Author: staff
Published on 10/10/2026 – 18:12 GMT+2 Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement of the execution by firing squad of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan continues to fuel controversy. Former US Army Major Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding another 32, is expected to be put to death in a live-streamed execution, most likely on 3 December. Pope Leo XIV has also intervened in the debate, without commenting directly on the case. Marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October, he declared on Saturday that capital punishment is “inadmissible”. In a post on X, the US-born…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 10/10/2026 – 21:28 GMT+2 Today closes out the individual competition at the Baku World Judo Championships and it’s time for the heavyweights to take centre stage in Azerbaijan. Before the finals, the traditional flag-passing ceremony was held to commemorate the closing of the event, as Azerbaijan passed the IJF flag to Kazakhstan – with Astana set to host the World Championships in 2027. At +78kg, 19 year old Hyeonji LEE was on fire enroute to the final, with ippon in every contest. With a World bronze from last year, she would be feeling confident that…
US President Donald Trump said it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not tried sufficiently to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for Tennessee on Saturday. The statement was welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic negotiator, who called Trump’s remarks as “iconic and historic”. “President Trump joins the many who believe that…
After a first day disrupted by a cyberattack that slowed the voting process, the French centre-left primary is back on track, organisers said. By midday on Saturday, 87,841 ballots had been cast, representing 62.6% of the 140,282 registered voters. At 7 p.m. on Friday, only 20,000 people had managed to vote. Turnout will be crucial in gauging the success of this primary, which is held entirely online, as well as an indicator of the legitimacy the winning candidate will carry into the race for the Élysée Palace. Other political forces are already well entrenched in the presidential race, notably the…
Published on 10/10/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2•Updated 18:13 The Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Football Federation has opened disciplinary proceedings against Cristiano Ronaldo for walking out of the national team’s training camp in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before the match against Denmark, the captain clashed with coach Jorge Jesus (JJ) after being left on the bench and not brought on in the previous game against Norway, despite what he had been promised. According to Ronaldo, Jorge Jesus had assured him he would play for 30 minutes. Feeling that JJ had gone back on his word, Cristiano Ronaldo walked out on the national team…
Published on 10/10/2026 – 19:14 GMT+2 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez kicked off his election campaign for the 29 November election in Dos Hermanas, Seville, where more than 5,000 people gathered to hear him speak. The choice of that town is no coincidence, as it is the largest city in Andalusia where the Socialists remain in power following the most recent regional elections. It was there in 2017 that Sánchez began his bid to secure the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party’s (PSOE) general secretariat. His campaigns in 2019 and 2023 also began in what Alejandro Moyano, deputy secretary for Organisation of…
The Riyadh international airport was attacked once again on Saturday, in what is reported to be a missile strike by Yemen’s Houthis, according to a diplomatic source. “Dozens of people were injured, most of them Saudi nationals,” a source at a hospital in the Saudi capital said, adding that at least five of the injured were treated in an intensive care unit. The attack comes two days after three people were killed in a Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh’s international airport on Thursday. While Saudi authorities have not confirmed a new attack or evacuation of the airport, several witnesses said people…
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.
Published on 10/10/2026 – 16:04 GMT+2 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed legislative elections until September 2027, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported on Saturday. The report said Abbas had issued a decree calling for presidential and legislative elections to take place on 11 September 2027, with the presidency blaming “security, logistical and on-the-ground obstacles to establishing the conditions necessary for elections.” Wafa later reported that the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation – the official representative of the Palestinian people – had approved postponing the election, saying conditions had “changed fundamentally” since the elections were announced. Legislative elections…
These areas account for almost half of the total budget and are politically sensitive because of pressure from farmers’ lobbies and regions. In a concession to the 17 Friends of Cohesion, Ireland left the agriculture and regional budgets untouched and focused cuts on other priorities such as competitiveness, defense and development aid. “There was a strong support for heading one [agriculture and cohesion] from almost all of the member states, including some of the countries who would be considered to be net contributors” to the budget, Byrne told reporters. Reactions to the negobox from the Friends of Cohesion were more…