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By Nela Heidner & Euronews Published on 05/09/2026 – 9:17 GMT+2•Updated 9:33 The hacker group “Rhysida” has published almost six terabytes of data from Berlin’s state administration on the dark web. Among the data is said to be highly sensitive information. The scale of the leak is enormous: 1,439,893 files. So far, there has been hardly any response from Berlin’s administration and political leaders. Among the published files is a folder titled “AG CBRN-Rahmenplanung.” CBRN stands for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. This means that highly sensitive information about potential threat scenarios may now be publicly accessible and could also be viewed…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. As Brussels enters the final stretch of negotiations over its next seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework, hidden within the budget debate is a strategic question: whether the EU is willing to invest in the partnerships and processing capacity needed to secure the critical raw materials on which its industrial future depends. Decisions taken this autumn will help determine whether the EU remains dependent on Chinese-controlled processing technology well into the next decade or begins its diversification towards new…
Published on 05/09/2026 – 8:51 GMT+2 At least two people were killed and 81 were injured following two blasts at an army base in Bolivia on Friday, authorities said. Bolivian Defence Minister Ernesto Justiniano said the powerful explosions occurred at the RAM-2 “Bolívar” General Maintenance Center in Viacha, southwest of the administrative capital La Paz. According to Justiniano, the site was used to store “pyrotechnic material.” He added that “no weaponry of any kind was detonated” during the incident. “The most important thing tonight is to protect people, attend to the injured, continue the search for those who have not…
Sonia Devillers, Philippe Jaenada, Amélie Nothomb, Philippe Besson and Ananda Devi. They all have one thing in common: they will all be there for the 2026 literary rentrée. Between now and October, some 461 novels, including 344 French titles, will be arriving in bookshops. That is a slight drop compared with the previous year, when 484 titles came out. For publishers and booksellers, this period is a key moment, especially at a time when reading is playing a smaller and smaller part in our daily lives. “The share of French people who spontaneously describe themselves as readers is falling across…
The Russian assets are back on the table. And with them, the same old problems. Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland, backed by the Baltics, are leading a new push to channel the Russian Central Bank’s immobilised assets into additional financial support to Ukraine as the war-weary country faces ballooning costs. It did not take long for the campaign to collide with a familiar opponent: Belgium. The country holds the bulk of the €210 billion in Euroclear, a depository based in central Brussels, and fears any move to channel the funds to Ukraine would leave it exposed to unpredictable dangers…
Published on 05/09/2026 – 8:04 GMT+2 US peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to visit Kyiv and Moscow this weekend, armed with a “proposal to end the war,” US President Donald Trump has announced, in the latest push to break a diplomatic deadlock over the war in Ukraine. “I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators. They’ve done a great job, and we sent them over to see whether or not we can get something done. And there may be a good chance that we’ll do it,” Trump told reporters on Friday. The pair are…
The prospect of peace between Iran and the US has sent oil prices sharply higher and lower in recent months. Brent crude, the international benchmark, has traded between about $73 and $126 a barrel since the end of February and was around $95 on Friday. European fuel prices have followed these movements. But petrol and diesel have remained particularly expensive because their prices also reflect the cost and availability of refining—not only the price of crude oil. Although electric cars account for a growing share of new registrations, petrol and diesel still power almost nine in 10 passenger cars on…
Do you know the two countries you can reach by ferry from Sicily? Even boat travel geeks might struggle with this one. One is Tunisia – reachable from Palermo in 11 hours (in the six years I’ve lived in Sicily, I’ve still only known one person who’s ever taken that boat). The other is Malta. Luckily for me, the most frequent ferry to Malta goes from my local town. Pozzallo to Valletta is a pleasant 1hr45 minute journey, on a catamaran mostly staffed, curiously, by people from the Philippines. With three or four crossings a day, Malta is quicker to…
Speaking on Euronews’ morning flagship show Europe Today this Friday, Spanish EPP MEP Antonio López-Istúriz said the government of Pedro Sanchez was ‘weak’ and should have reacted earlier to reports from the national police and intelligence services that had warned that thousands of irregular migrants were preparing to enter Ceuta. López-Istúriz also thinks Morocco could be behind the irregular crossing despite Pedro Sánchez insisting there is no evidence to support this. The MEP said the authenticity and significance of the material would have to be determined through a judicial investigation. The ongoing dispute comes against the backdrop of already strained…
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