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Inside the Starmer foreign policy team trying to survive in Trump’s world https://www.politico.eu/article/inside-the-keir-starmer-foreign-policy-team-trying-survive-donald-trump-world/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #MunichSecurityConference #FinancialServicesUK #EnergyandClimateUK #Sustainability #Foreignpolicy #Costofliving #Intelligence #TechnologyUK #Competition #Humanrights #Investment #MiddleEast #Diplomacy #Elections #Conflict #Currency #Military #Research
Inside the Starmer foreign policy team trying to survive in Trump’s world

POLITICO spoke to 23 current and former U.K. government aides and politicians to map the network advising the British PM at a moment of crisis.

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UK looks to hold tech execs personally liable for intimate image abuse https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-looks-to-hold-tech-execs-personally-liable-for-intimate-image-abuse/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Onlinesafety #TechnologyUK #Enforcement #SocialMedia #Technology #Companies #Platforms #Safety #Media
UK looks to hold tech execs personally liable for intimate image abuse

The U.K. government simultaneously announced it would ban porn depicting incest.

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UK rejects tolls on Strait of Hormuz https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rejects-tolls-on-strait-of-hormuz-yvette-cooper/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServicesUK #EnergyandClimateUK #Westminsterbubble #Britishpolitics #Globaleconomy #Costofliving #Negotiations #TechnologyUK #MiddleEast #Conflict #Shipping #Politics #TradeUK #Rights
UK rejects tolls on Strait of Hormuz

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned countries must not “hijack” international transit routes and unilaterally apply tolls.

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UK to host Strait of Hormuz summit this week https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-host-strait-of-hormuz-summit-this-week/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServicesUK #EnergyandClimateUK #Westminsterbubble #Britishpolitics #TechnologyUK #Military #Shipping #Politics #Defense #TradeUK #Crisis #Safety
UK to host Strait of Hormuz summit this week

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will convene a meeting of 35 nations to discuss reopening the crucial waterway.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Apr 1
Iran war risks private credit crisis and AI bubble bursting, Bank of England warns https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-war-risks-private-credit-crisis-ai-bubble-bursting-bank-of-england-warns/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #ArtificialIntelligence #FinancialServicesUK #Financialstability #EnergyandClimateUK #Intelligence #Supplychains #TechnologyUK #Hedgefunds #MiddleEast #Technology #Liquidity #Stability #Conflict #Payments #Banking #Finance #Markets #Banks #UK
Iran war risks private credit crisis and AI bubble bursting, Bank of England warns

U.K. central bank warns negative supply shock increases the odds of ‘vulnerabilities crystallising at the same time.’

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Mar 31
Iran threatens to strike US-owned tech companies in the Middle East https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/iran-threatens-to-target-us-owned-infrastructure-in-the-middle-east-00852120?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Criticalinfrastructure #Infrastructure #TechnologyUK #DataCenters #MiddleEast #Technology #Technology #Companies #Military #Security #Services #Defense #Defense #Drones #Data
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Amazon, Microsoft dodge UK cloud market dominance designations https://www.politico.eu/article/amazon-microsoft-dodge-uk-cloud-market-dominance-designations/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #DigitalMarkets #TechnologyUK #Technology #Industry #Services #Software #digital #Markets #TradeUK #Cloud
Amazon, Microsoft dodge UK cloud market dominance designations

Both companies have made a range of commitments to the competition authority that address the fees customers pay to change between different providers.

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As the WTO flounders, the world’s middle powers go their own way https://www.politico.eu/article/wto-reform-talks-fail-cameroon-smaller-trade-deal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #DisputeSettlement #Negotiations #TechnologyUK #Agriculture #Development #e-commerce #Investment #Technology #Dataflows #Research #Services #Software #Bridges #digital #Imports #Tariffs #TradeUK #Africa #CPTPP #Trade #Trade #Data
As the WTO flounders, the world’s middle powers go their own way

After another failure to reform the stricken global trade body, coalitions form to bypass its consensus-based rulebook.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Mar 30
Apple subsidiary fined £390K for Russian sanctions breaches https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-subsidiary-fined-390k-for-russian-sanctions-breaches/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServicesUK #Russiasanctions #TechnologyUK #Platforms #Sanctions #Breaches #Payments #Finance #Banks
Apple subsidiary fined £390K for Russian sanctions breaches

Apple Distribution International sent two payments worth over £635,000 to Okko, a Russian streaming platform.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Mar 30
WTO meeting ends with no deal https://www.politico.eu/article/wto-meeting-ends-with-no-deal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #TechnologyUK #e-commerce #Technology #Tariffs #TradeUK #Trade #Trade
WTO meeting ends with no deal

“We have run out of time,” says Director-General Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.

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