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Updated: 22/03/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this March 22nd, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
The president’s threat Saturday lands squarely in the middle of a confirmation fight over his pick to run DHS, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a process that has quickly become a proxy battle over the future of ICE itself. At his hearing this week, Mullin tried to strike a more measured tone than in some of his past remarks, pledging to rein in some enforcement tactics and lower the agency’s public profile. But he repeatedly defended ICE agents amid mounting scrutiny, including backing officers involved in high-profile civilian deaths and arguing Democrats are tying the agency’s hands. Republicans — including Mullin — have instead…
All of this is very much out of Orbán’s election playbook, according to Michael Ignatieff, the former Canadian politician. He has observed Hungarian politics up close as professor of history at the Central European University, formerly based in Budapest, until it was forced out by Orbán, and is now headquartered in Vienna. “There’s always a risk you fall into a trap with Orbán. He’s fighting for his political life,” Ignatieff told POLITICO. But he doesn’t fault EU leaders for the stance they took last week. “I’m in no position to second-guess the Commission or the Council or anybody. The point…
Robert Mueller, the special counsel whose investigation of President Donald Trump kept America transfixed for two years, has died, according to a family statement provided to the Associated Press. He was 81. In August 2025, his family disclosed to the New York Times that Mueller had been “diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the summer of 2021,” and that he retired both from teaching and his law practice because of his escalating health issues. During Trump’s first term, the nation waited on Mueller and watched, eager to see whether its president or his campaign staff would be found to have conspired with a…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 21/03/2026 – 19:06 GMT+1 Welcome back to Georgia for day 2 of the Tbilisi Grand Slam 2026. The Tbilisi Arena welcomed athletes from around the world for another exciting day of competition. The atmosphere was electric as local heroes took to the tatami in pursuit of the podium. At -63kg, current world champion Haruka KAJU of Japan faced former world champion Joanne VAN LIESHOUT of the Netherlands. With both fighters showing strong ne waza throughout the day the stage was set for a true battle. In the final, however, it was KAJU who controlled the…
The Trump administration is doubling down on its endorsement of Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán in next month’s Hungarian elections, even as Orbán’s deal-blocking in Brussels has been labeled “unacceptable” by EU peers. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his “complete and total endorsement” of Orbán in the Hungarian elections. And U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to fly to Budapest in April in support of the prime minister. The EU’s longest-serving leader, facing an election in less than a month that he is forecast to lose, has long been a thorn in the side of Brussels. In…
U.K. Royal Air Force jets and other British military assets are “continuing to defend our people and personnel” in the region, as the U.K. has also given permission for the U.S. to use British bases for “specific and limited” defensive operations, they said. Iran’s targeting of Diego Garcia occurred before the U.K. on Friday confirmed that U.S. use of its bases includes defensive operations against “missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.” The access to U.K. bases has been granted for RAF Fairford in the U.K. and Diego Garcia. Israel and Iran launched…
By Lucy Davalou with AP Published on 21/03/2026 – 15:45 GMT+1 At least two people have been killed in overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. 154 drones were launched over the country, with 148 of them downed. In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, a Russian strike on a home has killed a couple and wounded their two children, aged 15 and 11, and four others, according to regional head Ivan Fedorov on Saturday morning. The attack came hours before expected peace talks to be held in Miami between the United States and Ukraine, according to Ukrainian state media. On…
In the letter, Jørgensen asked EU countries to lower their gas storage refilling targets to 80 percent, 10 percentage points below normal targets. He also suggested that countries could start storage injections early to avoid an “end-of-summer rush to refill storages,” which would put upward pressure on prices. He also suggested that governments extend the deadline to meet filling targets to as late as December, two months later than usual. He said countries can take these measures under the EU Gas Storage Regulation, which provides for flexibility in difficult market conditions. The EU requires member countries to maintain gas reserves…
Switzerland said it won’t allow weapons exports to the U.S. as long as Washington is involved in its ongoing military campaign against Iran. The Swiss government said on Friday that it will not sign off on any new licenses for the export of war materiel to countries involved in the conflict, citing Switzerland’s commitment to neutrality. Switzerland said that it has not issued new export licenses to send weapons to the U.S. since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran on Feb. 28. Existing licenses to export weapons to the U.S. can continue as they are not relevant “to…