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Hollywood star Zendaya came under fire for wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian gold artefacts as earrings at a London photocall for Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey, which critics called a misappropriation of one of the ancient world’s most significant collections of objects. The earrings — gold disc medallions dating to the first millennium BCE and attributed to the Ziwiyeh hoard, a collection discovered in northwest Iran in the late 1940s — were remounted with diamonds and 18-karat gold by London jeweller Glenn Spiro as part of his Materials of the Old World series. They are owned by Barron London, a Mayfair-based gallery…
By Euronews Published on 22/07/2026 – 9:52 GMT+2•Updated 9:55 Luís Represas died this Wednesday. The artist’s death was confirmed by the agency Sons em Trânsito in a statement quoted by RTP. (source in Portuguese) The singer is thought to have died after a long illness. According to the statement, the Portuguese artist, who was marking 50 years of his career this year, had planned “unforgettable moments with Trovante and, in his solo work, with hits that span generations”. A photograph, in what amounted to a farewell, was posted on the singer’s Instagram page just moments ago.
Andy Burnham wants to talk about his new bus fare cap but, as Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy point out, there isn’t much chance of talking about anything else without the Commons sitting. They go through how the bus fare plan is funded. Chancellor John Healey says it will be “no burden to British taxpayers”, but the small print raises questions about how the scheme will be funded. At the Farnborough Air Show, there is the opportunity to talk defence spending – and fresh questions about how to fill the funding gap from Keir Starmer’s pledges. Plus, Sam and Anne…
The central bank has had to keep interest rates painfully high to keep a lid on inflation, at a time when the budget deficit is widening sharply. Its key rate currently stands at 14.25 percent. Businesses typically have to pay well above that rate for credit, and things aren’t made easier by the Kremlin competing for the same, limited pool of savings. Moscow had originally budgeted to cut military spending this year, Janis Kluge, an analyst with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, said. Instead, it has ballooned and accounted for nearly half of government spending in the second quarter,…
The Council’s approval on 13 July followed a European Parliament vote of 646 to 12 on 7 July, formally paving the way for the new legislation’s adoption. With the 12-month grace period, the rules are expected to take effect from mid-2027. The core numbers remain the same, with compensation still applying after a three-hour delay for cancellations with under 14 days’ notice or for denied boarding, with payouts of €250, €400, or €600 depending on distance. Airlines can still refuse to pay for disruptions beyond their control. Parliament’s main achievement was stopping the Council from raising delay thresholds and cutting…
Aerial footage from Spain’s Guardia Civil and the Spanish Air and Space Force shows the scale of the La Mierla wildfire in Guadalajara, central Spain. Thick smoke rises over hillsides blackened by flames as helicopters fly above the fire, revealing the vast area affected by one of the country’s largest wildfires this summer. The blaze has been burning for six days despite a major firefighting operation involving more than 600 firefighters and troops, supported by 29 aircraft. Authorities say it is one of the most challenging wildfires they have faced. More than 26,000 hectares have burned, while other official estimates…
Reform UK has also spent plenty of time pitching itself against the Whitehall machine. It has proposed a major civil service headcount reduction,giving ministers the power to fire civil servants and replacing the impartial top post of cabinet secretary with a political chief of staff. 3) Backing British Burnham wants to revive areas outside London which he argues the Westminster bubble has left behind for decades. He’s already started work on a No. 10 Downing Street North in Manchester tasked with regenerating towns, increasing public control of utilities and expanding industry, arguing that “growth cannot be ordered from the top…
Published on 22/07/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2•Updated 8:03 On today’s show: Jorge Liboreiro breaks down today’s EU ambassadors meeting to discuss the EU’s 21st sanctions package against Russia as Greece holds it up over a ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is due to come fully into force in 2027. Aadel Haleem brings the latest from the Middle East as tensions between the US and Iran continue to rise. Maria Tadeo reports on the EU–US trade deal one year after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump struck the agreement in Turnberry, Scotland, as well…
Europe just got a new long-distance hiking challenge – and it’s a seriously ambitious one. The Wolf Trail covers nearly 3,500 kilometres across six countries, taking hikers from Poland’s Baltic coast to Italy’s Trieste waterfront, through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia, with 78,400 metres of elevation gain thrown in for good measure. In other words, it’s not for the faint-hearted, but for those willing to spend four to six months on the trail, it could very well be one of the ultimate ways to see Europe, one step at a time. What is the Wolf Trail and what will you…
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche (CDU) präsentiert ihre neue Start-up-Strategie, um mehr privates Wagniskapital für junge Unternehmen zu mobilisieren. Larissa Kögl von POLITICO „Technologie & KI am Morgen“ analysiert die Pläne, die unter anderem erleichterte Kündigungen für Top-Verdiener und direkte Staatsinvestitionen in Rüstungs-Start-ups vorsehen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview bewertet der Digitalpolitiker Daniel Bettermann (SPD) die Start-up-Pläne seiner Koalitionskollegin. Er lobt den neuen Fokus auf kapitalintensive Scale-ups und technologische Souveränität im Verteidigungsbereich. Die im Koalitionsvertrag geplante 24-Stunden-Gründung sei wegen bürokratischer Hürden jedoch vorerst unrealistisch, räumt er ein. Außenminister Johann Wadephul (CDU) wirbt derweil auf einer Reise nach Nigeria, Südafrika und Mauretanien für Investitionen der deutschen…