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Members of Giorgia Meloni’s coalition urged Gabriele Gravina to step down after Italy lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina earlier this week. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

Updated: 02/04/2026 – 16:21 GMT+2 Heavy rain and snowstorms in central and southern Italy brought down bridges and left people trapped in their homes on Thursday. Firefighters used special snowcat trucks to plow through huge banks of snow in small towns in the Italian region of Molise. … More

The top ticket price stood at $8,680 (€7,529) when FIFA first sold tickets after the tournament draw in December. Category 2 tickets for the final have since risen by $1,805 (€1,566), with category 3 up by $1,600 (€1,388). Tickets were listed for 17 of the 72 group-stage matches as of Wednesday evening, with none of the knockout stage games on sale. Sky-high ticket prices FIFA is using dynamic pricing for the tournament. This means that the price customers pay can change during the ticket sale process depending on demand and availability. Democratic members of US Congress wrote in a March…

There is nothing I love more than travelling solo. You can get up as early – or as late – as you want, potter around a museum without ever being pressured to move on to the next room, and eat whenever, and whatever, you fancy (girl dinner, always). A solo trip certainly isn’t for everyone – while I have some friends who have traversed south east Asia alone, I have others who would be nervous taking the train to another part of the UK. The biggest barrier is safety, which is incredibly difficult to gauge. As the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth…

Deutlich mehr als gedacht muss Gesundheitsministerin Nina Warken sparen, um ein Defizit bei den Krankenkassen und damit weiter steigende Beiträge zu verhindern. Gleichzeitig sind die Reformvorschläge ihrer Finanzkommission deutlich umfangreicher als erwartet. Joanna Lehner und Jürgen Klöckner sprechen über die wichtigsten und größten der 66 Ideen und analysieren, ob und wie es Warken gelingen kann, sich damit in der Koalition durchzusetzen. Im Policy Talk erklärt dann die Vorständin des Dachverbands der Betriebskrankenkassen, Anne-Kathrin Klemm, für wie realistisch sie die Vorhaben hält, wie viel Kraft sie der Gesundheitsministerin zutraut und wo sie trotz aller Hoffnung skeptisch bleibt. Außerdem ist Frida Preuß…

Published on 02/04/2026 – 15:19 GMT+2 After the United States Embassy in Albania warned that Iran-linked groups could target Americans and US-affiliated entities in the Western Balkan country, authorities in Tirana stated that security institutions are on high alert, with all mechanisms “active and functional”. In a statement issued Thursday, Albanian President Bajram Begaj’s office said he was in daily contact with the National Security Council and is being continuously briefed on all potential threats. Albania’s National Security Council brings together top state officials to assess risks and recommend measures, but does not take binding decisions. “The president is informed…

“The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won’t be taking any in the future. We don’t need it. We haven’t needed it, and we don’t need it,” Trump said. “We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on.”While Trump’s remark was clearly targeted at European and Asian countries, the president took a more measured tone than he has on social media of late, where he has criticized NATO allies for not aiding the U.S.’s efforts in Iran.The speech comes one month into Trump’s stated…

Published on 02/04/2026 – 14:04 GMT+2 Sweden’s government announced on Thursday that it was investing $916 million (€796 million) in air and drone defence capabilities. The investment would cover multiple systems, such as radar and anti-aircraft weapons systems as well as electronic warfare platforms. The defence package accounts for more than half of money set aside to increase the country’s defence capabilities, as per a government announcement in January. Swedish Defence Minister Pal Johnson said in a statement it was “more important than ever to invest in air defence capabilities,” a stance all countries in the NATO military alliance endorse.…

Published on 25/03/2026 – 17:27 GMT+1•Updated 02/04/2026 – 13:05 GMT+2 The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has issued a fresh warning over the fate of heritage sites in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli war. A recent meeting between UNESCO and Lebanon’s Directorate General of Antiquities discussed “immediate measures to strengthen the protection of vulnerable cultural properties across the country,” UNESCO said in a statement. Last week, UNESCO confirmed that “several sites of cultural significance” in the region have been reported as impacted and damaged in the war. They renewed their call for maximum restraint to spare the “social foundation of…

Lebanon was hit by another deadly Israeli strike overnight when a building in Zebdine, near Nabatieh in the south, was reduced to rubble, sending first responders and residents scrambling to search for victims. The attack came just hours after an Israeli raid in Beirut’s Jnah area killed at least five people and wounded 21 others, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. These strikes underline how the conflict is widening inside Lebanese territory, with civilians increasingly exposed even in areas far from the traditional front lines. On Thursday, Hezbollah said it had launched drones and rockets at northern Israel, prompting sirens across…