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Back to the questions: Badenoch, perhaps aware that the PM would throw the incident right in her face, instead treaded on familiar ground by probing Starmer on raising taxes. Starmer’s answers could have been written by ChatGPT as he slammed the Tories’ economic mismanagement and talked up Labour’s record on economic growth. Great originality, guys. Far too modest: Desperate to get *any* newsline, Badenoch said Starmer “didn’t get it” and inquired what the PM thought a “modest income” was, given ministers previously promised that working people wouldn’t see tax hikes. Starmer, what do you know, just spoke of working people…
By Euronews Published on 16/07/2025 – 14:05 GMT+2Israeli forces conducted an airstrike Wednesday targeting the entrance to the Syrian General Staff compound in Damascus, in what Israel said was a response to rising concerns over the recent escalation of violence against the Druze minority in Syria’s south.An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesperson said in a statement that the military has acted “in accordance with the directives of the political leadership, and continues to be on alert to face various scenarios.”Syrian state television Al-Ekhbariya reported two civilians were injured in what it described as “Israeli aggression” targeting central Damascus.Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon…
Prior to Wednesday, the U.S.- and Israel-backed GHF has frequently denied that deadly incidents have occurred in the proximity of its aid distribution centers. GHF has led humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza since May, but has been accused by the U.N. of contributing to the forced relocation of Palestinians, as Israel wages war against Hamas militants in the coastal strip. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said in June that aid distribution in Gaza had “become a death trap” and a “humiliating system” designed to force “thousands of hungry [and] desperate people to…
Published on 16/07/2025 – 13:41 GMT+2Russian forces launched a fresh wave of attacks on several Ukrainian cities overnight into Wednesday, with at least 15 people injured in one of the strikes.Russia launched 400 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as one ballistic missile, through the night, the Ukrainian air force said. The strikes targeted north-eastern Kharkiv, which is Ukraine’s second-largest city, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, Vinnytsia in the west and Odesa in the south.”Russia does not change its strategy,” Zelenskyy said. “To effectively counter this terror, we need a systemic strengthening of defence: more air defence, more…
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and backed US President Donald Trump’s call for the legal proceedings to be thrown out or for the Israeli leader to be pardoned. Huckabee told reporters in Tel Aviv that his unusual decision to be present for the trial was “a matter of representing what the president [Trump] has said repeatedly”.”The president has made his position very clear. He has not intervened in the proceedings or in the outcome,” Huckabee said. “He recognises that has to go its own way. But it’s a…
Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front, now National Rally, contested the repayment order in 2024, arguing it violated legal certainty and his right to a fair trial. After his death in January 2025, his daughters — Marine Le Pen, Yann Maréchal and Marie-Caroline Olivier — continued the case on his behalf. But on Wednesday, the EU court rejected all arguments, finding that Parliament had followed due process throughout. The judges noted that the European Parliament had informed Le Pen in January 2024 “of the irregularities of which he was accused and had invited him to submit any observations…
Despite a rapid response from emergency crews, both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, according to a statement from local officials. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy confirmed the fatalities on Tuesday, saying they occurred in the same city where two other storm-related deaths happened earlier this month.Flash floods inundated areas of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, stranding vehicles and closing major roadways. Newark Liberty Airport saw over 170 flight cancellations as the region began recovery efforts.Most flash flood watches and warnings had expired as the rain moved on.
Billy McFarland, the scam artist and convicted fellon who gained notoriety for the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, has officially sold the rights to the event’s brand on eBay for $245,300 (approx. €211,135). The auction, which reportedly drew a 175 bids, included intellectual property, trademarks, and social media accounts tied to the Fyre name. The identity of the buyer remains unknown.In a livestream during the eBay auction, McFarland appeared disappointed with the result, commenting: “Damn. This sucks, it’s so low.” According to Rolling Stone, the sale will barely make a dent in his outstanding $26 million (approx. €22.3m) restitution order tied to his…
The Bank has guided all year that inflation would rise through the summer due to base effects, notably from the increase to regulated energy bills in April. It expects inflation to peak around September before underlying weakness in the economy pushes it back down toward 2 percent next year. The British government could badly do with some support from lower interest rates, given that the cost of servicing its debt is one of the biggest elements of public spending, and given that the government’s climbdown on benefit cuts this month has left Reeves little or no margin of error for…
By Euronews Travel Published on 16/07/2025 – 9:51 GMT+2Tourists and locals have been evacuated on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula after the twelfth volcanic eruption in the region since 2021. Magma pushed up through the Earth’s crust, opening a fissure thought to be between 700 and 1,000 metres long, the Icelandic Meteorological Office has said. It belched columns of smoke into the air, and dramatic lava flows can be seen on live video of the eruption. It comes after an eruption in April this year breached protective barriers near the fishing town of Grindavik, causing emergency services to evacuate residents and tourists staying…