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Ukraine has a rare advantage over Russia … but only if its allies move fast enough to sustain it. After months of attacks on refineries, fuel depots and supply routes, Kyiv has finally hit Russia where it hurts. Hour-long queues, empty pumps and rationing are affecting large parts of the country. The question now is whether it’s enough to actually threaten President Vladimir Putin. Also on the show: French National Rally President Jordan Bardella’s former European Parliament group is caught up in fresh raids over alleged misuse of EU funds. Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss what it could mean…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 02/07/2026 – 5:45 GMT+2•Updated 5:52 Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary conditions following the June 24 earthquakes, which officials say killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured. Aid workers have warned that the aftermath of the earthquakes has developed into a major medical crisis that, unless quickly brought under control, will claim more lives in the coming days and weeks. The emergency has exposed Venezuela’s chronic shortage of doctors, the result of years of economic crisis, underfunding, and emigration. “The…
Published on 02/07/2026 – 6:22 GMT+2 At the 2026 World Cup, England, the United States and Belgium have all made it through to the next round, but none had an easy time. England 2 – 1 DR Congo In Atlanta, England faced a real danger of an early exit against DR Congo. They went behind in the match, but striker Harry Kane scored twice to turn the game around. England won 2–1 and moved into the Round of 16. Their next match is a big one: a clash with Mexico at the famous Azteca Stadium. Before this knockout game, England…
Während Berlin nach dem Koalitionsausschuss den großen Reform-Aufbruch bei Steuern, Arbeit und Rente probt, blockt Bayerns Ministerpräsident Markus Söder weiterhin jegliche Veränderungen an der teuren Mütterrente ab. Gordon Repinski über den Mann, der sich zwar optisch gerne ändert, aber niemals inhaltlich. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview wagt CDU-Wirtschaftspolitiker Tilman Kuban die direkte Konfrontation mit der Schwesterpartei. Er fordert Söder auf, die Mütterrente auf den Tisch zu legen, um fünf Milliarden Euro einzusparen – sofern SPD und CDU vergleichbare Opfer bei ihren eigenen Lieblingsprojekten bringen. Der russische Staatshaushalt reißt massive Defizite. Doch statt diplomatischer Signale schaltet Moskau wieder auf Eskalation, wie Hans von der…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 02/07/2026 – 5:00 GMT+2 US and Iran negotiators have met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with “positive progress made,” and agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said. The next meeting will be scheduled “at the earliest possible time” after the funeral of Iran’s previous supreme leader, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said on X. The funeral is set to start on Saturday in Tehran. US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, were in Qatar for talks aimed at securing a permanent…
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Tuesday’s raids were connected to a European Public Prosecutor’s Office investigation into whether the now-defunct Identity and Democracy group misused taxpayer funds when Bardella was its vice-president. POLITICO reported last year that the group breached spending rules by at least €4.3 million, according to a confidential audit. In electoral terms, the impact of this could be limited. The National Rally is still flying high in the polls, and the French are inured to fraud scandals surrounding presidents or presidential candidates, from Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy to former Prime Minister François Bayrou. Recent surveys suggest Bardella would comfortably reach the…
The harps are ringing out in Brussels as Ireland takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU Council, succeeding Cyprus. It marks the eighth time that the nation of 5.4 million people which joined the bloc in 1972, has assumed the unenviable role of “honest broker”. “We do so at a critical time for the EU, with greater uncertainty and unpredictability in the world,” Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Under the Gaelic slogan of “Ní neart go cur le chéile” (“Strength with unity”), Ireland will steer negotiations among the other 26 member states and craft delicate, sometimes fragile, compromises…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 22:49 GMT+2 The Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with administering post-war Gaza said on Wednesday it concluded two days of “highly productive” talks in Cyprus on easing humanitarian suffering and advancing plans to rebuild the territory. The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) said in a post on X that it held “a series of working meetings in Cyprus with experts and advisers of the Board of Peace, the Office of the High Representative for Gaza (Nikolai Mladenov) and the Tony Blair Institute.” The talks focused on efforts to “relieve the suffering” of Gazans, the…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 22:17 GMT+2 Two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna in New York and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” on Wednesday, before descending and ultimately being arrested. Dressed in black and wearing masks, the two balanced on a narrow ledge and appeared to kiss atop the New York skyscraper’s antenna, which rises 443 metres above midtown Manhattan, news helicopter video showed. The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved in the wind. Just after 12:30 pm, they began to…