Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Europe’s summer from hell bleeds into autumn as Trump and Xi turn the screws If Brussels’ bureaucrats returning from their long summer breaks this week were wondering what they…
The remarks show how the mood has changed across the bloc on the potential pact it hopes to agree with the Donald Trump administration. Brussels at first trashed the agreement that London struck with Washington, but now the EU is coming to terms with the prospect that keeping a 10 percent baseline tariff is the…
Jun 26, 2025 03:28 AM IST ‘They’re going to need money to put that country back into shape. We want to see that happen,’ Trump said. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US has not given up its maximum pressure on Iran – including restrictions on sales of Iranian oil – but signaled…
Jun 25, 2025 03:47 PM IST UK’s use of nuclear weapons in the mission would need approval from NATO’s nuclear planning group, the US president, and the British prime minister. The United Kingdom will buy 12 U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs and will join NATO’s shared airborne nuclear mission, in a…