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Before France knows who its next president will be, it must first adopt a budget for the year 2027. That is the main task facing the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, he told French daily Le Parisien in an interview. With less than eight months to go before the first round of the presidential election and no majority in the National Assembly, Lecornu said he hopes to avoid a political stalemate by promising a budget”with measures that, for the most part, can be reversed by the new majority that emerges from the ballot box.” Lecornu is not planning to raise…

Published on 29/08/2026 – 18:44 GMT+2 A flotilla of around 50 vessels from the Costa del Sol and other Spanish ports set sail on Saturday for Ceuta to show their support for the city after the migratory crisis that has been unfolding since the end of July, according to local media. The initiative, dubbed the Fleet of Solidarity with Ceuta, brings together around 120 participants under the slogan “We are all Ceuta, Spain responds as one”. The organisers have arranged up to 60 free berths in the city’s harbour for the participating boats. The vessels have not departed as a…

Kazakhstan has entered a new political season with a reshaped political system after the country’s newly established unicameral parliament, with its lawmakers gathered for its first session on Friday in Astana. It comes Kazakhstan’s pro-government Adilet party won more than 71 percent of the vote in last Sunday’s parliamentary election, that was triggered by a new constitution adopted earlier this year. The session attended by all 145 members opened with an address by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who formally declared the first session of the first convocation of the Kurultai open and described it as the beginning of an important new…

Published on 29/08/2026 – 18:51 GMT+2 Tadej Pogačarhas been forced to abandon La Vuelta a España after suffering a heavy crash 33 kilometres from the finish of the eighth stage, held between Puçol and Xeraco in Spain’s Valencian Community, according to local media. The 27-year-old Slovenian rider was the undisputed leader of the general classification and held an advantage of 3 minutes 50 seconds over Enric Mas. The UAE Team Emirates rider suffered a heavy impact while travelling at high speed at the front of the peloton and quickly showed signs of pain in his shoulder and elbow. Images taken…

Russian forces previously attempted a ground attack on Kyiv at the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, launched in part from nearby Belarus, but were ultimately repelled by the Ukrainian military. Palisa’s comments come not long after a Wall Street Journal report that Russia is testing its ability to mobilize more troops. The Kremlin is now losing more troops than it can recruit, while a growing exodus of Russians reflects escalating fears that Moscow is poised to announce a new mobilization effort. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Saturday that “escalation from Russia’s side is progressing.” He made…

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Published on 29/08/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2 Iceland’s capital Reykjavík recorded a higher voter turnout in the high-stakes EU referendum by noon than at the same time during the country’s parliamentary elections in 2024, preliminary figures showed on Saturday. In the hours after voters began casting their ballots in the referendum that will determine whether to reopen EU accession talks, 13.7% had voted by noon in the Reykjavík North constituency, compared to just over 10% in the 2024 election. In Reykjavík South, just over 14% had voted by noon, compared to just over 11% for the parliamentary election. More than 20%…

Uzbekistan marked 35 years of independence with a large-scale celebration in New Tashkent on 28 August 2026. Thousands of people gathered for an evening of live music, dance and entertainment, with performances by some of the country’s best-known singers and dancers. International artists also appeared on stage, including British soprano Sarah Brightman, Italian tenor Alessandro Safina and Spanish tenor José Carreras. The programme combined live performances with large-scale stage production, including 3D projections, lighting effects and robotic performances. The celebrations culminated in a drone show above New Tashkent, with hundreds of drones forming moving images and patterns in the night…

Published on 29/08/2026 – 16:17 GMT+2 Hundreds of foreign nationals are among the nearly 3,000 people missing following devastating floods that hit the border area between Nepal and Tibet earlier this week. A tsunami-like wall of water and debris ripped through the Himalayan region on Wednesday, killing at least 682 people and sparking a huge rescue effort. On Friday, Chinese officials said 260 foreigners remained missing following the deadly flash floods, while Nepal’s disaster agency said 517 foreign nationals were missing. Nepal’s tourism board put the number of tourists still “out of communication” at 622 – 473 of which were…

It is set to be discussed at the informal EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday in Wicklow, Ireland, according to three EU diplomats with direct knowledge of the discussions, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly about the private topic. According to one of the diplomats, 1,600 listings for sanctions are currently being reviewed, including 800 individuals and 800 companies from Russia. The sanctions are expected to be adopted in mid-October. Another diplomat said that the use of frozen Russian state bank assets is once again under discussion, even though this is a longer-term process and will require…