New: Eurostar's CEO tells @ft she plans to buy 50 new trains and is exploring new routes to Europe from London as part of a significant expansion
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Shoigu's replacement with a (relatively experienced and apparently competent) economist pretty clearly signals Putin believes victory in Ukraine will come via outproducing (and outlasting) Ukraine and her Western allies. He's preparing for many more years of war.

As if Brexit wasn't bad enough

“Business leaders have warned the prime minister that the government’s migration policies risk weakening the UK university sector, undermining a key reason for companies to invest in the country”

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EU under pressure after US levies tariffs on Chinese goods. Cannot match because of need for WTO compliance and internal divisions . James Kynge Henry Foy and me ft.com/content/31575d… via @ft

The debate around frozen Russian assets is intensifying ahead of the G7 summit in Italy.

Our expert Mujtaba Rahman says the American plan is a form of “future proofing,” that would get “ahead of a possible Trump presidency and around Congress as well.”
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‼️🇷🇺Wow. Looks like Slovak PM Robert Fico's reported assailant, writer Juraj Cintula, was associated with pro-Russian paramilitary group Slovenskí Branci (SB). Their leader was even trained by Russian ex-Spetsnaz soldiers. Read more on VSquare 👇vsquare.org/slovenski-bran…

Excellent piece by Steven Erlanger on the European and US debate on the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine (and not just because he quotes yours truly!)

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Join us this Thursday for an important discussion on Europe.
with Mujtaba Rahman simon wilson [email protected]

May 16th | The Conduit London

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