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With the clocks set to go back this weekend, dark, miserable nights are drawing in for most of us. Our only hope for escape (aside from the seasonal depression-busting daylight lamps) is an actual escape for a spot of winter sun. Imagine you go all that way in search of Vitamin D and to swim in the sea only for it to rain the entire time. Heartbreaking. It would undoubtedly feel like a waste of money (why didn’t I just stay at home?) – but this new announcement from Airbnb could lessen the blow somewhat. The holiday home rental company…
“It’s indefensible that … Europe’s citizens are paying all these environmental taxes, while the Yanks, the Asians and the Chinese land and take off in Europe completely exempt from their fair share of environmental taxes.” He added that Ryanair would pay €1.5 billion in ETS compliance costs in 2026. He argued that the ETS should also cover long-haul services operated by European rivals such as Lufthansa and Air France-KLM. “And why not? Those are the most expensive flights in the world. They’re also the most profitable flights they have, because they’re exempt from Europe’s bullshit environmental taxation,” O’Leary said. The…
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Published on 20/10/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2 Online banking app Revolut has gone down in a major outage affecting millions of users, with the company saying they are “working to fix the issue”. Reports first emerged this morning of users being unable to access their money or use their bank cards after a system failure, with cards reportedly declined when trying to make payments, while others received an error message as they tried to log in to check their accounts. Following widespread reports on social media, the company put out a statement to reassure its customers that it is resolving the…
As a Brit who voted Remain, I yearn for the pre-Brexit days when the only thing limiting my time travelling around the continent was the amount of money in my bank account. Alas. No point dwelling on the past – unless Andy Burnham wants to go ‘all the way’ and rejoin? Please, and thank you. Or someone with an EU passport wants to get down on one knee… For citizens of third countries, the maximum stay within the Schengen Area is 90 days within any 180-day period, and as someone who travels within the EU frequently, tracking my days has…
An international team has identified the first Neanderthal remains in Navarre. They are six bone fragments recovered during previous campaigns in the Abauntz cave which, according to the analyses, belonged to a man who lived around 46,000 years ago. The discovery was presented on Monday (19 October) at an event led by the president of the Government of Navarre, María Chivite. The assemblage includes three metacarpal bones and a middle phalanx from the right hand of an adult individual. These are joined by two other fragments that have been identified as human through protein analysis. Genetic studies confirm that the…
“We are going to continue talking to Vox with discretion and respect. If Vox is up to the task, the PP will also be up to the task,” he said, adding that the two parties were working on a deal to not compete with each other in key areas to ensure a conservative majority in the upper house of the Spanish parliament. Feijóo’s comments echo those of Vox leader Santiago Abascal the day before: He said in a statement Monday he would negotiate with the People’s Party to prevent Sánchez from “stealing the elections,” accusing him of sowing “coercion and…
The DANA weather system Storm Adam began to ease on Tuesday after leaving at least five people dead and causing severe flooding in eastern Spain. In the Valencia region, the Civil Guard evacuated more than 2,100 people and rescued almost 500 since the start of the storm, according to the latest update released by the force. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will visit Valencia on Tuesday to see the impact of the storm. The visit is scheduled for around 12:30, after which the premier is expected to speak to the media. The Valencian town of Oliva is among the worst…
Uzbekistan has announced 54 agreements and proposed projects with American partners worth nearly $12bn (€10.7bn), following high-level meetings in Samarkand attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio met President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Monday, with the two discussing trade, energy, critical minerals, aviation and technology. The two countries are seeking to expand their strategic partnership through private investment and joint industrial projects. According to the Uzbek presidency, bilateral trade has increased by 35% since the beginning of the year, although it did not specify the comparison period. New priorities for US investment Senior officials and American business representatives attended…
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo on Tuesday, hosted by Norway and Finland as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. From Norway Witkoff is expected to travel to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to media reports. The Oslo meeting brings together Zelenskyy, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, alongside Witkoff, with Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner joining remotely. In a statement on Tuesday Støre confirmed that Kyiv had specifically requested the participation of the two American envoys,…