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By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 06/06/2026 – 20:24 GMT+2 On June 6, 1944, during World War II, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on what is known as ‘D-Day’, and they launched ‘Operation Overlord’ to liberate German-occupied Western Europe. Over 4,400 Allied troops were killed on that single day, and more than half of them were Americans. The exact number of German casualties on D-Day is not known, but it is estimated between 4,000 and 9,000 killed, wounded or missing. This year commemorates the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy beach landings, with only a handful of war veterans still…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day commemoration speech on Saturday to warn Europe about an invasion of “dangerous ideologies,” urging the continent to act against mass immigration. Speaking on the 82nd anniversary of the June 6, 1944, Allied beach landings in Normandy, Hegseth said: “Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different, dangerous ideologies — beaches in Spain, in Italy, in Greece and Bulgaria; boats and men arrive.” “When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not,” Hegseth said in his speech at the Normandy…
“It is time to end this war. But Russia’s ruler wants to keep fighting,” Zelenskyy said in his post on X. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 376 Ukrainian drones, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. The drone strikes came just ahead of the closing of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, an event the Kremlin uses to showcase Russia’s economy and attract foreign investment. It is often dubbed Putin’s Davos. Earlier in the week, Ukrainian drones hit the outskirts of St. Petersburg just as the forum was getting under way. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said…
Welcome back. When I launched this newsletter, I promised you zeitgeist, so here’s the zeitgeist — I am filing this at ungodly hours, from a flat in Tivat, on the coast of Montenegro, on five hours’ sleep, praying for no typos and my keyboard on fire. But oh boy how I love this job. This week, we were deployed alongside my producer Paul and my cameraman Pierre to Porto Montenegro for the EU-Western Balkans summit. To kick off, we sat down with António Costa on the eve of the gathering. The European Council chief told me there is real momentum…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 16:50 GMT+2 Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in a rapidly expanding outbreak in central Africa, according to the World Health Organization, fuelling concerns that the epidemic could become one of the largest on record. The WHO has already declared the crisis an international public health emergency as health officials race to contain its spread across the region. “That scale is possible,” warned Jason Asher, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, referring to fears the outbreak could eventually rival the devastating 2014 West Africa…
“When the governing party is on the right, relations with the Church tend to be better than when the left is in power,” said Carlos Espaliu, lecturer in international law and international relations and head of the Tomás Moro observatory at the CEU Fernando III University. “But, right now, relations with this government are better than they have been with other Socialist administrations.” Touchstone issues The Catholic Church has not changed its position on previously divisive issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion or euthanasia, Simón said, but these issues “are not on the political agenda, because in some cases they…
“Following a final examination today, the patient and his family were discharged from Charité in good health,” the hospital said in a statement. Previously, the local health department lifted the quarantine order for the family, since 21 days had passed since their last exposure to the virus. Stafford thanked Charité: “I received first-rate care, including experimental treatments currently being tested for this type of virus.” He said his thoughts are with the people in Congo, who do not have access to this level of care. “We are very pleased with the successful course of treatment and consider this a significant…
The exchange of fire on Friday came days after renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran. According to the BBC, one person was killed and dozens injured in an Iranian drone strike on Kuwait’s international airport earlier this week, with the U.S. retaliating with what it called “self-defense” strikes on Iran. Iran has repeatedly targeted Kuwait and Bahrein, where U.S. bases are located. With talks between Iran and the U.S. stalling, navigation in the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply reduced, causing a lasting spike in oil prices. But even as hostilities continue between the two countries, Washington has granted visas…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 13:57 GMT+2 Iran’s football players have been granted US visas ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, although several senior officials and support staff are still awaiting clearance less than two weeks before the team’s opening match. The visa delays have complicated preparations for Iran’s tournament campaign and prompted concerns over the delegation’s ability to travel together for the competition, which is being co-hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada. A White House official confirmed that Iranian players had received visas to enter the US ahead of their first Group G fixture against New Zealand in…
At first glance it could look like a scene from a western: a man on horseback crossing the pastures to look after the livestock. Only we are not in Texas; we are in Canale Monterano, where the figure of the buttero tells the story and identity of the Maremma area of Lazio. Here, however, the horse is not a symbol of the past but a working tool and a direct link with a centuries-old tradition that still shapes the land, with practices handed down from generation to generation and protected above all by the Butteri di Canale Monterano association. Unlike…