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When Ireland takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1, they will have a lot of hot-button issues to deal with. Host Zoya Sheftalovich sat down last week with Irish Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne at a POLITICO event to dig deeper into what he believes Dublin’s top priorities will be. We’ll hear from him on the show. Plus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may be heading to Poland this week as tensions heat up between Kyiv and Warsaw. We dig deeper into why a tragic event from decades ago is still causing strain between the two…
Published on 22/06/2026 – 5:56 GMT+2 An explosion tore through Qatar’s key natural gas export terminal on Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations there after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that injured at least 54 people and leaving another 18 were still unaccounted for hours later. The blast at the Ras Laffan industrial area could cause further chaos in global energy markets, particularly as Qatar remains one of the world’s top natural gas producers. Qatar shut down its production after Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz meant it couldn’t get shipments out to…
Die Rentenkommission legt morgen nach monatelanger Arbeit ihre Empfehlungen vor. Neben einer kapitalgedeckten Zusatzrente und der Einbeziehung von Selbstständigen und Abgeordneten soll das Eintrittsalter künftig mit der Lebenserwartung steigen. Gordon Opinski analysiert mit Rasmus Buchsteiner, wie schmerzhaft und wie schlüssig das Reform-Menü wird. Der Parteitag der Linken in Potsdam sorgt für Diskussionen. Der neue Co-Chef Luigi Pantisano legt einen Fehlstart hin und wirft der CDU vor, „faschistische Politik“ zu machen. Zudem stuft die Partei das Vorgehen der israelischen Armee in Gaza als Genozid ein. Franziska Nocke hat den Parteitag begleitet. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview distanziert sich Sachsen-Anhalts linke Spitzenkandiatin Eva von Angern…
In public, leaders lined up to defend him. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the Russia contact was “understandable,” while Belgium’s Bart De Wever dismissed it as “completely normal” ― even joking to Costa in front of the cameras that the EU should send him personally to Moscow. But behind the scenes the discontent was palpable, according to nine diplomats working for nine separate national leaders at the summit. They spoke to POLITICO on the basis of anonymity due to the confidential and sensitive nature of the issue. “Costa pulled a Michel,” was perhaps the most damning assessment from one…
As negotiations aimed at finalising a peace deal went on behind closed doors between the US and Iran in Switzerland, each side issued public threats towards the other as key sticking points risk derailing efforts to end the war. The peace talks look to end a war that has sowed severe instability across the Middle East rattled the global economy, and are meant to trigger a 60-day period to settle issues that have plagued US-Iran relations for decades. However, just as the talks kicked off, US President Donald Trump threatened to renew strikes on Iran if it did not stop…
Spain eased past Saudi Arabia in a 4-0 thrashing as they recorded their first win of this year’s World Cup at the second time of asking. 18-year-old Spain star Lamine Yamal scored his goal within 10 minutes as he slid in at the far post to send home a low cross from Mikel Oyarzabal. Oyarzabal then turned scorer as he grabbed a brace within the game’s first 25 minutes, with the contest quickly slipping out of Saudi Arabia’s reach. In a sign of how the match was effectively over by half time, Spain coach de la Fuente substituted both scorers…
The US director and television creator James Burrows, who worked on several beloved TV comedies such as “Friends”, “Cheers” and “Taxi”, has died aged 85. “We celebrate the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of James ‘Jimmy’ Burrows, who passed away peacefully today surrounded by his loving family,” his family said in a statement. The time and place of Burrows’ death were not disclosed. Burrows won 11 Emmy awards for excellence in television and helmed more than 1,000 episodes of hit programmes, working as a director, producer and writer. He was among the early innovators of the multi-camera sitcom – whic…
Published on 21/06/2026 – 18:29 GMT+2 Matosinhos entered the Guinness Book of Records last weekend, after a choreographed display involving 3,097 drones flying simultaneously, which lit up the skies over Greater Porto and drew thousands of people to Titan beach in Matosinhos. The performance took place on the night of 19 June, at the opening of Air Invictus, a festival which over three days featured various aerial displays in the skies over Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos, including F-16, KC-390 and A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the Portuguese Air Force. The event also included exhibitions and several workshops. The Spanish company,…
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U.S. vice president said Washington hopes to make progress on both the Lebanon ceasefire and Iran’s nuclear program, while Tehran’s threat to close a key oil chokepoint tests Trump’s fragile deal. 6 HRS ago 2 mins read