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The US is set to provide Ukraine with intelligence to support long-range strikes on energy infrastructure targets deep inside Russia, according to US outlets. The decision marks a crucial step and signals a significant shift in Washington’s stance on supporting Ukraine, as it proves a strengthening US commitment to assist the country, despite Moscow’s continued rejection of direct negotiations with Kyiv. US officials reportedly said the intelligence will allow Ukraine to target “refineries, pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure far from its borders,” with Washington urging NATO allies to follow suit and expand similar cooperation. The intelligence shared by the US, including satellite…
Travellers heading to the United States this week are facing an unwelcome surprise: another government shutdown, the tenth since 1976 and third under Donald Trump. The shutdown began on 1 October after lawmakers in Washington failed to pass a funding bill. While the political stalemate is centred on Capitol Hill, its effects are already rippling through the country and disrupting travel. Flights and cruises are still operating normally, but federally funded attractions have started to close, national parks are offering limited services and confusion is clouding travel plans. Beyond inconveniencing visitors, the tourism industry itself is bracing for heavy losses.…
Europeans will start impeding vessels from Russia’s shadow fleets when they enter their waters, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. “We have decided to take a step forward by adopting policies to impede suspicious ships in our waters,” he told reporters in Copenhagen after a meeting of the European Political Community. European chiefs of defense staff, in coordination with NATO, will meet in the coming days to “develop joint actions in the coming weeks to implement a policy of obstruction against the shadow fleet,” he added. The gathering will be held in a coalition of the willing format, an…
Spain has hit another tourism milestone this year. The country received 11.3 million international visitors in August, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). It marks a 2.9 per cent increase on the same month in 2024 and follows a record-breaking July with 11 million foreign arrivals, a year-on-year rise of 1.6 per cent. Together, the two months saw 22.3 million tourists flock to Spain, far outstripping 2024’s figure of 21.8 million for the same period. The surging statistics come despite another summer of fierce anti-tourist protests by embattled residents – and some long-overdue moves by authorities to mitigate overtourism. …
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By Mohamed Elashi Published on 02/10/2025 – 16:01 GMT+2 United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order guaranteeing the security and territorial integrity of Qatar against external aggression, after Israeli air strikes on Doha on 9 September which targeted senior Hamas leadership. The unprecedented Israeli military operation resulted in the deaths of five lower-ranking Hamas members, along with a Qatari security staffer. The attack drew widespread international condemnation and on 29 September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an official apology to Qatar for the killing of one of its citizens. In a joint call with Trump at the…
BRUXELLES — Si la carrière des responsables politiques dépend de leur capacité à communiquer clairement avec les masses, la présidente de la Commission européenne semble avoir un problème. Ceux qui comptent sur les communicants d’Ursula von der Leyen pour obtenir des informations ― journalistes, lobbyistes et même d’autres membres du personnel de la Commission ― se plaignent qu’il n’a jamais été aussi difficile de découvrir la vérité. Depuis le début du second mandat de l’Allemande en décembre, son équipe a été critiquée pour ne pas avoir été totalement ouverte ou pour avoir donné des informations confuses, contradictoires ou trompeuses, selon…
Published on 02/10/2025 – 14:03 GMT+2 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has seen his wealth pass a new milestone: he is officially halfway to becoming the first-ever trillionaire. Shares in Tesla, Musk’s EV company, gained nearly 4% as of 15.30 ET, which is 21.30 in Central Europe. That added an estimated $9.3 billion (€7.9bn) to his fortune, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. The stock movement pushed Musk’s wealth just above $500bn (€425.25bn) for a short period, although the moment was short-lived. Musk ended Wednesday worth an estimated $499.1bn. The tech billionaire regularly makes headlines because of his staggering…
Very few, however, see the inevitable outcomes of this playbook: a deteriorating economy and the crumbling of the basic services that sustain the public’s faith in government. So, when does the tide turn? Historian Anne Applebaum is among the few who clearly draw this link, noting that MAGA and other Trumpian imitators are in love with Orbán’s illiberal “playbook” largely because it coopts the machinery of democracy rather than directly assaulting it. But what they fail to notice are the long-term consequences of corruption, poverty, diminished living standards — and, crucially, a soured public. Today, the extent of dissatisfaction with Orbán…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán launched a new scathing attack against the majority of EU leaders over the plans to counter Russian incursions into member states’ airspaces, as discussed at the EU summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday. On his arrival at the European Political Community gathering in Copenhagen on Thursday, Orbán announced that “the EU has decided to go to war” and that at Wednesday’s informal EU summit, they presented their war strategy on how to defeat the Russians, which he labelled as “horrifying”. He referred to the EU leaders’ decision to give “broad support” to proposals to ramp up…