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  • Tony Connelly

    Tony Connelly

    Europe Editor

    A Danish vessel patrols the water and airspace at Copenhagen Airport

    EU leaders back plan for 'drone wall' to counter Russia

    European Union leaders have backed plans for a new defence network against Russian drones following recent incursions into European airspace.

    Europe • 02 Oct
    This combination of pictures created on shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin

    Hope for glide path on how EU uses frozen Russian assets

    Just days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the US administration worked with G7 countries to freeze some $300 billion in Russian assets kept in various holdings from foreign currencies to government bonds.

    Analysis and Comment • 01 Oct
    Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

    EU leaders discuss defence, Ukraine support at meeting

    EU leaders are continuing to discuss European defence and ongoing military support for Ukraine at an informal summit in Copenhagen.

    Europe • 01 Oct
    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime minister’s office in Jerusalem

    Crisis in Israel could shape country for generation

    As Israel becomes more isolated internationally, with 150 countries now recognising a Palestinian state, the country is in the grip of an internal and external crisis that could shape it for a generation, writes Tony Connelly.

    Analysis and Comment • 28 Sep
    Marzouq Abu Naem, deputy secretary of the Al-Mughayyir municipality in the West Bank stands next to a plot of land

    West Bank: Tales of the dispossessed

    Continuous expansion by Israel of settlements in the West Bank is pushing Palestinians out of their homes and move elsewhere. The pattern consists of settler attacks on Palestinian farms and villages, often aided and abetted, say locals, by the Israeli military.

    Analysis and Comment • 28 Sep
    The Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank

    Palestinian communities steadily disrupted by settlements

    Europe Editor Tony Connelly and cameraman Bram Verbeke report from the illegal Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Adumim after Benjamin Netanyahu announced expansion plans.

    Middle East • 25 Sep
    Two Israeli settler tents in the West Bank

    West Bank locals report ongoing Israeli settler expansion

    Europe Editor Tony Connelly and cameraman Bram Verbeke report on dispossession and settler expansion in the West Bank.

    Middle East • 24 Sep
    Taybeh village in the West Bank

    Attacks by Jewish settlers on West Bank village rising

    Europe Editor Tony Connelly and cameraman Bram Verbeke report from Taybeh, a christian village in the West Bank where locals say they are facing increased attacks by Jewish settlers.

    Middle East • 23 Sep
    Palestinian flags raise over a tower in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank

    Leading Palestinian figure hails 'history being made'

    A leading Palestinian figure has hailed the recognition of Palestine by a raft of countries as a historic day of jubilation for the Palestinian people.

    Middle East • 22 Sep
    EU Commissioner Michael McGrath will meet political and business leaders, as well as consumer organisations in both countries

    EU Commissioner McGrath on visit to South Korea, Japan

    Ireland's EU Commissioner Michael McGrath is on a visit to South Korea and Japan as the European Union continues to seek to strengthen alliances in the wake of US President Donald Trump's aggressive approach to global trade.

    Business • 15 Sep
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