Marius Borg Høiby’s role in Norway’s royal family comes into focus after Harald’s death – HOLA

  1. Marius Borg Høiby's role in Norway's royal family comes into focus after Harald's death  HOLA
  2. Norway’s King Harald V dies at 89 and his son becomes King Haakon VIII  AP News
  3. After King Harald V’s death, what comes next for Norway’s scandal-prone royals?  CNN
  4. Norway's new King Haakon VIII takes oath in parliament  DW.com
  5. Norwegian queen’s disgraced son freed from house arrest after rape conviction to attend King Harald V’s funeral  The Independent
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What Iceland’s snub means for the EU’s place in the world – politico.eu

  1. What Iceland’s snub means for the EU’s place in the world  politico.eu
  2. Iceland’s close ties with EU mean no vote is not a Brexit-style rejection  The Guardian
  3. EU enlargement hits an Icelandic snag  The Economist
  4. Does the EU need more member states? Take our poll  Euronews.com
  5. Iceland opposes E.U. membership talks as local concerns outweigh fears of Trump  The Washington Post
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Germany blames Russia for drone incursion, announces retaliatory measures – politico.eu

  1. Germany blames Russia for drone incursion, announces retaliatory measures  politico.eu
  2. ‘Germany and Russia are at war,’ says top defense exec  politico.eu
  3. Weeks After Failed Drone Attack, Germany Points Finger at Russia  The New York Times
  4. Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport  CNN
  5. Germany accuses Russia of drone attack on Leipzig airport  Al Jazeera
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Russia’s Race to Replace Starlink Is Failing – Newsweek

  1. Russia’s Race to Replace Starlink Is Failing  Newsweek
  2. Russia's Starlink copycat has failed so far but still threatens Ukraine  Euronews.com
  3. Russia’s Starlink Rival Falters as Entire Satellite Batch Misses Target Altitude  Kyiv Post
  4. Russia failed to launch the second batch of Rassvet satellites  UA.NEWS
  5. Russia faces space setback in rapid deployment of Starlink analogue – ISW  Ukrinform
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Burnham promises to bring ‘substantial change’ as he gives first Commons address as prime minister – UK politics live

PM says he has a ‘clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong’ with UK, and pays tribute to Keir Starmer after his predecessor quit parliament

My colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.

Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor and Priti Patel with Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary.

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