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By Angela Symons & Annika Hammerschlag, Seth Borenstein and Jennifer McDermott with AP Published on 10/03/2026 – 13:10 GMT+1•Updated 13:12 ‘Black rain’ fell on Iran over the weekend after US-Israeli strikes hit oil depots. Alongside acid rain precursors – sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide – the plumes of pollutants are likely to contain a cocktail of hydrocarbons, PM2.5 and carcinogenic compounds, according to Gabriel da Silva, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Melbourne. Heavy metals and inorganic compounds from infrastructure caught in the explosions may also be in the mix. On the ground, people have reported difficulty breathing and burning in their…
The battle to staff Brussels The EU is hiring its next generation of senior officials — and countries want their citizens to be the ones pulling the levers of power. By GABRIEL GAVIN, SONJA RIJNEN and SEBASTIAN STARCEVICin Brussels Illustration by Natália Delgado/POLITICO A rare chance for thousands of aspiring officials to secure jobs at the heart of the EU is turning into a race among member countries, with capitals scrambling to place their citizens in influential roles. The launch of a new hiring competition to find the next generation of top EU officials marks the first time in seven…
Doctored videos impersonating Euronews and other major media outlets have been used to spread false claims about the war in the Middle East, shared across social media and relayed by the pro-Kremlin Pravda network. According to researchers from the Antibot4Navalny collective, the campaign is tied to the Russia-linked “Matryoshka” operation, which carries out mass, coordinated disinformation campaigns across social media and online, targeting Ukraine and the West. Researchers say the campaign is not directly focused on the Middle East war, but that the crisis has been used to push unrelated narratives to tarnish the West. This includes presenting Ukrainians as…
Updated: 10/03/2026 – 12:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this March 10th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
If you’ve ever visited Tokyo, or are planning an upcoming trip, there’s a good chance you will have come across the work of international art collective teamLab. The group’s exhibitions, which see visitors walk (or in some cases splash) through rooms filled with colourful projections and art you can interact with, are pure social media fodder. Tickets can sell out months in advance, and teamLab has long since expanded from its base in Japan’s capital with openings in destinations across Asia including Osaka, Kyushu, Macao, Abu Dhabi and Jeddah. Now there’s another museum in the pipeline, and this time it’s…
The campaign, he said, has benefited Russia’s war in Ukraine “by flouting international law,” driving up energy prices and diverting military assets that could otherwise have been sent to support Kyiv. Oil prices spiked in the wake of the aerial campaign, with crude briefly rising beyond $100 a barrel earlier this week and analysts warning it would help the Kremlin plug holes in its wartime budget. The EU, Costa went on, wants to see Iranians gain rights and freedoms, “but freedom and human rights cannot be achieved through bombs. Only international law upholds them.” Instead, he said, the rules-based international…
Updated: 10/03/2026 – 11:07 GMT+1 Australia granted asylum to five members of Iran’s women’s soccer team visiting for a tournament as the Iran war began. Outside the team’s hotel, protesters tried to block a bus believed to carry other players. It remains unclear what will happen to the rest of the team. … More
Published on 10/03/2026 – 10:33 GMT+1 One of Hollywood’s biggest action stars hasn’t been seen on the big screen since 2019’s poorly received Terminator: Dark Fate… But now, “The Austrian Oak” is staging a comeback. Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed that he is currently in talks to return to his first franchise, Conan the Barbarian. The 1982 action-adventure film was the former body builder’s breakout role, before James Cameron’s The Terminator propelled him to international fame two years later. The 78-year-old former Governor of California is not just limiting his return to one franchise though… He’s in talks to return to…
Sackman said a decision about whether the march could happen would be made by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the police. “I don’t want to see marches and the views expressed in this go ahead,” Sackman said. “The decision’s not for me, but I’ve made my views very clear.” Sackman later told LBC that marchers “shouldn’t be on the streets of London calling for hate and hostility against this country. That’s thoroughly anti-British.” Organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), the march is named after the Arabic word for Jerusalem and part of a wider international event expressing support…
Oil prices fell sharply after US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived and that Washington was considering waiving oil-related sanctions on certain countries to ease pressure on crude markets. “So in some countries, we’re going to take those sanctions off until this straightens out,” Trump told reporters, without naming which countries were under consideration. The United States currently maintains sanctions affecting oil trade against a small group of countries: Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Syria and North Korea. Trump also said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss the war…