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Published on 16/11/2025 – 10:58 GMT+1 Ukraine is working to restart prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian captives, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, a day after his national security chief reported progress in talks. “We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.” Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said on Saturday that he held consultations mediated by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on resuming the swaps. He said both sides agreed to…
Thousands of Mexicans marched in Mexico City on Saturday to protest the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum. The demonstration was initially called by Generation Z, though opposition parties later urged supporters to join, resulting in a crowd dominated by broader government critics. The march remained largely peaceful until masked youths dismantled police fencing near the Zócalo, prompting brief clashes involving rock throwing and tear gas. Some young protesters carried black flags with the skull-and-crossbones symbol from the manga One Piece, though they represented a minority.
By Euronews with IJF Published on 16/11/2025 – 8:33 GMT+1 •Updated 8:38 The second day of the 2025 Zagreb Grand Prix promised to be a spectacle for the judo family to enjoy. Inside the arena the home fans were hopeful of some Croatian success. The crowd were treated to an opening ceremony consisting of a traditional Nage-no kata demonstration from two local young judoka, followed by speeches from Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Mr Andrej Plenković, IJF Head Sport Director, Mr Vladimir Barta, deputy Mayor of the City of Zagreb, Dr Luka Korlaet, president of the Croatian Judo Federation,…
By Euronews Published on 16/11/2025 – 8:21 GMT+1 Vladimir Putin’s new super weapon “Petrel” has apparently been finalised. The nuclear-capable missile is said to be able to stay in the air for hours, avoid defence systems and pose a potentially serious threat. This assessment is supported, at least in part, by Western intelligence analyses. A fully operational Burevestnik would be a major problem for Europe. If Russia is indeed deploying the system, NATO would face a new and very hard-to-control risk. According to a classified NATO document: The super-weapon is considered particularly worrying. The paper refers to a nuclear-powered cruise missile,…
By Jack Denton with AP Published on 16/11/2025 – 8:02 GMT+1 When darkness came, so did the smoke. Hamna Silima Nyange, like half of the 2 million people in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, did not have a house connected to the electricity grid. After sunset, she would turn to smoky oil lamps that provided the only light for her eight children to study. ”The light was too weak,” Nyange said. “And the smoke from the lamp hurt my eyes.” Then one day, a neighbour, Tatu Omary Hamad, installed solar panels and bulbs that lit her home with help from the strong sunlight…
Published on 15/11/2025 – 22:17 GMT+1 •Updated 22:45 Hungary’s northwestern town of Győr on Saturday played host to rival rallies of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and opposition rival Péter Magyar, who started their early election campaign at the Olympic Sports Park and the Vienna Gate Square, respectively. With the ballot approaching in April, Orbán —trailing in most polls to his main political rival, Péter Magyar —is scheduled to stage events in five cities before the end of the year, while Magyar, a onetime insider within Orbán’s Fidesz party who erupted onto Hungary’s political scene last year, aims to channel a…
Thousands of protesters took their message again to the gates of the COP30 United Nations climate conference talks in Belem, Brazil, blocking the venue of the climate talks in a peaceful standoff. Activists, Brazilian youth organisations, and indigenous communities participated in the march to demand action during the crucial UN climate meeting. Speaking about the effects of climate change in their home countries, activists with the Fridays for Future movement advocated for youth representation in the UN negotiations. “For us, the youth who are inheritors of the planet, that is very frustrating,” said Rachelle Junsay, with Climate Action Philippines. “That…
Published on 15/11/2025 – 18:02 GMT+1 The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 armed group signed a framework agreement in Doha on Saturday, setting out a structure for negotiations aimed at ending fighting in the country’s troubled east. The Doha framework comes after months of intense fighting in the North and South Kivu provinces, which escalated early this year with the M23 group capturing the regional capital, Goma, and seizing swathes of mineral-rich territory. Delegations from both sides said the document creates eight protocols that will be negotiated individually in the coming weeks. According to M23’s head negotiator…
Four mice returned to Earth on Friday alongside Chinese astronauts after their stay in orbit was extended due to suspected debris damage to their return capsule. The two male and two female mice were immediately transferred to researchers for behavioral and physiological studies. According to CCTV, the animals ate less but drank more while adapting quickly to the microgravity environment. Their trip home was delayed over a week after cracks were found in the Shenzhou-20 capsule’s window, forcing the crew to return aboard the newly arrived Shenzhou-21. Scientists received 46.67 kilograms of experimental samples for further research in life, materials…
Pope Leo XIV received a host of Hollywood celebrities on Saturday, underscoring the role of cinema for marginalised communities and voices. “It comforts me to think that cinema is not just ‘moving pictures’; it is putting hope in motion,” Leo said. “One of the most precious contributions of the cinema is precisely that of helping the spectator to return to himself, to look with new eyes at the complexity of his own experience, to see the world again as if for the first time, and to rediscover, in this exercise, a portion of that hope without which our existence is…