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Published on 08/10/2026 – 0:45 GMT+2 A Russian court sentenced a 68-year-old man who swam across the Nemunas River from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in an attempt to seek asylum to six years in prison, according to Lithuanian media Lrytas. He was sentenced to six years in a maximum-security penal colony and barred from administering websites or online channels for three years following his release. The man, identified by Russian media as Igor Yuryevich Odintsov, was convicted by the Baltic Fleet Military Court of “publicly justifying terrorism,” according to the court. He also holds “a negative attitude towards the state authorities…
By Irina Sheludkova & Euronews Russian Published on 07/10/2026 – 13:28 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had scheduled a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case at a Siberian research institute that has drawn international scrutiny, offering US help while Russian regional officials said they would handle the situation themselves. Trump told reporters at the White House that the call with Putin was scheduled for “very soon” and said “very deep discussions” were under way in Washington on the case. On Monday he had told reporters the US was ready to help, calling…
Palestinians searched through the rubble of a demolished residential building in Jerusalem’s al-Tur neighbourhood on Tuesday, looking for belongings left behind. The footage shows residents picking through the debris. One woman describes being ordered out at gunpoint and says her family was given only a short time to collect essential medicines. The five-storey building, which contained 10 apartments, was torn down by Israeli authorities over what they said was a lack of building permits. Residents say they had repeatedly applied for permits and were given little time to remove their belongings. The demolition displaced dozens of people, according to Palestinian…
A party official, granted anonymity to discuss internal matters, told POLITICO the pair’s futures will only be decided after the conclusion of a Metropolitan Police investigation. Scotland Yard is investigating multiple “potential offences” arising from the broadcast of footage showing discussions about how the party could receive donations from an overseas donor and also asking a bogus company to pay for polls commissioned by officials. On Wednesday, a Reform spokesperson said: “Having concluded the review, the investigation found no evidence that any laws were broken. “We consider that the production company — Verbatim — acted unlawfully and will be taking…
By Serguei Doubine & Euronews Russian Published on 07/10/2026 – 17:36 GMT+2•Updated 17:42 Russia dismissed calls for transparency over the death of a laboratory technician from plague in Siberia on Wednesday, as reports emerged of a second case of infection. Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s public health watchdog, said it saw “no epidemic risk” following the death of a 28-year-old employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, identified as Darya Shipilova, who died last week in the town of Shelekhov near Irkutsk. The agency said Shipilova had been “vaccinated and had immunity to the dangerous infections she was working with,” and that nearly 5,000 laboratory tests…
In a meeting Wednesday afternoon, EU officials endorsed the position, pledging to defer any future drawdowns “pending a clearer IEA assessment of market conditions and security-of-supply risks,” said one of the diplomats. Countries need to know “how low we can go,” said another. While diesel prices are high as a result of airstrikes on energy infrastructure in Russia and the Middle East, some EU countries warned that releasing stocks now could leave them vulnerable in the event of a supply crisis. There remain enough untapped stocks among IEA members to satisfy the pledge to release 100 million barrels. Of the…
Drones have left a trail of destruction across the Black Sea, sinking commercial ships, setting vessels ablaze and killing civilians — exposing the challenge Europe faces in protecting one of its most vulnerable maritime regions. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev described a drone attack on Tuesday, some 130km off the country’s coast, as “absolutely unacceptable”. One merchant ship sank and another was damaged. Radev did not attribute blame, with an investigation still underway. Romanian Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Țoiu described a deadly incident off the country’s coast a day earlier as “a flagrant violation of international law”. On Monday, a Turkish-owned…
Southern right whales have drawn visitors to Hermanus in South Africa, where people gathered along the cliffs and at the annual whale festival to see the animals in Walker Bay. The footage shows whales swimming near the coast, including a mother with her newborn calf, while visitors use binoculars and cameras to follow them from land and boats. Between June and November, southern right whales migrate from Antarctica to the warmer waters off South Africa to give birth and raise their young. Hermanus has become a popular place to see them, with a whale crier walking the 12-kilometre cliff path…
There’s been a lingering sense of a tide turning since Chinese brand ZHONGFANG.LIJIN unveiled its Brocade Reborn collection for spring/summer 2027 at Milan Fashion Week. Its starting point was “Jin Mai” (锦脉), the living veins of brocade. The term refers to the warp and weft of the fabric, but also to the continuity of a tradition that evolves with each new generation. A fashon industry veteran for more than 20-years, He Rong, founder and creative director of ZHONGFANG.LIJIN, is the beating heart of the collection. As a textile engineer, his practice centres on silk and intricately woven brocades, exploring how…
On Tuesday, between 256,000 people, according to police, and 450,000, according to organizers, joined demonstrations across France. Unions, teachers and left-wing political parties took to the streets in solidarity with high school students. But discontent in France extends beyond schools. A surge in fuel prices, triggered by the U.S.-led war in Iran, has added to concerns about the cost of living. Online calls for a Yellow Jackets-style protest on Oct. 17 have emerged in response to rising fuel prices. “Last Friday, [the G7] decided to release strategic [fuel] reserves… As part of this effort, we will make 10 million barrels…