After intense wrangling, the heads of government in the European Union agreed to a €750bn ($869bn) stimulus package. The negotiations were even more tricky than usual, though the outcome was hailed as a breakthrough. It is the first time the EU as a bloc will issue bonds on a huge scale to back stimulus, spreading the fiscal risk among all member countries. A long-delayed report into Russian interference in British political life was published by Parliament's intelligence and security committee. The report stated that the threat from Russia was more embedded, and has been a problem for longer, than previously thought. Russian interference is seen as the "new normal". It said the government is playing catch-up, especially in cyber-espionage, in which Russia is a "highly capable" adversary.
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