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US Officials Threaten Retaliation Against UK Over Israeli Settlements Sanctions Via Middle East Eye US officials have attacked the UK over its new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements, amid speculation that Washington could publicly rebuke the British government. On Tuesday morning, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested the Trump administration could retaliate against Britain over its new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements. US Embassy Meanwhile, Florida Republican Congressman Randy Fine warned that British companies could be stopped from doing business in Florida, accusing the UK of a "vanity project in support of Muslim terror". Huckabee told the...

Spain & The UK Lead In Football Fandom As Europe’s major football leagues return from their summer/World Cup break, fans in Spain and the UK are especially eager to get the ball rolling. In both countries, 78 percent of self-identified sports fans say they follow football teams or competitions - more than in Italy, Germany or France. Indeed, as Statista's Felix Richter details below, the appeal football extends well beyond dedicated sports audiences. You will find more infographics at Statista Data from Statista Consumer Insights shows that 46 percent of all respondents in Spain and 42...

Unfair Gains? Let's Talk About A European Windfall Tax Authored by Mark Nayler via FEE, After another summer of heatwaves and wildfires, Spain is petitioning the EU to create a climate adaptation fund. In a letter sent to the EU's climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, the Spanish minister for the ecological transition Sara Aagesen Muñoz said that Europe needs a blanket strategy to help its member states cope with climate change, and to mobilize the "resources needed to deliver the necessary investments." The mobilizing strategy favored by Muñoz is a permanent windfall...