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Lithuania has taken a step towards removing a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons from its territory, bringing the Baltic state closer to the legal position of its neighbours as European allies debate how to strengthen NATO’s deterrence in the face of Russia. The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, voted 106-18, with six abstentions, on Tuesday to advance a constitutional amendment removing a provision that bars weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases from Lithuanian territory. The change still requires a second vote after a constitutionally mandated three-month waiting period. At least 94 of the Seimas’ 141 members must back it…
The task force will undertake work spanning financial services, energy infrastructure, transportation, agriculture and emergency services, per the charter, and will work with the Pentagon, the Justice Department, the Homeland Security Department and the Federal Trade Commission to outline its recommendations. The document also calls out two risk areas that have come under increased scrutiny in recent months: biosecurity and threats to the water supply. OpenAI recently threw its weight behind a slate of bills aimed at preventing AI models from exacerbating the threat of biological weapons, and rival lab Anthropic disclosed several incidents in which scientists in foreign countries…
In recent days, Ragozin said Russia is compelled to respond to assumed Western provocation with “brute force” on a podcast hosted by Aaron Maté of the Grayzone, a U.S.-based news outlet that is skeptical of Western support for Ukraine. “They always consider themselves as the underdogs and as the side that is being under constant pressure from the West, encroaching on its sphere of influence, on its strategic interests. It compels them to respond to hybrid actions, to clandestine actions, to sort of invisible actions that change the landscape in the former Soviet Union,” added Ragozin, in remarks that stirred…
By Anna Kirchheim with AFP Published on 06/10/2026 – 23:36 GMT+2 Swedish police say they shot an armed man outside the Royal Palace in central Stockholm on Tuesday evening after receiving reports of a disruptive individual carrying a weapon. Police said officers responding to the incident opened fire on the man. “The man was hit and taken to hospital,” Stockholm police spokeswoman Susanna Rinaldo told AFP. She said his injuries were considered serious but not life-threatening. Rinaldo initially declined to specify the type of weapon involved, adding that the police operation remained ongoing but that there was no danger to the public. Swedish…
But she also made clear that renewal would not mean a fundamental change of political course. “Obviously it’s a renewed leadership,” Reintke said. “But we are also going to continue the line on engaging and fighting in this house for everything that we can achieve in the next two and a half years.” Ștefănuță, meanwhile, presented the new leadership as an attempt to broaden the Greens’ appeal beyond their traditional environmental agenda, pointing to younger voters and bread-and-butter economic concerns. He said the group had chosen to “invest in dynamism” and a leadership that takes seriously concerns such as “the…
Published on 06/10/2026 – 5:54 GMT+2•Updated 9:37 US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from a British airbase because of unspecified threats that he believed were linked to Iran. The Pentagon confirmed earlier that the bombers had left the RAF Fairford airbase – used by the United States to launch ‘defensive’ strikes on Tehran – even as the British government insisted the site was safe. “There were some threats,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “And rather than tempting the enemy – we’ll capture the enemy and beat the enemy,…
Veliaj has been in prison in the coastal city of Durres since early 2025 amid investigations over allegations of corruption and financial crimes. He denies any wrongdoing. “My hostage situation has been going on for 20 months, and I can only greet you with artificial intelligence,” his avatar says. “I will continue to work even from the cell … I hug you with longing, you and your wonderful children.” After his arrest and imprisonment, snap elections for Tirana were scheduled last November, but were canceled at the last minute after a Constitutional Court ruling found he could not be dismissed…
Qatar warned on Tuesday that the “whole world is paying” for the Iran war and called for an immediate end to the conflict through negotiations. “I can confirm that the negotiations are ongoing,” Ibrahim bin Sultan Ibrahim Al Hashmi, director of the foreign ministry’s Media and Communication Department, told a press briefing in Doha. “Contacts and visits are ongoing with the aim of making progress in the talks between Washington and Tehran,” Al Hashmi said. “Qatar is open to a visit from the Iranian side to learn about the latest developments regarding the Iranian position,” he added. Last week, foreign…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 06/10/2026 – 21:55 GMT+2 It’s day three of the 2026 World Championships here in Baku. International Judo Federation President Mr Marius Vizer and CEO of CBH Bank, Mr Simon Benhamou, signed a sponsorship agreement. And an MOU was signed between the IJF General Treasurer Dr Naser Al Tamimi and the International Police Sports Union Secretary General, Gonzalo Londono As the National Gymnastics Arena filled, fans were treated to the chance to meet some of their judo heroes, before settling in for another fantastic day of competition. Current World Champion, Eteri LIPARTELIANI made it to the final once…
By Christina Molle with AFP Published on 06/10/2026 – 16:51 GMT+2•Updated 17:43 Another theft in the art world: the “Book of the Apocalypse”, described as one of the most expensive (and heaviest) books in the world, was stolen from a private museum in Issoire, in Auvergne, overnight from Sunday to Monday, the Clermont-Ferrand public prosecutor’s office has said. The original and unique copy of this book, conceived by the Auvergne publisher Joseph Forêt, was designed as a total work of art inspired by the Apocalypse of Saint John. Weighing 210 kilos in total, this work made up of 150 parchments was produced between…