Sir Tony Blair's assume tank needs a cross-party settlement to scrap the triple lock (Image: PA)Sir Tony Blair has been accused of “betraying pensioners” after his assume tank urged the Government to scrap the “triple lock” on pensions. The anti-poverty safeguard ensures the state pension goes up by whichever is highest – will increase in common earnings, inflation or 2.5%.Campaigners blasted the ex-PM for pushing for its abolition when “food and energy prices are likely to spiral out of control”. The Tony Blair Institute…

The mountain filmmaker Philip Flämig accompanied Laura Dahlmeier to the Himalayas for a documentary in 2024. Here he talks about their time collectively on the mountain and explains why he usually left the digital camera in his backpack. https://www.spiegel.de/sport/laura-dahlmeier-bergfilmer-erinnert-sich-an-gemeinsame-himalaja-expedition-a-e3fa15cf-075d-47c4-af78-141cf6c75fea#ref=rss

Almost 27 years of negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) to achieve a purpose this Friday: the creation of a market of greater than 700 million inhabitants with the provisional entry into drive of the commerce settlement. The street to achieve this second has been very sophisticated. The final impediment got here in January, simply after the official signature, the European Parliament requested the opinion of the Court of Justice of the EU and paralyzed its ratification. But the…

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