Lisa O’Carroll

New: Portugal fined €10m for not complying with environmental obligations by European Court of Justice. Portugal’s territory hosts rich biodiversity, including 99 habitat types and 335
species covered by the Habitats Directive and ECJ found it did not assign areas of special conservation interests

‘Any threat against member state is threat against the EU’, says commissioner in response to Trump comments – Europe live Stéphane Séjourné is the latest high-profile name to express solidarity with Spain over Trump’s comments last night

Is the EU's Made in Europe announcement a victory for the UK?
More likely to be a victory for Ireland and Germany

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EU competition commissioner Sejourne:"Europe needs to be an full industrial base and not just an assembly line. "

Also wants to speed up industrialisation and will create new zones, the industrial equivalent to Natura 2000, he said.

EU's Made in Europe criteria. Investments of more than €100m

- 50% of staff in Europe
- 51% of capital shd be Europe
-. 1% turnover needs to be invested in R&D in Europe
- 30% of components from Europe

Partners will be judged on location of factory etc not on nationality - which opens path for UK

MPs say Starmer’s UK-EU reset lacks ‘direction, definition and drive’ Foreign affairs committee report finds summit improved political relationship but efforts lack ‘strategic priorities’

NEW: Keir Starmers attempt to reset relationship with the EU lacks direction, definition and drive - foreign affairs select committee report on the UK/EU relationship.

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Paul Conroy, photojournalist partner to Marie Colvin, dies aged 61 The photographer who covered wars in Afghanistan, Congo and Libya, died of a heart attack while visiting family in Devon

Paul Conroy, photojournalist partner to Marie Colvin, dies aged 61

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Can Sadiq Khan stop Asif Aziz's mass evictions? We went to the billionaire's home to get answers, as a leading homelessness charity cut ties with the landlord and tenants begged the mayor to save their homes.

Great reporting by @londoncentric.media @jim.londoncentric.media extraordinary story

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British-Danish couple say new UK passport rules may separate them from children Family learned of change while abroad, and fear dual-national children will have to stay with relatives while they return to apply for passports

New: British/Danish couple tell of stress of not knowing if their children will be allowed board flight home from holidays tomorrow. They are angry there was no effective communication about new rules affecting dual national kids: they learned about when away.

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Hi Judith. Government says it’s been on gov.uk since 2024

Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that may leave dual nationals stranded MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for grace period

Home Office - denies "absurd" criticism that it did not communicate dual national border rule change

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Thank you Martin. It is the power, or maybe lack of power in this case, of mainstream media, the Guardian that is free to access around the worlds we had 1.4m page views of first story on 13 Feb and hundreds of emails from people who knew nothing of change which suggests not many people read gov.uk

First and prob last time my name has been called out in British Parliament - over the Guardian’s coverage of dual nationals issue. Listen to end for Home Office minister reply. Apart from his assertion that Home Office putting something on gov.uk = comms, he doesn’t address the pain of Constituents

That first story generated hundreds of emails to my inbox from British dual nationals stressed, stuck and worried they would lose money on imminent trips. Many said they don't look at gov.uk when flying home and first they knew about it was when we wrote about it. I am still getting emails.

Mike Tapp home office minister in reply:

"I'm going to let him into a little secret here that perhaps that media coverage is as a result of the home office's efforts to get this information out there as widely as we possibly can."

This is not true. Our first story on 13 Nov - had 1.4m readers

Mike Tapp UK minister to David Davis

"I'm going to let him into a little secret here that perhaps that media coverage is as a result of the home office's efforts to get this information out there as widely as we possibly can."

I can confirm this: This is untrue. Stories were generated by readers

DAvid Davis in parliament today
I am going to take the unusual stop of Madam Deputy Chief of actually thanking two journalists. These are Lisa O'Carroll guardian and whoever writes the BBC website. ... that's relevant because I've got 3 constituents who would not have known about this...

Hello British dual nationals:

If you have been, or know anyone who has been, refused board on a flight, ferry or train to the UK in the coming days, they can share their story here. Or email me direct - email in bio.

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V good blog post on the legality of Home Office decision to ignore pleas of British dyal nationals who from 2day must show UK passport to board flight to UK.
As one reader wrote to me. "This is a transition failure" by HO leading to "hard denial" of rights by HO

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So. new rules on British dual nationals come in tomorrow. I have had hundreds of emails from Brits overseas impacted. Including a few tonight saying a Canadian airline will not accept expired passport. Do email lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com if you know D.N. stopped from boarding flight from 2moro

British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel to UK, Home Office affirms Government ignores pleas for a grace period before new rules come into force on Wednesday

New: No grace period for british dual nationals returning home if they don't have current or expired passport or certificate of entitlement from tomorrow.

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Trump tariffs: what ‘powerful’ trade weapons are at the US president’s disposal? A 10% levy has been put in place, but the US leader has other economic ‘bazookas’ he can fire in his trade battle

Explainer: Five ways Donald Trump can avenge the supreme court with "more powerful and more obnoxious" tariffs

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Donald Trump’s new 10% global tariff comes into effect US president had said he would raise levy to 15% after last week’s supreme court ruling

Trump's new tariffs kick in at 10%

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The EU Parliament has paused the US trade deal ratification process. A vote tomorrow morning of the trade committee hass been postponed.

Anna Cavazzini , trade policy spokesperson for the Greens/EFA group, said: “. Given the current enormous uncertainty, a vote would be unjustifiable."

Trump threatens ‘obnoxious’ tariffs as UK and EU seek clarity on trade deals President suggests trade war could escalate as administration says it will stop collecting levies ruled illegal by supreme court

Trump threatens more "obnoxious" tariffs as EU and UK seek clarity over the 15% tariffs

Confusion reigns in business over what tariffs apply, if any, tomorrow.

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Former FT editor Lionel Barber tells BBC of day Prince Andrew rang "to complain about our coverage of Dubai after world financial crisis in 2009. Dubai had to be bailed out.
BBCs Amol Rajan: why is that an unreason with that, he was trade envoy
Barber: He is acting on behalf of a foreign govt

Irish are not affected by this Ben.

New passport rules have ruined our family reunion Dual British citizens say they are treated more harshly than foreign visitors under changes coming into force this week

The times: New passport rules have ruined our family reunion
Mother can come to UK as planned on a £16 electronic travel authorisation as she is not British. But British dad and kids cannot …
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This is a terribly distressing story. Many of us now have children living abroad and Brexit has made a nightmare of mail issues( Ireland included) The freedom of movement the peers of our children enjoy has put many inter national couples decide to settle in the EU not the UK. Now this new barrier!

Lib Dems call on home secretary to delay new dual national border rules Letter to Shabana Mahmood describes controls that could block British dual citizens’ entry to UK as ‘unacceptable’

EXC: LibDems write to Home Secretary as does former Brexit secretary David Davis to call for urgent grace period for dual nationals returning to U.K. from Wednesday. The stress is “unnecessary”

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US will not back out of its tariff deals with UK and others, says Trump trade representative Promise comes as minister admits to ‘uncertainty’ about new 15% levy on imports from around the world

US will not back out of tariff deals already done
EU looking for assurances the new 15% tariffs will be just like July inclusive of previous tariffs.

(How does any of it work if tariffs are legal over reach by Trump!?)

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