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“Senator Graham fought until the very end to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom and raise the cost of Russia’s war of aggression,” wrote European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in a post on the social media platform X. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Graham was “a true friend and a partner of Germany.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensyy said he was “deeply saddened by the news” of Graham’s death and that “America and the world have lost a determined leader,” also on X. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office wrote that “Ukraine had lost a true friend.”…
Svyrydenko was appointed as prime minister in July 2025. “I am grateful to Yulia for her clear, steady, and effective work as prime minister, for her years of productive service on Ukraine’s team,” Zelenskyy wrote, without providing details about Svyrydenko’s new position. The president didn’t name a successor to Svyrydenko. Zelenskyy will need the Ukrainian parliament to approve the prime minister’s resignation. This would then lead to the resignation of the entire Ukrainian government. Zelenskyy said there would also be changes among the heads of law enforcement agencies.
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Fabien Roussel, the leader of the French communist party, criticized Rajoy’s statement, writing in a post on X: “They can’t help showing blatant racism to try to piss off our beautiful French team!” Pierre-Alexandre Anglade, a centrist MP who presides over the European affairs committee in the French National Assembly, called the remarks “a grave insult against our French team and against our country.” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) said: “It is shameful that Mariano Rajoy, who has been President of the Government of Spain, makes this type of statement.” Rajoy’s article also made a jab…
Footage from Buenos Aires, Argentina, filmed overnight on 11 and 12 July 2026, shows jubilant fans celebrating in the streets as Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 to reach the World Cup semifinals. For many fans, the victory followed a familiar pattern, with Argentina once again overcoming a difficult match before celebrating a place in the semi-finals. Supporters described the experience as tense but exhilarating. Alexis Mac Allister headed Argentina ahead in the 10th minute from a Lionel Messi corner in Kansas City, before Dan Ndoye equalised for ten-man Switzerland in the 67th minute after Breel Embolo was sent off. Julian Alvarez…
In football, there are winners and losers, and this time, the final score extended beyond the pitch, reaching the skies and across social media. Norwegian has been brought back down to earth after England’s 2-1 victory over Norway in Sunday’s FIFA World Cup quarter-final. The final whistle didn’t just end the Scandinavian country’s World Cup dream, it also left Norwegian temporarily sporting British Airways’ logo after a pre-match wager that hasn’t quite gone to plan. Ahead of the match, the low-cost carrier challenged BA in a series of Instagram posts, taunting its rival to “risk its logo” and instead change…
Russia said a Ukrainian drone hit a tanker as it was entering the canal between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea on Sunday, as Kyiv intensifies its attacks on Russian fuel supplies. The governor of Russia’s Rostov region, Yury Slyusar, said on Telegram that a drone strike caused a fire on the vessel but that it had since been contained. The drone attack came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Kyiv would set up a new military unit instructed to make incursions deep in Russian territory to degrade Moscow’s fighting capabilities. Reports of fuel shortages in Russia have…
Former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has sparked controversy after saying that France’s football team plays “without Frenchmen.” Rajoy made the comment in his latest World Cup column for El Debate, which he has been writing after each Spain match at the tournament. In his column, titled ‘”Hoy llegó el desquite,” or “today was the day for revenge” in English, Rajoy went over Spain’s 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Belgium and looked ahead to La Roja’s semifinal matchup against Didier Deschamps’ France side on Tuesday night at 9 pm CET. It was in that context that the former conservative prime minister,…
The IRGC warned that any further U.S. aggression would draw harsher retaliation, the semi-official Iranian news outlet Tasnim reported. The strikes came just hours after Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with his Omani counterpart on Saturday to discuss “appropriate mechanisms for ensuring the safe passage of ships” in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s lead negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, on Sunday said: “The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking,” in a post on the social media platform X. On Saturday, Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei swore that Iran would…
By Peter Barabas & Euronews Doha, Euronews Dubai Published on 12/07/2026 – 6:42 GMT+2•Updated 10:02 Iran unleashed waves of major, simultaneous missile and drone attacks across the Gulf on Sunday morning, targeting Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait, and claiming further attacks in Jordan and Oman, following a new round of US airstrikes in Iran, in response to a new Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday night. Multiple loud booms shook Doha in two waves of Iranian attacks early Sunday, as Qatar’s air defence intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles above the capital, Euronews’ Qatar bureau journalists are…