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The IOC stressed that its position on Russia’s invasion “remains unchanged,” adding that it “strongly condemns” the war and “stands in solidarity with the Olympic community of Ukraine.” It also said it would continue monitoring Russia’s compliance and “reserves the right to take any further measures if deemed necessary.” The decision comes after Ukraine’s Paralympic team boycotted the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Games in February, protesting the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes under their national flags — a move Ukraine’s Paralympic Committee described as “cynical.” Russia’s sports minister, Mikhail Degtyarev, wrote on Telegram that the IOC sent a…
Published on 07/07/2026 – 20:03 GMT+2 The UK High Court dismissed Prince Harry’s privacy case against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper, on Tuesday. Harry and six others – including singer Elton John – had brought the case against the publisher, with each of them alleging that they had been the victims of unlawful information gathering for articles. They accused Associated, which has denied any wrongdoing, of obtaining private and confidential information through techniques such as phone hacking and the use of private investigators. In a written judgement published on Tuesday, Mr Justice Nicklin said the claimants…
Dozens of Tibetan Youth Congress activists protested outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on 7 July, calling for a ‘Free Tibet’ and condemning Chinese rule in the region. The footage shows demonstrators carrying placards bearing the image of Tibetan activist Rangzen Lobga, chanting slogans and trying to approach the embassy before police detained them. Officers carried protesters to waiting buses while others continued shouting slogans from the windows after their detention. The demonstration followed the death of Rangzen Lobga, who self-immolated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 2 July.
In the space of just 12 months, Morocco has become a much more visible supplier of olive oil to the Spanish market, according to the latest DataComex figures (source in Spanish), an office attached to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise. Between January and April 2025, Spain bought 103 tonnes of oil from its neighbour; in the same period in 2026, the figure reached 10,384.7 tonnes. The increase of 9,979% is accurate and verifiable, but it needs some context to understand what it actually means. Why such a high percentage is not a mistake The jump is largely explained…
Published on 07/07/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2 NATO must become more European to reduce its long-standing reliance on the US security umbrella, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte said on Tuesday as leaders of the 77-year-old alliance gathered in Ankara, Turkey, for their annual summit. “We both know how important close cooperation between the European Union and NATO is,” the European Commission president said alongside the NATO secretary general at an industrial forum ahead of the summit. “But to make this possible, what we need is interoperability.” Rutte echoed von der Leyen’s remarks, highlighting the “clear division of labour” between…
Published on 07/07/2026 – 18:37 GMT+2•Updated 18:42 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has eased restrictions on Russian athletes ahead of the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The IOC said on Tuesday that it had “provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee,” meaning Russian athletes could be able to compete for their country in the US. Russia’s Olympic Committee had been suspended in 2023 amid Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But the IOC said that following a “thorough analysis,” it had determined that ban was “no longer applicable”. Any Russian athletes looking to return to international competition will now…
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Published on 07/07/2026 – 15:18 GMT+2•Updated 15:32 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country should be member of NATO because it already possesses some of the most advanced battlefield capabilities in Europe. Addressing NATO’s Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, he insisted that Ukraine is no longer a security recipient, but now a provider. Kyiv’s military has become a “source of extraordinary defensive capability” for Europe, Zelenskyy said, due to Ukraine’s rapid technological adaptation. “Do you really believe it would be right to leave outside NATO, a country and people with this level of defensive capability?” he asked. “If…
Published on 07/07/2026 – 17:01 GMT+2•Updated 17:26 A British maritime agency reported strikes on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in less than an hour on Tuesday. The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) said late on Tuesday afternoon that it had received a report of a tanker sustaining “minor structural damage” after being hit by a drone while passing through the waterway, which is one of the world’s most crucial gas and oil transit chokepoints. The agency said no casualties or environmental impacted had been reported so far and that the vessel was “continuing to its next port…
The Tories lost Clacton on a huge swing to Farage at the 2024 general election, but now face an opportunity to snatch the seaside constituency back. However, Badenoch repeatedly declined to say if the Tories would stand a candidate, saying only that the party’s plans would be revealed in due course. “I don’t need to respond to what is one man’s gimmick. This is a gimmick,” the Tory leader said. “It’s a waste of taxpayers’ money. He doesn’t want to follow due process.” Farage is hoping to turn the contest into an anti-establishment fightback amid a probe into his finances,…