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Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed eight people, including three rescue workers, in the country’s south. The strikes came as violence continues in Lebanon despite an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, as both sides trade blame over violations of the truce. Lebanon’s health ministry said “the Israeli enemy’s air raid on the town of Majdal Zoun… has in a preliminary toll killed five martyrs”. It said that included “three paramedics from the Lebanese civil defence who were trapped under the rubble after a strike that targeted them while they were carrying out a rescue mission”. The…

Brunner is expected to discuss collaboration between Brussels and Belgrade on migration and border management. Serbia, which signed an agreement with the EU in 2024 to deepen cooperation on combatting irregular migration, is a hub for people-smugglers and migrants attempting to enter the EU via the Western Balkans route. Irena Joveva, a Slovenian MEP and vice president of the liberal Renew group in the European Parliament, said Brunner’s trip would likely be “instrumentalized by the Serbian authorities as a PR tool.” “While Magnus Brunner might see this as diplomacy and normal relations with a candidate country, Vučić uses these photo-ops…

Already, 2026 is shaping up to be the world’s second-warmest year on record, according to some analyses.  For Europe, the past winter was one of the coldest in recent years, but temperatures are rebounding. Last month was the continent’s second-hottest March on record. Wednesday’s report confirmed that 2025 marked Europe’s worst wildfire season on record, both in terms of the land burnt and the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the blazes. Sea temperatures around Europe were the highest on record for the fourth consecutive year. Last year was also one of the three driest years since the early 1990s. Glaciers all…

Trump’s criticism came after the German chancellor on Monday said the U.S. had been “humiliated by the Iranian leadership.”“The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either,” Merz said.His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from POLITICO.Trump has slammed European allies for their reluctance to aid the U.S. in the conflict, especially after Iran effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical channel through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil passes.Europe spent the early days of the war resisting Trump’s call to…

Published on 28/04/2026 – 17:52 GMT+2•Updated 18:00 US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States has “no closer friends” than the British, as he welcomed Britain’s King Charles III to the White House amid tensions over the Iran war. “In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British,” Trump said in a speech, adding that the two countries had a “special relationship, and we hope it will always remain that way.” Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House in a ceremony on the South…

Airlines are already feeling the squeeze. Lufthansa said last Tuesday it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October to save “40,000 metric tons of fuel,” while SAS Scandinavian Airlines has canceled around 1,000 flights in recent days and Air France-KLM has imposed a €100 surcharge on long-haul tickets. “I think there will be failures,” O’Leary said. “If it continues at $150 a barrel into July, August, September, then you’ll see European airlines fail and that, in the medium term, would probably be good for Ryanair’s business.” U.S. President Donald Trump last Tuesday agreed to pause further strikes on Iran at…

The US military on Tuesday released video footage of US Marines on the deck of M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. A post by the Defense Department on “X” said U.S. forces released the vessel after conducting a search and confirming the ship’s voyage would not include an Iranian port call. The US Central Command said so far 39 vessels have been redirected to ensure compliance with the blockade. The standoff between the U.S. and Iran has effectively choked off nearly all exports…

What he said: “In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time, and the United Nations Security Council was united in the face of terror, we answered the call together as our people have done so for more than a century, shoulder to shoulder, through two world wars, the Cold War, Afghanistan and moments that have defined our shared security.”  What he meant: Don’t renege on Article 5 because the Brits were there for you when it really counted.   What he said: “I served with immense pride in the Royal Navy, following in the naval footsteps of my father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; my grandfather, King…

Published on 28/04/2026 – 21:05 GMT+2 Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for a second time on Tuesday in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against President Donald Trump, multiple sources told US media. The charge or charges against Comey were not immediately known. It’s the second criminal case the Justice Department has brought against the longtime Trump foe, who said he assumed the arrangement of shells he saw on a walk, reading “86 47,” was a political message, not a call to violence. Comey is one…

LONDON — U.K. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has vowed to work more closely with other “middle powers” to reduce the concentration of power in the AI market — arguing that doing so is in the interest of the United States, too. In a major speech on Tuesday, Kendall said: “AI is now the engine of economic power and hard power,” but warned that control over the technology is becoming “increasingly concentrated.” However, she said that “none of this should be taken as weakening our deep, close and enduring relationship with the U.S.” Instead, she argued that increasing resilience and control aligned with Trump’s call…