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Seeing your train has been cancelled is infuriating, but even more so when you’re in the UK. Under the current system, passengers face lengthy waits as many tickets aren’t accepted on similar services being run by different operators. But that’s all about to change from this Sunday, 20 September, as you will now be able to use your ticket on another participating operator’s train. The original ticket will be valid for use on trains departing within two hours before or after the cancelled service “using a direct or reasonable alternative route”. You won’t need to download a new ticket –…
By Maja Kunert Published on 16/09/2026 – 12:15 GMT+2 If New York is famous for bagels and sky-high prices, Austria, much like Germany, is renowned for its love of bread. Now the two worlds have collided thanks to a family-run bakery from Graz that’s baking its rye sourdough loaf in the heart of Soho. Presented in sleek minimalist style, it’s priced at $60 a loaf, that’s roughly €52. The new bakery “Rye” on Lafayette Street is deliberately focusing on a single product: an organic rye loaf weighing around 1.5 kilogram, made with natural sourdough and no yeast. But if you can’t…
A majority of Americans think artificial intelligence could someday destroy humanity. The stunning new finding from The POLITICO Poll underscores the depth of people’s anxieties about the rapidly developing technology — and how quickly public sentiment around AI has hardened. Just a few months ago, AI was a nebulous concept for many Americans. Now, lawmakers in both parties are racing to understand how to control its growth. Overall, about two out of three Americans say there is at least a “moderate” risk that advanced AI could destroy humanity, with majorities across parties, genders and age groups holding that view. Americans who voted…
Published on 16/09/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Earlier today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took the floor in Strasbourg for her annual State of the European Union address, with Europe facing mounting pressure on security, competitiveness, migration and its relationship with the United States. What did she promise — and what can she actually deliver? From Ukraine and European defence to the economy, migration and the EU’s response to a rapidly changing world, the speech came at a crucial moment for the Union. After the address, our debate show The Ring will put von der Leyen’s vision under the…
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The Spanish Film Academy has chosen ‘La bola negra’ to carry Spain’s hopes of securing a new Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category, a feat achieved only four times in the history of the American awards; the last time thanks to Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘Mar adentro’ (“The Sea Inside”) in 2005. This ensemble story about desire and queer repression, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and closely linked to the figure of Federico García Lorca, has already won the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival after competing in other categories, including the Palme…
Nandy said the companies disclosed inconsistent approaches to removing names and addresses of people shared online — and accused Elon Musk’s X of “contempt” for failing to send a representative to the meeting. X did not immediately respond to a request for comment. More broadly, Nandy said the U.K. government would be “moving at pace to make sure that we keep people safe and we clean up our online space, which has been left to the private sector to police for far too long.” “Our government intends to be more interventionist in this area,” she said. In a separate interview…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & video by Maud Zaba Published on 16/09/2026 – 11:34 GMT+2 European homes and businesses appear to be getting safer. The number of break-ins across the EU has dropped by more than a third in just a decade (35%), falling to 1.2 million from to 2014 to 2024, according to new Eurostat data. These figures cover both residential and business premises, yet despite the good news, Europe continues to be a battleground between intruders and private citizens and business owners, with many countries having a significant rate of burglaries relative to their populations. Austria faces a huge wave of burglaries,…
Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday said they shot down a Saudi fighter jet, claiming they used munitions made by the group to target the warplane. “The Yemeni Armed Forces, with Allah’s aid and grace, succeeded in shooting down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet while it was carrying out hostile operations,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media, while accusing Saudi Arabia of launching 450 strikes. He said the aircraft had been targeted “using a locally made air-to-air missile”. The spokesman also dismissed Saudi claims that the Houthis had targeted Islam’s holy city of Mecca. “Our operations target its oil…
Crypto markets dropped late on Tuesday and early Wednesday, as investors digested a defeat that few in the industry had expected. The procedural motion on the CLARITY Act drew 49 votes in favour and 50 against, 11 short of the 60 required to advance, dealing a major setback to efforts to pass market structure legislation this year. The CLARITY Act, formally the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, was meant to divide supervision of digital assets between the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing a fragmented system in which classification has largely been settled through…