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By Frances Lopez & Video by Léa Becquet Published on 08/09/2026 – 10:44 GMT+2 For millions of workers across the continent, the daily journey to the office is an unavoidable ritual. But just how long do Europeans actually spend getting to work? According to new research from talent management company SD Worx, the daily average commute across Europe sits at 48 minutes. However, that continental average masks how differently nations experience geography, traffic, and worker mindsets. While the European average hovers around three-quarters of an hour, individual countries experience vastly different realities on their roads and rail lines. Countries such as Italy and…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 10:49 GMT+2 Britain announced on Tuesday it was committing £100 million (€116 million) to boost Ukraine’s air defence capabilities this winter, including with Patriot missiles. The UK will also supply “air defence interceptors, large-calibre artillery rounds and drones” as part of the contribution to a NATO programme supporting Kyiv, the defence ministry said in a statement. The Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) was established in 2022 by the US Department of Defence and NATO. More than 20 countries have invested billions of dollars in the programme which aims to ensure a predictable flow of lethal and…
Published on 07/09/2026 – 7:23 GMT+2•Updated 08/09/2026 – 11:58 GMT+2 The sixth Nomad Games closed with a grand concert and ceremony at the venue of the games, the great hippodrome in Cholpon Ata on the shore of the Issyk-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan. But, not before they gave the spectators the treat they had been waiting for for two years, the finals in kokpar and kok boru equestrian games by far the most popular event in any Nomad Games. Kokpar is traditionally Kazakh game and kok boru Kyrgyz. They are very similar, requiring the mounted teams of four players to carry…
“It’s very hard to do things on your own,” Maman told POLITICO, warning that the militarization of space “is already happening — we just don’t realize how much” and that Israel is seeing more interest from allies in “dual-use” technology for both civilian and defense purposes. “One of the things we are working on is early warning systems,” she said. “We saw that very nicely in the last round [of missile strikes] we had with Iran, for example. How we are managing to get [warnings to] all the civilians in Israel and not have that many casualties. That’s part of…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 22:00 GMT+2•Updated 22:27 Passengers travelling to and from the UK on Tuesday faced severe disruption after a technical glitch affected air traffic control systems. More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled so far, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24, with the issue impacting airports including London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, and Birmingham. Air traffic control operator NATS said earlier that it had identified a “technical issue” with its flight processing system and that its engineers were on site and working on a solution. “Our system issue is now resolved, we are operating normally and working as hard…
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It’s just one of the many challenges facing EU and member countries as they grapple to clamp down on illicit tobacco networks, which cause at least €13 billion in lost revenue in the bloc annually. In 2023, almost one in 10 cigarettes in Europe was illegally produced or smuggled in. The report also lands as EU countries’ attempts to find agreement on raising minimum tobacco and vape taxation levels have slowed after snus-loving Sweden — which is holding a general election next week — rebuffed a levy on nicotine pouches. The aim of the law is to harmonize prices across…
Pupils’ maths and reading skills are declining across the globe, largely due to digitalisation and a drop in recreational reading. The OECD’s latest PISA report, which measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics, and science skills, found that student performance across OECD countries reached a record low in maths and reading. When looking at EU countries specifically, pupils in Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, and Bulgaria score below the OECD average in reading, mathematics and science skills. Only Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Austria, Poland and Czechia managed to secure a mean performance above the average. Reading recorded the…
Saudi Arabia hit back with a series of strikes on Tuesday after the Iran-backed Houthis targeted oil facilities and other sites across the border in their heaviest attack in years. The rapid exchange of fire follows the unravelling of a four-year truce in July, months into the war between the United States and Iran. Saudi strikes hit Taiz province, where deadly fighting has raged for days, and Marib province, the Houthis’ Almasirah TV station said. There was no immediate comment from Riyadh. Overnight, Houthi attacks caused “temporary” shutdowns at oil sites and left 73 injured, authorities said. Saudi officials had…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 20:43 GMT+2 Israeli TV show Fauda returned to Netflix on Tuesday with its fifth season. In its early seasons, the series sought to portray human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The show’s newest iteration, created by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, takes place two years after the 7 October 2023 attacks by militant group Hamas on southern Israel. It follows the story of Doron Kavillio, a commander of an undercover Israeli military unit hunting down a Hamas operative he thought he had killed. Doron also heads to France’s Marseille after discovering that an…