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Firefighters rushed to extinguish burning cars and tackle flames and smoke pouring from damaged buildings, while emergency crews attended to victims amid scattered debris. Footage shows rescuers carrying a person into an ambulance and a body lying under a blanket near the scene. The local military administration said the attack involved a Banderol cruise missile, a relatively inexpensive jet-powered weapon capable of loitering before striking its target. Businesses, homes and vehicles were damaged in the attack. The strike came as a separate, US-brokered ceasefire in southern Ukraine was reported to be holding around the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, in the…
In a video to staff, seen by POLITICO, the outgoing ECB president says her coverings are due to “a little skin cancer that had to go.” Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Personnel from Spain’s Military Emergency Unit (UME) remained at the scene, working among derailed carriages and scattered debris while heavy cranes lifted sections of wreckage from the tracks. Images released on Thursday show emergency workers examining the damaged trains and coordinating operations at the crash site in the Castilla-La Mancha region. The disaster occurred when a high-speed service operated by state-owned Renfe struck the rear of a stationary train belonging to private operator Iryo. The collision left carriages derailed and badly damaged, with rescue teams continuing their work into the following day. Meanwhile, authorities established a temporary morgue at the…
He noted that the devices “may contain IPA-related data” — which has a high level of sensitivity. IPA-related data refers to information collected or held under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. That could include intercepted communications such as emails, texts and telephone calls, as well as information extracted from people’s computers or phones. The report added that GCHQ currently estimates the number of devices “to be in the thousands” and is currently undergoing work so it can report how many of the devices have been confirmed as lost. “We remain very concerned about this issue and are disappointed with the…
US Vice President JD Vance has reached out to Iran’s security chief in an effort to restart peace negotiations and avert another US attack on the Islamic republic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reportedly at the direction of US President Donald Trump, according to one of the newspaper’s sources. The outreach aims to establish whether Washington and Tehran can find enough common ground to persuade Trump to hold off on ordering what officials have described as a “short but intense” military campaign against Iran…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 29 October 2026 – 21:24 GMT+1 Fresh off the World Championships, the World Judo Tour returned to the Mubadala Arena for the prestigious Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. In the -48kg final Turkiye’s Merve AZAK took on Azerbaijan’s Konul ALIYEVA. ALIYEVA got the historic win, achieving the first ever women’s Grand Slam gold medal for Azerbaijan. Mr Marius Vizer, President of the International Judo Federation, awarded the medals. At -60kg top seed Azerbaijan’s Balabay AGHAYEV. took on 18 year old Loiq KUDBUDINOV. Showcasing why he was the favourite Aghayev showed speed and skill to score a dynamic ippon!…
Published on 29 October 2026 – 21:08 GMT+1•Updated 21:09 Actor Patrick Stewart has died at the age of 86. Stewart died in Los Angeles on Wednesday following “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, according to spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak. Best known for portraying Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” films and Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” series and films, Stewart spent much of his career on stage. His theatrical roles ranged from Claudius to Macbeth. He also frequently performed a one-man adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” and appeared alongside…
Demand reduction “has an impact on industry, it has an impact on business, and in a difficult situation, it could be the way to do that. But it does not … solve the long-term,” Polish Secretary of State for Energy Wojciech Wrochna told reporters. High prices “will regulate demand by itself,” Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch told reporters. Fossil fuel subsidies Such was the opposition to demand reduction measures on Thursday, Jørgensen — who was at the summit warning of a “difficult” winter of soaring fuel prices ahead — gave up even proposing it, focusing instead on subsidies. He reluctantly…
The Poor Man’s Rembrandt Project, first launched in 2023, has returned by popular demand, bringing tattoo artists into the house where Rembrandt once lived and worked. Among those taking part is Associated Press correspondent Mike Corder, who had covered the original event without imagining he would one day get a tattoo himself. This time, he sat down with renowned Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher, better known as Hanky Panky, to have Rembrandt’s 1630 etching Self-Portrait with Beret, Wide-Eyed reproduced on his arm. After around half an hour, the young artist’s wide-eyed expression was permanently etched into Corder’s skin. Schiffmacher, whose…
Der Spiegel asked Eralp about antisemitism within her party. Eralp acknowledged that boundaries had been crossed at some campaign events. The journalists then asked whether she was referring to Ibrahim Ibrahim, a pro-Palestinian agitator who attended the Left Party’s election-night celebration. Eralp answered “yes,” according to Der Spiegel, but later sought to remove the exchange from the interview transcript. In private comments apparently to her assistants, inadvertently included in the returned transcript, Eralp referred to advice she said she had previously received from Berlin’s State Criminal Police Office (LKA) about publicly naming individuals linked to organized crime: “The LKA said…