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Updated: 17/07/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 17th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Published on 17/07/2026 – 16:40 GMT+2•Updated 16:46 Celebrated actress Brenda Fricker – the first Irish woman to win an Oscar – has died aged 81. She won Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for playing the mother of Irish writer and painter Christy Brown in the biographical drama My Left Foot – for which Daniel Day Lewis won Best Actor. Over the course of a career spanning six decades, Fricker also starred in films like So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993), A Time To Kill (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Albert Nobbs (2011), and is fondly remembered by many as the…
Jarvis helped deliver the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP), which allocated extra money for the U.K.’s defenses after he took over at the MoD. But the plan remains reliant on the next government finding significant savings in order to deliver it. In a speech on becoming leader, Burnham said he had not yet chosen his Cabinet, and a government official — not one of the figures cited above — said incumbent ministers had not been given any indication either way over whether they would remain in post. However, if the new prime minister does opt to remove Jarvis, it would…
What began as spontaneous anger over Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal has swelled into public outrage over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s management of the military, with protesters demanding radical changes at the top command. Zelenskyy is now scrambling to contain a bitter stand-off between the reform‑minded, tech-saavy former defence boss, widely supported by the military and civil society, and the army chief at the heart of Ukraine’s war effort. Reshuffle gone wrong On Sunday 12 July Zelenskyy announced a sweeping cabinet reshuffle. With nationwide elections suspended under martial law amid Moscow’s full‑scale war, a cabinet revamp is his only viable instrument for political renewal.…
By Greta Ruffino with AP, AFP Published on 17/07/2026 – 17:52 GMT+2•Updated 17:59 World Cup organizers said Friday they were “monitoring closely” the smoke gripping swaths of the United States ahead of the tournament’s weekend final in New Jersey. “There’s been discussion about it, and we have somebody with the National Weather Service that sits in FIFA headquarters there, so we’re monitoring closely,” Andrew Giuliani, White House World Cup task force executive director, told a briefing. Officials urged people to stay indoors or wear masks outside as air quality reached unhealthy to hazardous levels, prompting concerns about teams training outdoors. “These are high-level…
The Athens Photo Festival is the largest international photography event in Greece. This year, 70 artists and artistic collectives from 30 countries are taking part in the main exhibition, which unfolds across 3,000 square metres, occupying all the spaces of the Benaki Museum on Pireos. With a clear focus on contemporary photographic creation, the Festival takes a probing look at some of the key issues, challenges and complexities of our times, foregrounding social, political and intercultural concerns. Photographic works, interactive installations, screenings, archival material and art publications offer a rich panorama of what preoccupies photographic practice today. Manolis Moresopoulos is…
Swedish Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari said her government will “fight tooth and nail against this weakening of the framework.” “In the midst of a Europe gripped by extreme heat, the Commission has chosen to back down and weaken the EU’s most powerful tool for cutting emissions,” said Pourmokhtari. “This proposal undermines the level playing field for the companies that have led the way by investing in ambitious climate action.” The speed at which companies under the ETS will be forced to reduce their emissions will be considerably slower than previously planned. That will be done by reducing the “linear reduction factor” (LRF) —…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 16:41 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 Hungary has taken significant steps to restore the rule of law in the two months since Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office, the European Commission said in a report presented on Friday. The new government has launched “intense reform efforts”, with several legislative changes already advanced, according to the report, which describes the progress made as “impressive” given the short time since the change of government. “You have a very radical change compared with last year’s report. Things have moved very, very quickly in the right direction,” a senior EU official told Euronews.…
Updated: 17/07/2026 – 11:14 GMT+2 US Navy Blue Angels jets flew low over a crowded Florida beach, startling beachgoers as chairs and tents were blown away and children covered their ears. The dramatic flyover sparked renewed debate over the safety of low-altitude military demonstrations. … More
Published on 17/07/2026 – 13:37 GMT+2 Wine drinkers looking for outside validation have a new source for intel, if not debate. Last week, Michelin – the tyre company-turned-global rater of restaurants – released its inaugural winery guide. The Michelin Grape Selection began with one of the world’s most famous wine regions: Burgundy. But almost as soon as Michelin expanded into the millennia-old world of wine, its first ratings ran into trouble. Shortly after Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux discovered it had been awarded one Michelin ‘grape’ – the entry-level distinction in Michelin’s three-tier ranking for wine estates – the Burgundy producer returned it.…