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This week and next, the Brussels Playbook Week Ender podcast is away for the summer holiday.  So, we thought we’d re-up this popular installment on Europe’s quest to become independent from U.S. tech.  In this episode first released in June, Sarah Wheaton is joined by “The Tech Coup” author and former Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake and POLITICO’s Laurens Cerulus, as they look at what happens when the systems running Europe’s schools, ministries, banks, businesses and security are controlled elsewhere. They also discuss whether Brussels can build real alternatives or simply learn to manage its dependence better.  The Brussels Playbook Podcast will…

Spain witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday, with the phenomenon visible from parts of the country for the first time in more than a century. In Getxo, in the Basque Country, the eclipse was seen with the Port of Bilbao in the background. The moon passed directly between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light and briefly darkening the daytime sky. The event was one of the most anticipated astronomical spectacles visible from Spain in decades, offering striking views along the country’s northern coast.

Published on 13/08/2026 – 17:15 GMT+2 A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin tore through a residential street in occupied Sevastopol on Thursday morning, killing a Russian serviceman in what Moscow’s security service called a Ukrainian-directed attack, the latest in a series of strikes against military figures tied to the war. The explosion struck a stairwell area on Stoletovsky Avenue as the victim was walking with a companion, according to witness accounts carried by Russian Telegram channels. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) later confirmed that a Defence Ministry serviceman had been killed, without naming him and said it had detained…

Skywatchers across Europe turned their eyes to the Sun on Wednesday as a rare solar eclipse crossed the continent. Crowds gathered in cities including Paris, Brussels and Rome, while observers in Russia also watched the Moon move across the solar disc. The eclipse was total along a narrow path crossing northern Spain, parts of Portugal and Iceland, while much of western and central Europe saw a partial eclipse. Viewers used special eclipse glasses and other protective equipment to safely watch the event.

A fleet of small boats evacuated hundreds of tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire bore down on two popular resorts. Water bombing planes and helicopters and almost 150 firefighters battled the flames spreading across the Halkidiki peninsula south of the city of Thessaloniki, the fire service said. Two injured firefighters were taken to hospital, the service added. Within hours of erupting, the fire bore down on homes around the popular resorts of Siviri and Fourka, which are packed with summer tourists. The region is dominated by flammable pine forests. Greece’s civil protection agency sent evacuation warnings…

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Published on 13/08/2026 – 22:34 GMT+2 Millions of people across Europe, particularly in France, Italy, Spain and the UK, sweltered through a new wave of extreme temperatures on Thursday as the continent’s latest heatwave picked up. More than 135 million people were forecast to face temperatures above 35C, with parts of France soaring past 42C and the UK recording the hottest day of the year. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and in some places is ill-equipped to deal with hot weather. Scientists blame ever hotter and more frequent heatwaves on human-caused climate change. Repeat heatwaves and drought have fuelled a…

Footage released by Russian state television showed President Vladimir Putin aboard the missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, watching live‑fire naval exercises and an underwater explosion off Russia’s Far East. He later travelled to one of the archipelago’s four main islands, marking the first visit to the Kurils by a Russian president since Dmitry Medvedev went there in 2010. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described the visit as “absolutely unacceptable”, saying the islands were an inherent part of Japan. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi also summoned Russia’s ambassador in Tokyo to lodge a formal protest, warning that the…

Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev wrote that the Russian state nuclear company was still on schedule with two new reactors at Paks despite Hungary’s change of government in April, which saw Magyar oust Russia-friendly incumbent Viktor Orbán. Concrete preparation for Unit 5 is more than 80 percent complete, he said, while work on Unit 6 is advancing and reactor components are already being manufactured. “We are ready for dialogue,” Likhachev said, adding that Rosatom had received no questions from Hungary’s new government. Magyar challenged that account hours later. Under the original contract, Paks II should have been operating by 2024, he…