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Published on 27 October 2026 – 6:02 GMT+1•Updated 6:12 A localised ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky went into effect early on Tuesday, The local pause in fighting started at 3 am to allow an aid mission into Oleshky in southern Ukraine later this week. According to her office, Melania Trump led talks with civilian negotiators from Russia and Ukraine after meeting with UN officials who briefed her on the situation in the town. The aid mission is planned ahead of a new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine expected…
Israel wählt in einer Zeit nie dagewesener Isolation und steht vor einer Richtungsentscheidung. Während Benjamin Netanjahu um sein politisches Überleben kämpft, bringt sich Ex-Generalstabschef Gadi Eisenkot als volksnaher Herausforderer in Stellung. WELT-Korrespondent Daniel-Dylan Böhmer analysiert aus Tel Aviv, warum dieser Wahlkampf tief in die israelische Seele blicken lässt und was ein Machtwechsel für Gaza und den Iran-Krieg bedeuten könnte. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ordnet Armin Laschet die geopolitischen Folgen der Abstimmung ein. Der Vorsitzende des Auswärtigen Ausschusses erklärt, warum er auf eine israelische Regierung ohne rechtsextreme Minister hofft und welche realistischen Chancen er aktuell noch für einen Friedensprozess sieht. Auf landespolitischer Ebene…
He also denied the industry was overrepresented in meetings with lawmakers, saying, “There are a lot of consumers out there.” He encouraged NGOs to ask for more meetings to explain their point of view. The Smoke Free Partnership said it had faced “significant pressure” on its resources due to the withdrawal of EU operating grants last year. “We have continued engaging with policymakers and coordinating independent public health expertise, but reduced funding means difficult choices about what activities can be prioritized,” it said, adding there was an imbalance between industry’s resources. A spokesperson for Hadjipantela said he engages with a…
Cultural heritage is safeguarded not only by recovering stolen works, but also by reconstructing their history, spotting suspicious movements on the market and training those tasked with protecting them. It is on this front that Italy and African countries are strengthening cooperation against the illicit trafficking of cultural property, with a new professional training programme included in the Piano Mattei. The initiative stems from a three-year agreement between Italy’s National School for Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activities and the École du Patrimoine Africain (EPA), an institution based in Porto-Novo, in Benin, specialising in the conservation and promotion of African cultural…
After losing in the first round, Lula da Silva pulled off a historic comeback to be re-elected president of Brazil in the second round. Back in the Palácio do Planalto, which he had never left, the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) defied unfavourable precedent: since 1989, the year when Brazil returned to direct presidential elections and introduced the two-round system**,** no candidate trailing after the first round had ever gone on to win the second. “I owe this to you. I have always thought that God has been very generous to me, because there are so many people better…
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Animatronic gorillas, an author’s mysterious disappearance, and husbands made out of wicker? No, these aren’t fragments from a fever dream, but indeed a taster of what’s coming up this week. The British Library is about to open a major exhibition on the life and works of crime novelist Agatha Christie, while Turin Art Week is launching an exhibition all about the visual manifestations ofQuantum theory (think infinity rooms and Kubrick). Then there’s Wicker, a strange, surreal and saucy movies about a woman that marries a man made from, well, wicker. Call her a basket case all you want, but it…
The British capital is turning almost a kilometre of Oxford Street into a pedestrian-only zone, banning cars, buses, taxis, bicycles and e-scooters between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street. Shoppers took to the traffic-free road as buses were diverted. Mayor Sadiq Khan visited retailers to promote the changes, intended to make the street safer and more welcoming ahead of Christmas. Black cab drivers, however, warn that the restrictions could make access harder for disabled passengers. Paris pedestrianised much of Rue de Rivoli in 2020, attracting more than 20,000 cyclists daily and reducing nitrogen dioxide levels, although critics say congestion has…
Published on 26 October 2026 – 22:37 GMT+1 US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Brazilian election over the weekend looked “rigged,” without providing evidence, after leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. Speaking to the media, Trump said the vote “looked terrible” and “like another rigged election.” “I didn’t take sides,” Trump told reporters when asked for his thoughts. “Elections have to be indisputable, and it looked very bad to me.” Bolsonaro initially refused to recognise Lula’s victory, saying it was “impossible” to acknowledge the result and that the election should have…
The push comes just months after EU lawmakers approved a new “return regulation” aimed at accelerating deportations and allowing member countries to establish controversial deportation hubs outside the EU. With the legal framework largely agreed, Brussels is now turning its attention to enforcement — and to the agency expected to help make the new rules work in practice. Political pressure has also been mounting. In June, the leaders of 19 EU countries urged the Commission to support the establishment of return hubs outside the bloc, including through EU funding, as first reported by POLITICO. The proposed Frontex overhaul, which is…