Keir Starmer has urged broadcaster TNT Sports to allow football fans to watch Arsenal’s Champions League final showdown with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for free. The British Prime Minister, a Gunners fan, said he was “saddened” that the showpiece European club competition’s final would not be available without paying in the UK for the first time […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the WHO, there are almost 750 suspected cases and almost 180 suspected deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Image: keystone May 23, 2026, 6:12 p.mMay 23, 2026, 6:12 p.m The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo may have started earlier than previously thought. The Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot has described the moment she fell in love and was able to trust again after her ordeal. Ms Pelicot’s ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, was jailed […]
Continue ReadingThe activists have since said they have been mistreated at the hands of Israeli soldiers, describing beatings, tasers and attack dogs. Israel has denied mistreatment, calling the allegations “false and entirely without factual basis.” With his statement, Barrot joined a growing chorus of European leaders who are calling for EU sanctions against Ben-Gvir. “Like my […]
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Continue ReadingSwedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson warned against inserting a “European preference” into EU defense procurement rules. “My responsibility, first and foremost, is to get weapons in the hands of these warfighters,” Jonson said on Saturday. “Sometimes that can be from Europeans, sometimes it can be from the Americans or somewhere it can be from Asia.” […]
Continue ReadingAround 15,000 people gathered in the Piazza Calipari in Acerra, Campania, to welcome Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, as he arrived to offer comfort to locals in the region known as the Terra dei Fuochi, or land of fires, a vast area in southern Italy devastated by decades of illegal dumping, burying and burning of […]
Continue ReadingBySertac AktanwithAFP Published on 05/23/2026 – 16:45 GMT+2 President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that Ukraine deserves full EU membership, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pitched making Kyiv an “associate member” without voting rights. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to a letter to the bloc’s leadership, Merz suggested this status for the duration of the lengthy negotiations […]
Continue ReadingFormer Conservative Party chairman Sir Jeremy Hanley has died aged 80. His family confirmed that he died on Friday after a short illness, and thanked the hospital staff who cared for him. Hanley served in a series of ministerial roles under John Major and spent a year as party chairman from July 1994 to July 1995. […]
Continue ReadingBySonja Issel Published on 05/23/2026 – 16:21 GMT+2 Unusual find in the north of the German capital: While walking through woodland in the Pankow district, a person discovered a suspicious object. Special units from the State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) were soon on the scene. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING What the specialists then uncovered was something […]
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