Burnham's push for closer EU ties causes ripples in his party and others There is renewed attention on the prime minister's push for closer relations with Europe - and that is causing ripples in his own party and others. Andy Burnham told his Cabinet earlier this week: I firmly believe we have ended up with a harder Brexit than people voted for no sensible person thinks the deal negotiated by the Tories is working for the country. It comes ahead of a week which will focus minds on the UK's relationship with the bloc. On Thursday, at a gathering of European leaders in Dublin, Burnham will for the first time meet those who could prove pivotal as he sells his vision for Britain's future in the bloc. And next week, he will deliver a speech on foreign policy, in which - for Burnham - Europe is a central plank.

Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi between Russia, Ukraine and the US aimed at ending the war in Ukraine have concluded after a second day. Although the American side said they saw some openings, there was no hint of any breakthroughs to end the nearly five year-long war sparked by Russia's invasion. Davyd Arakhamia from Ukraine's negotiating team said that this round of talks - the first since February - was one of the hardest. I believe the Russians came with very strict directives, so it was extremely difficult to soften the discussion, he said. But he added that he felt good momentum and urged for a second round of talks to be organised as soon as possible.

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Fri 6 Nov 2026 13.51 ESTLast modified on Fri 6 Nov 2026 14.10 EST Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the social and environmental harms of the AI boom spreads across Europe. Protesters from Geef Tegengas, a Dutch direct action group, clashed with police while breaking into a construction site at Westpoort Amsterdam, where some members climbed a crane, lit flares and tied helium balloons to equipment. The action comes amid Europe-wide resistance to the rapid expansion of energy-hungry AI, with more than 100 groups involved in a two-day series of protests to demand moratoria on the construction of new datacentres. Geef Tegengas activists attach a'Genocide' banner to scaffolding at the Microsoft site. Photograph: Storm Groenendijk/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockThe break-in at the Dutch site, where protesters hung banners objecting to Microsoft's services to the Israeli military and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was separate from the pan-European "Stop Dirty Data Centres" campaign, which targeted the same site but whose affiliated members stayed outside the perimeter fence.

The Cybertruck never made it on sale in Europe because it did not reach the required safety standards. The Cybertruck never made it on sale in Europe because it did not reach the required safety standards. Decision made in order for factory in Texas to be used for Cybercab, the carmaker's self-driving taxi Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will wind down production of its Cybertruck, marking the end of a failed effort to take a chunk of the lucrative market for pickups in the US. The billionaire chief executive said production of the car would stop in about the middle of next year at the company's factory in Texas in order to use the plant for the Cybercab, its self-driving taxi. Musk did not say whether Tesla had plans to produce the vehicle in another factory, although that would probably require significant investment for the specialised tooling needed to make it.

Campaigners say the environmental and social costs of the sites are too high. Campaigners say the environmental and social costs of the sites are too high. Thu 5 Nov 2026 04.00 ESTLast modified on Thu 5 Nov 2026 04.02 EST Protesters across Europe are planning two days of action against datacentres this week with demonstrations taking place in 15 countries. More than 100 groups are joining together for the "Stop Dirty Data Centres" events on Friday and Saturday. They are calling for a moratorium on large projects, citing environmental and social costs that "we can no longer afford".

Is the war entering a new phase? Russia has bombed a hospital in Kharkiv, injuring at least 73 people, while also carrying out several attacks on energy infrastructure across multiple Ukrainian regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that "the Russians directly struck a city clinical hospital. Seventy-three people were injured, and the cardiology department, where people were receiving treatment, was damaged." Separately, Ukrainian energy sites were hit, including in Kharkiv, in what President Zelenskyy described as a "complex, massive attack".

Finnish police have launched a criminal investigation into suspected breaches of environmental law at the construction site of a planned Google data centre in northern Finland. The project is part of a $15bn deal announced last month by Alphabet's Google to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Finland, which the US company described as its largest investment in Europe. "We are investigating whether the company's operations have breached the Water Act and resulted in environmental damage," Detective Superintendent Kari Pakanen told the Reuters news agency on Thursday, adding that a guilty finding could lead to a corporate fine. Pakanen declined to say whether any individuals could become a target of the investigation, and a Google spokesperson said the company would cooperate with the police investigation and continue to focus on maintaining compliance at its sites. Videos and photographs showing the scale of the forest clearance at the site of the data centre, and Google's initial reluctance to address the issue in the days after the news broke, have prompted widespread anger in Finland, where there is a high level of respect for the natural environment among the public.

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