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Around 60 competitors gathered in Chamrousse on Sunday 9 August for France’s 73rd competitive lumberjacking championship, racing to cut through logs by hand with axes in a test of speed, accuracy and endurance. Timekeepers stopped the clock as each section finally broke free, with the fastest run of the day recorded at 4.49 seconds. The championship has been held at the Alpine resort south-east of Grenoble since 1953, preserving a tradition closely tied to the region’s forestry history. Between rounds, competitors prepare identical logs and sharpen their axes, while some wear chainmail guards to protect their legs from accidental blows.…
Switzerland is opening the taps on Lake Lugano to help prop up Lake Maggiore. It is an emergency solution that, more than any set of figures, shows how sensitive the water situation in northern Italy has become: more water will be released from the Ceresio towards Ponte Tresa, with the aim of supporting the level of Lake Maggiore and, above all, guaranteeing supplies for the rice fields on the plain. The discharge will rise from the current 3 to 8 cubic metres per second. The two lakes are connected and a significant share of the extra water will flow into…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 19:33 GMT+2•Updated 19:36 Former United States Marine Robert Gilman is on his way back to the US after being freed from prison in Russia. US President Donald Trump said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had approved Gilman’s release on humanitarian grounds. Gilman is said to be in poor health and was reportedly being held in a psychiatric ward of a hospital. Trump added that Moscow did not ask for a prisoner swap and that Gilman was set to land at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C on Tuesday evening. “I just spoke to him, and…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 17:29 GMT+2•Updated 18:05 The United Kingdom is on course to record its “warmest summer on record,” according to the country’s national weather service. Provisional statistics released by the Met Office on Tuesday showed that the current recorded mean temperature across the UK from 1 June to 10 August was 16.48°C – 1.88°C above the average for 1991-2020. “To equal the current UK summer mean temperature record of 16.12°C set in 2025, the remainder of August would only need to average 0.21°C below the 1991-2020 long-term average for meteorological summer,” the Met Office said. “Any warmer than…
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Published on 11/08/2026 – 16:45 GMT+2 Heathrow has lost its crown as Europe’s busiest airport, with Istanbul welcoming almost 300,000 more passengers than the London hub in July. The shift comes as Heathrow has seen a summer dip in passenger numbers, particularly on Middle East routes, while its long-running push for a third runway gathers pace. Figures, released annually by the trade body Airports Council International, reveal that Heathrow was Europe’s busiest airport from 1996 to 2019. In 2020, it lost its top spot as coronavirus travel restrictions took hold. It regained its title in 2023 and held onto it…
Three fishing vessels are now “constantly patrolling off the coast of the plant” to conduct “preventive fishing operations […] 24/7,” the company added. Tuesday’s jellyfish invasion comes a the latest in a series of climate change-driven incidents that have affected French nuclear energy during a particularly infernal summer. Nuclear power plants are typically built by rivers or on coastlines so they can use nearby water sources to cool their reactors. But a record number in France this summer have been forced to temporarily shut down due to heatwaves and droughts affecting their water supply. Rising sea temperatures have made jellyfish…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement that Kyiv does not recognise Kosovo’s independence may have handed his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić a diplomatic win during his visit to Belgrade. Yet it triggered a sharp backlash in Prishtina, which has demanded that Zelenskyy and Kyiv respect Kosovo’s right to self-determination and the 2008 independence declaration recognised by over 100 countries, including key Western powers such as the US, the UK and 22 EU members. During a press conference in Belgrade on Saturday, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine supports the territorial integrity of its partners and international law, in response to a question on…
Installations and projection shows illuminated buildings, fields, beaches and the sea in Tsarevo, Varvara, Ahtopol and Sinemorets. Artists from eight countries took part, combining contemporary art with the coastal landscape after sunset. The programme ran each evening from 9 p.m. to midnight and was free to the public, with video mapping, interactive installations, lasers and large‑scale light compositions transforming familiar urban and natural sites into a continuous night‑time route.bnrnews+3 In Varvara, MP‑STUDIO projected its “Time Harvest” installation onto hay bales in the meadow above the beach, while Latvian artists Those Guys Lighting presented “Divine Geometry” and other works in the…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 16:40 GMT+2 Jeff Bezos is closing in on a deal to buy a stake in Liverpool Football Club, as part of a consortium that includes Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. The investment group, led by Amit Bhatia, son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, is negotiating for more than the 30% stake initially reported, according to Sky News. Fenway Sports Group (FSG), Liverpool’s owner since 2010, could announce a deal within days. The transaction would value the Premier League champions at £4.4 billion (€5.15bn), Sky News and Al Jazeera reported, one of the largest valuations ever placed on…