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US rock band ZZ Top stormed the charts in 1983 with a song about a “Sharp Dressed Man,” lyrics that this week could apply to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelenskyy is currently in The Hague attending this year’s NATO summit in a bid to ensure continued Western military support for his country, which, more than three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, is still trying to repel Moscow’s forces.And this time around, the Ukrainian president looks more formal than he has been since Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine started in early 2022.Gone are the army fatigues Zelenskyy has worn since then; in…
By Euronews with Agência Lusa Published on 25/06/2025 – 14:31 GMT+2As of this Wednesday, the sale of alcohol for consumption on the public highway between 9pm and 8am throughout the city of Porto will be banned. The measure is part of the new regulations for nightlife in the city. This is the third amendment to the regulations, which came into force on 1 March 2023, and was published today in the Diário da República. Though these restrictions are not city-wide, they apply to the entirety of Porto’s ‘Containment Zone,’ which encompasses the downtown area, including popular nightlife hubs like Rua da Galeria de…
Close to home: Stride, a former work and pensions secretary no less, began his debut PMQs outing with some clever jibes making Rayner wince. “We have a great deal in common,” mused Stride — they both disagreed with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ tax policy. Rayner, a leading figure on Labour’s soft-left, could well have been a rebel if she wasn’t deputy PM. The shadow chancellor suggested “there are many sitting behind her” who wished Rayner taking PMQs was a “permanent arrangement.” Leadership gossip never ceases in Westminster. Rebel just for kicks: The deputy PM welcomed the “latest wannabe” to the jousting…
Donald Trump gibt sich versöhnlich, Friedrich Merz betont die historische Dimension – beim NATO-Gipfel in Den Haag erlebt die Allianz eine seltene Einigkeit. Trump lobt alle Verbündeten, bekennt sich zu Artikel 5 und erklärt den Nahostkrieg kurzerhand zum „12-Tage-Krieg“. Rixar Fürsen und Gordon Repinski berichten direkt vom Gipfel – über diplomatische Choreografie, Symbolik für Moskau und die deutschen Ziele hinter dem neuen 5-Prozent-Versprechen . Auch Kanzler Merz nutzt die Bühne: Deutschland will stärkste europäische Militärmacht werden – und setzt dafür auf eine Grundgesetzänderung bei der Schuldenbremse. Und: Trump macht den Gipfel zum PR-Feldzug für die US-Rüstungsindustrie. Das Berlin Playbook als…
By Euronews Published on 24/06/2025 – 15:46 GMT+2A ceasefire in the so-called “12-day war” between Iran and Israel was announced by the White House early on Tuesday morning.Just after 0700CET, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire between the two countries had taken effect, saying “Please do not violate it!” in a post on Truth Social.Around an hour later, the Israeli government confirmed it had agreed to the ceasefire proposal with Iran indicating it would stop attacks if Israel did the same.Two hours after Israel agreed to the truce, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had identified missiles launched…
By Euronews Travel Published on 25/06/2025 – 14:10 GMT+2Eurostar passengers are facing a second day of major delays and cancellations after two people died on the track in France on Tuesday, and then cables were stolen near Lille on Wednesday.There are “severe delays and last-minute cancellations” in both directions between London and Paris. Trains between London St Pancras and Paris Gare Du Nord were either delayed or cancelled until 12:30 CEST. The predicted delays range from 40 minutes to 2 hours. Trains that are running are also being forced to take alternative routes, causing extended journey times. Services on the London-Brussels-Amsterdam…
The French Socialist Party announced Tuesday that it would seek to bring down Bayrou after talks over pension reform collapsed earlier this week. The center-left party refrained from voting against the government during four months of negotiations between trade unions and industry representatives over how to improve the unpopular 2023 law which raised the minimum retirement age for most workers. The Socialists requested that the pensions debate be reopened in parliament after the talks fell apart, which Bayrou refused. Other left-wing groups announced that they would join the effort to topple the government, but to pass it also needs votes…
Nordic and Baltic countries — the most exposed nations if Russian President Vladimir Putin does decide to attack NATO territory in the next five years — had no choice but claim there is no problem and Trump is fully committed to Europe’s security. “Article 5 is absolutely working,” Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal told reporters ahead of the gathering. “I don’t think President Trump is relativizing Article 5,” echoed Finnish President Alexander Stubb. “I think the U.S. is 100 percent behind NATO obligations and Article 5,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre also said. “There is absolutely no discussion over [Article 5],”…
Published on 25/06/2025 – 11:41 GMT+2The UK will buy 12 F-35A fighter planes that can carry nuclear warheads in the biggest strengthening of the country’s nuclear deterrent for a generation, the British government has said. The move, which was announced to coincide with the NATO summit in the Netherlands, will give Britain’s Royal Air Force a role in the UK’s nuclear programme for the first time since the 1990s, when defence cuts were made following the end of the Cold War. Currently, the country’s nuclear deterrent is limited to a fleet of four nuclear-armed submarines. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Councils in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire, meanwhile, have a separate, combined contract worth up to £100 million, commencing in April next year and not expiring until 2030. TotalEnergies Gas & Power is one of only a handful of energy firms able to offer such large-scale public sector gas deals. But energy industry experts said U.K. officials would have alternative options. Monitoring developments A government spokesperson said:“We are making the U.K. a clean energy superpower to get off the roller coaster of fossil fuel markets controlled by dictators like Putin, replacing that with clean homegrown power we control…