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Should it win the Elysée in next year’s election, as polls currently predict, the National Rally would likely either make good on that proposal or redirect some of its funding toward other priorities. “People from the cinema world live in another reality, they are not aware of the financial problems of the French,” said Philippe Ballard, one of the National Rally lawmakers who led the effort to reduce state funding for the entertainment sector. Ballard said his constituents “roll their eyes” at talk of state-backed cinema at a time when they’re forced to choose between filling up their gas tanks…
Backers of the Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham fear the West gambit could trigger a contest too soon for their man to find a route into parliament. “Anyone calling for the PM to quit but using the words ‘orderly transition’ is talking about waiting for Andy,” one of his supporters said. The assumption is that a contest sooner would benefit expected candidates Wes Streeting, the health secretary, and Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister who was forced to resign from government over a tax scandal. The former is said to be drawing up a policy program, while the latter set…
British Army medics have parachuted onto the remote South Atlantic territory of Tristan da Cunha, where one of the 221 residents has a suspected case of hantavirus. The patient was a passenger on the MV Hondius and disembarked last month. The U.K. defense ministry says a team of six paratroopers and two medical clinicians jumped Saturday from a Royal Air Force transport plane, which also dropped oxygen and medical equipment. Tristan da Cunha is Britain’s most remote inhabited overseas territory 2,400 kilometers from the nearest inhabited island, St. Helena. The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 10/05/2026 – 20:08 GMT+2 On the final day of the 2026 Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam, the heavyweights took centre stage in Astana. We’ve had two days of non-stop action. And the crowd has created an electric atmosphere. At -90kg, Guilherme SCHIMIDT of Brazil, took on Boris RUTOVIC of Serbia. With 20 seconds left RUTOVIC scored the only yuko of the contest, the 19 year old securing a gold medal in only his second grand slam. International Judo Federation Head Referee Director, Mr Armen BAGDASAROV was on hand to award the medals. At -78kg German compatriots…
The deputy head of the EU’s Frontex border control agency warned there is a “high” risk of arms being smuggled from Ukraine to the EU in the event of a deal ending the war with Russia. “There could be weapons smuggling on a larger scale. That could become a security problem for Europe,” Frontex Deputy Executive Director Lars Gerdes told WELT, owned by Axel Springer, which also owns POLITICO. He said that once the full-scale war that Russia launched four years ago ends, it would be “quite possible” for a repeat of the situation in former Yugoslavia, when illegal arms…
According to early polling, he looked to be comfortably the best-placed centrist candidate to beat the far right in the next presidential election. But more recent polling suggested his lead over former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and conservative leader Bruno Retailleau was narrowing. Both been campaigning hard to overtake Philippe. During his hour-long speech in Reims, Philippe sketched out his aims for the campaign: lowering taxes on turnover for French companies, reducing France’s public deficit, rebalancing the state pension system and fighting crime and drug trafficking. Philippe lashed out at both the National Rally and the far-left France Unbowed of…
Published on 10/05/2026 – 17:49 GMT+2 With Tehran’s streets lined up with anti-American billboards and posters amid tensions in the Middle East, Iranians turned out to visit an anti-war exhibition at one of the city’s top museums. The exhibition, titled “Art and War”, features works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana and James Rosenquist. These pieces, created in the 1960s pop art style, have all been selected for their anti-war themes. The works on display come from the museum’s major collection of American and European modern art, which was acquired in the 1970s by Farah Pahlavi, the former shah’s wife, and…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Is anyone really prepared to put their head above the parapet to challenge Keir Starmer? After a disastrous set of election results, Labour backbencher Catherine West has launched a stalking-horse threat to force the prime minister out. But with rival camps in disarray and would-be successors staying silent, will the cabinet unite around a successor or fracture even further? In this special debrief edition of Politics at Sam and Anne’s, the duo reveal who’s talking to who and whether Labour can stop the chaos before it spirals out of control. And…
Tehran has formally submitted its response to a United States proposal to end the war, Iranian state media reported on Sunday without providing details. “The current phase of negotiations is focused exclusively on the cessation of hostilities in the region,” Iran’s IRNA news agency reported Sunday afternoon. Tehran’s response has been submitted via Pakistani mediators, according to the report. “For now, we have decided to focus on ending the war, because this issue is a matter of concern for the entire region, for our nation, and for the international community,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told local media before…
By Ekbal Zein & يورونيوز Published on 10/05/2026 – 16:07 GMT+2 The Wall Street Journal, citing US sources, has revealed that Israel set up a secret military base in the Iraqi desert before the outbreak of the war with Iran, with the aim of providing air cover for its operations. The move came last February, with the base in Anbar province hosting special forces and Israeli search-and-rescue units, set up to deal with the possible downing of warplanes inside Iran. According to the report, Tel Aviv offered the services of its secret facility after a US F-15 fighter jet was shot down near…