In a bid to unblock the Brexit negotiations ahead of the European Council in Brussels next month, the U.K. has dramatically expanded the scope of what it is formally willing to pay in ongoing financial commitments, a senior government minister familiar with the negotiations confirmed Wednesday. Source: Politico
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Thursday “Italy has a backlog of 500,000 illegal immigrants and if we don’t manage to expel more than 10,000 a year we’ll take 50 years to make up for the past”. He said there had been “no concrete results” from EU initiatives in Africa. Source Ansa
For three nights straight, there have been riots between African migrants and the French police in the city of Nantes. The riots began after the police stopped and shot an alleged criminal, named Abubakar. Wednesday the police declared that they shot the African young man in self-defence after he tried to overrun a police officer.
The Trump administration is actively considering tapping into the nation’s emergency supply of crude oil as political pressure grows to rein in rising gasoline prices before congressional elections in November, two people familiar with the situation said. Source Bloomberg
