Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email A wave of flight cancellations hit Lufthansa on Thursday as pilots and cabin crew unions staged a one-day strike at Germany‘s biggest airline. The industrial action, led by the Vereinigung Cockpit […]
Continue ReadingImage: watson/keystone/imago analysis The US President’s sick mania for sticking his name everywhere shows only one thing: his lousy character. Feb 12, 2026, 7:26 p.mFeb 12, 2026, 7:26 p.m follow me An important bridge between the American city of Detroit and the Canadian city of Windsor was supposed to be opened in the next few […]
Continue ReadingSomali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.
Continue ReadingLeaders played down differences as they gathered at the Alden Biesen estate, with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying her views on industrial strategy converged with those of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and brushing off suggestions the duo were trying to isolate French President Emmanuel Macron. “It is not something that we do against someone […]
Continue ReadingThat means a “NATO 3.0,” he said, where Europeans pay more for their own defense and slim NATO’s activities down to its core task of defending alliance territory. The term won immediate praise from some allies. NATO 3.0 is “a good way to explain his point, which we totally agree on,” Norwegian Defense Minister Tore […]
Continue ReadingPolice say the suspect’s firearms licence expired two years ago, and exactly who owned the guns used in the attack is unclear.
Continue ReadingAfter spending most of his political career in relative anonymity, the 65-year-old Retailleau burst onto the scene two years ago after being named interior minister by former Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Retailleau’s political savvy and hard-line, unapologetic stance on hot-button issues such as immigration electrified supporters of his seemingly moribund political party, Les Républicains, and […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 12/02/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar has admitted he was lured into a “honey trap” by his former girlfriend, and has rejected allegations of drug use. Magyar says Viktor Orbán’s government orchestrated the operation using secret service methods. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Magyar’s Tisza Party is the main challenger to Viktor Orbán’s […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 12/02/2026 – 17:45 GMT+1 Belgian federal police raided several European Commission premises on Thursday as part of a probe into the 2024 sale of real estate assets to the Belgian government’s investment arm, the Federal Participation and Investment Company. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At the center of the investigation is the purchase of 23 Commission […]
Continue ReadingAt Thursday’s NATO meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Pete Hegseth was absent, highlighting concerns about America stepping back from the alliance. European allies announced Arctic Sentry, a new mission to strengthen Arctic security amid Russian and Chinese activity. While analysts see it largely as a rebranding of existing drills, NATO hopes it will […]
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