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Wer regiert die Welt – und was treibt sie an? In unserem Sommer-Spezial geht es um die mächtigsten und umstrittensten Politikerinnen und Politiker unserer Zeit. Wir zeigen, wie sie denken, entscheiden – und was das für uns bedeutet. Ein Politiker pro Tag, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen der Macht. In der Machthaber-Serie: 04.08.2025 – Wladimir Putin05.08.2025 – Marine Le Pen06.08.2025 – Javier Milei07.08.2025 – Xi Jinping08.08.2025 – Giorgia Meloni11.08.2025 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan12.08.2025 – Benjamin Netanjahu13.08.2025 – Narendra Modi14.08.2025 – Friedrich Merz15.08.2025 – Mohammed bin Salman16.08.2025 – Ursula von der LeyenDas Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen ab…
Best defense For years, ECB officials have framed the launch of a digital euro as Europe’s most effective response to the threat posed by foreign digital currencies. The goal is to provide a trusted, euro-denominated alternative that would make it safer and easier for citizens and businesses to stay within the eurozone’s monetary framework. A digital euro would offer the advantages of digital currencies without the currency substitution risk. Lagarde has redoubled her efforts to move the project forward, urging lawmakers to act swiftly. “A legislative framework to pave the way for the potential introduction of a digital euro should…
Published on 11/08/2025 – 20:30 GMT+2 Firefighters in Scotland battled a large brush fire overnight into Monday that broke out on a landmark hill overlooking Edinburgh, with burning gorse bushes sending plumes billowing into the sky. The fire broke out on Arthur’s Seat, a large extinct volcano whose sweeping views over Edinburgh make it one of the city’s most popular landmarks. Sunday’s fire came as the city started the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest performance arts festival. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze late on Sunday afternoon and crews worked through the night to control the blaze.…
By Euronews with AP Published on 11/08/2025 – 15:49 GMT+2 Several people have been either injured or reported missing after heavy rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu caused flooding, mudslides and travel chaos on Monday. Authorities said evacuation orders were issued to tens of thousands in Kumamoto and six other prefectures in the region. Troops were deployed to provide fresh water to residents in affected areas. Rescue workers searched for those missing, including a man who vanished while three of this family members waited in a car to head to an evacuation centre as a mudslide hit. In Kumamoto, an elderly woman…
Three of the four reactors stopped working automatically late Sunday, with the fourth unit shutting down early Monday morning. The plant has six reactors in total, with each producing 5.4 gigawatts of power in total. The remaining two units are undergoing maintenance. EDF — France’s main electricity generation and distribution company, via nuclear, hydropower, renewables and thermal power plants — said the incident does not pose a threat to the safety of the plant, its workers or the environment. The plant is cooled off by water pumped from a canal connected to the North Sea. Beaches in the area have…
Updated: 11/08/2025 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 11th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Israel’s security is Germany’s ‘reason of state’ Others framed the move as a further illustration of their leader’s tendency to suddenly change course on core issues. “Reason of state abolished? A break with the principles of [conservative] policy,” the youth wing of Merz’s conservatives said in a post on Instagram. Israel’s security was declared as part of Germany’s “reason of state” in a 2008 speech by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel on account of her country’s “special historical responsibility” after the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were killed by the German Nazi regime. “Israel’s security is and remains a matter of…
Published on 11/08/2025 – 16:22 GMT+2 Police have detained three teenagers in the UK on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in the coastal village of Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent, according to a statement by Kent Police. Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were dispatched shortly after 7 pm on Sunday following reports of a confrontation in which a man was assaulted. Kent Police confirmed the victim suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed. A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been taken into…
Despite cultural similarities and technological progress, the productivity gap between Europe and the United States not only persists – it’s growing. Euronews spoke with new technology market expert Dawid Osiecki, who recently co-authored a 40-page report analysing economic development on both sides of the Atlantic, about why this is happening and what might change. “We recently conducted a study that clearly shows: the difference between the US and Europe isn’t just about money,” Osiecki said. “It’s also about the number of large companies that can effectively implement new technologies, including AI” or artificial intelligence. AI: opportunity or challenge in technological…
Merz and other European leaders demand that Putin first agrees to a ceasefire before any peace talks or land swaps between Moscow and Kyiv can take place. The spokesperson added that the virtual meetings will start at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, beginning with a one-hour discussion including leaders from Finland, France, the U.K., Italy, Poland, plus the European Commission and European Council presidents as well as Zelenskyy and NATO chief Mark Rutte. The schedule then contains a one-hour discussion from 3 p.m., between the European leaders and Zelensky, with Trump and his Vice President J.D. Vance. This story is being…