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Thousands of residents lined the streets, waving Spanish and Ceuta flags, cheering the royal couple and holding signs reading: “Welcome to your home, Your Majesties.” After landing at Ceuta’s heliport, the King and Queen stopped to greet people along the route to City Hall, shaking hands and speaking with residents. They later appeared on the balcony of the Palace of the Assembly, overlooking Plaza de África, alongside Ceuta’s president, Juan Vivas. The visit begins two days of engagements, including meetings with local officials, a school visit, a tribute at the Sidi Embarek Muslim cemetery to people who died during July’s…

The winners of the World Cruise Awards have just been revealed for 2026 – and Norwegian Cruise Line has taken the top prize. Now in its sixth edition, the winners were announced on 12 October at a gala ceremony in Jamaica. Norwegian Cruise Line was named the world’s best cruise line for 2026, beating out nominees including MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean International and Silversea. As for where you should be going for your next voyage, the UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi was named the world’s best cruise destination. It should be noted that some cruise lines have revised their 2026/27 schedules…

She then added: “I strongly encourage you to buy the book.” The autobiography’s English version is expected to hit the shelves on Feb. 4. A spokesperson for the ECB said Lagarde has done nothing wrong. The podium plug has fueled speculation that Lagarde may leave the ECB by the time the book is published, well before the end of her official term in October next year. Lagarde has declined to commit to staying for the full term, triggering an early race for the EU’s most powerful economic job. The letter is the latest in a string of clashes between the central bank’s…

Pope Leo XIV arrived at Rome hospital on Tuesday for an operation to remove a nodule on his lung which the Vatican said would be carried out in the afternoon. The 71-year-old waved to well-wishers gathered outside the Vatican from the window of the car in which he was driven to the Gemelli hospital, where pontiffs are traditionally treated. The pope announced the surgery on Sunday, the first time a pontiff has made a personal medical announcement of this kind. The Vatican press office has said doctors expect the pope’s recovery to take around a week. That would make it…

Newly released 911 recordings reveal confusion and delays in the emergency response after Christa Pike survived a lethal injection attempt at a Tennessee prison on September 30. The recordings show dispatchers initially questioning whether the emergency call was genuine, with prison officials later confirming that medical assistance was needed. Pike, 50, received at least two doses of pentobarbital but remained alive. Emergency responders were allowed into the prison about 30 minutes after the initial call. She was hospitalised and placed on a ventilator before regaining consciousness and beginning to speak last week, according to her lawyers.

Greek Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis has announced a 30% increase in the heating allowance. He said: “In a difficult economic climate, with the energy crisis testing the resilience of households across the globe, our priority is to ease the pressure on families. That is why we are proceeding with dual support for heating oil: a direct subsidy at the pump, which will immediately reduce the price, and a 30% increase in the heating allowance compared with last year, a measure that will cover hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country”. The ministries responsible are expected to…

Published on 13/10/2026 – 10:10 GMT+2 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country’s attorney general and the head of the Shin Bet security service to reveal the identities of officers interviewed in the award-winning film NAZA. Netanyahu is ordering for the filmmakers, Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to be prosecuted for causing “harm to Israel’s diplomatic and security interests”. He has asked for attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara, IDF chief of staff Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, and Shin Bet head David Zini, to “act urgently to uncover the identity of all those who are involved or…

MacGregor said such a move could imperil future investments in France. “A contract is a contract,” she insisted, adding that “trust is very important” for investors to be able to spend money on energy projects in the long term. France’s deteriorating public finances have become a central political issue ahead of the country’s presidential election next year. President Emmanuel Macron’s embattled minority government has been looking for ways to cut costs in a bid to bring down a stubbornly high budget deficit projected to come in at 5.4% of gross domestic product. At the European Union level, Ursula von der…

Golden eagles, hawks and saker falcons featured in traditional hunting contests at the inaugural Open Asian Falconry Cup, the main competition of the fifth Shygys Salburyny International Festival. Participants came from Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Spain and Hungary. Around 15,000 spectators attended the two-day event, which also featured sighthound races, the taming of unbroken horses, mounted archery, the horseback coin-picking contest, known as “tenge ilu”, tug of war and other traditional strength contests. The festival celebrates qusbegilik, Kazakhstan’s centuries-old tradition of hunting with trained birds of prey. Golden eagle hunters, known as “berkutchi”, demonstrated their skills…

Stellantis wants to use partnerships with Chinese carmakers to keep its European plants open as it tackles excess production capacity, chief executive Antonio Filosa said in Paris. Speaking at the Paris Automotive Summit, held alongside the Paris Motor Show, Filosa outlined plans to share factory capacity with partners including Leapmotor and Dongfeng. “We have excess production capacity, especially in Europe, but we do not want to shut plants,” he said. The aim is to make better use of existing factories while matching production to demand, without introducing vehicles that compete directly with the group’s own brands. Stellantis bets on partnerships…