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 […]
Continue ReadingPublished 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 […]
Continue ReadingAfter 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 […]
Continue ReadingPublished 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, […]
Continue ReadingBig 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 […]
Continue ReadingLatvia has become the latest focus of what EU governments describe as Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s campaign to use migration as a tool of political pressure against the bloc’s eastern frontier. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING After years in which Latvia, Lithuania and Poland shared the bulk of irregular crossings from Belarus, Latvian authorities say the pressure has […]
Continue ReadingUpdated: 17/07/2026 – 8:23 GMT+2 Violent storms brought giant hailstones, heavy rain and powerful winds to several parts of France. Videos show large hail battering homes and cars. The storms turned deadly, with two people killed in weather-related incidents as much of the country remained under weather alerts. …More
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/07/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 Restricting Chinese access to the EU’s market of 450 million consumers could undermine Beijing’s export-driven economy and pose a risk to the country’s political stability, German liberal MEP Engin Eroglu, chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China, told Euronews, arguing that China’s model is “flawed.” ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/07/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 Restricting Chinese access to the EU’s market of 450 million consumers could undermine Beijing’s export-driven economy and pose a risk to the country’s political stability, German liberal MEP Engin Eroglu, chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China, told Euronews, arguing that China’s model is “flawed.” ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingThe last time that Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Kyiv, in late February, she arrived in the midst of a grueling winter. Ukraine was suffering widespread blackouts caused by Russian strikes. The population endured sub-zero temperatures without heating. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING This week, on her second trip this year, she declared upon arriving at the […]
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