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Officials told WELT — which, like POLITICO, is part of the Axel Springer group — that the device’s detonator failed to function, preventing an explosion. They also said the drone was found just meters from a Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft. According to the report, it contained Semtex, the explosive used in the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground. According to WELT, security authorities have internally classified the incident as an attempted attack. No suspects had been detained as of Wednesday evening. Germany’s Interior Minister…
Published on 05/08/2026 – 18:22 GMT+2 Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic party’s Senate primary election in the US state of Michigan on Wednesday, highlighting key internal differences over the party’s direction. El-Sayed narrowly defeated moderate congresswoman Haley Stevens – who was backed by many of the party’s senior establishment figures such as Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer – in what became a proxy battle for the party’s direction. He will now go on to face Republican Mike Rogers in November to keep Michigan’s Senate seat with the Democrats. November’s elections will determine the makeup of Congress for US…
By Euronews with AP Published on 05/08/2026 – 16:25 GMT+2 René Redzepi had it all. The Danish chef and co-founder of Noma led his restaurant to three Michelin stars and during his 23 years at Noma, the restaurant collected numerous accolades. These included topping the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List not once, but five times. On top of wowing the culinary world with his innovative “New Nordic” cuisine, he even created and starred in a TV series, Omnivore, which was released on Apple TV+. Now, as the restaurant reopens, he’s nowhere to be found. Noma says it is beginning a “new chapter” with…
Trump’s participation in the June G7 summit in Evian was praised as a high point in the relationship, with the U.S. president showing signs of support for Ukraine and prolonging his visit to France to join Macron and his wife for dinner at the gilded Versailles Palace. “We have our ups and downs in our relationship with the U.S.,” said a former French official, who has kept informed of the transatlantic relationship. Macron is capable of challenging America’s bullying at the Economic Forum of Davos, but “can also hug President Trump and invite him to sign his Iran deal in…
A 26-year-old man accused of the murder of a British woman whose body was found in a suitcase, attended a court in Athens on Wednesday to give his account. The suspect was arrested on Sunday, with police saying he “confessed to his actions”. “Officers of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime have solved the homicide of a 38-year-old UK national, whose body was found inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in the Kypseli area on July 18,” they said. The woman, identified in media reports as Elisabeth-Jane Ross from Scotland, had come to Greece on 26 June and resided…
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City for funeral prayers after rescue teams recovered 112 bodies from the site of a November 2023 Israeli air strike on a residential block in the Sabra neighborhood. Palestinian officials said the strike killed 308 members of the Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna families, including 40 children, when the building collapsed on residents. Around 153 bodies reportedly remain under the rubble. The recovery, carried out over roughly two weeks by a 40-person team, was made possible by the ceasefire that has allowed crews access to previously unreachable areas.
Wayve said its vehicles “are designed to operate autonomously, and will do the driving,” though under TfL’s rules, a licensed PHV driver must be present and responsible for the vehicle at all times. “Safety is our top priority,“ a TfL spokesperson said. “Any new vehicle licensed to carry passengers on London’s roads must align with our Vision Zero goal of eliminating all deaths and serious injuries from collisions on London’s streets by 2041.” Successive U.K. governments have sought to make the country a European pioneer in self-driving technology. The Department for Transport opened a permitting scheme for companies to operate commercial robotaxi services…
After two days of searching, a winning €1 million lottery ticket that had been mistakenly thrown away was recovered intact amid six tonnes of rubbish on Tuesday in Bitonto, near Bari in southern Italy’s Puglia region. Roberto Nicola Toscano, the director of Sanb, a company responsible for waste collection in the region, told the story to the Italian news agency ANSA. The anonymous winner had discarded the ticket at a local tobacconist after a self-service lottery terminal displayed the message “not payable.” Under the rules of the lottery, retailers can only pay out smaller prizes directly. Larger winnings must be…
Hundreds of mourners gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday for the funeral of Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who died last week in a motorcycle crash at age 56. Family, friends and fans were joined by figures including Bono, Steve Coogan, Chris O’Dowd, Hozier and Imelda May, while crowds outside watched the service on large screens in St. Patrick’s Park. Eddie Vedder performed “The Song of Good Hope” with Markéta Irglová, Hansard’s former musical and screen partner. Bono remembered him as a man whose warmth left a lasting impression on everyone he met.
Exploring Italy in the footsteps of Saint Francis is about to get easier thanks to a new project bringing together walks tracing the history of the Franciscan Order. Tourists can now discover the various routes of the Cammino di Francesco – Il Cammino della Luce (The Way of Francis – The Way of Light) on the Italian tourism board website. In total, the routes cover a length of 1,546 kilometres and span the regions of Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Marche, Tuscany and Umbria. All of the routes end in Assisi, the birthplace of Saint Francis. The network launch is part of…