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Published on 20/04/2026 – 9:04 GMT+2 Two more Kanye ‘Ye’ West concerts have been cancelled over the controversial rapper’s past antisemitic comments. Following the UK government barring his entry to the country and the subsequent cancellation of this year’s Wireless Festival, as well as West’s Orange Velodrome Marseille gig postponed in France, both Poland and Switzerland have pulled the plug. West was due to appear at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów on 19 June, his first performance in Poland for 15 years. However, the venue announced that the concert would not take place “due to formal and legal reasons.” The…
The prime minister faces another defining day as he confronts MPs over one question – when did he and Number 10 learn that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting? Keir Starmer has blamed top foreign office diplomat – Sir Olly Robbins – for not telling him, but allies of the mandarin are fighting back ahead of his expected appearance before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee tomorrow. Sam and Anne unpack the competing claims, the ongoing fallout and whether this has become a defining crisis for the PM – just a fortnight before the local and national elections. And, away…
Updated: 20/04/2026 – 9:09 GMT+2 The winner of the Bulgarian parliamentary elections, Rumen Radev, won’t be “openly anti-EU”, analyst Martin Vladimirov tells Europe Today. But he caveats that this is “a major win for the Kremlin and a culmination of a long strategy of Russia to solidify its influence in the country”. … More
A father fatally shot eight children, seven of whom were his own, in an attack on Sunday morning in the southern US state of Louisiana. The attack, which according to police took place across two houses in a neighbourhood in Shreveport, was one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in years. Two women, including the gunman’s wife who was the mother of their children, were also shot and critically wounded, according to a Shreveport Police Department spokesperson. Authorities said the children were all killed in the same house. Their ages ranged from three to 11 years old. They were three…
The push to ramp up pressure on Israel is in focus this week as the EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas presides over a meeting of the Global Alliance for a Two-State Solution as well as at a gathering of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. Ministers are expected to raise the subject of West Bank sanctions and the Association Agreement — although one EU diplomat from a mid-sized EU country and the EU official quoted above said that countries might avoid moving ahead in deference to peace talks between Israel and Lebanon. Tensions ramp up The push to revisit sanctions comes…
Published on 20/04/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2•Updated 8:15 97 per cent of young people are online daily, with 65 per cent relying on social media for their main news source. Among 13 to 17-year-olds, 78 per cent check their devices hourly. 9 to 15-year-olds spend up to 3 hours on social platforms, and 25 per cent admit to smartphone addiction, according to the 2025 Parliament’s report on an EU-wide minimum age for social media. The EU already took steps to safeguard minors online through initiatives such as the Digital Market Act, the Strategy for a Better Internet for Kids, and the…
Updated: 20/04/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this April 20th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
With care and precision, an aquarist at the Lisbon Oceanarium smooths the sand in the aquarium of the “Forests Underwater” exhibition at the Lisbon Oceanarium. The job requires extended diving. Smoothing the bottom of the aquarium and removing any traces of disturbance or human presence is the final task, carried out after pruning the plants that make up the display. Light but precise cuts shape the vegetation in this 40-metre-long aquarium, which holds a total of 160,000 litres of freshwater. It was designed by Japanese artist Takashi Amano more than ten years ago. Every day, before the doors open, the…
Für Kanzler Friedrich Merz wird dieser Montag zum „Manic Monday“. Zwischen den Hallen der Hannover Messe und den deutsch-brasilianischen Regierungskonsultationen wächst der Unmut der Bosse. Das Verhältnis zwischen Kanzleramt und Industrie ist nach fast einem Jahr schwarz-roter Regierung am Tiefpunkt. Gordon Repinski analysiert die tiefe Enttäuschung über das Ausbleiben echter Strukturreformen und die Wut über Klingbeils 1.000-Euro-Prämie, die in der Wirtschaft als bürokratisches Ablenkungsmanöver gewertet wird. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ordnet Tanja Gönner, Hauptgeschäftsführerin des BDI, die Lage ein, was die Industrie jetzt vom Kanzler erwartet und was sie selbst bereit ist zu tun. In Hannover trifft Merz heute auch wieder auf…
Published on 20/04/2026 – 6:40 GMT+2 The US military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people on Sunday, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to crackdown on the smuggling of drugs into the United States. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September, killing at least 181 people. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean as well. The series of strikes have ramped up again in the past week or so, despite the…