On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A Barcelona resident, Irene Veglison, 67, has rediscovered her love for dance after a 1.35-metre-tall robot moved into her home three months ago. Ms Veglison received the device in […]
Continue ReadingThe terrorist Taliban defends its attack on Pakistan.Image: keystone Feb 27, 2026, 12:46 p.mFebruary 27, 2026, 3:10 p.m The spokesman for the Islamist Taliban has defended the recent attacks on Pakistan and threatened further violence in the event of further Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan. “If they continue the war, we have the strength to continue […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 02/27/2026 – 12:42 GMT+1 The spending plans of France and the Czech Republic for their slices of a €150 billion European defense program have been finalized and are expected to be endorsed by the Commission shortly, diplomats have confirmed to Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Yet, while the plans are cleared, a row between Hungary […]
Continue ReadingThe Green Party have won their very first by-election. Westminster Insider Host Sascha O’Sullivan goes inside the Greens’ effort to win the seat, and finds out how the battle for this seat will inform the three-way fights between the Greens, Labour and Reform UK. She speaks to Hannah Spencer on the election trail – and […]
Continue ReadingKeir Starmer has vowed to “keep on fighting” despite Labour’s humiliating defeat in the Gorton and Denton by-election. The British prime minister faces intense pressure to shift his party to the left or resign after Labour came third behind Zack Polanski’s Greens and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the previously rock-solid Greater Manchester constituency. But […]
Continue ReadingFormer US president Bill Clinton is due to testify on Friday behind closed doors to a congressional panel about his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in what could be a tense confrontation between the former Democratic leader and President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans. Clinton’s testimony follows that of his wife, former Secretary […]
Continue ReadingSánchez sent the paper to European Council President António Costa on Thursday, just as Italy launched a blistering attack on the ETS. Rome called for its suspension until after the reform is completed, claiming that the carbon price is driving up energy costs and acting as a “tax” on manufacturers. The Spanish paper takes the […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union will provisionally apply a contentious free trade agreement with the South American bloc Mercosur to ensure the bloc secures first-mover advantage, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. The European Commission concluded its largest -ever trade pact in terms of tariff reductions with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay after […]
Continue ReadingThis is the highest number of confirmed casualties from a single African country in the Ukraine-Russia war.
Continue ReadingA white British man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon after reports suggested a suspect entered a mosque armed with an axe during Ramadan prayers. Darren Connor, 55, is also accused of possession of class B drugs and has been remanded into custody following an incident at Manchester Central Mosque on Tuesday […]
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