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The European Space Agency (ESA) has reached a historic milestone in Earth observation and meteorological science, amid the climate crisis and meteorological disasters. The MTG-I2 (“Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2”) satellite has been successfully launched aboard the Ariane 6 rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. With this mission, ESA completes the first trio in the Meteosat Third Generation constellation (MTG). MTG-I2, successfully launched on 27 July, is the second imaging satellite in this fleet and joins the first Imager (launched in 2022) and the Sounder (launched in 2025). Once its commissioning phase is complete, the constellation will begin…
Die SPD-Spitze um Bärbel Bas und Lars Klingbeil demonstriert in der Bundesregierung nach außen Normalität. Hinter verschlossenen Türen wächst jedoch die Unruhe vor den drei anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im September. Rasmus Buchsteiner beleuchtet im Gespräch die internen Szenarien und die wackelnden Stühle der sozialdemokratischen Spitze. In der Hauptstadt rangiert die SPD in den Umfragen ebenfalls abgeschlagen. Spitzenkandidat Steffen Krach stellt sich im 200-Sekunden-Interview den Fragen von Rixa Fürsen, was die Bundespartei damit zu tun hat und wie er glaubt, an einer Trendwende mitwirken zu können. Trotz schwieriger Rahmenbedingungen überrascht die deutsche Wirtschaft aktuell mit einem Exportboom.…
By Euronews Published on 27/08/2026 – 15:27 GMT+2 The fifth extreme heatwave of the summer has arrived in Italy at the end of August, following a brief spell of unsettled weather that helped bring temperatures down. According to forecasts, it will not last long, with high temperatures between 27 and 29 August, but it is expected to be the most intense heatwave of the season. Driven by an African anticyclone, which could also bring Saharan dust, the stifling heat will be concentrated in southern and central Italy, with temperatures reaching 8-10°C above average. On Thursday, three cities are already under a…
Another strategy emerged later in June after videos of mass raids in Penza flooded social media, one of the poorest cities in European Russia. They showed police and military officers, sometimes accompanied by men in balaclavas, appearing to stop civilian men at checkpoints, on the street and on public transport, loading them into minibusses and taking them to military enlistment offices where some were then forced to sign contracts to fight in the war.Penza authorities have repeatedly denied any involvement in the alleged abductions and forced recruitment. The Penza campaign is alleged to be part of a broader government effort…
Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden want to cut the EU’s proposed long-term budget for 2027–2034, but have yet to agree on how much. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted the leaders of Finland, Austria and Denmark for a lunch meeting in Berlin on Thursday to discuss cuts to the EU’s next seven-year budget. The prime ministers of the Netherlands and Sweden joined by video conference. The meeting of the so-called “frugals” — vocal net contributors to the EU budget — was intended to reaffirm their shared demand to reduce the budget’s overall size. But they again failed to…
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Divided Cyprus’ rival leaders agreed to hold weekly meetings following talks on Wednesday, after UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged them to step up preparations for long-stalled reunification talks. Guterres has personally undertaken the initiative to get Cyprus talks back on track, visiting the island in July for meetings with Nikos Christodoulides, president of the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus in the Greek-speaking south, and Tufan Erhürman, the pro-unification leader of the Turkish-occupied north. Wednesday’s sit-down in Cyprus’ UN-controlled buffer zone was the first time the pair have met face to face since Guterres’ visit and was seen as an important…
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Tehran on Thursday as Doha stepped up efforts to revive diplomacy and ease tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. Sheikh Mohammed, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, held talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the first high-level Qatari visit to Tehran since the war began on 28 February. The talks focused on efforts to reduce tensions and create conditions for renewed dialogue between Iran and the US, according to Qatar’s state news agency QNA. The two officials also discussed ongoing talks on a proposed phased plan for…
A group of four countries have relaunched the push to unlock immobilised Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s budgetary and military needs before European Union member states become distracted by their own domestic elections. The EU holds €210 billion of these assets, most of it in Belgium. “Ukraine needs more financial support in both the short and long term. The EU, in dialogue with its partners, should continue to provide comprehensive, predictable and structured financial support to Ukraine in line with its need,” the letter reads. The letter was led by Sweden and co-signed by the Netherlands, Spain and Poland, a…
Norway’s King Harald V, 89, is in an “extremely serious” condition after his health deteriorated while he was being treated at Oslo University Hospital. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch has been in hospital since 17 August with haemolytic anaemia, later complicated by a bacterial bloodstream infection. The worsening condition prompted Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon, who is serving as regent, to cancel their official engagements and go to the King’s bedside, alongside other members of the royal family. The news also prompted an outpouring of public support in Oslo. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Royal Palace, where they laid…