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“While Israel has announced a daily humanitarian pause in Gaza fighting and has met some of its commitments under the common understanding on humanitarian aid and access, the situation remains severe,” the Commission said after a meeting on Monday. The suspension is focused on the European Innovation Council, a €10.1 billion program under Horizon Europe. It would affect Israeli entities participating in the EIC Accelerator, which allows the Commission to take a stake in research-heavy and capital-intensive tech startups. Technologies funded under the EIC Accelerator “have potential dual-use applications, such as in cybersecurity, drones, and artificial intelligence,” the Commission said.…

Published on 28/07/2025 – 20:55 GMT+2 At least two people were fatally shot and at three others hospitalised after a shooting on Monday morning at a casino in Reno, officials told the AP news agency. The gunman who opened fire just outside the Grand Sierra Resort casino shot multiple people before being taken into custody, police said. “Officers immediately located the suspect at which time an officer involved shooting occurred,” police said in a statement. “The suspect was taken into custody and transported to a local area hospital. The suspect’s condition is unknown at this time. There is no known…

The deal, which imposes a 15 percent tariff on most imports from the EU, “saves trade flows, saves the jobs in Europe” and “opens a new chapter in EU-U.S. relations,” he told reporters.  “It’s not only about … trade: It’s about security, it is about Ukraine, it is about current geopolitical volatility,” said Šefčovič, indicating that guaranteeing Washington’s continued military support for Ukraine and NATO played a central part in the negotiations — and in pushing Brussels to clinch a deal. But while the EU executive hails the mere fact of sealing a deal a success, that didn’t satisfy some…

More than half of the dead were women and children, local health officials said. The strike was one of several across Gaza that killed at least 36 people the same day. The attacks came just one day after Israel announced a daily 10-hour pause in operations in parts of Gaza to facilitate aid delivery. The military has not commented on the strikes, which occurred outside the designated pause hours. Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 59,800 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, with women and children making up more than half the toll.

Merz said he would await the result of a planned trip of his foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, to the Middle East set for Thursday before evaluating possible next steps. Merz at the same time said he was unable to comment when a reporter asked about a possible suspension of German weapons deliveries to Israel. Germany is traditionally one of Israel’s closest allies, but pressure has been building on Merz to take concrete action to sanction Israel, including from inside his own coalition — in particular from members of the center-left Social Democratic Party. Merz’s comments mark the first time he has…

Evald Krnić from Tuzi, Montenegro, claimed victory in the annual event, which draws competitors and spectators from across the region. Built in the 16th century, the UNESCO-listed Old Bridge spans the Neretva River and stands 24 metres above the water. Diving from the bridge is a centuries-old tradition, with the earliest written records dating back to 1664, though oral history suggests it began even earlier during the bridge’s construction. This year’s edition attracted around 5,000 fans, eager to see the daring displays from the stone arc above.

According to Chaykovskyi, locust outbreaks have occurred in regions of conflict since 2022. In 2023, locusts were detected in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson and in 2024, they were observed in two districts of the Kharkiv region. However, previous outbreaks were to a lesser extent than this year, Chaykovskyi said. So far this year, locust outbreaks have been reported in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Odesa, with some sightings also reported in the Dnipro and Vinnytsia regions. Locusts can devastate crops and grasses grown for human consumption and livestock in a remarkably short period of time. Local authorities say the insect invasion is…

Published on 28/07/2025 – 18:17 GMT+2 Indian troops killed three suspected militants in a gunfight in a forested area in the disputed territory of Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The Indian military in a statement on social media said three militants were killed “in an intense firefight” in the Dachigam area, around 30 kilometres northeast of the region’s main city of Srinagar. Police Inspector General Vidhi Kumar Birdi told reporters that the joint operation by the military, paramilitary and police was still ongoing. Officials did not give any other details. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan each administer part of the Himalayan…

“And you know, I don’t know the politics over here. I don’t know where they stand. I would say one is slightly liberal, not that liberal, slightly, and the other one is slightly conservative. But they’re both good men.” Starmer, a center-left politician, insisted that he and the Republican U.S. president share similar values, stressing that “we’ve both got a great love of our countries, of our families, and therefore there’s a huge amount that we have already achieved.” “It just shows that even if you come from different political perspectives, different backgrounds, actually there’s a huge amount of common…

Published on 28/07/2025 – 15:03 GMT+2 •Updated 16:05 The European Commission is considering suspending Israel’s access to the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme in response to Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza, according to several EU sources familiar with the issue.  EU Commissioners are meeting today to discuss the move in response to the failure of Israel to implement a negotiated agreement to “substantially” improve access to food and medical supplies to Palestinians in Gaza.  “The partial suspension of Horizon will be discussed in the College of Commissioners today,” a high-level EU source confirmed to Euronews.  Until recently, EU Commissioners have…