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Japan has launched a spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind journey to Mars, where it will try to land on the planet’s moon Phobos and bring a piece of it back to Earth. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which is leading the effort, launched the spacecraft before dawn on Tuesday from the main spaceport on Tanegashima Island, with officials declaring success an hour later, when the spacecraft separated as planned from the rocket’s upper stage. Flight controllers burst into applause, shaking hands and embracing each other. Five space agencies are backing the five-year mission, which will put a robotic sample collector and…
Der Moment der Wahrheit Der Angriff wurde in einem frühen Stadium erkannt, lange bevor Ressourcen in unserem Intranet kompromittiert werden konnten. Endlich liegen die Ergebnisse des Tests auf dem Tisch. Die Anspannung weicht der Erleichterung. „Wir waren dann aber ein Stück weit beruhigt: Der Angriff wurde in einem frühen Stadium erkannt, lange bevor Ressourcen in unserem Intranet kompromittiert werden konnten.“ Der Test zeigt damit zweierlei: Die vorhandenen Schutzmechanismen greifen und das Zusammenspiel aus automatisierter Erkennung und der Analyse durch Security-Expertinnen oder -Experten funktioniert. Gleichzeitig wird deutlich, dass IT-Sicherheit eine Aufgabe ist, die kontinuierliche Aufmerksamkeit erfordert. Denn ein Angriff hält sich…
The European Union is scrambling to find an additional €70 billion for Ukraine next year, after Russia’s escalating assault on the country and its economy rendered the bloc’s existing financial support plans insufficient. At the end of a two-day summit last week, EU leaders heard directly from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the scale of the shortfall. “The war will cost €155 billion next year. And we need at least €70 billion more from you: for defence, for weapons, and for our resilience. This is a realistic amount. And I ask you to find this support. It will help us…
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The Arctic is becoming a geopolitical battleground — and the EU wants a bigger role. The European Commission is unveiling a new strategy focused on security, as Russia builds up its military presence, China explores new shipping routes, and Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions raise tensions. Also on the show, hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur discuss signs of progress in the EU’s long-term budget negotiations: Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz appear to be finding common ground, while Kaja Kallas warns that proposed cuts could undermine Europe’s global influence. And finally, could that designer handbag on Vinted be stolen? France investigates…
The toll from flooding in and around Istanbul last week rose to eight on Monday as rescuers found more bodies after Turkey’s largest city was battered by the heaviest rainfall in over 80 years, officials said. Six died in Istanbul, while the bodies of two more people from a neighbouring province were washed up on the southeastern outskirts of the megacity, Istanbul governor Davut Gül told reporters. Wednesday’s historic rainfall, which officials said was the heaviest since records began in 1942, caused chaos and flash flooding, with footage showing cars and people being dragged away by the fast-flowing waters. By…
An Australian federal lawmaker remained in critical condition Tuesday after surgery for injuries she suffered when a car hit her in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said appeared to be a deliberate attack. Helen Haines, a 65-year-old independent, was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV outside her electoral office in the city of Wangaratta, in Victoria State, in the middle of Monday afternoon, police said. The driver was arrested and remains in custody. Albanese said the national counterterrorism team, which draws on police and intelligence agencies, was investigating. “This wasn’t an accident. There was a deliberate act, it would…
Published on 20/10/2026 – 6:07 GMT+2 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said on Monday it would put expansion in Germany on hold, dealing a blow to Berlin as a government-backed investment summit got underway. “We have put all future investment decisions in Germany on hold for the time being,” Daniel Steiners, head of Roche Germany, told Die Welt newspaper. “As far as the pharmaceutical sector is concerned, I can say that political decisions have recently destroyed a great deal of trust.” German lawmakers in July passed a bill forcing pharmaceutical companies to cut prices as part of a bid to control…
Im einstigen Büro von Erich Honecker buhlt die deutsche Politik beim ersten „Invest in Germany“-Gipfel um ausländisches Kapital. Während das Kanzleramt die Konferenz initiiert hat, verspricht Friedrich Merz weitreichende Reformen. Es sollen Milliardenzusagen fließen. Eine ist bereits da: Von Nvidia-Chef Jensen Huang. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert zusammen mit Maximilian Stascheit, wie glaubwürdig dieser neue deutsche Pitch ist und welche Hürden ausländische Investoren weiterhin abschrecken könnten. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview warnt die finanzpolitische Sprecherin der Grünen, Katharina Beck, vor einem Ausverkauf heimischer Interessen. Angesichts gescheiterter Großprojekte wie bei Intel fordert sie bessere Rahmenbedingungen, um privates Kapital zu hebeln. Dabei steht die drängende Frage im…
Montenegro has taken steps to resolve a series of disputes with neighbouring Croatia that threaten to derail its ambition of becoming the EU’s 28th member by 2028. Last week, Zagreb circulated an eight-point list of grievances to other EU countries, setting out the issues it wants resolved before Montenegro can join the bloc. Most stem from the Balkan wars of the 1990s. “There are issues which we have signalled to our Montenegrin neighbours for years […] In the last two years, there has been no progress whatsoever,” Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at the margins of the European Council…