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The Iran war has put an “unbearable” strain on the global economy, Qatar warned on Tuesday, as it said meetings aimed at reaching a deal were continuing and Doha resumed its role as a mediator between Washington and Tehran. “How long can the international economy withstand the results of what is happening in our region?” Foreign ministry spokesperson Dr Majed Al Ansari said at a press briefing in Doha. Asked about the prospects for an agreement, Al Ansari said, “In any agreement, there are obstacles. Our role is to overcome the difficulties and try to bridge the gap between the…
By Etienne Paponaud with AFP Published on 29/09/2026 – 20:47 GMT+2•Updated 20:48 Car manufacturer Stellantis announced on Tuesday 29 September that it will halt production for between five and fifteen days in October at its plants in Sochaux, Rennes, Mulhouse and Poissy, citing industrial reasons. In Sochaux, in eastern France, the historic Peugeot plant, which builds upmarket SUVs, is to shut down from 23 to 30 October. “This decision is linked to insufficient availability of certain batteries intended for the long-range versions of our electric vehicles”, the company said in a statement. Stellantis says that vehicles produced at the plant are in very…
Estonia, the Russia-bordering NATO member, has a relatively small army — but as one of the world’s digital leaders, it is looking to make up for that with technology. Its defence industry is now building a wide range of cutting-edge military equipment, battle-tested in Ukraine and ready to scale up: low-cost, jamming-resistant drones, portable launch systems and sensors that spot threats in the sky. Euronews Next was invited to an undisclosed location near Tallinn to see a demonstration of these Estonian-made systems. KrattWorks showed how a single operator can now control a swarm of drones, each capable of carrying deadly…
This time Burnham has promised a care system “free at the point of use” with “no care charges paid out of your basic state pension,” modelled on the National Health Service that has existed since 1948. It would be built “as soon as possible” after a general election and include flexibility for its users, including to stay at home for longer if they wished. “We’re going to do it. We are going to do it,” he said. “A landmark policy as significant as the creation of the NHS itself, and utterly essential to securing its future.” But the funding to…
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The Catalan company Sateliot will place five new satellites into orbit this Thursday on board a SpaceX Falcon 9. With this mission, called Draconis, the company will reach a total of 11 satellites launched since it was founded and, by its calculations, will on average double the number of daily passes and halve the time it takes a satellite to return to fly over the same point. Lift-off is scheduled for 1 October at 20:18 (Spanish mainland time) from the Vandenberg base in California, as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission, although it could still shift at the last minute. The…
Experts have warned that crucial U.K. infrastructure — including gas pipelines — are at risk of sabotage from Russia or other hostile powers. In the Strategic Defense Review, commissioned by Keir Starmer’s government and published last year, officials warned that “adversaries are more willing to threaten the free flow of critical commodities such as food and energy to hold the U.K. and its allies at risk.” Earlier this year, John Healey — then the defence secretary, now chancellor under Prime Minister Andy Burnham and facing pressure to find more cash for defense — said that Russian submarines had conducted a…
Published on 29/09/2026 – 18:03 GMT+2 A Russian military plane crashed in the far eastern region of Amur on Tuesday, killing six crew members and leaving another injured, the Russian defence ministry said. The Russian defence ministry said the military aircraft went down in an uninhabited area during a training flight and was not carrying ammunition. “According to preliminary data, six crew members died, while one was injured and evacuated to a medical facility,” the ministry added. According to the Russian state-affiliated media, the crash occurred near the village of Krasnoyarovo shortly after the bomber took off from the Ukrainka…
The Iron Lady will soon have a new director. Weakened since female staff were sidelined during a visit by a Hindu religious group in early September, the chief executive of the Eiffel Tower operating company (SETE), Patrick Branco Ruivo, announced on Tuesday 29 September that he will leave his post at the end of the year. His position, at the head of SETE since 2018, had been severely undermined after female employees were excluded during a visit in early September by members of the ultra‑conservative Hindu movement Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha. The decision to keep women working at the…
Cautious welcome Burnham’s address has so far received a cautious welcome from Brussels and from EU capitals. Sandro Gozi, the lawmaker who chairs the European Parliament’s parliament’s delegation to U.K., told POLITICO that Burnham’s “call for a new course deserves a serious European response.” “Let’s turn that opening into concrete choices for a closer EU–UK partnership to give citizens and businesses on both sides of the channel a more prosperous, secure future. As Europeans, we must unite and we must adapt our relations for a new world.” Another EU diplomat told POLITICO: “It was a very passionate speech. What I…