Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Indonesia, killing one
The quake struck between the islands of Manado and Ternate. Tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
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Trump’s 19-minute speech on the Iran war in 6 points
US President Donald Trump had little new to announce in his speech.Image: keystone Anyone who expected something big from Donald Trump’s “important speech” that the White House had announced for Thursday night was disappointed. The US President almost exclusively repeated statements that he had already made before. Apr 02, 2026, 05:38Apr 02, 2026, 06:01 follow […]
Continue ReadingTrump’s 19-minute speech on the Iran war in 7 points
US President Donald Trump had little new to announce in his speech.Image: keystone Anyone who expected something big from Donald Trump’s “important speech” that the White House had announced for Thursday night was disappointed. The US President almost exclusively repeated statements that he had already made before. Apr 02, 2026, 05:38Apr 02, 2026, 05:38 follow […]
Continue ReadingTrump offers few answers as he seeks to calm nerves over Iran war
One moment he is demanding Iran allow tankers through, and the next he is telling allies to go and sort it out for themselves. “Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves,” he said on Wednesday. “The hard part is done, so it should be easy.”
Continue Reading‘We go for all humanity’ – emotional moment as Artemis II blasts off
There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC’s Pallab Ghosh.
Continue ReadingTrump claims US ‘nearing completion’ of Iran war aims within weeks
“Donald Trump’s actions in Iran will be considered one of the greatest policy blunders in the history of our country, failing to articulate objectives, alienating allies, and ignoring the kitchen table problems Americans are facing,” Schumer wrote on X. “He is completely unfit to be Commander-in-Chief and the whole world knows it.”
Continue ReadingBritain’s EU point man says reset deal can be done by summer – POLITICO
Challenged on the view that European capitals have been less enthusiastic than Britain at the prospect of a post-Brexit rapprochement with the EU, Thomas-Symonds insisted the timetable and ambitions remained firm. “The bill will introduce the mechanism of alignment — and I would expect that to be completed by the end of 2026 and to […]
Continue ReadingMerz sparks backlash over desire to send Syrians home – POLITICO
But, he added, “it is clear that once the civil war ended, the time for return has come and the grounds for protection cease to apply.” He declined to provide specific numbers. Approximately 1.23 million people of Syrian origin were registered in Germany at the end of 2024. Of those, 246,320 had acquired German citizenship, […]
Continue ReadingEU wants Hungary’s next leader to support Ukraine. It should be so lucky. – POLITICO
On Ukraine, he hasn’t framed Kyiv as an enemy — but has studiously avoided any positive appraisals, knowing they would play badly at the ballot box. That’s because anti-Ukrainian sentiment is deeply rooted in Hungary. According to an autumn 2025 poll by the Policy Solutions think tank, half of Hungarians consider Ukraine dangerous for Hungary, […]
Continue ReadingTrump warns U.S. will hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over next two to three weeks
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. is getting “very close” to finishing its objectives in Iran but warned that the next two weeks will involve intense military activity. “We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” the president said in his first primetime address since the war […]
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