Trump Threatens German Troop Reduction as Transatlantic Rift Widens

Donald Trump announces the US is studying a possible reduction of troops in Germany after Chancellor Merz said America was being 'humiliated' by Iran — a move that would land squarely on Britain's own defence calculations. Hungary's incoming PM Péter Magyar visits Brussels saying frozen EU funds will be released soon. Experts call for sharply higher taxes on alcohol and junk food to combat 284,000 liver-disease deaths a year across Europe, just as Westminster reviews its own alcohol duty system. And a Swedish researcher who took a school algorithm to court — and lost — offers a cautionary tale as Britain builds its own AI governance framework.