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Published on 11/07/2026 – 14:57 GMT+2•Updated 3:15 p.m Paris’ Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum will close early this weekend as yet another heatwave grips western Europe. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Eiffel Tower said it would “exceptionally close” at 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday due to high temperatures forecast in the French capital, while the Louvre […]

BySonja Issel Published on 11/07/2026 – 9:25 GMT+2 A large-scale police operation is under way in southwest Berlin after a woman was reportedly taken hostage in a supermarket on Friday evening. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At around 10 pm, a man is reported to have threatened a woman with a knife in a Rewe store and taken […]

Published on 11/07/2026 – 8:57 GMT+2 Russian missile strikes on Kyiv overnight have injured at least 10 people and sparked fires across the capital, authorities said on Saturday morning. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a series of posts on Telegram, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city was under attack from ballistic missiles and warned residents to […]

Published on 10/07/2026 – 21:46 GMT+2•Updated 9:47 p.m Belgium’s three regions announced on Friday that they would introduce a road tax next year that foreign drivers transiting the country would also have to pay. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The country does not currently charge drivers to use its highways and the issue of introducing some form of […]

Published on 10/07/2026 – 18:54 GMT+2 Ukrainian drone strikes hit southern Russian oil refineries and the port of Taganrog on the Azov Sea on Friday, where authorities declared an emergency and evacuated some residents, officials said. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Kyiv has beefed up its efforts in recent months to hinder Moscow’s financial capabilities in its war […]

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have each summoned Russian diplomatic representatives, accusing Moscow of spreading false claims about the Baltic states as it steps up missile and drone attacks on Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Claims that the Baltic countries were preparing mass deportations of Russian speakers and had allowed Ukraine to use their airspace to attack Russia […]

As millions of EU citizens plan their summer holidays, the European Parliament this week gave the green light to an overhaul of air passenger rights, which have been in force since 2004 and will now be updated for the first time in 22 years. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The rules seek to ensure passengers are sufficiently protected […]

Published on 10/07/2026 – 18:08 GMT+2•Updated 7:09 p.m A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe, UK police said in a statement on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Devon and Cornwall Police said they had detained a white British male after the 78-year-old former Conservative politician was […]

The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a strong warning that while international fuel supplies remain secure for now, the latest attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz show that Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels continues to threaten its economy. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The entire world should be prepared for the […]

The wildfire that broke out on Thursday and is ravaging southern Spain has already left at least 12 people dead and has once again raised the question that almost nobody asks until it is too late: what to do if the flames catch up with you. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The blaze is now the second most […]