US president Donald Trump has threatened “big retaliation” if European countries respond to Greenland and tariff-threaths by selling US assets.

The EU and the West's premise is simple and comforting: Hamas must go, Israel will not rule Gaza, and therefore a reformed Palestinian Authority must step in. But this consensus rests on a political fiction, writes Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah.

EU leaders signalled relief after US president Donald Trump backtracked on his tariff threat over Greenland, following an extraordinary EU summit in Brussels that ended early on Friday.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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