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Published on 15/09/2025 – 18:50 GMT+2 DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated matches that of the 22-year-old accused of his killing, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday. Investigators have also used DNA evidence to link the suspect, Tyler Robinson, with a screwdriver recovered from the rooftop where the fatal shot was fired on 10 September, Patel told Fox News Channel on Monday. Authorities in Utah are preparing to file capital murder charges against Robinson as early as Tuesday in the killing of Kirk, a dominant figure in conservative politics who became an…
Paul Ovenden, the prime minister’s director of strategy and close ally, sent sexually explicit messages about an MP eight years ago. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share
Published on 15/09/2025 – 15:27 GMT+2 •Updated 15:32 The world’s biggest offshore wind farm developer, Ørsted, is raising much-needed fresh capital by launching a rights issue. This means that the firm is going to sell an additional 900.8 million new shares for DKK 66.60 (€8.92) per piece. The company’s shares were trading at around DKK 192.50 on Monday afternoon, after they dipped by almost 4%. The rights issue offers a 67% discount compared to Friday’s closing price of around DKK 200. Ørsted aims to raise DKK 60 billion (€8bn), giving existing shareholders priority to purchase new shares to protect their…
Published on 15/09/2025 – 16:40 GMT+2 French music streaming service Deezer has revealed that 28 per cent of music uploaded to the platform is fully AI-generated – representing 30,000 AI tracks every day. In a new report, Deezer shares that they installed an AI-detection tool at the beginning of the year, allowing the platform to label any song that uses artificial intelligence with a tag. They did so in June, and according to the group’s press release, they are the only music streaming platform to have done so. The alarming new figure is an 18 per cent increase since February,…
Two customs officers have been charged by European prosecutors in Athens with repeated false certification, causing unlawful gains and damaging the EU budget by abetting customs fraud. Four customs brokers have been charged with repeated customs fraud and inciting false certification. The EPPO-led investigation, named “Calypso,” targeted criminal networks managing the entire circuit of goods imported from China into the EU, including distribution across member countries while evading customs duties and committing large-scale VAT fraud. The investigation involved textiles, shoes, e-scooters, e-bikes and other goods imported from China. The proceeds were laundered and sent back to China. “These highly organized…
Published on 15/09/2025 – 15:34 GMT+2 •Updated 15:53 A French liberal MEP has gathered signatures from 20 other lawmakers for a letter seen by Euronews calling on the European Commission to review its commitment made under the EU-US trade agreement to purchase US energy. In the document— soon to be sent to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, and Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen—the MEPs led by Christophe Grudler of Renew call on the EU executive to reconsider its pledge to buy $750 billion worth of US energy products over the next three years. These products include…
The prime minister’s statement landed amid an escalating diplomatic furor with Israel, which is at a zenith after Sánchez expressed support for pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrating against an Israeli team’s participation in the Vuelta a España cycling race. After those protesters — contesting the Israel-Premier Tech team taking part in the prestigious three-week race — forced the early conclusion of Sunday’s stage by blocking the roads into Madrid, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Sánchez and his government of “inciting” the “mobs” and being an “embarrassment.” The prime minister was also criticized by conservative opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who said…
By AP & Doloresz Katanich Published on 15/09/2025 – 16:01 GMT+2 Nvidia shares were under pressure in the pre-market trade on Monday after China accused the chipmaker of violating the country’s anti-monopoly laws. The Antitrust Authority said it would step up scrutiny of the world’s leading chipmaker, escalating tensions with Washington as the two countries hold trade talks this week in Spain. Chinese regulators said a preliminary investigation found that Nvidia didn’t comply with conditions imposed when it purchased Mellanox Technologies, a network and data transmission company. The one-sentence statement from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation did not mention any…
“These estimates are likely conservative,” said the authors of the study, Sehrish Usman of the University of Mannheim, and Miles Parker and Mathilde Vallat, economists at the European Central Bank. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as greenhouse gases warm the world. In 2024, natural disasters, including catastrophic flooding in Spain, destroyed assets worth $31 billion in Europe, according to the insurance company MunichRe. “Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and all of this is contributing to the rising economic cost for the European regions,” Usman said…
Published on 15/09/2025 – 13:31 GMT+2 •Updated 14:02 Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has publicly rebuffed a post on social media platform X by his Hungarian counterpart,Viktor Orbán alleging that Swedish criminal gangs are exploiting and forcing underage girls to be assassins. Orbán had posted a video citing a report from German newspaper Die Welt about Swedish gangs recruiting teenage girls to commit violent crimes such as murders or bombings. “The Swedish government lectures us about the rule of law. Meanwhile, according to an article by Die Welt, criminal networks are exploiting Swedish children as killers, knowing the system won’t convict,”…