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The U.S. State Department earlier authorized nonessential employees at the American Embassy in Israel to leave the country due to “safety risks.” U.S. President Donald Trump is currently weighing a military strike on Iran in a bid to stamp out its nuclear program. White House officials are weighing the options available, with Israel seen as a key partner in any military action. Trump insisted in his State of the Union address that he wants to figure out a diplomatic solution with the Middle East country. “My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy, but one thing is certain: I will…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 27/02/2026 – 19:19 GMT+1 After kicking off in Paris, this year’s World Judo Tour has landed back in Uzbekistan for the 2026 Tashkent Grand Slam. As always, the Uzbek public turned out in droves to cheer their home fighters and soak in the top level action from some world greats. At -48 kg, it was HUI Xinran of China who took the spoils. An opportune, but beautiful low Ouchi-gari, as her opponent tried to stand, saw her delighted to collect the gold. Mr BIAN Qingfeng, Taishan Group Chairman was on hand to award the medals.…
The AfD has shifted steadily rightward since its founding in 2013 as a Euroskeptic force, mobilizing an increasingly radicalized base largely around migration. Lately, however, Weidel has tried to tone down the rhetoric to make her party more palatable to mainstream conservatives. It is currently moving to ban Kevin Dorow, a board member of its youth organisation, for remarks that “obviously suggested a closeness to National Socialism”, Die Welt reported. The strategy could test the long-standing firewall that has kept Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right bloc from governing with the far right. A good electoral result in the state of Baden-Württemberg…
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Sánchez sent the paper to European Council President António Costa on Thursday, just as Italy launched a blistering attack on the ETS. Rome called for its suspension until after the reform is completed, claiming that the carbon price is driving up energy costs and acting as a “tax” on manufacturers. The Spanish paper takes the opposite view. “Dismantling the emissions trading system is the wrong answer to high energy prices,” the paper reads. “While some adjustments to the current system to reduce [price] volatility could [be] welcome, a misguided and rushed reform would risk distorting the price signal it has…
A post on X by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has triggered a wave of misinformation linked to the EU’s €90 billion support loan to Ukraine, which is designed to help Kyiv meet its general budget and defence needs amid Russia’s ongoing invasion. Hungary said earlier this week that it would block both the loan — agreed by EU leaders in December — and a new EU sanctions package against Moscow amid a dispute over oil supplies. Shortly afterwards, Metsola posted on X that she had signed the Ukraine support loan on behalf of the parliament. She said the funds…
Published on 27/02/2026 – 13:28 GMT+1 Tehran’s security agents dressed in plain clothes reportedly obstructed doctors from administering care to injured protesters at hospitals, according to doctors in Iran. One medical professional said a man in his 40s was rushed to the hospital’s emergency unit after being shot in the head at close range during a protest. When he and others tried to hurry into the room to tend to him, he said the agents blocked their way, pushing some back with their rifles. “They surrounded him and didn’t allow us to move further,” said the doctor in the northern…
In the wilderness By contrast, Britain’s Tories, who were running the country in government under two years ago, had a bruising night. They dropped from an already-dire general election showing of 7.9 percent to just 1.9 percent — receiving a paltry 706 votes. By polling under 5 percent, the party’s worst ever by-election result, the Tories lost the £500 deposit all candidates must pay to stand. In the immediate aftermath, Tory figures stressed that the party never had a chance of winning a constituency that has been reliably Labour for decades. Instead, they talked up Reform’s failure to seal the…
Published on 27/02/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1•Updated 15:41 Conditions at the Riofrío sturgeon farm are ideal for the fish, which are exclusively fed on organic vegetables and fishmeat sustainably sourced in a natural environment. “Sturgeon have a very slow metabolism and growth rate. They are not a breed for impatient people. We don’t accelerate the process in any way, letting the animal produce the caviar as it would do in nature,” explains Ignacio Alba Alejandre, a veterinarian at Caviar Riofrío. Natural water comes from a spring just 300 metres upstream of the facilities. Organic caviar is made here with only sturgeon…
The family of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has sued US President Donald Trump and senior administration officials over sanctions imposed on her for criticising Israel’s conduct in Gaza, claiming the penalties violate her constitutional rights. Albanese’s husband Massimiliano Calì, a senior World Bank economist, and their minor daughter filed the lawsuit on Wednesday in US District Court in Washington, naming Trump, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as defendants. The civil complaint argues the sanctions violate Albanese’s First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, unreasonably seize property without due process, and…