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Indian farmers and tribal villagers staged symbolic “water funerals” in Madhya Pradesh to protest the Ken-Betwa River Link Project. Protesters lay on funeral pyres placed in the water, covered themselves in mud and stood in the river with nooses around their necks. They say the multi-billion-dollar project threatens their homes, land and livelihoods, and are demanding fair compensation and rehabilitation. Authorities say eligible families are being compensated and resettled.
Published on 22/09/2026 – 11:30 GMT+2•Updated 12:30 Prime Minister Andy Burnham will urge the European Union not to shut the UK out of its “Made in Europe” public procurement scheme when he meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Burnham is expected to warn of the risk of “collateral damage” to UK industries from the EU scheme, which is designed to boost domestic production and shield European companies from unfair competition from China. “Europe’s argument is not with us. We both suffer the same effects…
US President Donald Trump first threatened to “annihilate” Iran in an address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, but then said US and Iranian officials had met on the sidelines hours later, in what is the first confirmed direct contact between the two sides since the war began in February. At a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency — Trump lauded his own fortitude compared to other leaders as he defended his decision to start a war with Iran in his speech at the UN headquarters in New York. Trump then suggested that he could…
Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing four people, officials said on Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely change, provided a backdrop to the visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States. Zelenskyy was due to meet other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, at the UN General Assembly in New York. Zelenskyy is hoping to recruit their help to end Russia’s more than four-year full-scale invasion of…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 21:57 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and US President Donald Trump appeared to get along well as they met for the first time in New York this week. The leaders gave short statements and took questions from the media on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday after holding talks together. Trump, who remained polite and friendly throughout, opened by saying he thought Burnham was going to be a “great prime minister” and that he had “a lot of assets on his side,” adding that the US was with him “all the…
French President Emmanuel Macron asked Brussels to take emergency steps to boost Europe’s diesel and jet fuel supply as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz and renewed attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East threaten to further tighten global oil markets, according to a letter seen by Euronews. Macron said that the oil market has so far been kept supplied largely through higher refinery output, weaker Asian demand and the drawdown of existing stocks. However, he warned that this cushion is rapidly eroding, with France already having 14% of gas stations suffering with shortages or near-shortages on…
Chinese dancer Wu Yufei is preparing to take the stage at the America’s Got Talent final with four humanoid robots from Chinese company Unitree. The team combines dance routines with kung fu moves, while the robots also perform flips and other acrobatic moves. Wu says the machines can learn choreography extremely quickly, but humans still have an advantage when it comes to adapting to unexpected changes during a performance. After months of training, he says he has developed a sense of “team spirit” with the robots.
Greece’s deputy minister for foreign affairs has advocated for a bigger EU budget and joint debt in targeted sectors to address “unprecedented technological and industrial transformation” in one of the most “turbulent” times for Europe, ahead of ministerial talks on the bloc’s long-term budget on Tuesday. The talks have so far seen a deep divide between wealthy northern states calling to slash the proposed budget, and a larger group of member states, including Greece, who want increased resources to fund priorities. Tasos Chatzivasileiou told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today that the issue is not “who contributes and who receives”…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 23:13 GMT+2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Kyiv and Washington want to see the war in Ukraine end “before winter” following what he described as a “positive” meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump. Zelenskyy and Trump met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, where the Ukrainian leader said they had discussed potentially “de-escalatory steps that can open up the way to diplomacy.” “I just had a positive and productive meeting with President Trump,” he wrote in a post on social media. “Both the U.S. and…
Jorge Palma, one of the most influential singers, songwriters and composers in contemporary Portuguese music, died on Monday at the age of 76 in physical years, even if metaphorically he had lived more than a hundred thousand, as he sang on Encosta-te a mim, a track from the 2007 album Voo Nocturno. The music video, in which Palma appears surrounded by lifelong friends and recent companions, will live on. Palma may have left us, but his songs will forever be part of Portuguese culture and soul. On Estróina, a track on his most recent album, Vida (2023), he sings: “Whoever…