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The Beit Beirut museum’s “Tell Me, South” exhibition has had a constant stream of visitors since its opening back in May. The Sodeco district venue in the Lebanese capital has attracted almost unprecedented attention due to its display of family photos, testimonies and personal stories that have made their way to the city. The aim is to show South Lebanon through its people, far from an image that reduces it to devastation, so that the South’s past does not slip into oblivion and war does not wear it down to death in the memories of its sons and daughters. Despite…
The kingmakers name their price In surveys testing a separate Morawiecki list, support for PiS falls to between 16 and 22 percent, Konfederacja takes roughly 13 to 15 percent and Braun’s party about 10 percent. Morawiecki’s Rozwój Plus (Development Plus) project has backing ranging from below the 5 percent parliamentary threshold to around 7.5 percent. No party with such weak support can govern alone. Bryłka’s conditions for forming a right-wing alliance hinge on Brussels: There must be no more transfer of powers to the EU, no softening on the climate policy that her party has opposed since 2019, and a…
Brussels may have entered summer mode, but one of the first big political moments everyone will be watching when they return to work is Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address in September. And officials still at their desks are scrambling to make sure the she has something to say. Hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss some of the policy areas von der Leyen might want to emphasize … and others she may want to avoid. Next, as the EU’s AI Office gains sweeping new powers to scrutinize the companies behind systems like ChatGPT, Claude and…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 5:53 GMT+2•Updated 5:54 The US military announced early on Thursday it had completed “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to earlier Iranian attacks on a US base in Jordan. The latest barrage came after the US partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militias in neighbouring Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers. The US Central Command said in a post on social media that over a two hour period, the US struck “dozens” of targets belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, including military command centres as well as…
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The Greens, riding high on their Gorton and Denton by-election victory, have put significant effort into this campaign — with MPs and leader Zack Polanski arriving to knock on doors. Coggins said that Labour have just put “a new singer playing the same song” with their leadership switch-up, and argues that voters are skeptical to trust Burnham before he has a record on delivery. About the Thursday contest, Coggins said the Greens hope to make it into the second round with Labour. “We find a lot of people don’t know about the SV, and once they understand that they can…
By Konstantinos Tsellos & Euronews with ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ Published on 29/07/2026 – 21:58 GMT+2 Three firefighters died while battling wildfires in Greece on Wednesday as gale-force winds fuelled several new blazes across the country. According to a statement from the fire service, “they fell heroically in the line of duty, safeguarding the lives and property of citizens as well as the natural environment,” while the leadership of the Fire Service “expresses its profound sorrow and sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased.” A total of 156 firefighters are involved in efforts to extinguish the blaze, which broke out near Rethymno around…
Published on 29/07/2026 – 22:16 GMT+2 Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, overwhelming border security, local authorities said on Wednesday. “In the last few days, more than 1,500 migrants, including adults and minors, have reached Ceuta by sea,” the leader of Ceuta’s government, Juan Jesús Vivas, told journalists. “The reception centers are collapsed and saturated.” Vivas said migrants previously died in the attempt, with 60 bodies being spotted at sea in the last year. Spain’s Civil Guard, Maritime Rescue Service and the Red Cross have been using boats to rescue migrants from the…
With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reshaping the continent’s security landscape, MEPs Riho Terras (EPP) and Martin Schirdewan (The Left) go head-to-head over whether Europe should continue increasing military investment, and who should ultimately pay the bill. The discussion continues with another heated exchange between Austrian MEP Lukas Mandl (EPP) and Belgian MEP Marc Botenga (The Left), who offer sharply contrasting visions of Europe’s defence priorities, military capabilities, and long-term security strategy. Spanish Socialist MEP Hana Jalloul and Austrian EPP MEP Reinhold Lopatka debate the role the European Union should play in an increasingly volatile Middle East. Meanwhile, Estonian former…
Published on 29/07/2026 – 19:35 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to overturn an $83 million (€71 million) defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. Trump has long argued he cannot be sued over comments he made about Carroll during his first term where he disavowed knowing her and attacked her motivations for going public with her story in a recent memoir. The Justice Department says the Westfall Act shields government employees from lawsuits over actions taken as part of their official duties, while…