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Spain’s National Police found jewellery and watches in the safe in former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s office during a search ordered by the National Court as part of the Plus Ultra case. Officers from the UDEF financial crimes unit went to the office, located opposite PSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street, accompanied by the Technical Intervention Operations Group (GOIT), specialised in opening safes and hidden access points. During the inspection of the office, hard drives, folders and various documents were also seized. Inside the safe they found necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and several watches, some of them bearing inscriptions.…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 17:35 GMT+2 The repatriated remains of 20th-century Ukrainian military leader Andrii Melnyk and his wife Sofiia Fedak-Melnyk were reburied at the National Military Memorial Cemetery near Kyiv on Monday. The ceremony was attended by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials. The ashes of the key leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and his spouse were exhumed last week in Luxembourg and then transported to Ukraine. “Today we all see that the Ukrainian idea can overcome what once seemed absolutely insurmountable,” Zelenskyy said at the ceremony on Monday. “Now, when we are on Ukrainian…
Hundreds of competitors and spectators lined the steep slopes of Cooper’s Hill as racers chased a rolling wheel of Double Gloucester cheese downhill at high speed. Participants travelled from countries including Germany, France and the Netherlands to take part in the event, which is unofficial but internationally famous for its chaotic tumbles and frequent injuries. Security teams waited at the bottom of the hill to catch competitors as they crossed the finish line. The 2026 edition again highlighted the race’s growing international appeal. Dutch competitor Niels Wennemars and French participant Alix Heugas were among the winners celebrated by the crowd.…
For the Minister-President of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, resuming gas supplies from Russia is not fundamentally out of the question. “Once there is peace, we can, should, and must talk about such matters,” Kretschmer told Euronews. “One can only hope that this peace deal or this ceasefire (…), comes as quickly as possible, because every day an incredible number of people are dying there on both sides of the front,” he added. The leading CDU politicians spoke to Euronews during an interview at the official state representation of the Free State of Saxony in Berlin. The conversation touched, among other things,…
The coalition was also on track to win in Reggio Calabria and was ahead in Arezzo, reinforcing the sense that conservative voters remain largely consolidated despite speculation that the referendum setback had weakened Meloni’s grip on power. The local elections had been closely watched as the first real political test since the failed March justice referendum, with opposition parties seeking to brandish the vote as evidence that cooperation between the Democratic Party, the Five Star Movement and smaller left-wing forces could generate national momentum. Around a tenth of Italian citizens were able to vote across more than 700 municipalities. Senator…
The investigation is moving forward after the death of a 12-year-old boy in Rennes on Sunday late afternoon. A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Monday morning, and another teenage girl turned herself in to the police shortly afterwards. Both have been taken into custody, according to the city’s public prosecutor. For the time being, how this tragedy unfolded and the link between the three minors remain unclear. The Rennes public prosecutor’s office immediately opened an investigation for the murder of a child under the age of 15, entrusted to the organised and specialised crime division. On site, significant resources are…
Return hubs are a controversial element in a major migration reform presented last year by the European Commission under pressure from right-wing governments around the bloc. The idea is to avoid having migrants remain in a country where they have been refused asylum for extended periods because their host country won’t readmit them or for other reasons. Setting up centers to process asylum applications outside the EU follows a similar logic — prioritizing migrants for entry whose applications have been approved. The first non-EU return hub, whose location has yet to be announced amid ongoing talks with several non-EU governments,…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 20:03 GMT+2 Two swimmers died in separate incidents after getting caught in a riptide, prompting French authorities to issue a warning about the strong currents and riptides along the Gironde coastline in southwestern France. The 56-year-old German woman was swept away and drowned on Sunday off the coast of Lège-Cap-Ferret. Nearby, in Lacanau, a man of 60 died in a separate incident. Since Friday, emergency services in the Gironde department have already rescued 31 people from the water. Local authorities urged beachgoers to exercise “maximum vigilance”. French authorities are warning of riptides, narrow but incredibly strong…
The incident was first reported by The Times, which said it was unclear whether the defense minister was deliberately targeted, but indicated the jet’s flight path was visible on tracking websites. According to the Financial Times, after its signal was jammed, Healey’s plane spent three hours flying without access to GPS or the internet. There have been several recent instances of interference with Western planes linked to Russia. A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was allegedly impacted by GPS interference last September, but there were contradictory accounts of what exactly took place. Flights in the eastern…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 18:31 GMT+2 Mexico is prepared to host the Iranian football team during this summer’s World Cup, solving at least one of the team’s problems ahead of a politically tense tour through North America for the summer competition. At a daily press conference on Monday, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that her government has “no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico”. Over the weekend, with less than a month to go till the start of the tournament, the Iranian team announced it was moving its World Cup camp from the US state of Arizona…