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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sunday evening ahead of talks with representatives of five Central Asian countries, as Washington seeks to expand diplomatic, economic and security cooperation with the region. Rubio will attend a ministerial meeting under the C5+1 format, bringing together the United States and Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. He is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with senior officials from all five countries. The visit has a significant commercial dimension. According to the US State Department, Rubio is accompanied by a delegation of more than 200 American business leaders, with…
Published on 18/10/2026 – 18:34 GMT+2 “We are experiencing a crisis of confidence,” declares presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. She describes it as “a threat to democracy”. The National Rally leader lays responsibility at the door of the far left and of Emmanuel Macron, a president who she says is “without credibility or authority.” Marine Le Pen spoke less than two hours before Emmanuel Macron’s address, expected at 20:00. For his part, the president of the National Rally believes that “order no longer exists in France today”. According to Jordan Bardella, “France was humiliated” on Saturday night. The RN leader…
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By Euronews Published on 18/10/2026 – 16:27 GMT+2 At the bakery, at the parking meter or in the supermarket, coins usually change hands without anyone checking them. Yet it can be worth taking a closer look at your change: some 2-euro pieces have a collector value that far exceeds their face value. What matters, however, are specific features. An unusual design alone does not turn a coin into a rarity. Grace Kelly: From two euros to 3,000 One of the best-known treasures is a 2-euro commemorative coin from Monaco issued in 2007. It marks the 25th anniversary of the death of…
In Lyon, firefighters attended a blaze at the city’s tourist office, where the façade remained scorched and smoke continued to rise from the building. Nearby shops had been vandalised and looted, while residents photographed the destruction. Groups of young people joined the clean-up effort, helping to restore streets still scarred by the previous day’s violence. In Paris, shattered windows and damaged storefronts were visible at the Les Halles shopping centre, the Paris Opera and several major retailers, including Nike, Sephora and Burger King. In Marseille, clean-up crews hosed down Rue Saint-Ferréol, where damaged shops, scattered shoe boxes and debris bore…
“More than 2,000 people have been taken into custody,” Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez wrote on X Sunday afternoon. “More than 600 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters have been injured amid these scenes of violence.” Before addressing the nation at 8 p.m., Macron will meet Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and the ministers responsible for handling the crisis. U.S. President Donald Trump seized on the violence to blame migration. “France is burning! The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Sunday afternoon.…
Published on 18/10/2026 – 17:02 GMT+2 Met with warm applause from the crowd of faithful who had gathered in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday morning, Pope Leo XIV appeared punctually at noon at the window of the Apostolic Palace to lead the Angelus prayer. Leo XIV was discharged on Saturday from Rome’s Gemelli hospital after a five‑day stay following the removal of the lower lobe of his right lung, due to the presence of a pulmonary adenocarcinoma. “I want to thank all those who have prayed for me in these days. I really felt your support, thank…
Footage shared on social media showed a major blaze at a warehouse operated by Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online retailer, which said its logistics centre had been struck. Other images showed thick smoke rising from the area of the St Petersburg Oil Terminal, while an oil refinery and depot were also reportedly hit. St Petersburg’s governor, Alexander Beglov, confirmed that air-defence systems had been activated after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the city overnight, while Leningrad Region governor Alexander Drozdenko initially reported that 126 drones had been shot down over the surrounding region. He later raised that figure to 144,…
The incident took place in Taybeh, a mainly Christian town north of Jerusalem, where diplomats and other officials from France, Poland and Belgium were watching local people harvest olives. Video footage of the attack showed settlers confronting a convoy of diplomats and a man wearing a French tricolor sash slumped beside a car. “The mayor of the commune of Aulnoye-Aymeries was violently assaulted by extremist settlers in the West Bank,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on X, adding that that Israel “must urgently put an end to these criminal acts.” Belgian Foreign Minister Maxim Prévot said that in addition…
In the wake of the protests that erupted in France, demonstrations against the rising cost of living have also taken place in Italy, spilling over into violent clashes with the police. The worst tensions were reported in Milan, where the march first degenerated in Via Broletto and then in the city centre, particularly in Piazza Duomo, turning into scenes reminiscent of urban guerrilla warfare. In the Lombardy capital, 25 people were injured and taken to various Milan hospitals, ten of them police officers. None of the injured was in a condition requiring emergency red-code transport. Clashes in Milan: shops attacked,…