criticism of comments the host made over the killing of conservative activist <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//12//03//charlie-kirk-tops-wikipedias-list-of-most-read-articles-in-2025/">Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel made remarks in reference to the reaction to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//11//death-divides-us-what-social-media-reactions-to-charlie-kirk-assassination-tell-us/">Kirk/u2019s shooting<\/strong><\/a> suggesting that many Trump supporters were trying to capitalise on the death.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//18//jimmy-kimmel-axed-trump-celebrates-as-hollywood-and-political-world-denounce-censorship/">celebrated the suspension<\/strong><\/a> of the veteran late-night comic and his frequent critic, calling it \u201cgreat news for America.\u201d He also called for other late night hosts to be fired.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//19//donald-trump-is-reshaping-the-us-media-landscape-after-kimmel-whos-next/">Donald Trump is reshaping the US media landscape: After Kimmel, who\u2019s next?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//19//jimmy-kimmel-suspended-how-late-night-hosts-are-taking-a-stand-for-free-speech/">Jimmy Kimmel suspended: How late-night hosts are taking a stand for free speech<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The incident, one of Trump\u2019s many disputes and legal battles waged with the media, drew widespread concerns about freedom of speech and freedom of the press.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of leading Hollywood stars and others in the entertainment industry urged Americans to \u201cfight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights.\u201d The show returned to the air less than a week later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//PqTPV6Fr7xg?si=ZwoV8VJD-_w_uGTF\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Kimmel told the UK audience that a Christmas miracle had happened in September when millions of people \u2014 some who hated his show \u2014 had spoken up for free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won, the president lost, and now I\u2019m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on Earth a right and richly deserved bollocking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4 previously invited <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//05//culture-re-view-10-years-since-edward-snowden-leaked-the-nsa-secrets/">whistle-blower Edward Snowden<\/strong><\/a> and Iranian President <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//06//15//ahmadinejad-calls-on-biden-to-use-his-chance-to-repair-relations-with-iran/">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad<\/strong><\/a> to deliver the alternative Christmas message.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel, who said he didn't expect Brits to know who he was, warned that silencing critics is not just something that happens in Russia or North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the split that led to the American Revolution 250 years ago, he said the two nations still shared a special relationship and urged the UK not to give up on the US as it was \u201cgoing through a bit of a wobble right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in the United States right now, we are both figuratively and literally tearing down the structures of our democracy from the free press to science to medicine to judicial independence to the actual White House itself,\u201d Kimmel said, in reference to demolition of the building's East Wing. \u201cWe are a right mess, and we know this is also affecting you, and I just wanted to say sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766738226,"updatedAt":1766741154,"publishedAt":1766741127,"firstPublishedAt":1766741127,"lastPublishedAt":1766741127,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/47\/47\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6aa5f2da-3245-5500-a8cf-fd9b6b20165c-9594747.jpg","altText":"Jimmy Kimmel's alternative Christmas message 2025","caption":"Jimmy Kimmel's alternative Christmas message 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Screenshot Channel 4 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Together, we celebrated the jubilee theme, 'Pilgrims of Hope'. Pilgrimage is a word less used today, but it has particular significance for our modern world and especially at Christmas. It is about journeying forward into the future while also journeying back to remember the past and learn from its lessons.\n\nWe did this during the summer as we celebrated the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ day. The end of the Second World War is now remembered by fewer and fewer of us as the years pass, but the courage and sacrifice of our servicemen and women, and the way communities came together in the face of such great challenge, carry a timeless message for us all. These are the values which have shaped our country and the Commonwealth.\n\nAs we hear of division, both at home and abroad, they are the values of which we must never lose sight. For instance, it is impossible not to be deeply moved by the ages of the fallen as the gravestones in our war cemeteries remind us. The young people who fought and helped save us from defeat in both world wars were often only 18, 19 or 20 years of age. Journey is a constant theme of the Christmas story.\n\nThe Holy Family made a journey to Bethlehem and arrived homeless without proper shelter. The wise men made a pilgrimage from the east to worship at the Cradle of Christ, and the shepherds journeyed from field to town in search of Jesus, the Saviour of the World. In each case, they journeyed with others and relied on the companionship and kindness of others.\n\nThrough physical and mental challenge they found an inner strength. To this day, in times of uncertainty, these ways of living are treasured by all the great faiths, and provide us with deep wells of hope, of resilience in the face of adversity, peace through forgiveness, simply getting to know our neighbours and by showing respect to one another creating new friendships.\n\nIndeed, as our world seems to spin ever faster, our journeying may pause to quieten our minds, in T.S. Eliot's words, 'at the still points of the turning world', and allow ourselves to renew. In this with the great diversity of our communities, we can find the strength to ensure that right triumphs over wrong. It seems to me that we need to cherish the values of compassion and reconciliation, the way our Lord lived and died. This year, I've heard so many examples of this, both here and abroad.\n\nThese stories of the triumph of courage over adversity give me hope from our venerable military veterans to selfless humanitarian workers in this century's most dangerous conflict zones, to the ways in which individuals and communities display spontaneous bravery, instinctively placing themselves in harm's way to defend others. As I meet people of different faiths, I find it enormously encouraging to hear how much we have in common, a shared longing for peace and a deep respect for all life. If we can find time in our journey through life to think on these virtues, we could all make the future more hopeful. Of course, the greatest pilgrimage of all is the journey we celebrate today.\n\nThe story of the one who came down to Earth from heaven, whose shelter was a stable, and who shared his life with the poor and lonely. It was a pilgrimage with a purpose, heralded by angels that there should be peace on Earth. That prayer for peace and reconciliation, for doing to others as we would have them do to us, which rang out over the fields near Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, still reverberates from there and around the world today. It is a prayer for our times and communities too as we journey through our lives. So with these words and my whole heart, I wish you all a most peaceful and very happy Christmas.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>King Charles III Christmas address:<\/p>\n<p>\"A few weeks ago, the Queen and I were delighted to make a state visit to the Vatican, where we prayed with Pope Leo in a historic moment of spiritual unity. Together, we celebrated the jubilee theme, 'Pilgrims of Hope'. Pilgrimage is a word less used today, but it has particular significance for our modern world and especially at Christmas. It is about journeying forward into the future while also journeying back to remember the past and learn from its lessons. <\/p>\n<p>We did this during the summer as we celebrated the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ day. The end of the Second World War is now remembered by fewer and fewer of us as the years pass, but the courage and sacrifice of our servicemen and women, and the way communities came together in the face of such great challenge, carry a timeless message for us all. These are the values which have shaped our country and the Commonwealth. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//59//44//70//808x539_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg/" alt=\"Charles III leaves the church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, with various relatives. Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ab2e67fe-4d57-537e-94d9-c6c66ca2e63a-9594470.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Charles III leaves the church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, with various relatives. Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>As we hear of division, both at home and abroad, they are the values of which we must never lose sight. For instance, it is impossible not to be deeply moved by the ages of the fallen as the gravestones in our war cemeteries remind us. The young people who fought and helped save us from defeat in both world wars were often only 18, 19 or 20 years of age. Journey is a constant theme of the Christmas story. <\/p>\n<p>The Holy Family made a journey to Bethlehem and arrived homeless without proper shelter. The wise men made a pilgrimage from the east to worship at the Cradle of Christ, and the shepherds journeyed from field to town in search of Jesus, the Saviour of the World. In each case, they journeyed with others and relied on the companionship and kindness of others. <\/p>\n<p>Through physical and mental challenge they found an inner strength. To this day, in times of uncertainty, these ways of living are treasured by all the great faiths, and provide us with deep wells of hope, of resilience in the face of adversity, peace through forgiveness, simply getting to know our neighbours and by showing respect to one another creating new friendships. <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, as our world seems to spin ever faster, our journeying may pause to quieten our minds, in T.S. Eliot's words, 'at the still points of the turning world', and allow ourselves to renew. In this with the great diversity of our communities, we can find the strength to ensure that right triumphs over wrong. It seems to me that we need to cherish the values of compassion and reconciliation, the way our Lord lived and died. This year, I've heard so many examples of this, both here and abroad. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//59//44//70//808x539_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg/" alt=\"King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave after attending the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/44\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_58833825-2495-54d9-b2c7-27e08de9f850-9594470.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave after attending the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Jon Super<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>These stories of the triumph of courage over adversity give me hope from our venerable military veterans to selfless humanitarian workers in this century's most dangerous conflict zones, to the ways in which individuals and communities display spontaneous bravery, instinctively placing themselves in harm's way to defend others. As I meet people of different faiths, I find it enormously encouraging to hear how much we have in common, a shared longing for peace and a deep respect for all life. If we can find time in our journey through life to think on these virtues, we could all make the future more hopeful. Of course, the greatest pilgrimage of all is the journey we celebrate today. <\/p>\n<p>The story of the one who came down to Earth from heaven, whose shelter was a stable, and who shared his life with the poor and lonely. It was a pilgrimage with a purpose, heralded by angels that there should be peace on Earth. That prayer for peace and reconciliation, for doing to others as we would have them do to us, which rang out over the fields near Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, still reverberates from there and around the world today. It is a prayer for our times and communities too as we journey through our lives. 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But where\u2019s the mention of climate change?","leadin":"Researchers warn that net zero has become politicised by populists as \u201cshorthand\u201d for attacking climate policy.","summary":"Researchers warn that net zero has become politicised by populists as \u201cshorthand\u201d for attacking climate policy.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-newspapers-cant-stop-talking-about-net-zero-but-wheres-the-mention-of-climate-change","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/12\/23\/uk-newspapers-cant-stop-talking-about-net-zero-but-wheres-the-mention-of-climate-change","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Britain\u2019s most dominant media outlets are failing to \u201cjoin the dots\u201d between net zero and climate change, as researchers call out a wave of \u201cproblematic\u201d coverage.\n\nA new analysis commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) found that a growing proportion of articles in UK national newspapers focusing on \u2018net zero\u2019 are omitting any reference to the climate crisis despite their inherent link.\n\nResearchers say the findings point to a \u201cdivorcing\u201d of climate change from the solution of preventing emissions rising, and come amid low levels of understanding around what net zero means.\n\nThe UK\u2019s drive to net zero\n\nIn 2019, the UK passed legislation for a net zero target by 2050. This means that human-produced emissions must be balanced by greenhouse gases being removed from the atmosphere.\n\nNet zero aims to prevent additional heat-trapping gasses from being released into the air, effectively halting global warming from accelerating. It does not mean producing no emissions at all.\n\nThe analysis found that a year before the legislation was signed, 100 per cent of articles across nine major publications mentioning the term \u2018net zero\u2019 at least three times (including in the headline) also mentioned \u2018climate change\u2019 or similar terms such as \u2018global warming\u2019.\u00a0\n\nHowever, by 2024, this figure had plummeted to just 59 per cent.\u00a0\n\nWhich UK newspapers are \u2018divorcing\u2019 climate change?\n\nIn 2024, 323 analysed articles mentioned the term net zero at least three times, including in the headline, but failed to reference climate change or similar terms.\n\nAround half of these (166) were written by the Telegraph. In the same year, 88 articles mentioned the term net zero at least five times without linking it back to climate change.\n\nThe Times had the lowest percentage of articles referencing climate change amongst broadsheet papers, at 64 per cent.\n\nResearchers found \u201cnotable differences between titles\u201d of British newspapers. For example, in the Guardian 71 per cent of 2024 articles referring to \u2018net zero\u2019 once also mention climate change. This was followed by the Times (38 per cent), the Telegraph (32 per cent), the Express (27 per cent) and the Sun (23 per cent).\n\nTwo articles in the Express, one article in the Sunday Telegraph and one article in the Telegraph referred to \u2018net zero\u2019 a total of eight times, but included no mentions of climate change.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe confusion around net zero\n\nThe analysis, which investigated search results from the Factiva news monitoring tool, comes amid public confusion around the term net zero.\u00a0\n\nPolling from Climate Barometer earlier this year found 22 per cent of those surveyed wrongly thought that net zero meant \u201cproducing no carbon emissions at all\u201d. This rose to 41 per cent amongst participants who supported Reform UK, the right-wing populist party spearheaded by Nigel Farage.\u00a0\n\nGiven the levels of uncertainty around net zero\u2019s definition, Dr James Painter of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, who led the analysis, argues that \u201cgood journalistic practice\u201d would include a reminder, explanation or link on how it relates to the need to reduce emissions to halt climate change.\u00a0\n\nOr, at the very least, include a simple statement outlining that \u201cscientists say reaching net zero is essential for stopping climate change.\u201d\n\nIs net zero becoming a clickbait term?\n\nProfessor Chris Hilson, director of the Reading Centre for Climate and Justice, says net zero has become politicised by populists as \u201cshorthand\u201d for attacking climate policy.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThis may explain why climate change is mentioned less often alongside it in news articles,\u201d he adds. \u201cJournalists writing about electric vehicles or heat pumps don\u2019t need to mention climate change as \u2018net zero\u2019 alone is enough to generate polarising clicks.\u201d\n\nHilson says this is a \u201cproblematic\u201d trend as net zero is a scientifically-established target that must be achieved to stay within 2\u2103 of warming, as set out in the Paris Agreement.\n\nRichard Black, former BBC environment correspondent and founding director of ECIU, says it\u2019s a \u201cbit odd\u201d that newspapers are failing to link the next zero solution to climate change.\u00a0\n\nHe uses the analogy of discussing the emergent benefits of taking a particular medicine without mentioning the condition it was developed to tackle in the first place.\n\n\u201cIn September this year, we\u00a0renewed our pledge to keep the climate emergency in clear view,\" a spokesperson for the Guardian tells Euronews Green.\n\n\"Guardian journalists hold governments, finance and fossil fuel interests to account, and we report on the impact of the climate emergency, as well as the movements and practical solutions pushing for change. In that spirit, we keep our net-zero coverage grounded in the climate science and the risks of inaction.\"\n\nThe Telegraph, The Times, The Sun and Daily Express did not immediately respond when approached for comment.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Britain\u2019s most dominant media outlets are failing to \u201cjoin the dots\u201d between <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//18//does-the-eu-rollback-of-2035-car-emissions-ban-risk-undermining-europes-climate-goals/">net zero<\/strong><\/a> and climate change, as researchers call out a wave of \u201cproblematic\u201d coverage.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eciu.net//media//press-releases//british-media-divorcing-net-zero-from-climate-change-analysis/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>analysis<\/strong><\/a> commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) found that a growing proportion of articles in UK national newspapers focusing on \u2018net zero\u2019 are omitting any reference to the climate crisis despite their inherent link.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say the findings point to a \u201cdivorcing\u201d of climate change from the solution of preventing emissions rising, and come amid low levels of understanding around what net zero means.<\/p>\n<h2>The UK\u2019s drive to net zero<\/h2>\n<p>In 2019, the UK passed legislation for a net zero target by 2050. This means that human-produced emissions must be balanced by greenhouse gases being removed from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Net zero aims to prevent additional heat-trapping gasses from being released into the air, effectively halting global warming from accelerating. It does not mean producing no emissions at all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//21//meet-the-first-climate-migrants-leaving-sinking-tuvalu-to-start-a-new-life-in-australia/">Meet the first climate migrants leaving sinking Tuvalu to start a new life in Australia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//22//year-of-the-octopus-how-climate-change-is-pushing-the-seas-smartest-creature-into-new-terr/">/u2018Year of the octopus\u2019: How climate change is pushing the sea\u2019s smartest creature into new territory <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The analysis found that a year before the legislation was signed, 100 per cent of articles across nine major publications mentioning the term \u2018net zero\u2019 at least three times (including in the headline) also mentioned \u2018climate change\u2019 or similar terms such as \u2018global warming\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>However, by 2024, this figure had plummeted to just 59 per cent. <\/p>\n<h2>Which UK newspapers are \u2018divorcing\u2019 climate change?<\/h2>\n<p>In 2024, 323 analysed articles mentioned the term net zero at least three times, including in the headline, but failed to reference climate change or similar terms.<\/p>\n<p>Around half of these (166) were written by the Telegraph. In the same year, 88 articles mentioned the term net zero at least five times without linking it back to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The Times had the lowest percentage of articles referencing climate change amongst broadsheet papers, at 64 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found \u201cnotable differences between titles\u201d of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//05//15//uk-to-allow-foreign-states-to-own-15-stake-in-british-newspapers/">British newspapers<\/strong><\/a>. For example, in the Guardian 71 per cent of 2024 articles referring to \u2018net zero\u2019 once also mention climate change. This was followed by the Times (38 per cent), the Telegraph (32 per cent), the Express (27 per cent) and the Sun (23 per cent).<\/p>\n<p>Two articles in the Express, one article in the Sunday Telegraph and one article in the Telegraph referred to \u2018net zero\u2019 a total of eight times, but included no mentions of climate change. <\/p>\n<h2>The confusion around net zero<\/h2>\n<p>The analysis, which investigated search results from the Factiva news monitoring tool, comes amid public confusion around the term net zero. <\/p>\n<p>Polling from Climate Barometer earlier this year found 22 per cent of those surveyed wrongly thought that net zero meant \u201cproducing no carbon emissions at all\u201d. This rose to 41 per cent amongst participants who supported Reform UK, the right-wing populist party spearheaded by Nigel Farage. <\/p>\n<p>Given the levels of uncertainty around net zero\u2019s definition, Dr James Painter of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, who led the analysis, argues that \u201cgood journalistic practice\u201d would include a reminder, explanation or link on how it relates to the need to reduce emissions to halt climate change. <\/p>\n<p>Or, at the very least, include a simple statement outlining that \u201cscientists say reaching net zero is essential for stopping climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Is net zero becoming a clickbait term?<\/h2>\n<p>Professor Chris Hilson, director of the Reading Centre for Climate and Justice, says net zero has become politicised by populists as \u201cshorthand\u201d for attacking climate policy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis may explain why climate change is mentioned less often alongside it in news articles,\u201d he adds. \u201cJournalists writing about electric vehicles or heat pumps don\u2019t need to mention climate change as \u2018net zero\u2019 alone is enough to generate polarising clicks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilson says this is a \u201cproblematic\u201d trend as net zero is a scientifically-established target that must be achieved to stay within 2\u2103 of warming, as set out in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//12//ten-years-of-the-paris-agreement-hope-for-change-clouded-by-climate-realities/">Paris Agreement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Black, former BBC environment correspondent and founding director of ECIU, says it\u2019s a \u201cbit odd\u201d that newspapers are failing to link the next zero solution to climate change. <\/p>\n<p>He uses the analogy of discussing the emergent benefits of taking a particular medicine without mentioning the condition it was developed to tackle in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn September this year, we<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2Fng-interactive%2F2025%2Fsep%2F17%2Fthe-guardian-climate-pledge-2025&data=05%7C02%7Cliam.gilliver%40ext.euronews.com%7C66db8e2ef3144319032408de42d58313%7Ce59fa28a32ed49aca5a09c46118cfecf%7C0%7C0%7C639021681978732684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YDNiwxTA8mgzcYCsrZPNOEd9QM3nnSbsfCVbfD33xvc%3D&reserved=0\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <\/a>renewed our pledge<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2Fng-interactive%2F2025%2Fsep%2F17%2Fthe-guardian-climate-pledge-2025&data=05%7C02%7Cliam.gilliver%40ext.euronews.com%7C66db8e2ef3144319032408de42d58313%7Ce59fa28a32ed49aca5a09c46118cfecf%7C0%7C0%7C639021681978732684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YDNiwxTA8mgzcYCsrZPNOEd9QM3nnSbsfCVbfD33xvc%3D&reserved=0\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <\/a>to keep the climate emergency in clear view,\" a spokesperson for the Guardian tells Euronews Green.<\/p>\n<p>\"Guardian journalists hold governments, finance and fossil fuel interests to account, and we report on the impact of the climate emergency, as well as the movements and practical solutions pushing for change. In that spirit, we keep our net-zero coverage grounded in the climate science and the risks of inaction.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph, The Times, The Sun and Daily Express did not immediately respond when approached for comment.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766482263,"updatedAt":1766578575,"publishedAt":1766487714,"firstPublishedAt":1766487714,"lastPublishedAt":1766578574,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","altText":"British newspapers are displayed for sale with their front pages reporting on the general election, outside a store in South Kensington, London, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. ","callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"caption":"British newspapers are displayed for sale with their front pages reporting on the general election, outside a store in South Kensington, London, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. ","url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/18\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cf592319-6671-51c5-9d11-98d312b96ec0-9591862.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1125}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"liam.gilliver@ext.euronews.com","twitter":null,"id":3531,"title":"Liam Gilliver"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom","id":7800,"title":"United Kingdom","slug":"united-kingdom"},{"urlSafeValue":"newspaper","titleRaw":"Newspaper","id":12296,"title":"Newspaper","slug":"newspaper"},{"urlSafeValue":"climate-change","titleRaw":"climate change","id":15386,"title":"climate change","slug":"climate-change"},{"urlSafeValue":"greenhouse-gas-emissions","titleRaw":"greenhouse gas emissions","id":18664,"title":"greenhouse gas emissions","slug":"greenhouse-gas-emissions"},{"urlSafeValue":"global-warming","titleRaw":"global warming","id":382,"title":"global warming","slug":"global-warming"},{"urlSafeValue":"print-media","titleRaw":"Print media","id":10869,"title":"Print media","slug":"print-media"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2855687},{"id":2855622},{"id":2855637}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news\/green-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"green","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"green","id":8,"title":"Green","slug":"green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"green-news","id":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/green\/green-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":35,"urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/green\/2025\/12\/23\/uk-newspapers-cant-stop-talking-about-net-zero-but-wheres-the-mention-of-climate-change","lastModified":1766578574},{"id":2856622,"cid":9591117,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Octopus","daletPyramidId":3678788,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"\u2018Year of the octopus\u2019: How climate change is pushing the sea\u2019s smartest creature into new territory ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Warming seas trigger record \u2018bloom\u2019 of octopuses in British waters","titleListing2":"\u2018Year of the octopus\u2019: How climate change is pushing the sea\u2019s smartest creature into new territory ","leadin":"Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what\u2019s behind the rare \u2018bloom\u2019?","summary":"Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what\u2019s behind the rare \u2018bloom\u2019?","keySentence":"","url":"year-of-the-octopus-how-climate-change-is-pushing-the-seas-smartest-creature-into-new-terr","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/12\/22\/year-of-the-octopus-how-climate-change-is-pushing-the-seas-smartest-creature-into-new-terr","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An \u201cexceptional\u201d number of Mediterranean Octopus have been spotted along the south coast of England this year, putting on rarely-seen displays in shallow waters.\n\nRevered as one of the most intelligent sea creatures, the elusive cephalopod (also known as the Common Octopus) is usually found further south in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean. They have been recorded in large numbers, often referred to as a bloom, in the UK before, but this year\u2019s surge was the biggest since 1950.\n\nVolunteers recorded a staggering 1,500 per cent increase in numbers from the \u201cmini bloom\u201d in 2023, and managed to get rare footage of the creatures \u2018walking\u2019, cleaning themselves and mating. One was even filmed grabbing at an underwater camera.\n\nThe influx led to conservation charity The Wildlife Trusts declaring 2025 \u2018the Year of the Blooming Octopus\u2019. But, is it really a phenomenon worth celebrating?\n\nWhy are octopuses moving to UK waters?\n\nRuth Williams, head of marine conservation at The Wildlife Trusts, says the \u201cpopulation explosion\u201d is likely due to a combination of different environmental factors aligning, including warming waters.\u00a0\n\n\u201cSea temperatures are 1.5 to 3\u2103 higher than usual in the Southwest and warmer winters allow the octopus eggs to survive at higher rates,\u201d she tells Euronews Green.\u00a0\n\n\u201cHowever, more research is needed to understand the bloom in more detail.\u201d\n\nThe temperature of seas and oceans is rising at an accelerating rate, as they continue to absorb excess heat from human-produced greenhouse gases.\u00a0\n\nA 2025 study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, warned that the surface of the ocean is warming four times faster than it was 40 years ago, while average sea surface temperatures have hit an all-time high.\n\n\u201cIf the oceans were a bathtub of water, then in the 1980s, the hot tap was running slowly, warming up the water by just a fraction of a degree each decade,\u201d says lead author Professor Chris Merchant.\u00a0\n\n\u201cBut now, the hot tap is running much faster and the warming has picked up speed. The way to slow down that warming is to start closing off the hot tap, by cutting global carbon emissions and moving towards net-zero.\u201d\n\nHow does the octopus bloom impact the UK?\n\nWhile the blooms are classed as a natural occurrence, this year\u2019s record-breaking numbers caused trouble for the shellfish industry - with some workers claiming their catch had plummeted by at least 60 per cent during the summer months.\n\n\u201cOctopuses are predators and feed on lobster, crab and scallops, which are also caught by fishers,\u201d explains Williams.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIf the number of octopus continues to increase then fishers will have to adapt and change their fishery accordingly and there is work underway to look into possible options.\u201d\n\nHowever, Williams adds that the spike in octopus numbers may be \u201cshort-lived\u201d and numbers could return to more normal levels in future years.\n\nA \u2018welfare issue\u2019: Is it legal to fish octopus in the UK?\n\nThe decrease in shellfish has heightened the demand for more restaurants to start offering octopus on their menu - and helps fishermen maintain their profits.\n\nThis summer, more than 1,200 tonnes of octopus were caught by fishermen in UK waters.\n\nThis is a significant increase on previous years, but won\u2019t be well-received by animal-rights activists who have long called for octopus to be protected from being killed for human consumption.\n\nIn 2021, the UK government amended its Animal Welfare Bill to recognise octopuses as sentient beings, acknowledging that they can feel pain. This prohibits practices such as boiling them alive but does not go as far as stopping them from being killed.\n\n\u201cThese are highly intellectual animals so there is a welfare issue, as with many animals caught or farmed for food production,\u201d Williams adds.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An \u201cexceptional\u201d number of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//13//spains-octopus-industry-faces-collapse-amid-overfishing-climate-shifts-and-global-demand/">Mediterranean Octopus<\/strong><\/a> have been spotted along the south coast of England this year, putting on rarely-seen displays in shallow waters.<\/p>\n<p>Revered as one of the most intelligent sea creatures, the elusive cephalopod (also known as the Common Octopus) is usually found further south in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean. They have been recorded in large numbers, often referred to as a bloom, in the UK before, but this year\u2019s surge was the biggest since 1950.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers recorded a staggering 1,500 per cent increase in numbers from the \u201cmini bloom\u201d in 2023, and managed to get rare footage of the creatures \u2018walking\u2019, cleaning themselves and mating. One was even filmed grabbing at an underwater camera.<\/p>\n<p>The influx led to conservation charity The Wildlife Trusts declaring 2025 \u2018the Year of the Blooming Octopus\u2019. But, is it really a phenomenon worth celebrating?<\/p>\n<h2>Why are octopuses moving to UK waters?<\/h2>\n<p>Ruth Williams, head of marine conservation at The Wildlife Trusts, says the \u201cpopulation explosion\u201d is likely due to a combination of different environmental factors aligning, including warming waters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSea temperatures are 1.5 to 3\u2103 higher than usual in the Southwest and warmer winters allow the octopus eggs to survive at higher rates,\u201d she tells Euronews Green. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, more research is needed to understand the bloom in more detail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The temperature of seas and oceans is rising at an accelerating rate, as they continue to absorb excess heat from human-produced greenhouse gases. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//18//love-island-for-lizards-critically-endangered-iguanas-now-thriving-thanks-to-matchmaking-p/">Love Island for lizards: Critically endangered iguanas now thriving thanks to matchmaking project<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//16//these-italian-brown-bears-have-changed-their-behaviour-due-to-close-interaction-with-human/">These Italian brown bears have changed their behaviour due to close interaction with humans<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A 2025 study, published in the journal<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////iopscience.iop.org//article//10.1088//1748-9326//adaa8a/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Environmental Research Letters<\/strong><\/a>, warned that the surface of the ocean is warming four times faster than it was 40 years ago, while average sea surface temperatures have hit an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the oceans were a bathtub of water, then in the 1980s, the hot tap was running slowly, warming up the water by just a fraction of a degree each decade,\u201d says lead author Professor Chris Merchant. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now, the hot tap is running much faster and the warming has picked up speed. The way to slow down that warming is to start closing off the hot tap, by cutting global carbon emissions and moving towards net-zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How does the octopus bloom impact the UK?<\/h2>\n<p>While the blooms are classed as a natural occurrence, this year\u2019s record-breaking numbers caused trouble for the shellfish industry - with some workers claiming their catch had plummeted by at least 60 per cent during the summer months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOctopuses are predators and feed on lobster, crab and scallops, which are also caught by fishers,\u201d explains Williams. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the number of octopus continues to increase then fishers will have to adapt and change their fishery accordingly and there is work underway to look into possible options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Williams adds that the spike in octopus numbers may be \u201cshort-lived\u201d and numbers could return to more normal levels in future years.<\/p>\n<h2>A \u2018welfare issue\u2019: Is it legal to fish octopus in the UK?<\/h2>\n<p>The decrease in shellfish has heightened the demand for more restaurants to start offering octopus on their menu - and helps fishermen maintain their profits.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, more than 1,200 tonnes of octopus were caught by fishermen in UK waters.<\/p>\n<p>This is a significant increase on previous years, but won\u2019t be well-received by animal-rights activists who have long called for octopus to be protected from being killed for human consumption.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the UK government amended its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//07//01//will-new-animal-welfare-law-curb-illegal-trade/">Animal Welfare Bill<\/strong><\/a> to recognise octopuses as sentient beings, acknowledging that they can feel pain. This prohibits practices such as boiling them alive but does not go as far as stopping them from being killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are highly intellectual animals so there is a welfare issue, as with many animals caught or farmed for food production,\u201d Williams adds.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766415782,"updatedAt":1766417540,"publishedAt":1766416283,"firstPublishedAt":1766416283,"lastPublishedAt":1766416283,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/11\/17\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e9ce12e4-5c08-5de5-9eb7-72be5c8cb259-9591117.jpg","altText":"A Common Octopus.","caption":"A Common Octopus.","captionUrl":"https:\/\/www.wildlifetrusts.org\/news\/wildlife-trusts-2025-marine-review","captionCredit":"KIRSTY ANDREWS via The Wildlife 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CPI was recorded at 3.2%, down from 3.6% in October.\n\nThursday\u2019s cut \u2014 which brings the BoE\u2019s key rate to its lowest point in around three years \u2014 will bring some Christmas cheer to finance minister Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who have so far failed to deliver on their promises to kickstart growth in the UK.\n\nAnalysts argue that such commitments have been hindered by a decision to increase employer social security contributions this year, as well as the lingering impacts of Brexit on investment and trade.\n\nUS tariff uncertainty and increases to the minimum wage have also left businesses more cautious about hiring, while productivity remains sluggish.\n\nThe latest figures show that the economy shrank by 0.1% in October, and also contracted by 0.1% in the third quarter of the year. The UK economy has expanded in only one of the past seven months, according to the UK\u2019s Office for National Statistics.\n\nWhile cooling inflation has shifted the BoE\u2019s focus towards economic stimulus, price pressures are still above the central bank\u2019s target.\u00a0\n\nClaire Lombardelli, the bank\u2019s deputy governor, stressed earlier this week that \u201cupside risks\u201d to inflation remain, even as wage growth slows.\n\nWriting ahead of the BoE\u2019s decision on Thursday, economists at ING predicted two further cuts in February and April 2026.\n\nThe European Central Bank is also expected to announce its next interest rate move on Thursday afternoon, with no change anticipated.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Bank of England cut its key interest rate by a quarter point to 3.75% on Thursday as UK growth remains weak and unemployment high.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was supported by fresh inflation data this week, which showed that price pressures dropped to their lowest level in eight months in November. CPI was recorded at 3.2%, down from 3.6% in October.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s cut \u2014 which brings the BoE\u2019s key rate to its lowest point in around three years \u2014 will bring some Christmas cheer to finance minister Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who have so far failed to deliver on their promises to kickstart growth in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts argue that such commitments have been hindered by a decision to increase employer social security contributions this year, as well as the lingering impacts of Brexit on investment and trade.<\/p>\n<p>US tariff uncertainty and increases to the minimum wage have also left businesses more cautious about hiring, while productivity remains sluggish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//12//03//a-decade-of-brexit-britain-falls-behind-peers-in-trade-and-growth/">A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//25//whats-at-stake-in-the-uks-autumn-budget-here-are-the-key-takeaways/">What/u2019s at stake in the UK Autumn Budget? Here are the points to watch<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The latest figures show that the economy shrank by 0.1% in October, and also contracted by 0.1% in the third quarter of the year. The UK economy has expanded in only one of the past seven months, according to the UK\u2019s Office for National Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>While cooling inflation has shifted the BoE\u2019s focus towards economic stimulus, price pressures are still above the central bank\u2019s target. <\/p>\n<p>Claire Lombardelli, the bank\u2019s deputy governor, stressed earlier this week that \u201cupside risks\u201d to inflation remain, even as wage growth slows.<\/p>\n<p>Writing ahead of the BoE\u2019s decision on Thursday, economists at ING predicted two further cuts in February and April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The European Central Bank is also expected to announce its next interest rate move on Thursday afternoon, with no change anticipated.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766056019,"updatedAt":1766059360,"publishedAt":1766059353,"firstPublishedAt":1766059353,"lastPublishedAt":1766059353,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/74\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1cccea17-60a8-598d-9837-4aa59b9c611b-9587424.jpg","altText":"FILE. 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who served as the British government's chief financial minister from 2010 to 2016, announced on X that he is now managing director and head of \u201cOpenAI for Countries\u201d, a programme aimed at helping governments improve their artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.\n\nThe role will be based in London, Osborne added, calling OpenAI the \u201cmost exciting and promising company in the world right now\u201d.\n\nIntroduced in May, OpenAI for Countries\u2019 aim is to help governments develop their AI infrastructure, including data centres, and supercomputers.\u00a0\n\nThe programme also champions \u201cdemocratic AI,\u201d which OpenAI defines as \u201cthe development, use, and deployment of AI that protects and incorporates long-standing democratic principles\u201d.\n\nSupported by the United States government, OpenAI for Countries is billed as an extension of The Stargate Project, a joint AI infrastructure project led by OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle.\n\nOpenAI\u2019s chief 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He said 30 governments have already expressed interest in joining OpenAI for Countries, including the UK and several European Union member states.\n\nOsborne, who currently serves as chair of the British Museum, said he will be leaving his job as senior managing director at the investment bank Evercore to join OpenAI.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The United Kingdom\u2019s former chancellor George Osborne is now OpenAI\u2019s newest hire. <\/p>\n<p>The retired conservative politician, who served as the British government's chief financial minister from 2010 to 2016, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////x.com//George_Osborne//status//2000982429247365479?s=20\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>announced on X<\/strong><\/a>that he is now managing director and head of \u201cOpenAI for Countries\u201d, a programme aimed at helping governments improve their artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The role will be based in London, Osborne added, calling OpenAI the \u201cmost exciting and promising company in the world right now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced in May, OpenAI for Countries\u2019 aim is to help governments develop their AI infrastructure, including data centres, and supercomputers. <\/p>\n<p>The programme also champions \u201cdemocratic AI,\u201d which OpenAI defines as \u201cthe development, use, and deployment of AI that protects and incorporates long-standing democratic principles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by the United States government, OpenAI for Countries is billed as an extension of The Stargate Project, a joint AI infrastructure project led by OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, celebrated Osborne\u2019s new role at the company <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.linkedin.com//feed//update//urn:li:activity:7406755715211628546///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>in a LinkedIn post<\/strong><\/a>, writing that it \u201creflects a shared belief that AI is becoming critical infrastructure \u2013 and early decisions about how it\u2019s built, governed, and deployed will shape economics and geopolitics for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lehane said that OpenAI for Countries has already worked with more than 50 countries to train workforces on AI skills, use AI to improve public services, establish safety and governance standards, and support AI-driven reindustrialisation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lehane, Osborne\u2019s new role will involve expanding existing partnerships and building new ones. He said 30 governments have already expressed interest in joining OpenAI for Countries, including the UK and several European Union member states.<\/p>\n<p>Osborne, who currently serves as chair of the British Museum, said he will be leaving his job as senior managing director at the investment bank Evercore to join OpenAI.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765984214,"updatedAt":1765987091,"publishedAt":1765986394,"firstPublishedAt":1765986394,"lastPublishedAt":1765986394,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/64\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6b2032a3-62b2-546e-a0c1-00d2645fef41-9586438.jpg","altText":"FILE - George Osborne speaking at a news conference in 2016, while he was UK Chancellor of the Exchequer.","caption":"FILE - George Osborne speaking at a news conference in 2016, while he was UK Chancellor of the Exchequer.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1431}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2430,"urlSafeValue":"ulea","title":"Anca Ulea","twitter":"@ancaulea"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":27828,"slug":"chatgpt","urlSafeValue":"chatgpt","title":"ChatGPT","titleRaw":"ChatGPT"},{"id":12661,"slug":"artificial-intelligence","urlSafeValue":"artificial-intelligence","title":"Artificial intelligence","titleRaw":"Artificial intelligence"},{"id":7800,"slug":"united-kingdom","urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom"},{"id":25918,"slug":"infrastructure","urlSafeValue":"infrastructure","title":"infrastructure","titleRaw":"infrastructure"},{"id":389,"slug":"technology","urlSafeValue":"technology","title":"Technology","titleRaw":"Technology"},{"id":28568,"slug":"us-government","urlSafeValue":"us-government","title":"US government ","titleRaw":"US government "}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2855095},{"id":2835609},{"id":2855513}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/tech-news\/tech-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","url":"\/next\/tech-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":40,"urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/next\/2025\/12\/17\/former-uk-chancellor-george-osborne-joins-openai-to-help-governments-expand-their-ai-capab","lastModified":1765986394},{"id":2855385,"cid":9586349,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"ABRAMOVICH CHELSEA CASH FOR UKRAINE","daletPyramidId":3636608,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"UK to transfer \u20ac2.8bn of Abramovich\u2019s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, PM Starmer says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UK to transfer \u20ac2.8bn of Abramovich\u2019s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund","titleListing2":"UK will transfer \u20ac2.8b of Abramovich\u2019s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, Starmer says","leadin":"Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.","summary":"Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-to-transfer-28bn-of-abramovichs-chelsea-cash-to-ukraine-fund-pm-starmer-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/17\/uk-to-transfer-28bn-of-abramovichs-chelsea-cash-to-ukraine-fund-pm-starmer-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK has issued a licence allowing \u20ac2.8 billion from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea Football Club to be transferred to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, warning the Russian oligarch he faces legal action if he fails to comply, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons on Wednesday.\n\n\u201cThe clock is ticking on Roman Abramovich to honour the commitment he made when Chelsea FC was sold and transfer the \u00a32.5bn (\u20ac2.8bn) to a humanitarian cause for Ukraine,\u201d Starmer said.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThis government is prepared to enforce it through the courts so that every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by Putin\u2019s illegal war.\u201d\n\nUnder the new licence, proceeds must be directed to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, but future gains may be spent more broadly on victims of conflict worldwide. But the funds cannot benefit Abramovich or other individuals under sanctions.\n\nOut of the public eye\n\nThe UK sanctioned Abramovich in a crackdown on Russian oligarchs after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, triggering a rushed sale of the English Premier League football club.\n\nSince then, the funds have been frozen amid a deadlock in negotiations with the Russian billionaire over whether they should be spent exclusively in Ukraine or also outside the country.\n\n\"It\u2019s unacceptable that more than \u00a32.5 billion of money owed to the Ukrainian people can be allowed to remain frozen in a UK bank account,\" Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said in the statement.\n\nThe UK government has now promised to establish a foundation to disburse the funds, led by Mike Penrose, former head of UNICEF UK.\n\nThe move comes as European leaders continue talks this week on a separate plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine over the coming years, with a leaders\u2019 meeting scheduled to begin on Thursday.\u00a0\n\nAbramovich has been out of the public eye since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the UK sanctioned him over his close links with Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\nSince then he has kept a low profile and reportedly spends his time between Moscow, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, where he is not under sanctions.\u00a0\n\nAbramovich reportedly worked on negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to exchange prisoners of war.\n\nWhile trying to negotiate a peace agreement in the early weeks of Moscow\u2019s full-out war in 2022, Abramovich suffered symptoms of a suspected poisoning.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK has issued a licence allowing \u20ac2.8 billion from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea Football Club to be transferred to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, warning the Russian oligarch he faces legal action if he fails to comply, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clock is ticking on Roman Abramovich to honour the commitment he made when Chelsea FC was sold and transfer the \u00a32.5bn (\u20ac2.8bn) to a humanitarian cause for Ukraine,\u201d Starmer said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government is prepared to enforce it through the courts so that every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by Putin\u2019s illegal war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the new licence, proceeds must be directed to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, but future gains may be spent more broadly on victims of conflict worldwide. But the funds cannot benefit Abramovich or other individuals under sanctions.<\/p>\n<h2>Out of the public eye<\/h2>\n<p>The UK sanctioned Abramovich in a crackdown on Russian oligarchs after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, triggering a rushed sale of the English Premier League football club.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the funds have been frozen amid a deadlock in negotiations with the Russian billionaire over whether they should be spent exclusively in Ukraine or also outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>\"It\u2019s unacceptable that more than \u00a32.5 billion of money owed to the Ukrainian people can be allowed to remain frozen in a UK bank account,\" Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government has now promised to establish a foundation to disburse the funds, led by Mike Penrose, former head of UNICEF UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//06//03//uk-demands-abramovichs-chelsea-sale-funds-go-to-ukraine-war-victims/">UK demands Abramovich's Chelsea sale funds go to Ukraine war victims<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//03//28//roman-abramovich-and-ukraine-negotiators-victims-of-attempted-poisoning/">Russia plays down claims of poisoning attempt on Roman Abramovich<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The move comes as European leaders continue talks this week on a separate plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine over the coming years, with a leaders\u2019 meeting scheduled to begin on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Abramovich has been out of the public eye since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the UK sanctioned him over his close links with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Since then he has kept a low profile and reportedly spends his time between Moscow, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, where he is not under sanctions. <\/p>\n<p>Abramovich reportedly worked on negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to exchange prisoners of war.<\/p>\n<p>While trying to negotiate a peace agreement in the early weeks of Moscow\u2019s full-out war in 2022, Abramovich suffered symptoms of a suspected poisoning.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765980046,"updatedAt":1765990824,"publishedAt":1765981840,"firstPublishedAt":1765981840,"lastPublishedAt":1765981840,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/63\/49\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b84c6947-d4d4-5980-b712-1465543645c3-9586349.jpg","altText":"FILE - Chelsea's soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 16, 2021. 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Erasmus+ student mobility fund in 2027 ","titleListing2":"UK to re-join EU's Erasmus+ student programme amid accusations London is taking a 'piecemeal' approach to EU relations.","leadin":"The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a \"piecemeal\" approach to Europe.","summary":"The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a \"piecemeal\" approach to Europe.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-to-rejoin-eus-erasmus-student-mobility-fund-in-2027","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/17\/uk-to-rejoin-eus-erasmus-student-mobility-fund-in-2027","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The European Union and United Kingdom have finalised a deal to reintegrate British students into the Erasmus+ scheme in 2027, seven years after the UK formally left the EU, including all its institutions and bodies.\u00a0\n\nThe British government had been under considerable pressure from student bodies including universities to rejoin Erasmus, but had resisted due its popularity with European citizens and a history of proportionately lower takeup by British students studying in the EU.\u00a0\n\nHowever, London will contribute \u00a3570m\u00a0(\u20ac650m) in the 2027\/28 academic year, which the UK government says is 30% less than the\u00a0price for non-EU states.\n\nErasmus+ offers opportunities around education, training, youth, culture and sport. More than 100,000 people from the UK are likely to benefit in 2027, according to the British government.\u00a0\n\n\u201cJoining Erasmus+ is a huge win for our young people, breaking down barriers and widening horizons to ensure everyone, from every background has the opportunity to study and train abroad\u201d, said EU Relations Minister Nick-Thomas Symonds in a statement.\u00a0\n\nThe EU and UK have also announced plans for further integration into the EU\u2019s electricity market.\n\n\u201cCloser cooperation on electricity would bring real benefits to businesses and consumers across Europe, drive up investment in the North Seas and strengthen energy security\u201d, said a joint statement from Joint Statement by EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d and Minister Symonds.\n\nComing together\n\nThe EU and UK share the view that closer economic ties are in the interests of both sides following a turbulent, extended and at times rancorous Brexit process. But the initial optimism for a substantially closer relationship has waned in Brussels given what is often described as the UK\u2019s \u201cpiecemeal\u201d approach to close ties.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe EU-UK held their first post-Brexit summit in May, a meeting intended to scope out areas of shared concern and cooperation, namely in the areas of Trade, Defence and Youth Mobility.\u00a0\n\nYet subsequent negotiations\u00a0aimed at the UK joining the EU\u2019s landmark Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence fund as a third party failed at the final hurdle because of a dispute over the cost of the UK\u2019s membership. \u00a0\n\nMeanwhile, Canada announced its participation in early December, citing \u201ctremendous opportunities\u201d for its defence industry and\u00a0becoming the first non-European country to join.\n\nIn addition, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the UK government has consistently ruled out rejoining the EU\u2019s Single Market and Customs Union, both of which are widely regarded among pro-European British politicians as the most logical way of strengthening the economic prospects for UK-EU relations.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Union and United Kingdom have finalised a deal to reintegrate British students into the Erasmus+ scheme in 2027, seven years after the UK formally left the EU, including all its institutions and bodies. <\/p>\n<p>The British government had been under considerable pressure from student bodies including universities to rejoin Erasmus, but had resisted due its popularity with European citizens and a history of proportionately lower takeup by British students studying in the EU. <\/p>\n<p>However, London will contribute \u00a3570m (\u20ac650m) in the 2027\/28 academic year, which the UK government says is 30% less than the price for non-EU states.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus+ offers opportunities around education, training, youth, culture and sport. More than 100,000 people from the UK are likely to benefit in 2027, according to the British government. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoining Erasmus+ is a huge win for our young people, breaking down barriers and widening horizons to ensure everyone, from every background has the opportunity to study and train abroad\u201d, said EU Relations Minister Nick-Thomas Symonds in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>The EU and UK have also announced plans for further integration into the EU\u2019s electricity market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCloser cooperation on electricity would bring real benefits to businesses and consumers across Europe, drive up investment in the North Seas and strengthen energy security\u201d, said a joint statement from Joint Statement by EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d and Minister Symonds.<\/p>\n<h2>Coming together<\/h2>\n<p>The EU and UK share the view that closer economic ties are in the interests of both sides following a turbulent, extended and at times rancorous Brexit process. But the initial optimism for a substantially closer relationship has waned in Brussels given what is often described as the UK\u2019s \u201cpiecemeal\u201d approach to close ties. <\/p>\n<p>The EU-UK held their first post-Brexit summit in May, a meeting intended to scope out areas of shared concern and cooperation, namely in the areas of Trade, Defence and Youth Mobility. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//12//03//a-decade-of-brexit-britain-falls-behind-peers-in-trade-and-growth/">A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//09//26//former-brexit-party-mep-admits-accepting-bribes-to-shill-for-russia/">Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Yet subsequent negotiations aimed at the UK joining the EU\u2019s landmark Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence fund as a third party failed at the final hurdle because of a dispute over the cost of the UK\u2019s membership. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Canada announced its participation in early December, citing \u201ctremendous opportunities\u201d for its defence industry and becoming the first non-European country to join.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the UK government has consistently ruled out rejoining the EU\u2019s Single Market and Customs Union, both of which are widely regarded among pro-European British politicians as the most logical way of strengthening 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probe foreign meddling in politics after Russia bribery scandal","titleListing2":"UK to investigate foreign interference in politics after Russia bribery scandal","leadin":"An independent review has been ordered in response to the conviction of former Reform UK lawmaker Nathan Gill for accepting bribes from Russia.","summary":"An independent review has been ordered in response to the conviction of former Reform UK lawmaker Nathan Gill for accepting bribes from Russia.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-to-investigate-foreign-interference-in-politics-after-russia-bribery-scandal","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/16\/uk-to-investigate-foreign-interference-in-politics-after-russia-bribery-scandal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The British government has announced an independent review into foreign financial interference in politics, after a former member of the right-wing Reform UK party was convicted of taking bribes from Russia.\n\nThe inquiry will examine the effectiveness of the UK's political finance laws and safeguards against illicit foreign money, Communities Secretary Steve Reed said on Tuesday.\n\nThe announcement comes almost a month after Nathan Gill, a former Reform UK leader in Wales and an ex-MEP, was jailed for more than 10 years for accepting bribes to make favourable statements about Russia in the European Parliament.\n\nGill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between December 2018 and July 2019. Police estimated that he took about \u00a340,000 (\u20ac46,000) to promote Russian interests.\n\n\"The facts are clear. A British politician took bribes to further the interests of the Russian regime,\" Reed said in a statement. \"This conduct is a stain on our democracy. The independent review will work to remove that stain.\"\n\nFollowing Gill's conviction, Reform UK said his actions were \"reprehensible, treasonous and unforgivable.\"\n\nThe party has only five MPs in the UK's 650-seat parliament but regularly tops opinion polls.\n\nThe independent review will be led by former senior civil Philip Rycroft, who will deliver his findings at the end of March.\n\nIt will build on the launch last month of a new plan to disrupt and deter spying from states, according to the government. That will see intelligence services deliver security briefings to political parties and election candidates and work with professional networking sites such as LinkedIn to make them a more hostile environment for spies.\n\nAnnouncing the review, the government also referenced another major case of political interference in British politics, involving London-based lawyer Christine Lee.\n\nIn 2022, MI5 issued a security alert to all lawmakers warning that Lee was \"involved in political interference activities\" in the UK on behalf of China's Communist Party.\n\nAlthough not charged with any criminal offence, Lee later sued MI5, arguing that its alert was politically motivated and violated her human rights. She lost the case last year.\n\nOn Monday, the new head of the UK's foreign intelligence service, MI6, warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin's determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges.\n\nBlaise Metreweli used her first public speech to say that the UK faces increasingly unpredictable and interconnected threats, with emphasis on an \"aggressive, expansionist\" Russia.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The British government has announced an independent review into foreign financial interference in politics, after a former member of the right-wing Reform UK party was convicted of taking bribes from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry will examine the effectiveness of the UK's political finance laws and safeguards against illicit foreign money, Communities Secretary Steve Reed said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes almost a month after Nathan Gill, a former Reform UK leader in Wales and an ex-MEP, was jailed for more than 10 years for accepting bribes to make favourable statements about Russia in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Gill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between December 2018 and July 2019. Police estimated that he took about \u00a340,000 (\u20ac46,000) to promote Russian interests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//50//97//808x539_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg/" alt=\"Former leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill, left, speaks to the media in Strasbourg, 7 October, 2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/384x256_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/640x427_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/750x500_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/828x552_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/1080x720_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/1200x800_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/1920x1280_cmsv2_cabcf168-427d-5f69-8e31-67eaaa4ee020-9585097.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Former leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill, left, speaks to the media in Strasbourg, 7 October, 2016<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The facts are clear. A British politician took bribes to further the interests of the Russian regime,\" Reed said in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.gov.uk//government//news//urgent-review-into-foreign-financial-interference-in-uk-politics/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">statement<\/a>. \"This conduct is a stain on our democracy. The independent review will work to remove that stain.\"<\/p>\n<p>Following Gill's conviction, Reform UK said his actions were \"reprehensible, treasonous and unforgivable.\" <\/p>\n<p>The party has only five MPs in the UK's 650-seat parliament but regularly tops opinion polls.<\/p>\n<p>The independent review will be led by former senior civil Philip Rycroft, who will deliver his findings at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>It will build on the launch last month of a new plan to disrupt and deter spying from states, according to the government. That will see intelligence services deliver security briefings to political parties and election candidates and work with professional networking sites <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//18//mi5-spy-agency-warns-chinese-agents-are-trying-to-recruit-uk-politicians-on-linkedin/">such as LinkedIn<\/a> to make them a more hostile environment for spies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//23//three-men-arrested-in-uk-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-russia-scotland-yard-says/">Three men arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia, Scotland Yard says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//07//22//british-man-obsessed-with-james-bond-convicted-of-trying-to-spy-for-russia/">British man obsessed with James Bond convicted of trying to spy for Russia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Announcing the review, the government also referenced another major case of political interference in British politics, involving London-based lawyer Christine Lee.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, MI5 issued a security alert to all lawmakers warning that Lee was \"involved in political interference activities\" in the UK on behalf of China's Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Although not charged with any criminal offence, Lee later sued MI5, arguing that its alert was politically motivated and violated her human rights. She <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//17//lawyer-accused-of-being-chinese-spy-loses-legal-battle-with-uk-intelligence-agency/">lost the case<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the new head of the UK's foreign intelligence service, MI6, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.gov.uk//government//speeches//speech-by-blaise-metreweli-chief-of-sis-15-december-2025/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">warned <\/a>that Russian President Vladimir Putin's determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Blaise Metreweli used her <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//15//mi6-chief-says-uk-faces-threat-from-russias-desire-to-export-chaos-around-the-world/">first public speech<\/a> to say that the UK faces increasingly unpredictable and interconnected threats, with emphasis on an \"aggressive, expansionist\" Russia.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765899354,"updatedAt":1765902516,"publishedAt":1765902483,"firstPublishedAt":1765902483,"lastPublishedAt":1765902483,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kirsty Wigglesworth\/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved","altText":"FILE: A pedestrian passes Britain's Houses of Parliament on the bank of The River Thames in London, Aug. 29, 2019.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"FILE: A pedestrian passes Britain's Houses of Parliament on the bank of The River Thames in London, Aug. 29, 2019.","url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/50\/97\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9008273c-03f7-536d-901f-d47201a1a3b7-9585097.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":576},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"Former leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill, left, speaks to the media in Strasbourg, 7 October, 2016","callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"caption":"Former leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill, left, speaks to the media in Strasbourg, 7 October, 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years","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Man who drove into Liverpool football parade jailed for over 21 years","titleListing2":"Driver who ploughed into crowd at Liverpool football parade jailed for over 21 years","leadin":"Paul Doyle, 54, used his vehicle \"as a weapon\" after losing his temper with crowds at a Liverpool FC victory parade on 26 May, prosecutors said.","summary":"Paul Doyle, 54, used his vehicle \"as a weapon\" after losing his temper with crowds at a Liverpool FC victory parade on 26 May, prosecutors said.","keySentence":"","url":"driver-who-ploughed-into-crowd-at-liverpool-football-parade-jailed-for-over-21-years","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/16\/driver-who-ploughed-into-crowd-at-liverpool-football-parade-jailed-for-over-21-years","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A driver who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of football fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title in May was jailed for 21-and-a-half years on Tuesday.\n\nPaul Doyle, 54, rammed his minivan through a mass of fans in Liverpool on 26 May and was stopped only after a bystander got in the vehicle and brought it to a halt.\n\nDoyle sobbed during the two-day sentencing as prosecutors detailed the crime, using graphic video footage and reading emotional statements from dozens of victims.\n\nHe pleaded guilty last month to 31 counts, including dangerous driving and multiple counts of attempting or causing grievous bodily harm and intentional wounding.\n\nSentencing Doyle at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday, Judge Andrew Menary said the footage of the incident was \"truly shocking.\"\n\n\"It is difficult if not impossible to convey in words alone the scenes of devastation you caused. It shows you deliberately accelerating into groups of fans, time and time again,\" Menary said.\n\nProsecutors said Doyle used his vehicle \"as a weapon\" to ram through the sea of people walking toward him following the victory parade.\n\nDoyle was furious because he couldn't get where he was going fast enough to pick up a family friend who had attended the parade, according to prosecutor Paul Greaney.\n\n\"He was a man in a rage, whose anger had completely taken hold of him,\" Greaney said.\n\n\"He not only caused injury on a large scale, but he also generated horror in those who had attended what they had thought would be a day of joyfulness.\"\n\nJudge Menary dismissed Doyle's claim of having panicked as \"demonstrably untrue\".\n\nProsecutors spent hours reading out the statements of victims, some still nursing injuries.\n\nOne was from a 16-year-old boy who lost his apprenticeship as a woodworker because he was kept awake by nightmares and couldn't concentrate at work. A 23-year-old man said he had to learn how to walk again. Susan Farrell, a 55-year-old mother, whose daughter was a die-hard Liverpool fan said she could no longer watch matches.\n\n\"The sight of red shirts and the sounds of chants are unbearable reminders of that day,\" Farrell said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A driver who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of football fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title in May was jailed for 21-and-a-half years on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Paul Doyle, 54, rammed his minivan through a mass of fans in Liverpool on 26 May and was stopped only after a bystander got in the vehicle and brought it to a halt. <\/p>\n<p>Doyle sobbed during the two-day sentencing as prosecutors detailed the crime, using graphic video footage and reading emotional statements from dozens of victims.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded guilty last month to 31 counts, including dangerous driving and multiple counts of attempting or causing grievous bodily harm and intentional wounding.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing Doyle at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday, Judge Andrew Menary said the footage of the incident was \"truly shocking.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//47//98//808x539_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg/" alt=\"Forensic officers examine the site where a British man drove a minivan into a crowd of football fans in Liverpool, 27 May, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/384x256_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/640x427_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/750x500_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/828x552_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/1080x720_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/1200x800_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a817a93f-6ba0-5839-871b-aa5cebca3800-9584798.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Forensic officers examine the site where a British man drove a minivan into a crowd of football fans in Liverpool, 27 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"It is difficult if not impossible to convey in words alone the scenes of devastation you caused. It shows you deliberately accelerating into groups of fans, time and time again,\" Menary said.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Doyle used his vehicle \"as a weapon\" to ram through the sea of people walking toward him following the victory parade.<\/p>\n<p>Doyle was furious because he couldn't get where he was going fast enough to pick up a family friend who had attended the parade, according to prosecutor Paul Greaney.<\/p>\n<p>\"He was a man in a rage, whose anger had completely taken hold of him,\" Greaney said.<\/p>\n<p>\"He not only caused injury on a large scale, but he also generated horror in those who had attended what they had thought would be a day of joyfulness.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//09//02//liverpool-fc-breaks-english-transfer-record-with-145m-signing-of-alexander-isak/">Liverpool FC breaks English transfer record with \u20ac145m signing of Alexander Isak<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//07//03//forever-number-20-liverpool-fc-fans-ask-club-to-retire-diogo-jotas-shirt-after-tragic-deat/">Liverpool FC to 'immortalise' number 20 after fans ask club to retire Diogo Jota's shirt<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Judge Menary dismissed Doyle's claim of having panicked as \"demonstrably untrue\".<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors spent hours reading out the statements of victims, some still nursing injuries.<\/p>\n<p>One was from a 16-year-old boy who lost his apprenticeship as a woodworker because he was kept awake by nightmares and couldn't concentrate at work. A 23-year-old man said he had to learn how to walk again. Susan Farrell, a 55-year-old mother, whose daughter was a die-hard Liverpool fan said she could no longer watch matches.<\/p>\n<p>\"The sight of red shirts and the sounds of chants are unbearable reminders of that day,\" Farrell said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765891805,"updatedAt":1765915782,"publishedAt":1765894413,"firstPublishedAt":1765894413,"lastPublishedAt":1765894413,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/47\/98\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a19e0db6-2ee6-5b2e-b07d-48831a6b4370-9584798.jpg","altText":"Police guard the site where a man drove a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool football fans in Liverpool, 27 May, 2025","caption":"Police guard the site where a man drove a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool football fans in Liverpool, 27 May, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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chaos around the world","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos","titleListing2":"New MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos around the world","leadin":"The speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China.","summary":"The speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China.","keySentence":"","url":"mi6-chief-says-uk-faces-threat-from-russias-desire-to-export-chaos-around-the-world","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/15\/mi6-chief-says-uk-faces-threat-from-russias-desire-to-export-chaos-around-the-world","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The new head of the\u00a0UK\u2019s foreign intelligence service, MI6, warned on Monday of how Russian President Vladimir Putin's determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges.\n\nBlaise Metreweli used her first public speech to say that Britain faces increasingly unpredictable and interconnected threats, with emphasis on an \"aggressive, expansionist\" Russia.\n\n\"The export of chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach to international engagement and we should be ready for this to continue until Putin is forced to change his calculus,\" she said.\n\nThe MI6 chief, known as C, is the only employee of the spy agency whose name is made public.\n\nMetreweli, who took over from Richard Moore at the end of September, was previously the MI6 director of technology and innovation.\n\nShe said that technological savvy and human intelligence are both key to combating hybrid threats and MI6 officers \"must be as comfortable with lines of code as we are with human sources, as fluent in Python as we are in multiple languages.\"\n\nThe speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China, whose use of cyber tools, espionage and influence operations they say threatens global stability.\n\nLast week, the UK imposed sanctions on several Russian media outlets for alleged information warfare and two Chinese tech firms for \"vast and indiscriminate cyber-activities.\"\n\nMetreweli is the first woman to hold the post since MI6 was founded in 1909.\n\nBritain's two other main intelligence agencies have already shattered the spy world's glass ceiling.\u00a0\n\nMI5, the domestic intelligence service, was led by\u00a0Stella Rimington\u00a0between 1992-1996 and Eliza Manningham-Buller between 2002-2007.\u00a0Anne Keast-Butler\u00a0became head of the electronic and cyber intelligence agency\u00a0GCHQ in 2023.\n\nSupport for Ukraine\n\nThe spy chief's warning comes amid a\u00a0flurry of diplomatic meetings\u00a0aimed at ending the almost four-year Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US envoys on Sunday in Berlin and met with the leaders of Germany, France and Britain on Monday.\n\nKyiv's allies are trying to bolster support for Ukraine amid Washington's pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal.\n\nIn a separate speech, the head of the British military, Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, said on Monday that Putin's aim is \"to challenge, limit, divide and ultimately destroy NATO.\"\n\n\"The war in Ukraine shows Putin\u2019s willingness to target neighbouring states, including their civilian populations...threatens the whole of NATO, including the UK,\" Knighton will say, arguing that Britain needs both a stronger military and more resilient infrastructure to meet the evolving threat.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The new head of the UK\u2019s foreign intelligence service, MI6, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.gov.uk//government//speeches//speech-by-blaise-metreweli-chief-of-sis-15-december-2025/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">warned on Monday<\/a> of how Russian President Vladimir Putin's determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Blaise Metreweli used her first public speech to say that Britain faces increasingly unpredictable and interconnected threats, with emphasis on an \"aggressive, expansionist\" Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\"The export of chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach to international engagement and we should be ready for this to continue until Putin is forced to change his calculus,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>The MI6 chief, known as C, is the only employee of the spy agency whose name is made public.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Metreweli, who took over from Richard Moore at the end of September, was previously the MI6 director of technology and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>She said that technological savvy and human intelligence are both key to combating hybrid threats and MI6 officers \"must be as comfortable with lines of code as we are with human sources, as fluent in Python as we are in multiple languages.\"<\/p>\n<p>The speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China, whose use of cyber tools, espionage and influence operations they say threatens global stability.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the UK imposed sanctions on several Russian media outlets for alleged information warfare and two Chinese tech firms for \"vast and indiscriminate cyber-activities.\"<\/p>\n<p>Metreweli is the first woman to hold the post since MI6 was founded in 1909.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//33//15//808x539_cmsv2_3309f4a5-baaf-58f8-af01-b7177633f903-9583315.jpg/" alt=\"A worker shows damages of a production hall after a recent Russian missile attack at DTEK's power plant in Ukraine, 10 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/384x256_cmsv2_3309f4a5-baaf-58f8-af01-b7177633f903-9583315.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/640x427_cmsv2_3309f4a5-baaf-58f8-af01-b7177633f903-9583315.jpg 640w, 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in Ukraine, 10 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Britain's two other main intelligence agencies have already shattered the spy world's glass ceiling. <\/p>\n<p>MI5, the domestic intelligence service, was led by Stella Rimington between 1992-1996 and Eliza Manningham-Buller between 2002-2007. Anne Keast-Butler became head of the electronic and cyber intelligence agency GCHQ in 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Support for Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>The spy chief's warning comes amid a flurry of diplomatic meetings aimed at ending the almost four-year Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US envoys on Sunday in Berlin and met with the leaders of Germany, France and Britain on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv's allies are trying to bolster support for Ukraine amid Washington's pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//33//15//808x539_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg/" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street in London, 8 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/384x256_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/640x427_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/750x500_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/828x552_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/1080x720_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/1200x800_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/1920x1280_cmsv2_0e7d187d-7e35-52e0-9425-af1c15275e60-9583315.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street in London, 8 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In a separate speech, the head of the British military, Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, said on Monday that Putin's aim is \"to challenge, limit, divide and ultimately destroy NATO.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The war in Ukraine shows Putin\u2019s willingness to target neighbouring states, including their civilian populations...threatens the whole of NATO, including the UK,\" Knighton will say, arguing that Britain needs both a stronger military and more resilient infrastructure to meet the evolving threat.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765798351,"updatedAt":1765822744,"publishedAt":1765822716,"firstPublishedAt":1765822716,"lastPublishedAt":1765822716,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/33\/15\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3b0dec64-733f-5e8d-a1d4-3227fe5e1127-9583315.jpg","altText":"Snow falls on people walking through Red Square in Moscow, 8 April, 2025","caption":"Snow falls on people walking through Red Square in Moscow, 8 April, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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month","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UK housing market cools as sellers cut prices for second month","titleListing2":"","leadin":"Prices across the UK dropped again in the four weeks to 6 December, with property valued lower than a year ago as tax speculation and slower demand weighed on the market.","summary":"Prices across the UK dropped again in the four weeks to 6 December, with property valued lower than a year ago as tax speculation and slower demand weighed on the market.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-housing-market-cools-as-sellers-cut-prices-for-second-month","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/12\/15\/uk-housing-market-cools-as-sellers-cut-prices-for-second-month","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Prices for UK homes dropped for the second month in a row as market saturation, a new taxation scheme, and uncertainty linked to November's state budget put downward pressure on costs.\n\nAverage asking prices for newly listed homes across the UK fell by 1.8% in the four weeks to 6 December, coming to \u00a3358,138 (\u20ac407,972). That was after facing a previous 1.8% drop to \u00a3364,833 (\u20ac415,599) in November, according to Rightmove, an online platform used by UK residents to search for homes to buy or rent.\n\nThis larger-than-usual December drop means that prices are 0.6% lower year-on-year, a real decrease of \u00a32,059 (\u20ac2,345).\n\n\u201cLower price growth supported buyer affordability and drove activity in the first half of the year, even after the April stamp duty deadline in England,\" explained Colleen Babcock, a property expert at Rightmove.\n\nThe Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a tax that you pay if you buy property or land over a certain price in England and Northern Ireland, due within 14 days of the purchase. The rate of the stamp duty usually changes in late March.\n\n\"In the second half of 2025, uncertainty caused by rumours of property tax changes in November\u2019s Budget swirled, some from as early as August. This had an impact on pricing and activity, as sellers tried to entice nervous buyers,\" Babcock continued.\n\nThe expectation of property tax rises before the approval of November's budget contributed to more subdued activity and pricing.\n\nThe number of new sellers coming to market in the first half of 2025 was 9% ahead of the first half of 2024, which reversed to 4% below 2024 over the second half of this year.\n\nBuyer demand was 3% ahead of 2024 across the first half of the year, but 6% behind in the second half.\n\n\"It\u2019s still been a more positive year overall for sales, with the number of sales agreed 3% higher than in 2024,\" the report from Rightmove indicated.\n\nThe drop in prices could help first-time buyers to purchase homes in early 2026, a trend which could reverse in the second half of the upcoming year, with Rightmove predicting that new seller asking prices will rise by 2%.\n\nThe average two-year fixed mortgage rate is now 4.33%, compared to 5.08% last year.\n\nThe Budget introduced a High Value Council Tax Surcharge (\"mansion tax\") on residential properties in England valued at \u00a32 million or more, which will take effect in April 2028.\n\nThe charge will start at \u00a32,500 (\u20ac2,847) and rise progressively to \u00a37,500 (\u20ac8,543) for properties worth \u00a35 million and above.\n\n\"With market conditions supporting higher levels of activity, and a hopefully more certain economic environment, we forecast a better year for price growth in 2026 with a strong rebound in activity to kickstart the year,\" Babcock concluded.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Prices for UK homes dropped for the second month in a row as market saturation, a new taxation scheme, and uncertainty linked to November's state budget put downward pressure on costs.<\/p>\n<p>Average asking prices for newly listed homes across the UK fell by 1.8% in the four weeks to 6 December, coming to \u00a3358,138 (\u20ac407,972). That was after facing a previous 1.8% drop to \u00a3364,833 (\u20ac415,599) in November, according to Rightmove, an online platform used by UK residents to search for homes to buy or rent.<\/p>\n<p>This larger-than-usual December drop means that prices are 0.6% lower year-on-year, a real decrease of \u00a32,059 (\u20ac2,345).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLower price growth supported buyer affordability and drove activity in the first half of the year, even after the April stamp duty deadline in England,\" explained Colleen Babcock, a property expert at Rightmove. <\/p>\n<p>The Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a tax that you pay if you buy property or land over a certain price in England and Northern Ireland, due within 14 days of the purchase. The rate of the stamp duty usually changes in late March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//05//watch-european-housing-market-is-on-fire-what-will-the-eu-do/">Watch: European housing market is on fire \u2014 what will the EU do?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//28//eu-commissioner-housing-crisis-needs-holistic-approach/">European Commissioner J\u00f8rgensen: Housing crisis needs 'holistic approach'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"In the second half of 2025, uncertainty caused by rumours of property tax changes in November\u2019s Budget swirled, some from as early as August. This had an impact on pricing and activity, as sellers tried to entice nervous buyers,\" Babcock continued.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation of property tax rises before the approval of November's budget contributed to more subdued activity and pricing.<\/p>\n<p>The number of new sellers coming to market in the first half of 2025 was 9% ahead of the first half of 2024, which reversed to 4% below 2024 over the second half of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Buyer demand was 3% ahead of 2024 across the first half of the year, but 6% behind in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>\"It\u2019s still been a more positive year overall for sales, with the number of sales agreed 3% higher than in 2024,\" the report from Rightmove indicated.<\/p>\n<p>The drop in prices could help first-time buyers to purchase homes in early 2026, a trend which could reverse in the second half of the upcoming year, with Rightmove predicting that new seller asking prices will rise by 2%.<\/p>\n<p>The average two-year fixed mortgage rate is now 4.33%, compared to 5.08% last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Budget introduced a High Value Council Tax Surcharge (\"mansion tax\") on residential properties in England valued at \u00a32 million or more, which will take effect in April 2028. <\/p>\n<p>The charge will start at \u00a32,500 (\u20ac2,847) and rise progressively to \u00a37,500 (\u20ac8,543) for properties worth \u00a35 million and above. <\/p>\n<p>\"With market conditions supporting higher levels of activity, and a hopefully more certain economic environment, we forecast a better year for price growth in 2026 with a strong rebound in activity to kickstart the year,\" Babcock concluded.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765786790,"updatedAt":1765798648,"publishedAt":1765797419,"firstPublishedAt":1765797419,"lastPublishedAt":1765797419,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/31\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3b4688dd-2fc7-51d3-8822-23f3c5ca26d0-9583138.jpg","altText":"FILE - 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","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":" Fact check: How realistic is a bespoke EU-UK customs union? ","titleListing2":"Brexit is back making headlines in the UK after the Liberal Democrats received support for creating a bespoke customs union. Where does the UK currently stand, and what benefits would such an agreement bring? ","leadin":"Brexit is back making headlines in the UK after the Liberal Democrats received support for creating a bespoke customs union. Where does the UK currently stand, and what benefits would such an agreement bring?","summary":"Brexit is back making headlines in the UK after the Liberal Democrats received support for creating a bespoke customs union. Where does the UK currently stand, and what benefits would such an agreement bring?","keySentence":"","url":"fact-check-how-realistic-is-a-bespoke-eu-uk-customs-union","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/12\/fact-check-how-realistic-is-a-bespoke-eu-uk-customs-union","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Brexit debate has been revived in Britain, after more than 100 MPs backed a bill tabled by the centrist Liberal Democrats party \u2014 which holds the third most seats in the UK Parliament \u2014 calling for a bespoke UK-EU customs union.\u00a0\n\nSuch a deal, according to the Liberal Democrats, would cut down on red tape and trade barriers between the EU and UK by aligning customs procedures.\u00a0\n\nBut to be enshrined into law, the bill would need government backing, which, despite receiving support from a dozen MPs from the ruling centre-left Labour Party, remains unlikely.\u00a0\n\nStarmer has ruled out re-entering a customs union \u2014 whether bespoke or official \u2014 arguing that doing so would \"unravel\" trade deals the UK has already made with other countries, such as the US.\u00a0\n\nWhat does the current UK-EU free trade agreement look like?\n\nThe UK formally exited the EU's customs union, along with the single market, at the end of December 2020 \u2014 signing the Trade and Cooperation Agreement \u2014\u00a0 more than four years after the Brexit referendum in 2016.\u00a0\n\nUnder the agreement, goods moving between the EU and UK qualify for zero tariffs should they meet the rules of origin criteria, meaning they must be made with primarily local components. Despite this, a number of regulatory and customs checks remain in place.\n\nAs part of Starmer\u2019s push to strengthen ties with the EU, after relations severely deteriorated under successive right-wing Conservative governments, the UK-EU reset meeting in May committed to a range of plans, including a phytosanitary deal, which is set to reduce checks on food products.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Al Pinkerton, who tabled the bill on Tuesday, believes his proposal would relieve British businesses from an onslaught of additional paperwork triggered by Brexit. \"British businesses are begging for this,\" Pinkerton told Euronews' fact-checking team, The Cube.\u00a0\n\n\"Two billion pieces of paperwork have been added since 2021, that\u2019s adding millions of pounds worth of costs to British businesses,\" he said.\n\nPinkerton added he had received \"hugely positive\" feedback from European businesses, who have on their end been dealing with an uptick in costs triggered by post-Brexit border checks.\u00a0\n\nFor Pinkerton, his proposal aims to \"compel the government to start a process of negotiation\" on the idea that the UK could arrange a new, tailored agreement with Brussels.\n\n\"I struck a match, and it cast a little bit of light, and it shed a little bit of heat,\" he said. \"But the truth is that it will only go anywhere if something else catches light as a consequence. Now, one of the things I've been really encouraged by over the last few days is the level of public debate that has been created by this.\"\n\nIs a customs union economically advantageous, and to whom?\n\nEconomists are divided on what a hypothetical new customs union would deliver, with it being unclear what specific type of settlement the Liberal Democrats would back.\u00a0\n\nThe Liberal Democrats claim their proposal would boost UK GDP by 2.2%, bringing in \u00a325 billion (\u20ac28.5 billion) in extra tax revenue. They acknowledged that this number is approximate, with the details of the proposed framework unknown.\n\nAccording to Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King's College London and senior fellow for the research institute UK in a changing Europe, the \u00a325 billion figure is \"not completely unreasonable\", as it is based on pre-Brexit modelling, which forecast that leaving the customs union would cost the UK \"in the region of one percent of GDP\".\u00a0\n\n\"On the other hand, it does assume that we could negotiate a customs union that was broadly favourable to us and relatively easily,\" Portes told The Cube. \"I think that part of it is fantasy.\"\n\nThe benefits of the deal for both sides depend on its details.\u00a0\n\nIf the agreement resembled one between the EU and Turkey, which removes tariffs on most industrial goods and removes customs duties, Portes argues it could bring both advantages and disadvantages for the UK.\u00a0\n\nTurkey, for example, must align its rules with the EU but doesn't automatically benefit from EU free trade agreements. Under the 1995 EU-Turkey customs union, goods can travel between both territories without customs restrictions, but the agreement leaves out areas such as agriculture.\n\nA similar arrangement would, according to Portes, leave the UK vulnerable to political backlash. \"For the UK, accepting that we are a significant but third country, that we\u2019re maybe significant in the EU but we have to follow their rules for most things, is likely not going to be politically acceptable,\" he said.\n\nOn the other side, there is evidence to suggest that the benefits of arranging such an agreement would be marginal, particularly for the EU.\u00a0\n\n\"A customs union can be helpful. But EU-UK trade is already very integrated. We don't really have the kind of internal barriers, which will make the customs union really that effective,\" Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the European Policy Centre, told The Cube.\u00a0\n\nHe added that although the EU would see some benefits, the UK would ultimately gain more from such an agreement, potentially limiting the EU\u2019s appetite for it.\u00a0\n\nAccording to Zuleeg, in practice, while the EU has applied checks to most goods, the UK has not applied the full extent of checks possible. \"These costs, from a European perspective, are more theoretical than real.\"\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\"For UK businesses, it's absolutely crucial to be able to have as free access as possible to the European market, whereas the other way around, the need is more marginal,\" he said.\n\nWould the EU agree to it?\u00a0\n\nAt the height of Brexit negotiations between 2017 and 2019 under then-Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, EU officials insisted that the UK could not \"cherry-pick\" favourable conditions in a pact with the EU that a non-member state would not typically have access to.\u00a0\n\nHowever, relations between the two sides have become warmer in recent years, which German Social Democratic MEP Ren\u00e9 Repasi attributes to Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour government taking power in the UK.\n\n\"The Starmer administration is much more serious, and that, of course, has had a positive impact on the EU side, that they see a government on the UK side that they can have serious negotiations with,\" Repasi told The Cube.\u00a0\n\n\"I do believe the EU is open for any pathway towards full integration of the UK back into the European Union, but that special status is hard to justify,\" he said. \"Therefore, it would depend on the details. We must be politically realistic.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the European Commission declined to comment on a hypothetical agreement.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Brexit debate has been revived in Britain, after more than 100 MPs backed a bill tabled by the centrist Liberal Democrats party \u2014 which holds the third most seats in the UK Parliament \u2014 calling for a bespoke UK-EU customs union. <\/p>\n<p>Such a deal, according to the Liberal Democrats, would cut down on red tape and trade barriers between the EU and UK by aligning customs procedures. <\/p>\n<p>But to be enshrined into law, the bill would need government backing, which, despite receiving support from a dozen MPs from the ruling centre-left Labour Party, remains unlikely. <\/p>\n<p>Starmer has ruled out re-entering a customs union \u2014 whether bespoke or official \u2014 arguing that doing so would \"unravel\" trade deals the UK has already made with other countries, such as the US. <\/p>\n<h2>What does the current UK-EU free trade agreement look like?<\/h2>\n<p>The UK formally exited the EU's customs union, along with the single market, at the end of December 2020 \u2014 signing the Trade and Cooperation Agreement \u2014 more than four years after the Brexit referendum in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, goods moving between the EU and UK qualify for zero tariffs should they meet the rules of origin criteria, meaning they must be made with primarily local components. Despite this, a number of regulatory and customs checks remain in place.<\/p>\n<p>As part of Starmer\u2019s push to strengthen ties with the EU, after relations severely deteriorated under successive right-wing Conservative governments, the UK-EU reset meeting in May committed to a range of plans, including a phytosanitary deal, which is set to reduce checks on food products.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrat MP Al Pinkerton, who tabled the bill on Tuesday, believes his proposal would relieve British businesses from an onslaught of additional paperwork triggered by Brexit. \"British businesses are begging for this,\" Pinkerton told Euronews' fact-checking team, The Cube. <\/p>\n<p>\"Two billion pieces of paperwork have been added since 2021, that\u2019s adding millions of pounds worth of costs to British businesses,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pinkerton added he had received \"hugely positive\" feedback from European businesses, who have on their end been dealing with an uptick in costs triggered by post-Brexit border checks. <\/p>\n<p>For Pinkerton, his proposal aims to \"compel the government to start a process of negotiation\" on the idea that the UK could arrange a new, tailored agreement with Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>\"I struck a match, and it cast a little bit of light, and it shed a little bit of heat,\" he said. \"But the truth is that it will only go anywhere if something else catches light as a consequence. Now, one of the things I've been really encouraged by over the last few days is the level of public debate that has been created by this.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//08//76//808x539_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg/" alt=\"Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting between the UK and EU, 19 May 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/1920x1281_cmsv2_bdbdf3d5-5a4c-580a-97c8-0e3180080963-9580876.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting between the UK and EU, 19 May 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kin Cheung\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Is a customs union economically advantageous, and to whom?<\/h2>\n<p>Economists are divided on what a hypothetical new customs union would deliver, with it being unclear what specific type of settlement the Liberal Democrats would back. <\/p>\n<p>The Liberal Democrats claim their proposal would boost UK GDP by 2.2%, bringing in \u00a325 billion (\u20ac28.5 billion) in extra tax revenue. They acknowledged that this number is approximate, with the details of the proposed framework unknown.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King's College London and senior fellow for the research institute UK in a changing Europe, the \u00a325 billion figure is \"not completely unreasonable\", as it is based on pre-Brexit modelling, which forecast that leaving the customs union would cost the UK \"in the region of one percent of GDP\". <\/p>\n<p>\"On the other hand, it does assume that we could negotiate a customs union that was broadly favourable to us and relatively easily,\" Portes told The Cube. \"I think that part of it is fantasy.\"<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of the deal for both sides depend on its details. <\/p>\n<p>If the agreement resembled one between the EU and Turkey, which removes tariffs on most industrial goods and removes customs duties, Portes argues it could bring both advantages and disadvantages for the UK. <\/p>\n<p>Turkey, for example, must align its rules with the EU but doesn't automatically benefit from EU free trade agreements. Under the 1995 EU-Turkey customs union, goods can travel between both territories without customs restrictions, but the agreement leaves out areas such as agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>A similar arrangement would, according to Portes, leave the UK vulnerable to political backlash. \"For the UK, accepting that we are a significant but third country, that we\u2019re maybe significant in the EU but we have to follow their rules for most things, is likely not going to be politically acceptable,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, there is evidence to suggest that the benefits of arranging such an agreement would be marginal, particularly for the EU. <\/p>\n<p>\"A customs union can be helpful. But EU-UK trade is already very integrated. We don't really have the kind of internal barriers, which will make the customs union really that effective,\" Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the European Policy Centre, told The Cube. <\/p>\n<p>He added that although the EU would see some benefits, the UK would ultimately gain more from such an agreement, potentially limiting the EU\u2019s appetite for it. <\/p>\n<p>According to Zuleeg, in practice, while the EU has applied checks to most goods, the UK has not applied the full extent of checks possible. \"These costs, from a European perspective, are more theoretical than real.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"For UK businesses, it's absolutely crucial to be able to have as free access as possible to the European market, whereas the other way around, the need is more marginal,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//08//76//808x539_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg/" alt=\"Ukrainian and Anti-Brexit supporters outside Downing Street with flags and placards as Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a Ukraine Summit in London, 2 March 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/640x426_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/828x551_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/1080x719_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/1200x799_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/1920x1279_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ukrainian and Anti-Brexit supporters outside Downing Street with flags and placards as Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a Ukraine Summit in London, 2 March 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Frank Augstein\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Would the EU agree to it?<\/h2>\n<p>At the height of Brexit negotiations between 2017 and 2019 under then-Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, EU officials insisted that the UK could not \"cherry-pick\" favourable conditions in a pact with the EU that a non-member state would not typically have access to. <\/p>\n<p>However, relations between the two sides<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.bruegel.org//newsletter//how-has-19-may-summit-changed-eu-uk-relations/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>have become warmer in recent years<\/strong><\/a>, which German Social Democratic MEP Ren\u00e9 Repasi attributes to Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour government taking power in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Starmer administration is much more serious, and that, of course, has had a positive impact on the EU side, that they see a government on the UK side that they can have serious negotiations with,\" Repasi told The Cube. <\/p>\n<p>\"I do believe the EU is open for any pathway towards full integration of the UK back into the European Union, but that special status is hard to justify,\" he said. \"Therefore, it would depend on the details. We must be politically realistic.\"<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the European Commission declined to comment on a hypothetical agreement. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765539140,"updatedAt":1765561897,"publishedAt":1765550591,"firstPublishedAt":1765550591,"lastPublishedAt":1765558186,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6b0b1ba9-e55f-538b-978a-b3665b7d9a91-9580876.jpg","altText":"Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray poses as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, England, 14 April 2025.","caption":"Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray poses as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, England, 14 April 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/08\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8ef9b330-7029-5d0c-b187-745143f471a4-9580876.jpg","altText":"Ukrainian and Anti-Brexit supporters outside Downing Street with flags and placards as Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a Ukraine Summit in London, 2 March 2025","caption":"Ukrainian and Anti-Brexit supporters outside Downing Street with flags and placards as Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a Ukraine Summit in London, 2 March 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Frank Augstein\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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finds","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Fake online \u2018bot armies\u2019 can be built for next to nothing, study shows","titleListing2":"Cheap online fake accounts make misinformation a \u2018thriving underground market\u2019, study finds","leadin":"A new Cambridge University index exposes the thriving underground market where fake social media account verifications can be purchased for as little as 8 cents, fueling online manipulation and election interference worldwide.","summary":"A new Cambridge University index exposes the thriving underground market where fake social media account verifications can be purchased for as little as 8 cents, fueling online manipulation and election interference worldwide.","keySentence":"","url":"cheap-online-fake-accounts-make-misinformation-a-thriving-underground-market-study-finds","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/12\/cheap-online-fake-accounts-make-misinformation-a-thriving-underground-market-study-finds","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Researchers have mapped how much it costs to set up fake online accounts in every country in the world, as governments and regulators grapple with online misinformation and fraud.\n\nThe University of Cambridge on Thursday launched the Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index (COTSI), a website,\u00a0 which it says is the first global tool to track real-time prices for verifying fake accounts across more than 500 platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify and Uber.\n\nThese accounts are often used to build \u201cbot-armies,\u201d which are designed to mimic real people and shape online public debate. Authors of the study say they can be deployed to flood online conversations, promote scams or products, or push political messages in a coordinated way.\n\nThe study comes at a critical moment for online trust, as major social media platforms have scaled back content moderation efforts and begun paying users for engagement, potentially incentivising reliance on fake interactions.\u00a0\n\nEarlier this week, the United Kingdom sanctioned Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being 'malign actors' in information warfare.\n\nThe study also found that the rise of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has made the problem more acute.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe find a thriving underground market through which inauthentic content, artificial popularity, and political influence campaigns are readily and openly for sale,\u201d Jon Roozenbeek, a senior author of the study and a computational social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, wrote in a statement\n\n\u201cThis can be done by simulating grassroots support online, or generating controversy to harvest clicks and game the algorithms,\u201d he added.\n\nVendors operating banks of thousands of SIM cards and millions of ready-made verifications can generate fake accounts for only a few cents.\n\nBased on the supplier data researchers tracked for a year shows that verification is cheapest in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia, and markedly higher in Japan and Australia, where stricter SIM rules increase costs.\n\nAccording to the analysis, SMS verification for a single fake account costs an average of\u00a0 $0.08 (\u20ac0.06) in Russia, $0.10 (\u20ac0.086) in the UK, and $0.26 (\u20ac0.22) in the US, compared with $4.93 (\u20ac4.25) in Japan.\n\nPlatforms with the lowest global prices for fake accounts include Meta, Shopify, X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Amazon.\n\nSome sellers provide customer support, bulk deals and services to inflate likes, comments and followers, according to the study.\n\n\u201cGenerative AI means that bots can now adapt messages to appear more human and even tailor them to relate to other accounts. Bot armies are getting more persuasive and harder to spot,\u201d said Roozenbeek.\n\nThe study also noted strong links to Russian and Chinese payment systems, and said the grammar on many supplier websites suggests Russian authorship.\n\nElection-linked price surges\n\nThe study also found evidence that political influence campaigns may be driving spikes in the fake account market, with rising demand for \u201cinfluence operations\u201d.\n\n\u201cMisinformation is subject to disagreement across the political spectrum. Whatever the nature of inauthentic online activity, much of it is funnelled through this manipulation market, so we can simply follow the money,\u201d said Anton Dek, a research associate at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.\n\nPrices for fake accounts on Telegram and WhatsApp rose sharply in countries about to hold national elections, increasing by 12 per cent and 15 per cent respectively in the 30 days before polls opened.\n\nBecause these messaging apps display phone numbers, influence operators must register accounts locally, pushing up demand.\n\nNo similar trend was found for platforms such as Facebook or Instagram, where fake accounts created cheaply in one country can be used to target audiences elsewhere.\n\nThe team behind the study, which includes misinformation and cryptocurrency experts, believe that regulating SIM cards and enforcing ID checks would raise the cost of producing fake accounts and help curb the market.\n\nThey say the new tool can also be used to test policy interventions in countries around the world.\n\n\u201cThe COTSI index shines a light on the shadow economy of online manipulation by turning a hidden market into measurable data,\u201d said Sander van der Linden, co-author of the study and a professor of social psychology at the University of Cambridge.\n\n\u201cUnderstanding the cost of online manipulation is the first step to dismantling the business model behind misinformation.\u201d\n\nEarlier this year, the UK became the first country in Europe to outlaw SIM farms, and the Cambridge team says COTSI will now help measure the impact of that policy.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Researchers have mapped how much it costs to set up fake online accounts in every country in the world, as governments and regulators grapple with online misinformation and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Cambridge on Thursday launched the Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index (COTSI), a website, which it says is the first global tool to track real-time prices for verifying fake accounts across more than 500 platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify and Uber.<\/p>\n<p>These accounts are often used to build \u201cbot-armies,\u201d which are designed to mimic real people and shape online public debate. Authors of the study say they can be deployed to flood online conversations, promote scams or products, or push political messages in a coordinated way.<\/p>\n<p>The study comes at a critical moment for online trust, as major social media platforms have scaled back content moderation efforts and begun paying users for engagement, potentially incentivising reliance on fake interactions. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the United Kingdom sanctioned Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being 'malign actors' in information warfare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//08//23//whats-the-top-threat-facing-your-country-europeans-in-5-countries-say-its-fake-news-online/">What/u2019s the top threat facing your country? Europeans in 5 countries say it\u2019s fake news online<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The study also found that the rise of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has made the problem more acute. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe find a thriving underground market through which inauthentic content, artificial popularity, and political influence campaigns are readily and openly for sale,\u201d Jon Roozenbeek, a senior author of the study and a computational social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, wrote in a statement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis can be done by simulating grassroots support online, or generating controversy to harvest clicks and game the algorithms,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors operating banks of thousands of SIM cards and millions of ready-made verifications can generate fake accounts for only a few cents.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the supplier data researchers tracked for a year shows that verification is cheapest in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia, and markedly higher in Japan and Australia, where stricter SIM rules increase costs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the analysis, SMS verification for a single fake account costs an average of $0.08 (\u20ac0.06) in Russia, $0.10 (\u20ac0.086) in the UK, and $0.26 (\u20ac0.22) in the US, compared with $4.93 (\u20ac4.25) in Japan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//12//10//disinformation-is-a-worldwide-issue-here-is-how-central-asia-is-combating-it/"> Disinformation is a worldwide issue. Here is how Turkic nations are combatting it<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Platforms with the lowest global prices for fake accounts include Meta, Shopify, X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Some sellers provide customer support, bulk deals and services to inflate likes, comments and followers, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerative AI means that bots can now adapt messages to appear more human and even tailor them to relate to other accounts. Bot armies are getting more persuasive and harder to spot,\u201d said Roozenbeek.<\/p>\n<p>The study also noted strong links to Russian and Chinese payment systems, and said the grammar on many supplier websites suggests Russian authorship.<\/p>\n<h2>Election-linked price surges<\/h2>\n<p>The study also found evidence that political influence campaigns may be driving spikes in the fake account market, with rising demand for \u201cinfluence operations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMisinformation is subject to disagreement across the political spectrum. Whatever the nature of inauthentic online activity, much of it is funnelled through this manipulation market, so we can simply follow the money,\u201d said Anton Dek, a research associate at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for fake accounts on Telegram and WhatsApp rose sharply in countries about to hold national elections, increasing by 12 per cent and 15 per cent respectively in the 30 days before polls opened.<\/p>\n<p>Because these messaging apps display phone numbers, influence operators must register accounts locally, pushing up demand.<\/p>\n<p>No similar trend was found for platforms such as Facebook or Instagram, where fake accounts created cheaply in one country can be used to target audiences elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The team behind the study, which includes misinformation and cryptocurrency experts, believe that regulating SIM cards and enforcing ID checks would raise the cost of producing fake accounts and help curb the market.<\/p>\n<p>They say the new tool can also be used to test policy interventions in countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COTSI index shines a light on the shadow economy of online manipulation by turning a hidden market into measurable data,\u201d said Sander van der Linden, co-author of the study and a professor of social psychology at the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding the cost of online manipulation is the first step to dismantling the business model behind misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the UK became the first country in Europe to outlaw SIM farms, and the Cambridge team says COTSI will now help measure the impact of that policy.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765464562,"updatedAt":1765519329,"publishedAt":1765519274,"firstPublishedAt":1765519274,"lastPublishedAt":1765519328,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/98\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_87e38490-8eff-5c3f-a92f-7b0bad7b8b17-9579882.jpg","altText":"The Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index (COTSI) displayed on a smartphone and tablet device.","caption":"The Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index (COTSI) displayed on a smartphone and tablet device.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Anton Dek\/Jon Roozenbeek","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1500}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2612,"urlSafeValue":"min","title":"Roselyne 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thought?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New study suggests human firestarters lived much earlier than expected","titleListing2":"Did the first fire starters live 400,000 years ago? British archaeologists think they may have the answer...\n","leadin":"Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered new evidence which suggests humankind's ability to master fire is some 350,000 years older than previously thought.","summary":"Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered new evidence which suggests humankind's ability to master fire is some 350,000 years older than previously thought.","keySentence":"","url":"a-burning-discovery-the-first-human-firestarters-lived-350000-years-earlier-than-thought","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/12\/11\/a-burning-discovery-the-first-human-firestarters-lived-350000-years-earlier-than-thought","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"It\u2019s been a longstanding question: when did we first learn how to light a fire? Archaeologists in the UK believe they\u2019re much closer to an answer after unearthing evidence that early humans were deliberately setting fires in eastern England around 400,000 years ago.\n\nThe discovery at a Stone Age site in Barnham, Suffolk, represents a major shift in our understanding of early fire-making. The findings, published in Nature, push back the earliest known date by roughly 350,000 years. Until now, the oldest evidence of intentional fire-setting came from a Neanderthal site in northern France dating back about 50,000 years.\n\n\u201cThis is the most exciting discovery of my long 40-year career,\u201d said Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic collections at the British Museum.\n\nHow did our ancestors control the flames?\n\nA team led by the British Museum found heat-damaged flint hand axes, a patch of scorched earth, and small nuggets of iron pyrite at the excavated site \u2014 all pointing to repeated use of a campfire or hearth.\n\nIron pyrite, or fool's gold, produces sparks when struck with flint. Two pieces were discovered at Barnham, and archaeologists say its rarity in the local geology strongly suggests it was brought there by people who understood its use for igniting tinder.\n\nWhy does this discovery matter?\n\nScientists say the ability to make fire wherever and whenever needed marked a turning point in human evolution. Fire helped early humans survive cold climates and deter predators, but it also allowed them to cook food \u2014 releasing vital energy and nutrients. Cooking breaks down toxins in roots and kills pathogens in meat, improving digestion and unlocking more calories to support larger brains. Fire also transformed social life. Campfires acted as hubs where people strengthened relationships, shared stories, and developed language.\n\nWho were these people?\n\nChris Stringer, a human evolution specialist at the Natural History Museum, says fossils from Britain and Spain suggest the inhabitants of Barnham were early Neanderthals, whose cranial features and DNA point to increasing cognitive and technological sophistication. They were living at roughly the same time as our own species, Homo sapiens, was beginning to emerge in East Africa.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It\u2019s been a longstanding question: when did we first learn how to light a fire? Archaeologists in the UK believe they\u2019re much closer to an answer after unearthing evidence that early humans were deliberately setting fires in eastern England around 400,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery at a Stone Age site in Barnham, Suffolk, represents a major shift in our understanding of early fire-making. The findings, published in Nature, push back the earliest known date by roughly 350,000 years. Until now, the oldest evidence of intentional fire-setting came from a Neanderthal site in northern France dating back about 50,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most exciting discovery of my long 40-year career,\u201d said Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic collections at the British Museum.<\/p>\n<h2>How did our ancestors control the flames?<\/h2>\n<p>A team led by the British Museum found heat-damaged flint hand axes, a patch of scorched earth, and small nuggets of iron pyrite at the excavated site \u2014 all pointing to repeated use of a campfire or hearth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//92//11//808x539_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg/" alt=\"Discovery of the first fragment of iron pyrite in 2017 at Barnham, Suffolk, England\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/384x256_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/640x427_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/750x500_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/828x552_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/1080x720_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/1200x800_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/1920x1280_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Discovery of the first fragment of iron pyrite in 2017 at Barnham, Suffolk, England<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jordan Mansfield\/Pathways to Ancient Britain Project via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Iron pyrite, or fool's gold, produces sparks when struck with flint. Two pieces were discovered at Barnham, and archaeologists say its rarity in the local geology strongly suggests it was brought there by people who understood its use for igniting tinder.<\/p>\n<h2>Why does this discovery matter?<\/h2>\n<p>Scientists say the ability to make fire wherever and whenever needed marked a turning point in human evolution. Fire helped early humans survive cold climates and deter predators, but it also allowed them to cook food \u2014 releasing vital energy and nutrients. Cooking breaks down toxins in roots and kills pathogens in meat, improving digestion and unlocking more calories to support larger brains. Fire also transformed social life. Campfires acted as hubs where people strengthened relationships, shared stories, and developed language.<\/p>\n<h2>Who were these people?<\/h2>\n<p>Chris Stringer, a human evolution specialist at the Natural History Museum, says fossils from Britain and Spain suggest the inhabitants of Barnham were early Neanderthals, whose cranial features and DNA point to increasing cognitive and technological sophistication. They were living at roughly the same time as our own species, Homo sapiens, was beginning to emerge in East Africa.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765441389,"updatedAt":1765528495,"publishedAt":1765467819,"firstPublishedAt":1765467819,"lastPublishedAt":1765528494,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_83c29cf9-30f9-5fc3-992d-8cdeb4322197-9579680.jpg","altText":"Excavation site of 400,000 year old pond in Suffolk, England ","caption":"Excavation site of 400,000 year old pond in Suffolk, England ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jordan Mansfield\/Pathways to Ancient Britain Project via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/92\/11\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_11beba78-dde9-5915-b0f2-0591d9446bef-9579211.jpg","altText":"Discovery of the first fragment of iron pyrite in 2017 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from Bristol museum in 'high value' raid","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"More than 600 items stolen from UK museum in 'high value' raid","titleListing2":"UK police appeal for information after 600 items stolen from Bristol museum in 'high value' raid","leadin":"The Bristol robbery came just three weeks before a daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris which saw a gang make off with crown jewels worth an estimated \u20ac88 million.","summary":"The Bristol robbery came just three weeks before a daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris which saw a gang make off with crown jewels worth an estimated \u20ac88 million.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-police-appeal-for-information-after-600-items-stolen-from-bristol-museum-in-high-value-","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/11\/uk-police-appeal-for-information-after-600-items-stolen-from-bristol-museum-in-high-value-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"More than 600 items with \"significant cultural value\" have been stolen from Bristol Museum in the UK in what police are calling a \"high-value\" raid.\n\nArtefacts were stolen from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection in a raid in the Cumberland Road area of the city in the early hours of 25 September.\n\n\"The theft of many items which carry a significant cultural value is a significant loss for the city,\" Detective Constable Dan Burgan said.\n\n\"These items, many of which were donations, form part of a collection that provides insight into a multi-layered part of British history, and we are hoping that members of the public can help us to bring those responsible to justice.\"\n\nAvon and Somerset police have issued an appeal to the public for more information on the four suspects who were caught on CCTV.\n\n\"So far, our enquiries have included significant CCTV enquiries as well as forensic investigations and speaking liaising with the victims,\" Burgan added.\n\nPolice want to speak to anyone who recognises any of the four men in the CCTV footage or who has seen any of the stolen items for sale online.\n\nLouvre heist\n\nThe Bristol robbery came just three weeks before a daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris which saw a gang make off with crown jewels worth an estimated \u20ac88 million.\n\nIt took less than eight minutes for the thieves to force their way into the museum and leave, using a freight lift to reach one of the building\u2019s windows, angle grinders to cut into jewellery display cases, and motorbikes to make their escape.\n\nAll four suspects in that raid have been arrested but the stolen jewels have yet to be recovered.\n\nA Senate inquiry into security failings at the world\u2019s most visited museum is ongoing in Paris.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>More than 600 items with \"significant cultural value\" have been stolen from Bristol Museum in the UK in what police are calling a \"high-value\" raid.<\/p>\n<p>Artefacts were stolen from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection in a raid in the Cumberland Road area of the city in the early hours of 25 September.<\/p>\n<p>\"The theft of many items which carry a significant cultural value is a significant loss for the city,\" Detective Constable Dan Burgan said.<\/p>\n<p>\"These items, many of which were donations, form part of a collection that provides insight into a multi-layered part of British history, and we are hoping that members of the public can help us to bring those responsible to justice.\"<\/p>\n<p>Avon and Somerset police have issued an appeal to the public for more information on the four suspects who were caught on CCTV.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1999075496143814676\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"So far, our enquiries have included significant CCTV enquiries as well as forensic investigations and speaking liaising with the victims,\" Burgan added.<\/p>\n<p>Police want to speak to anyone who recognises any of the four men in the CCTV footage or who has seen any of the stolen items for sale online.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Louvre heist<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Bristol robbery came just three weeks before a daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris which saw a gang make off with crown jewels worth an estimated \u20ac88 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//96//34//808x539_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg/" alt=\"A police car in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris, 26 October, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/384x256_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/640x427_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/750x500_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/828x552_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/1080x720_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg 1080w, 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that raid have been arrested but the stolen jewels have yet to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p>A Senate inquiry into security failings at the world\u2019s most visited museum is ongoing in Paris.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765455255,"updatedAt":1765457434,"publishedAt":1765457389,"firstPublishedAt":1765457389,"lastPublishedAt":1765457389,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7652908e-9eaf-585d-84c9-9da8649b122e-9579634.jpg","altText":"Police officers patrol in London, 10 August, 2024","caption":"Police officers patrol in London, 10 August, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1325,"height":745},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/96\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_98228bcf-c10c-5667-a914-1628709a121e-9579634.jpg","altText":"A police car in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris, 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mix of survey data from over 10,000 adults and various other digital surveys to identify where British people spend time online.\n\nAlphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, and Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, accounted for half the total time that British people spent online, the report showed.\n\nThe average British citizen spent 4.5 hours online per day, with 2 hours and 18 minutes, or 51 per cent, spent on a platform owned by either Meta or Google, the report found.\n\nOf the UK citizens surveyed, 99 per cent used at least one Google platform and 97 per cent used one of Meta\u2019s platforms over a one-month period, the report found. This was consistent across all age groups.\n\nThe most popular platforms were YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.\n\nOn average, British people watched at least 51 minutes of YouTube per day, up from 47 minutes in 2024, while they used Facebook \u2013 including its Messenger app \u2013 and Instagram for a daily average of 43 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively.\n\nThe study noted that time spent watching YouTube on a television \u2013 rather than a laptop or smartphone \u2013 was not included in the analysis.\n\nMeanwhile, Meta dominates the UK\u2019s messaging market. This year, 90 per cent of online adults in the UK used WhatsApp, while 58 per cent used Facebook Messenger.\n\nThat translates to 44.2 million WhatsApp users and 28.3 million Messenger users. Google Messages trailed as the third-most used messaging app, with 20.4 million adults using it in May 2025.\n\nWhen it comes to search, Google is still the country\u2019s favourite search browser with UK users logging three billion web searches through Chrome in one month, the study found.\n\nHowever, it noted that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools is on the rise for search, with OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT logging 252 million visits in August alone.\n\nGoogle\u2019s Gemini, Anthropic\u2019s Claude, and Perplexity AI also saw upticks in users year-over-year \u2013 but the report suggests they still remain far below traditional Google search.\n\nOverall, Amazon, Microsoft, and the BBC were the most used online services in the UK, apart from Meta and Alphabet products, the report found.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>British people spend hours online every day \u2013 and half that time is on platforms owned by two tech giants, according to the country\u2019s internet regulator.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator, Ofcom, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ofcom.org.uk//siteassets//resources//documents//research-and-data//online-research//online-nation//2025//online-nations-report-2025.pdf?v=408963\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>crunched<\/strong><\/a> a mix of survey data from over 10,000 adults and various other digital surveys to identify where British people spend time online.<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, and Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, accounted for half the total time that British people spent online, the report showed.<\/p>\n<p>The average British citizen spent 4.5 hours online per day, with 2 hours and 18 minutes, or 51 per cent, spent on a platform owned by either Meta or Google, the report found.<\/p>\n<p>Of the UK citizens surveyed, 99 per cent used at least one Google platform and 97 per cent used one of Meta\u2019s platforms over a one-month period, the report found. This was consistent across all age groups.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular platforms were YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//12//10//australias-social-media-ban-for-kids-is-here-experts-warn-it-could-have-a-lot-of-mistakes/">Australia/u2019s social media ban for kids is here. Experts warn it could have \u2018a lot of mistakes'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u200bOn average, British people watched at least 51 minutes of YouTube per day, up from 47 minutes in 2024, while they used Facebook \u2013 including its Messenger app \u2013 and Instagram for a daily average of 43 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The study noted that time spent watching YouTube on a television \u2013 rather than a laptop or smartphone \u2013 was not included in the analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Meta dominates the UK\u2019s messaging market. This year, 90 per cent of online adults in the UK used WhatsApp, while 58 per cent used Facebook Messenger.<\/p>\n<p>That translates to 44.2 million WhatsApp users and 28.3 million Messenger users. Google Messages trailed as the third-most used messaging app, with 20.4 million adults using it in May 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//28//social-media-algorithms-can-alter-political-views-browser-extension-study-shows/">Social media algorithms can alter political views, browser extension study shows<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>When it comes to search, Google is still the country\u2019s favourite search browser with UK users logging three billion web searches through Chrome in one month, the study found.<\/p>\n<p>However, it noted that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools is on the rise for search, with OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT logging 252 million visits in August alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bGoogle\u2019s Gemini, Anthropic\u2019s Claude, and Perplexity AI also saw upticks in users year-over-year \u2013 but the report suggests they still remain far below traditional Google search.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Amazon, Microsoft, and the BBC were the most used online services in the UK, apart from Meta and Alphabet products, the report found.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765374185,"updatedAt":1765429253,"publishedAt":1765429215,"firstPublishedAt":1765429215,"lastPublishedAt":1765429252,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_40865235-3d82-540f-829c-74ea48a8acac-9578272.jpg","altText":"This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021.","caption":"This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 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novels, dies aged 55","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sophie Kinsella, writer of best-selling 'Shopaholic' series, dies ","titleListing2":"Sophie Kinsella, author of best-selling 'Shopaholic' novels, dies aged 55","leadin":"Tributes have been paid to the British writer Sophie Kinsella, famous for her best-selling 'Shopaholic' series, who has died of brain cancer at the age of 55.","summary":"Tributes have been paid to the British writer Sophie Kinsella, famous for her best-selling 'Shopaholic' series, who has died of brain cancer at the age of 55.","keySentence":"","url":"sophie-kinsella-author-of-best-selling-shopaholic-novels-dies-aged-55","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/12\/10\/sophie-kinsella-author-of-best-selling-shopaholic-novels-dies-aged-55","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"British author Sophie Kinsella, whose bubbly rom-com \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic\u201d sparked a best-selling series, has died.\n\nShe was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.\n\nIn a statement on her Instagram account, her family said that \"she died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy.\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t imagine what life will be like without her radiance and love of life,\u201d the family said.\n\nKinsella, who also published under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, announced in April 2024 that she had been diagnosed more than a year earlier with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.\n\n\u201cI did not share this before because I wanted to make sure that my children were able to hear and process the news in privacy and adapt to our \u2019new normal,'\" she said at the time.\n\nKinsella published 10 \u201cShopaholic\u201d novels starting in 2000 with \u201cThe Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic,\u201d titled \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic\u201d in the United States, as well as other fiction. Her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and have been translated into dozens of languages.\n\nFrom finance to fiction\n\nKinsella did not grow up intending to be a writer. One of three girls born to teachers in London, she played piano and violin as a child and also composed music.\n\nShe told author-publisher Zibby Owens on her podcast, \u201cMoms Don\u2019t Have Time to Read Books,\u201d that the idea of writing never crossed her mind. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t my childhood ambition. I wasn\u2019t the child walking around saying, \u2018I\u2019m going to write a novel one day.\u2019\u201d\n\nKinsella enrolled at Oxford University to study music but switched to the politics, philosophy and economics program after one year.\n\nWhile at college, she met musician Henry Wickham and fell in love. The couple had four sons and a daughter.\n\nAfter graduating, Kinsella began working as a financial journalist and spent her commute reading. The idea to write fiction herself began to take shape on the train, and she worked on her first novel during her lunch hours.\n\nShe published her first novel, \u201dThe Tennis Party,\u201d in 1995, as Madeleine Wickham. Soon after, she left her journalism job to focus on writing. Six other books, including \u201cThe Gatecrasher\u201d and \u201cSleeping Arrangements,\u201d followed.\n\n\u2018Shopaholic\u2019 success\n\nAn otherwise normal shopping excursion sparked the idea for writing her first \u201cShopaholic\u201d novel\n\n\u201cI remember looking around me and thinking... \u201cWe all shop... We talk about it. We do it. We rejoice in it. We make bad decisions. Why hasn\u2019t anybody written about this?\u201d Kinsella said in 2019 on \u201cThe Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania Jarvis\u201d podcast.\n\nKinsella created a story about Becky Bloomwood, a 20-something financial journalist in debt from a shopping habit she can\u2019t (or won\u2019t) kick. The novel contained hilarious back-and-forth correspondence with bill collectors and banks, where she would make excuses for late payments. Kinsella said those letters were one of the most fun bits to write.\n\nThere was also a love story with a handsome businessman whom Becky met while on assignment. She went on to marry and have a mini-shopaholic daughter in future books.\n\nThe humorous tone of \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic\u201d was a change from her earlier books, so she decided to submit it to her publishers under a pen name. Her middle name was Sophie and Kinsella was her mother\u2019s maiden name.\n\nThe publishers said yes, and \u201cShopaholic\u201d was published in 2000 under her pseudonym. The novel, blending humor with a cautionary tale about getting in over your head with debt, was an immediate success.\n\nKinsella said Becky was a modern everywoman whose behavior was \"what you wouldn\u2019t do yourself, but maybe you would if you were in absolute extreme circumstances. And that\u2019s what she finds herself in all the time.\u201d\n\nBloomwood's further adventures followed in books including \u201cShopaholic Takes Manhattan,\u201d \u201cShopaholic Ties the Knot\u201d and \u201cShopaholic & Sister.\u201d\n\nAlong with \u201cBridget Jones\u201d author Helen Fielding and others, Kinsella\u2019s work was often branded \u201cchick lit\u201d by the media. She told the AP in 2004 she didn\u2019t mind the label, interpreting it as signaling a book that is \"fun, entertaining and might just have a happy ending.\u201d\n\n\u201cJust because you are interested in frivolous things doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t be bright and have great ideas and the rest of it,\" she said.\n\nThe first two \u201cShopaholic\u201d books were adapted into the 2009 film \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic,\u201d starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.\n\nKinsella also wrote \u201cThe Undomestic Goddess\u201d, \u201cRemember Me?\u201d and \u201cTwenties Girl.\u201d A young adult novel, \u201cFinding Audrey,\u201d was released in 2015, followed by the children\u2019s book series \u201cMy Mummy Fairy and Me.\u201d\n\nHer novel \u201cCan You Keep a Secret?\u201d was adapted into a 2019 film starring Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin. Her last novel was \u201cThe Burnout,\u201d released in 2023.\n\nIllness and hope\n\nIn November 2022, after experiencing symptoms including memory loss, headaches and balance troubles, Kinsella was diagnosed with glioblastoma, for which there is no cure. She kept the news private until April 2024. In an interview with TV personality Robin Roberts aired a few months later, Kinsella said she was focused on living in the moment.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve already lasted more than the average. That\u2019s how we get through. We hope,\u201d she said.\n\nAfter her diagnosis, she wrote a novella, \u201cWhat Does It Feel Like,\u201d about a woman with five children who has brain cancer.\n\n\u201cI thought people might be curious to know what it\u2019s like to go through this,\u201d Kinsella told Roberts. \u201cI hope it\u2019s full of optimism and love most of all.\u201d\n\nAraminta Whitley and Marina de Pass, Kinsella\u2019s agents at The Soho Agency, said the writer \u201chad a rare gift for creating emotionally resonant protagonists and stories that spoke to, and entertained, readers wherever they were in the world and whatever challenges they faced.\u201d\n\nBill Scott-Kerr, her publisher at Transworld, said Kinsella leaves behind \u201ca unique voice, an unquenchable spirit, a goodness of intent and a body of work that will continue to inspire us to reach higher and be better, just like so many of her characters.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>British author Sophie Kinsella, whose bubbly rom-com \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic\u201d sparked a best-selling series, has died. <\/p>\n<p>She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on her Instagram account, her family said that \"she died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t imagine what life will be like without her radiance and love of life,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella, who also published under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, announced in April 2024 that she had been diagnosed more than a year earlier with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not share this before because I wanted to make sure that my children were able to hear and process the news in privacy and adapt to our \u2019new normal,'\" she said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella published 10 \u201cShopaholic\u201d novels starting in 2000 with \u201cThe Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic,\u201d titled \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic\u201d in the United States, as well as other fiction. Her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and have been translated into dozens of languages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7595\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//85//13//808x612_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - Sophie Kinsella out in Wimbledon village, London, Sep 2004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/384x292_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/640x486_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/750x570_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/828x629_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/1080x820_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/1200x911_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/1920x1458_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - Sophie Kinsella out in Wimbledon village, London, Sep 2004<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Adam Butler\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>From finance to fiction<\/h2>\n<p>Kinsella did not grow up intending to be a writer. One of three girls born to teachers in London, she played piano and violin as a child and also composed music.<\/p>\n<p>She told author-publisher Zibby Owens on her podcast, \u201cMoms Don\u2019t Have Time to Read Books,\u201d that the idea of writing never crossed her mind. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t my childhood ambition. I wasn\u2019t the child walking around saying, \u2018I\u2019m going to write a novel one day.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella enrolled at Oxford University to study music but switched to the politics, philosophy and economics program after one year.<\/p>\n<p>While at college, she met musician Henry Wickham and fell in love. The couple had four sons and a daughter.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating, Kinsella began working as a financial journalist and spent her commute reading. The idea to write fiction herself began to take shape on the train, and she worked on her first novel during her lunch hours.<\/p>\n<p>She published her first novel, \u201dThe Tennis Party,\u201d in 1995, as Madeleine Wickham. Soon after, she left her journalism job to focus on writing. Six other books, including \u201cThe Gatecrasher\u201d and \u201cSleeping Arrangements,\u201d followed.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Shopaholic\u2019 success<\/h2>\n<p>An otherwise normal shopping excursion sparked the idea for writing her first \u201cShopaholic\u201d novel<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember looking around me and thinking... \u201cWe all shop... We talk about it. We do it. We rejoice in it. We make bad decisions. Why hasn\u2019t anybody written about this?\u201d Kinsella said in 2019 on \u201cThe Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania Jarvis\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella created a story about Becky Bloomwood, a 20-something financial journalist in debt from a shopping habit she can\u2019t (or won\u2019t) kick. The novel contained hilarious back-and-forth correspondence with bill collectors and banks, where she would make excuses for late payments. Kinsella said those letters were one of the most fun bits to write.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a love story with a handsome businessman whom Becky met while on assignment. She went on to marry and have a mini-shopaholic daughter in future books.<\/p>\n<p>The humorous tone of \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic\u201d was a change from her earlier books, so she decided to submit it to her publishers under a pen name. Her middle name was Sophie and Kinsella was her mother\u2019s maiden name.<\/p>\n<p>The publishers said yes, and \u201cShopaholic\u201d was published in 2000 under her pseudonym. The novel, blending humor with a cautionary tale about getting in over your head with debt, was an immediate success.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella said Becky was a modern everywoman whose behavior was \"what you wouldn\u2019t do yourself, but maybe you would if you were in absolute extreme circumstances. And that\u2019s what she finds herself in all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bloomwood's further adventures followed in books including \u201cShopaholic Takes Manhattan,\u201d \u201cShopaholic Ties the Knot\u201d and \u201cShopaholic & Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with \u201cBridget Jones\u201d author Helen Fielding and others, Kinsella\u2019s work was often branded \u201cchick lit\u201d by the media. She told the AP in 2004 she didn\u2019t mind the label, interpreting it as signaling a book that is \"fun, entertaining and might just have a happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because you are interested in frivolous things doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t be bright and have great ideas and the rest of it,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>The first two \u201cShopaholic\u201d books were adapted into the 2009 film \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic,\u201d starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella also wrote \u201cThe Undomestic Goddess\u201d, \u201cRemember Me?\u201d and \u201cTwenties Girl.\u201d A young adult novel, \u201cFinding Audrey,\u201d was released in 2015, followed by the children\u2019s book series \u201cMy Mummy Fairy and Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her novel \u201cCan You Keep a Secret?\u201d was adapted into a 2019 film starring Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin. Her last novel was \u201cThe Burnout,\u201d released in 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Illness and hope<\/h2>\n<p>In November 2022, after experiencing symptoms including memory loss, headaches and balance troubles, Kinsella was diagnosed with glioblastoma, for which there is no cure. She kept the news private until April 2024. In an interview with TV personality Robin Roberts aired a few months later, Kinsella said she was focused on living in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve already lasted more than the average. That\u2019s how we get through. We hope,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After her diagnosis, she wrote a novella, \u201cWhat Does It Feel Like,\u201d about a woman with five children who has brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought people might be curious to know what it\u2019s like to go through this,\u201d Kinsella told Roberts. \u201cI hope it\u2019s full of optimism and love most of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Araminta Whitley and Marina de Pass, Kinsella\u2019s agents at The Soho Agency, said the writer \u201chad a rare gift for creating emotionally resonant protagonists and stories that spoke to, and entertained, readers wherever they were in the world and whatever challenges they faced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Scott-Kerr, her publisher at Transworld, said Kinsella leaves behind \u201ca unique voice, an unquenchable spirit, a goodness of intent and a body of work that will continue to inspire us to reach higher and be better, just like so many of her characters.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765381580,"updatedAt":1765463139,"publishedAt":1765384156,"firstPublishedAt":1765384156,"lastPublishedAt":1765384156,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f4bafd67-a3c6-5167-abb1-311f6ef43d99-9578513.jpg","altText":"FILE: Sophie Kinsella in California, Sep 2004","caption":"FILE: Sophie Kinsella in California, Sep 2004","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Credit: Liz Hafalia\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP ","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1818,"height":1022},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/85\/13\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6257adaf-65f5-56de-898d-1deb8d553cfb-9578513.jpg","altText":"FILE - Sophie Kinsella out in Wimbledon village, London, Sep 2004","caption":"FILE - Sophie Kinsella out in Wimbledon village, London, Sep 2004","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Adam Butler\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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awards in the international art world.\n\nKnown for her highly colourful sculptures and drawings which were described as \"bold and compelling with a beautiful intricacy to them\" by the chair of the judging panel and Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson.\n\nOver recent years, Kalu, who's 59 and has limited verbal communication, has been building a global reputation for much of her work which consists of hanging cocoon-like shapes covered in reams of recycled and repurposed materials ranging from parcel tape, cling film, fabric and rope.\n\nKalu was nominated for her presentation as part of \u2018Conversations\u2019 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and \u2018Hanging Sculpture 1 to 10\u2019 at Manifesta 15, Barcelona.\n\nThrough repetition of gestures or motions, also seen in her vortex drawings, Kalu\u2019s practice brings together a \u201cunique command of material, colour and gesture and her highly attuned responses to architectural space.\u201d\n\nAs winner she takes home 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much of her work which consists of hanging cocoon-like shapes covered in reams of recycled and repurposed materials ranging from parcel tape, cling film, fabric and rope. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7204545454545455\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//69//15//808x581_cmsv2_42730bb9-7783-5f74-a6ce-d7378c5f3d3a-9576915.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: Nnena Kalu at work\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/69\/15\/384x277_cmsv2_42730bb9-7783-5f74-a6ce-d7378c5f3d3a-9576915.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/69\/15\/640x461_cmsv2_42730bb9-7783-5f74-a6ce-d7378c5f3d3a-9576915.jpg 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and Action Space<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Kalu was nominated for her presentation as part of \u2018Conversations\u2019 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and \u2018Hanging Sculpture 1 to 10\u2019 at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//04//10//manifesta-15-barcelona-biennale-examines-how-art-can-prompt-social-change/">Manifesta 15<\/strong><\/a>, Barcelona. <\/p>\n<p>Through repetition of gestures or motions, also seen in her vortex drawings, Kalu\u2019s practice brings together a \u201cunique command of material, colour and gesture and her highly attuned responses to architectural space.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure 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