Author: staff
Timing is still everything The first thing to resolve will be on the sequencing of the negotiations — most significantly, when should Europeans allow themselves to discuss Russia’s demand to overhaul regional security? This is a critical and potentially existential question for European countries. And it is already a subject on which top EU officials are weighing their positions with care. Those close to the talks believe a clever way can be found to offer Russia a conversation about regional security as part of careful sequencing of the negotiations, without binding the issue completely into the final peace agreement for…
By Euronews Persian service Published on 13 November 2026 – 18:46 GMT+1 Russian deputy prime minister Alexei Overchuk was welcomed by a guard of honour when he arrived in Kabul on Thursday with a delegation of 70 Russian business people to conduct business talks with the Taliban government, Afghan officials said. Overchuk met Taliban prime minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs Abdul Ghani Baradar as well as foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. According to a statement by the Afghan government published on X, Abdul Ghani Baradar described to the Russians Afghanistan’s potential for economic development and…
Published on 13 November 2026 – 18:35 GMT+1 Two candidates have been put forward to replace Christine Lagarde at the helm of the European Central Bank, an EU official said on Friday, as EU leaders gathered in Dublin for an informal summit. Spanish daily El País also reported that France and Germany were finalising a deal on the central bank’s top jobs, with Spain’s Pablo Hernández de Cos as the favourite to become the next president. The official did not name the two candidates, but as Euronews previously reported, the contenders are Pablo Hernández de Cos and former Dutch central…
Microsoft has been experiencing service outages since Thursday afternoon. Several Microsoft 365 services went down, affecting Outlook, the Teams videoconferencing app, the Copilot artificial intelligence assistant and others. The company reported improvements in the affected services early on Friday afternoon, but the global failure has still not been fully resolved. In Portugal, the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health (SPMS) confirmed that the global Microsoft outage was affecting entities under the Ministry of Health and said it was working to restore services as soon as possible. In comments to Lusa, an SPMS source said that services were monitoring the…
In a letter seen by POLITICO, Finland and Estonia call for “EU-level arrangements for responding to serious AI incidents.” This comes as European leaders are set to meet Friday to debate AI for the first time. Nov 11 2 mins read
By Euronews Persian service Published on 13 November 2026 – 18:21 GMT+1 Iran’s nuclear doctrine is generating a heated debate in the Islamic Republic’s parliament and power circles as the United States and Israel designated Iran’s capability to develop a nuclear weapon as the primary objective of their war on Iran. Kamran Ghazanfari, a member of Iran’s parliament, told Euronews on Friday that building nuclear weapons is far more essential for Iran that neutralising what he called “”US and Israeli propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” “When America and the Zionist regime have repeatedly threatened us with the use of nuclear weapons,…
By Jonathan Benton & AFP Published on 13 November 2026 – 15:24 GMT+1 EU leaders gathered on Friday for their first ever AI summit, where they discussed how Europe can strike a balance between catching up with the US and China while protecting citizens from the growing risks posed by the technology. That delicate balancing act took centre stage at the informal summit in Dublin, Ireland, where they were joined by the head of top European AI firm Mistral, Arthur Mensch, and Nobel-prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the “godfathers” of AI. The talks are part of the bloc’s effort…
Published on 13 November 2026 – 12:49 GMT+1 Happy Friday… Except for Microsoft, which is experiencing a major outage affecting its Outlook, Teams, and AI software Copilot services. The outage, which first began on Thursday according to monitoring website Downdetector, has been reported in more than 70 countries and is impacting millions of users globally. Microsoft continues to provide updates but has revealed that the changes meant to fix the outage are “not taking as expected.” While many wait for things to get resolved (or not), the internet has wasted no time in reacting to Microsoft’s woes and getting “Microsoft”…
Two women who previously made allegations against Davies, and were granted anonymity to protect their privacy, contacted POLITICO on Friday to object to his statement to Nation Cymru. One, a sitting Labour MP first elected in 2015, said she had entered a formal complaint with the party to raise an allegation of unwanted touching. “Having been touched by Geraint against my wishes, I can say the allegations of sexual harassment are more than hearsay. Whilst I can’t speak for other women’s experiences, I know the way he touched me left me deeply upset and unsettled and I spent most of…
Over a million twinkling bulbs lit up Kew Gardens on Thursday 12 November as the botanical landmark previewed its three-kilometre winter trail, showcasing 24 light displays and six global debuts. This year’s centrepiece is The Electric Light Symphony, a spectacular finale outside the Victorian Palm House, where towering jets of water dance beneath colourful lasers and projections, creating what organisers describe as the UK’s largest water fountain show. Elsewhere, guests can wander through the returning Fire Garden, where real flames dance beside glowing sculptures, and the Star and Snowflake Gobo Walk, where artificial snow drifts over a lit pathway. The…