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Published on 03/10/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 A 102-year-old woman died and 90 people had to be rescued on Friday in Madrigueras, in the province of Albacete, after flash flooding swamped the entire town. According to a statement from the regional government, the municipality recorded 142 litres of rain per square metre, a level that forced the deployment of a large emergency operation. The regional authorities also activated the Adverse Meteorological Risk Plan (METEOCAM) at operational level 1. In the house where the victim was found, the water reached a height of one metre. During the afternoon and the early part…
Estonian slackliner Jaan Roose has completed a 160‑metre tightrope walk above central Seoul, crossing between the Koreana Hotel and the Donga Media Center in Gwanghwamun on 1 October 2026. Footage shows Roose moving carefully along the line suspended about 120 metres above the ground, while residents gather below to watch and film the stunt over Cheonggye Stream. Students and passers‑by stopped to record the walk on their phones. The crossing drew steady onlookers along the stream as Roose kept his balance above the urban canyon.
Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least eight civilians and injured 83 others in the past day, Ukrainian regional authorities said. Moldova has faced numerous airspace violations and collateral damage, as Russia’s full-scale war rages across in neighboring Ukraine and tensions flare between Chisinau’s pro-EU government and Moscow. Last Wednesday alone it faced three separate airspace violations as Russia pounded Kyiv with drones and missiles. Meanwhile, Lithuania temporarily closed its airport in Vilnius for around an hour on Saturday morning and scrambled NATO jets after a dangerous object was spotted in the skies, possibly crossing the border from Belarus. European…
Germany is marking the 36th anniversary of reunification. On 3 October 1990 the former GDR acceded to the Federal Republic, ending a division that had lasted 41 years and making Berlin once again the capital of a united Germany. In Brandenburg, Steeven Bretz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the state parliament, paid tribute to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl at the Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam, where the border once ran. “We owe him a great deal, above all the fact that unity succeeded,” Bretz said, according to his Instagram account. “The fact that we are able to celebrate…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 5:53 GMT+2 Brazil’s attorney general asked the police on Thursday to investigate allegations that US President Donald Trump’s administration was using government funds to promote a “far-right agenda” in the South American country. Brazil is three days away from a hotly contested presidential election pitting leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against Flavio Bolsonaro, a right-wing senator – son and political heir to embattled former conservative President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula has made Brazil’s sovereignty a central campaign theme, warning against “meddling” by Trump, who has backed several right-wing candidates in recent Latin American elections. Attorney…
Thousands of people are protesting across Spain after authorities evicted Maricarmen Abascal from her home in Madrid. Maricarmen, who is 87 years old, had been living there for over 70 years. Images of police forcibly removing her from the flat on a stretcher have now turned the legal dispute into a symbolic fight for housing activists. The protesters marched through Madrid, camped out in Puerta del Sol, and organised demonstrations in other Spanish cities. They are using Maricarmen’s case to protest the wider housing crisis: rising rents and a shortage of affordable homes, which are fuelling fears that tenants can…
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Russia’s defense ministry confirmed it had carried out the attack, stating the bridge was being used to transport military cargo. It also separately said it had struck the key Hostomel logistics hub and a cargo ship crossing the Black Sea near the southern port of Odessa. Separately, the UN-linked International Atomic Energy Agency said four strikes in recent days had threatened safety and security” at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, including reportedly disabling an off-site radiation monitoring station. Moscow has stepped up its bombing campaign in recent weeks against Ukraine’s civil and critical infrastructure, targeting residential areas, energy facilities, sea…
After a gruelling summer skimming lakes and coastlines to dump thousands of tonnes of water on wildfires burning across a parched Europe, Italy’s fleet of bright yellow and red Canadair planes has finally returned home to a base near Rome for maintenance. Italy operates one of the world’s largest fleets of Canadair amphibious aircraft, part boat, part plane, that can respond quickly to a fire because they do not need to land to take on water from lakes, reservoirs or the sea. This summer brought Italy’s fourth-largest fire season since 2006, with 113,800 hectares burned in 645 fires, according to…
Published on 03/10/2026 – 12:09 GMT+2 China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into a chemical imported from the European Union, less than a week before the bloc’s trade commissioner arrives in Beijing for talks meant to stop a dispute from escalating. The commerce ministry in China said on Saturday it would examine whether low-priced p-nitrotoluene from the EU was flooding the Chinese market. A spokesperson said domestic producers had asked for the probe, complaining of “damage to production and operations”. The chemical is used to make dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides and the investigation is due to conclude within 12 months,…