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FT Europe news editor. Made in Transylvania. The name is real.

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US threatens European companies over Starlink restrictions ft.com/content/d1e28d93-8574… via @BMoens @HenryJFoy

US threatens European companies over Starlink restrictions

Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies

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Ukraine receives partial intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes ft.com/content/a381df3f-a1bf… via @fabrice_deprez

Ukraine receives partial intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes

Western allies provided advance warning about only one of two overnight attacks, says Ukrainian air force

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EU vows to maintain Russia sanctions after US pivot ft.com/content/ee6dfd48-fa31… via @ftbrussels

EU vows to maintain Russia sanctions after US pivot

European leaders close ranks around Volodymyr Zelenskyy following Donald Trump’s fuel deal with Moscow

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Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’ ft.com/content/6dfa9879-589a… via @JamieSmythF @mylesmccormick_

Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’

A White House desperate to lower fuel costs ahead of US midterm elections could allow such vessels back into global trade

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Nineteen people injured in accident on French side of Channel Tunnel ft.com/content/bdb3cd9f-5a70… via @labboudles

Nineteen people injured in accident on French side of Channel Tunnel

Two airlifted to hospital after bus collides with train at Coquelles

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Germany’s Friedrich Merz vows to fight on: ‘We are the firewall’ ft.com/content/da781749-f146… via @ft

Germany’s Friedrich Merz vows to fight on: ‘We are the firewall’

Defiant chancellor tells the FT he is determined to drive through unpopular reforms and equip Europe for an age of upheaval

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The espresso pot test of Italian capitalism ft.com/content/1eee5ed8-48dd… via @silvia_sb_

The espresso pot test of Italian capitalism

It can be difficult to run companies around the Sunday lunch table

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Marine Le Pen: ‘All the warning signs are flashing red’ ft.com/content/73cfaf41-d3ea… via @khalafroula @labboudles @hallbenjamin

Marine Le Pen: ‘All the warning signs are flashing red’

In a wide-ranging interview with the FT, the far-right leader declares that France is ready to close the chapter on mainstream politics

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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack ft.com/content/37085602-726a… via @ChristopherJM

Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps

Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network

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White House asks US envoy to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign ft.com/content/87a1a5a1-4942… via @ak_mack @Elbarbie

White House asks US envoy to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign

Donald Trump had said he was considering firing the ambassador after reports claiming she accepted improper gifts

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Bosnia warns US of pro-Russia Serb enclave’s lobbying efforts ft.com/content/31b02094-19db… via @ak_mack

Bosnia warns US of pro-Russia Serb enclave’s lobbying efforts

Foreign minister expresses concern about public funds used for ‘political influence in the US’ on behalf of Moscow allies

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Pope Leo prepares to undergo lung surgery ft.com/content/93c7f91d-7daa… via @AmyKazmin

Pope Leo undergoes surgery for lung cancer

Hospitalisation sends shockwaves through Catholic Church at a time when many see 71-year-old pontiff as a powerful moral voice

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The election supercycle set to drag Europe right ft.com/content/ec433e1f-bdb4… via @hallbenjamin

The elections that could remake Europe

In the space of 12 months, four of the five biggest EU member states will go to the ballot box. The bloc may never be the same

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Donald Trump says he is ‘looking at’ firing envoy to Greece over alleged misconduct ft.com/content/c97cf26c-04b7… via @JoeMillerJr

Donald Trump says he is ‘looking at’ firing envoy to Greece over alleged misconduct

US president contemplating dismissing Kimberly Guilfoyle after report claiming she accepted improper gifts

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Franco-German deal on EU car policy is ‘imminent’, says Emmanuel Macron ft.com/content/af0a5da6-abc7… via @ian_c_johnston @SarahWhites @KanaInagaki

Franco-German deal on EU car policy is ‘imminent’, says Emmanuel Macron

Agreement would push back Europe’s phaseout of combustion engines and boost car production on the continent to combat Chinese competition

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German labour minister resigns as Merz coalition strains deepen ft.com/content/46b33d0d-274d… via @ChassNews

German labour minister resigns as Merz coalition strains deepen

Bärbel Bas’s resignation risks further delaying labour market and pension reforms

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Famous Italian winery loses 30,000 bottles worth €5mn in heist ft.com/content/1b614d60-a5d3… via @AmyKazmin

Famous Italian winery loses 30,000 bottles worth €5mn in heist

Antinori says it hopes to ‘protect the market’ by alerting potential buyers

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The rightwing rapper taking on Pedro Sánchez in Spain ft.com/content/ec5cf1f8-e4cf… via @barneyjopson

The rightwing rapper taking on Pedro Sánchez in Spain

Angie Corine’s Vox-inspired satire has made her a symbol of the vitriol directed at the prime minister during the election

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Daughter of Trump’s chief of staff works at firm that lobbies for Republika Srpska ft.com/content/c163a470-e73f… via @ak_mack

Daughter of Trump’s chief of staff works at firm that lobbies for Republika Srpska

Susie Wiles’s daughter is latest White House-linked adviser to the Russian-aligned Balkan entity

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Giorgia Meloni faces critical test in controversial electoral reform vote ft.com/content/ba171091-839a… via @AmyKazmin

Italian parliament approves election law after Giorgia Meloni threatened to resign

Analysts warn that prime minister’s victory could prove pyrrhic, complicating her quest for re-election next year

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