Rights groups say the 'safe third country' plans unveiled Tuesday contravene EU values and will burden poorer nations.

The European Union says it plans to charge a handling fee for low-value packages in a move that could pose a new threat to bargain retailers such as China-founded Shein and Temu. EU Trade Commissioner

The Conservative leader describes the prime minister's "hat-trick of deals" with the EU, the US and India as "own goals".

Spain will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the European Union and the Arab world in Madrid on May 25 as it seeks to ramp up diplomatic pressure on Israel to halt its latest offensive in Gaza.

Rights groups say the “safe third country” plans unveiled Tuesday contravene EU values and will burden poorer nations. Under the bloc’s rules, people can be sent to countries deemed safe, but not to those where they face the risk of physical harm or persecution.

It remains unclear whether UK passport holders will be able to use e-gates at EU airports this summer. The EU Commission has told the BBC that UK citizens will not have access to them until a new scheme to enhance border security comes into force in October, and even then it is up to individual countries.

The sanctions mean any assets the three targeted activists - including a Russian associate of Kolbasnikova and Schlund - have inside the EU will be frozen, and they will be barred from entering any of the bloc's member countries.