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The initiative, chaired by Trump, is designed to oversee Gaza’s demilitarization and reconstruction under a U.N.-endorsed ceasefire framework. Another Commission spokesperson, Anouar El Anouni, said the EU still has “a number of questions” about elements of the Board’s charter, including its governance and its compatibility with the U.N. Charter. “Having said that, we’re certainly prepared to work together with the U.S. when it comes to the implementation of the peace plan for Gaza,” he said. While the EU as an institution will not join Trump’s Board of Peace, two EU member countries — Hungary and Bulgaria — participated in a…

After two rounds of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv, Washington and Moscow are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday for two days of negotiations. The meeting takes place just days before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s all-out war. The delegations are gathering as fierce fighting continues along the roughly 1,250-kilometre frontline and amid relentless Russia’s bombardment of civilian areas and energy infrastructure, which left millions of Ukrainians without electricity, water and heating in freezing February weather. According to kyiv, there is hardly any hope that Russia would stop or at least scale down the pace and intensity of its aerial…

Published on 16/02/2026 – 15:11 GMT+1 Dana Eden, the co-creator and executive producer of hit TV spy thriller Tehran has been found dead in an Athens hotel room, according to local police reports. Eden, 52, was in Greece filming the fourth season of the show, which follows a Mossad agent seeking to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. The cause of death has not been confirmed, and an investigation has been launched. Her abrupt death has sparked rumours on social media over foul play, given the nature of the show’s narrative. There have also been misleading reports in Israeli…

The warm words were in sharp contrast with Rubio’s message days earlier at the Munich Security Conference, when he urged European leaders to revive the transatlantic alliance. Rubio stopped short of a formal election endorsement ahead of the April vote. Orbán is trailing his rival Péter Magyar in opinion polls. Orbán said Hungarian democracy is “very strong” and that the government “will be created after the election in Hungary based on the intention of the Hungarians.” “Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win,” Orbán said, adding that he is not afraid of defeat even though he hopes to win. The Hungarian…

Updated: 16/02/2026 – 15:53 GMT+1 A large volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Sunday afternoon, sending fiery fountains of lava and hot ash high into the sky. The US Geological Survey showed video of Mount Kilauea spewing lava fountains about 300 meters high as a river of lava flowed nearby. … More

Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said France Unbowed had a “moral responsibility” for fostering a “climate of violence.” During a meeting Sunday in support of a local candidate in Montpellier, Mélenchon expressed “empathy for the family of young Quentin” and said that “for [France Unbowed], nonviolence is a fundamental philosophical choice. Violence stunts our movements and brings fear that spreads.” Hassan on Friday said she had been “horrified” to hear of the attack against Deranque. “Whenever I travel, the only security service I work with and who accompany me is that of France Unbowed, which never resorts to violence and is…

Published on 16/02/2026 – 14:00 GMT+1 United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has delivered a message of support from the Trump administration to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is facing a stiff challenge in his country’s April elections. “At the end of the day, we are still human, we’re still people, and that person-to-person connection that you’ve established with the president has made all the difference in the world in building this relationship,” Rubio said at a press conference with Orbán in Budapest after the Munich Security Conference. “I can say to you with confidence that President Trump…

UK house asking prices were effectively unchanged in February after a strong start to the year, offering what analysts describe as a potential window of stability for both domestic and international buyers, according to the Rightmove property listings platform. These findings matter since asking prices are one of the earliest signals of where the market may be heading, and February’s pause comes just after an unusually strong January — suggesting sellers may be testing the market while buyers regain leverage. “Despite the standstill in prices in February, January’s record asking price increase for the time of year means that it…

More than a million children who have never been schooled are estimated to have been reached by Rouble Nagi’s educational initiative across India. What began 24-years ago with 30 children in a small workshop has grown into 800 learning centres and murals used to teach literacy, mathematics and history among a wide range of subjects. Now her work, and that of her Art Foundation, has been recognised by the World Governments Summit which earlier this month awarded her its $1 million Global Teacher Prize. Speaking to Euronews after receiving the award, Rouble Nagi, an art and social science teacher from…

Starmer said that “there will be action coming out of this consultation,” even if that’s not an outright ban, and suggested that specific features including infinite scrolling and autoplay could be targeted. “Some of the addictive features on social media that mean you never stop scrolling, or once you want watch one thing, another thing comes up and you’re on your screen the whole time, we need to look at that, because even if it’s good stuff, the question is, how do we get people off it and not simply on their screen?” Starmer said. He reiterated the point in…