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Pépé le Moko review – mysterious and passionately despairing French noir with a luminous Jean Gabin
ByPeter Bradshaw September 11, 2025

Powerful French film that inspired Casablanca stars Gabin as a holed-up gangster in Algiers lured to his doom by infatuationJulien Duvivier’s mysterious and passionately despairing 1937 movie is rereleased, with its luminous lead performance from Jean …

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Pépé le Moko review – mysterious and passionately despairing French noir with a luminous Jean Gabin
ByPeter Bradshaw September 11, 2025

Powerful French film that inspired Casablanca stars Gabin as a holed-up gangster in Algiers lured to his doom by infatuationJulien Duvivier’s mysterious and passionately despairing 1937 movie is rereleased, with its luminous lead performance from Jean …

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Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
ByJennifer Rankin in Strasbourg September 10, 2025

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painf…

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Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
ByJennifer Rankin in Strasbourg September 10, 2025

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painf…

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Von der Leyen under growing pressure to take tougher line with Israel
ByJennifer Rankin in Strasbourg September 9, 2025

EU Commission president urged to ‘show leadership’ and preserve bloc’s credibility amid catastrophe in GazaThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, is under growing pressure from MEPs to “show leadership” and preserve the EU’s political…

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez says Israel is ‘exterminating a defenceless people’
BySam Jones in Madrid September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Spain announces raft of measures designed to increase pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to end Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has stepped up his scathing criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza, accusing Benj…

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Palestine recognition: the principle the EU has been stuck on for decades
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels September 4, 2025

Europe’s ability to help bring peace to the Middle East has long come under question, with Spain’s PM this week saying it had failed on GazaEurope live – latest updatesIn 1980 when Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Soviet Union and Donald Trump was a property …

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Scotland bans arms companies that supply IDF from receiving financial aid
BySeverin Carrell Scotland editor September 3, 2025

Government says contractors seeking support must prove products will not be used by Israeli militaryThe Scottish government has banned arms companies which supply the IDF from getting grants and investment support, and will freeze support for trade wit…

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Scotland bans arms companies that supply IDF from receiving financial aid
BySeverin Carrell Scotland editor September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Devolved government says contractors seeking support must prove products will not be used by Israeli military The Scottish government has banned arms companies which supply the IDF from getting grants and investment support, and will freeze support for…

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Berlin police investigate after officer punches Irish activist at protest
ByDeborah Cole in Berlin and Rory Carroll in Dublin September 1, 2025

Ireland’s foreign office conveys ‘concern’ about incident that was captured on videos posted on social mediaBerlin police have opened an internal investigation after videos emerged showing an Irish activist at a pro-Palestinian demonstration being punc…

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