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Published on 12/03/2026 – 7:55 GMT+1•Updated 8:43 Welcome to our live coverage of day 13 of the Iran war, as Iran continues to fire retaliatory strikes at Israel and in the region, and target commercial ships in the chokehold Strait of Hormuz, threatening oil logistics and the global economy. Israel says it has detected multiple incoming Iranian missiles in the early hours of Thursday, adding that its army was working to intercept the barrage. The IDF also said the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon fired rockets across the border on Thursday. The Israeli army has also announced airstrikes targeting the…
Before Hollywood. Before awards season. Before the Oscars. There was Wrexham. And not the Ryan Reynolds Wrexham. In a bizarre twist of fate, my sweet college friend and housemate turned into a phenomenally talented, confident and successful cinematographer. His name is Lol Crawley. There was an audio-visual course, a shared house, and the particular confidence of people in their teens and early twenties who don’t yet realise how provisional everything is. We were convinced we knew what we were doing — or at least convinced enough to keep making things. It didn’t feel serious. It didn’t feel strategic. It certainly…
In 2026, the fund will allocate 85 percent of its planned green investment budget of €8.8 billion to the energy transition. “The competence center, established as part of the ELENA project, addresses market needs in investment consulting to support Poland’s energy transition. The ELENA program will provide the NFEPWM with a unique range of services in Europe, combining advisory and financial support for future beneficiaries. This initiative aligns with the fund’s strategy for 2025–2028, which focuses on developing advisory services and creating a competence center within the fund, as well as utilizing modern financial instruments,” explains Zawadzka-Stepniak. ELENA in Poland:…
The ongoing Iran war has seen a lot of new weaponry deployed, from cutting-edge fighter jets to low-cost drones. One of the latest weapons to debut on the battlefield is the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), which just saw its first action when the US deployed it to strike Iranian military targets in the ongoing US-Israeli intervention in the country. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Brad Cooper said following its debut that the PrSM provides the American military with “an unrivalled deep strike capability”. The PrSM is a surface-to-surface weapon system capable of striking targets from 60 to 500 kilometres…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging Europe to find a way around Hungary. In an interview with POLITICO’s Gordon Repinski, Zelenskyy called on EU leaders to come up with a “Plan B” to secure Ukraine’s long-term funding — and to work around what he described as the “blackmail” of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is holding up a promised €90 billion EU loan (listen to full interview here). Host Zoya Sheftalovich and policy editor Sarah Wheaton break down the tensions inside the EU and what options Europe may have if Hungary continues to block support for Kyiv, as Orbán…
Published on 12/03/2026 – 6:10 GMT+1 A preliminary inquiry has found that outdated intelligence likely led to a deadly US strike on an Iranian elementary school using a Tomahawk missile, according to a US official and a second person briefed on findings of the US military investigation into the incident. First reported by the New York Times, the US military was bombing an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly a part and target coordinates were set using outdated data. On 28 February, a deadly missile strike hit an elementary school in Iran’s southern city of Minab,…
Gordon Repinski den ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj im Mariinsky-Palast zum Exklusiv-Interview getroffen. Selenskyj spricht über seinen persönlichen Hass auf Wladimir Putin, die „Blackmail“-Taktik von Viktor Orbán und seine Sorge, dass der Iran-Krieg den Fokus des Westens dauerhaft verschiebt. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview direkt aus dem Zug berichtet Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner von ihrem Besuch in Kyjiw, der Lieferung von Dieselgeneratoren und der Frage, wie Deutschland die Ukraine militärisch stützen kann, während die USA bei den Russland-Sanktionen wanken. Deutschland gibt Teile der strategischen Ölreserve frei. Gleichzeitig plant Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche eine tägliche Preisobergrenze für Tankstellen. Joanna Lehner und Jürgen Klöckner, die Hosts unseres Wirtschafts-Podcasts…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s patience appears to be wearing thin — and it’s starting to show. In recent weeks the Ukrainian president has sharpened his rhetoric toward both critics and allies, rebuking European leaders for moving too slowly on support, trading barbs with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, and openly questioning Donald Trump’s approach to the war. The tougher tone reflects mounting frustration in Kyiv as peace talks stall and financial support hangs in the balance — but even those close to Zelenskyy warn the rhetoric risks alienating the very partners Ukraine relies on for money, weapons and diplomatic backing. That frustration is beginning…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday unveiled a new government AI tool that will rank social media sites based on how much hate speech they host. “If hate is already dangerous, social networks have turned it into a weapon of mass polarization that ends up seeping into everyday life,” Sánchez said at an International Summit against Hate and Digital Harassment. “Today social networks are a failed state,” he said. The new system, known as HODIO, will analyze large volumes of publicly available activity on social media to measure the scale and spread of online hate speech. The data will…
SONDAGE CLUSTER 17 X POLITICO. Le maire Ecologiste, Pierre Hurmic, devance son adversaire macroniste au premier tour. L’économiste Philippe Dessertine, à la tête d’une liste de centre droit, pourrait jouer les arbitres. Mar 9 3 mins read