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Scotland’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed Humza Yousaf will replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister, the devolved nation’s youngest and the first Muslim leader of a government in western Europe.

Gas savings have become a powerful tool to fend off the worst effects of the energy crisis.

Member states are split on whether nuclear-made hydrogen should count towards the European Union’s renewable energy goals.

Five young people, including two minors, were killed in Madrid in 2022 in score-settling between groups of rival gangs, known locally as “bandas latinas” (“Latino gangs”). The capital has four main gangs that have a total of around 800 members, according to police. Modelled on the South American cartels, they are made up of young Spaniards who are often from immigrant families and poor neighbourhoods. Nearly 40 percent of them are minors. Our correspondents report.

The EU has provided training and equipment to Libyan coast guards and given tens of million of euros to assist migrants stuck in the country.

French authorities on Tuesday searched offices of several large banks, including Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and HSBC on the suspicion of money laundering and fiscal fraud, a spokesperson of the PNF financial prosecution office told Reuters.

The exemption was included at the behest of Germany, which mounted a last-minute campaign to spare e-fuels from the 2035 ban.

After a short but bitter leadership contest, Humza Yousaf was elected the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on Monday and will soon take over from the formidable Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s first minister. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at how Yousaf successfully won over party members to clinch the top job in Scottish politics and usher in the post-Sturgeon era, which promises to be a challenging one.

The Hungarian parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party, ratified Finland’s NATO membership Monday after months of diplomatically charged delay.

The banking union was first pitched in 2012, at the height of the eurozone crisis, but the project remains incomplete to this day.