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“The goal here was to standardize the process across the board,” said Muhammad Alameldin, director of growth for California YIMBY, a pro-development organization that has supported the new state laws. “The theme is that if you own a piece of property, you should be able to build on that piece of property.” The state’s effort on backyard homes is considered its most successful policy to increase homebuilding in recent memory. In 2018, fewer than 9,000 backyard homes were permitted in California, making up less than 8 percent of the state’s total production, according to an analysis of state data by…
Israel’s defence ministry said on Monday it had signed a deal with Athens worth approximately €3 billion to set up the “Achilles Shield” aerial defence system for Greece. “Under the deal, Israel will build Greece a comprehensive, multi-layered air defence array, drawing entirely on Israeli-made systems and on the extensive operational experience Israel’s defence establishment has gained during the war,” the ministry said in a statement. “This is the largest defence export deal in the history of Israel-Greece relations and one of the largest in the history of the State of Israel,” it added. The deal was signed by the…
A 43-year-old Swiss man was arrested on Monday on “strong suspicion” of being behind a rare deadly gun attack at a rave in Switzerland. Gunfire erupted in the early hours of Sunday morning as an annual rave was winding down at the racecourse in Aarau, capital of Switzerland’s northern Aargau canton. The attack triggered an international manhunt for the shooter, who left an Italian woman dead and wounded five others, some seriously. “A 43-year-old Swiss man was apprehended shortly before 1:00 am Monday,” Aargau police said in a statement. “The man was subsequently arrested on strong suspicion of having committed…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 15:10 GMT+2 EU forces intercepted and boarded a suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Mediterranean on Sunday, according to the bloc’s top diplomat. In a post on X, Kaja Kallas said troops from the EU’s Operation Irini boarded the MV Sun tanker for “flag verification,” following suspicions that the vessel was sailing under a false flag in breach of international maritime law. “Illegal oil sales from shadow fleet ships are a critical lifeline for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and we’ll continue to cut them off,” she wrote, adding that it was the sixth suspected…
Brussels had hoped it could attract wealthier nations into its orbit by positioning itself as a pillar of defence and security in an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape. Icelandic voters proved it wrong. After the Icelandic government announced a referendum on whether to resume negotiations for joining the bloc, EU officials hailed the move as a sign the Union was shifting from being seen purely as a market to a fully fledged political actor. As a result, security considerations were expected to override the historic reluctance of wealthier Nordic nations to join the Union. “In a world where we face pressures…
Nearly a week after CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s secret trip to Moscow fuelled fears that Russia could be preparing to test NATO, European officials are pushing back against suggestions that a conventional attack might be imminent. From Finland and Romania to the Baltic states, governments say there is no evidence Moscow is preparing for a direct confrontation with NATO – even as they continue strengthening their defences and warn of a growing Russian threat. Officials across NATO’s eastern flank argue that preparing for Russian aggression is not the same as expecting it. John Hardie, deputy director of the Russia Program…
Iran said on Monday that it has launched strikes targeting US military positions in Jordan in response to Washington’s first attack on its territory in a month, marking a fresh flare-up in the six-month war. Tehran’s elite IRGC said it struck two US military air bases with ballistic missiles in Washington-allied Jordan, causing “heavy damage”. Shortly after Iran’s announcement, the Jordanian army said it had intercepted eight missiles, without stating their origin. The strikes came after the US revealed on Sunday that it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on Larak, a small island in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington said…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 22:47 GMT+2 The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday that an individual accused of spying for a third country — a Canadian national of Chinese origin — would remain in pre-trial detention. The Belgian Indictments Chamber rejected the woman’s appeal during a closed-door hearing and extended her pre-trial detention by one month, a spokesperson for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office told Euronews. Belgian authorities announced in July that they had arrested an individual accused of spying for a third country and belonging to a criminal organisation, ordering that she remain behind bars ahead of a trial.…
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Winter 1999. During the shooting of one of the most memorable scenes in ‘Mulholland Drive’, ranked the second-best film of the century so far by the ‘New York Times’ and widely praised by specialist critics, a then-unknown Naomi Watts manages to draw an unusual round of applause from everyone on set, including its director, the late David Lynch, whom the actress has recalled for how he kick-started her career with this unforgettable, dreamlike drama. More than 20 years later, the English actress will receive the Donostia Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, the Zinemaldia, after a career that has…