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Companies also worried about the political atmosphere and the increase in negative views about China across the continent

British diplomats hope that if the dispute with the EU over the protocol is settled amicably and the NI executive is restored before next Easter, it could pave the way for a state visit by Biden to London in 2023

Liz Truss thanks Joe Biden for support during death of Queen Elizabeth

Meloni’s moral and economic inspiration is Viktor Orbán, the man who in recent years has destroyed the opposition in Hungary and achieved legitimacy by weaponising popular consensus

The UK believes the continuation of the grace period for checks on goods will create the space needed for solutions to the protracted row with Brussels.

There are still influential voices in Europe who say that a EU without Britain is incomplete.

Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s Brexit commissioner, has not ruled out tariffs being imposed on British goods being sold into the EU.

Most of the rest of the European Union will impose a ban on Russian maritime deliveries of crude oil in the next six months, and refined oil products (things like gasoline and diesel) in eight.

It is a reminder that Russia’s Ukraine invasion — and the West’s intense mobilization in response — always risked worsening tensions outside of Ukraine.

Mercedes-Benz has just kicked off production of its all-electric EQE model at its factory in Beijing.