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Published on 18/07/2026 – 21:28 GMT+2 Just before take-off, there was time for one last family photo – a few minutes later the head of Siemens’ Spanish division, Agustín Escobarhis wife and their three children aged eleven, seven and four, together with the helicopter pilot, plunged into the icy Hudson River. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING More than […]

Published on 18/07/2026 – 20:21 GMT+2 On Tuesday, 14 July, the government approved in the Council of Ministers a budget transfer of over €309,840 from the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport to the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with Parliament. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The purpose of the money, as set out in […]

Published on 18/07/2026 – 20:20 GMT+2 Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha could wake up days after Saturday with the same concerns as today. The two major fires ravaging their territories have not been brought under control, and the outlook for the coming hours has given little cause for optimism among those leading the firefighting effort. ADVERTISING […]

ByHarry BlighwithAP and AFP Published on 18/07/2026 – 17:43 GMT+2 The death toll from two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month has risen to 5,069. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The figure has continued to increase as rescue workers clear debris and search through rubble following the earthquakes on June 24. International rescue teams joined thousands of […]

Jens Spahn, the head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has announced his resignation, as pressure built over his decision to have a child through a surrogate mother in the United States. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a letter to members of the Union group, he said that he had already informed German Chancellor and […]

Published on 18/07/2026 – 14:52 GMT+2 Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, is set to face a “record” number of opponents in a by-election for the coastal constituency of Clacton in August. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A total of 34 candidates will contest the seat, thought to be the highest number recorded in […]

Published on 18/07/2026 – 11:47 GMT+2 Ukraine carried out large-scale strikes on central Russia overnight, targeting a number of warehouses and an oil facility, according to Kyiv and local Russian authorities. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukrainian forces had hit two “major” logistics facilities in the regions of Moscow and […]

After 14 years at the helm of the French national team, Didier Deschamps hopes to bow out with a victory. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Although he would have preferred to end this remarkable adventure with another title, the France coach will have to settle for the third-place play-off against England, after being soundly beaten 2-0 by Spain […]

Published on 18/07/2026 – 8:49 GMT+2 A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Saturday, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) reported. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The quake hit the Battalgazi district of Malatya province at around 6:20 am local time and could be felt in the provinces of Malatya, Elazığ, Adıyaman, Tunceli, and Şanlıurfa, […]

Big tech platforms will once again be allowed to voluntarily scan private messages on social media platforms for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), after the European Parliament last week revived a derogation to e-Privacy rules that it had previously struck down in March. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In what critics have described as a political maneuver using […]