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A raft of AI-generated and out-of-context videos has circulated online in recent weeks, misrepresenting Italy’s relationship with Israel. Two clips have been widely shared on social media platforms Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram with misleading and false captions, with users overstating that relations between the two have severely deteriorated when they were once strong. One of the clips, which garnered thousands of views across platforms, depicts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbing a handshake from her Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, during a UN meeting. Meloni, draped in a Palestinian flag, then walks out of the room. Multiple users online claim…

The United States has cancelled the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland as part of a broader Pentagon plan to withdraw 5,000 soldiers from NATO territory in Germany, Euronews can confirm. Earlier this month, the US administration announced the drawdown amid a growing rift between Washington and Berlin, after the German Chancellor Frederic Merz characterised the US-Israeli war in Iran as ill-conceived. He also said that the White House had been “humiliated” in the regime in Tehran. US President Donald Trump reacted angrily to the remarks, posting a series of messages attacking the German chancellor and telling him to spend…

Published on 14/05/2026 – 18:49 GMT+2 The new Rafa Nadal Museum opened its doors this Thursday in Manacor (Mallorca) in a ceremony presided over by the tennis player himself, who defined the project as one of the “most special” of his life. The space, located in his academy, is entirely dedicated to his life and sporting career. Under the slogan ‘Inside the Legend’, the two-storey museum offers an immersive tour that starts with an audiovisual tunnel about Rafael Nadal’s childhood and his first dreams, and moves through the milestones that marked his career on and off the courts. Trophies, personal…

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting quit embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Cabinet on Thursday in what is expected to be a precursor to challenging his leadership. Streeting is the first Cabinet member to resign as Starmer faces pressure to step down after the Labour Party’s disastrous results last week in local and regional elections. “Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift,” Streeting wrote in his resignation letter to Starmer that was published on X. “It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election…

Supporters gathered in Tehran on Wednesday to send off Iran national football team ahead of preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Footage showed players and coaches appearing on stage as crowds waved Iranian flags, sang the national anthem and chanted political slogans including “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” Some attendees carried portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iran’s team is expected to travel to Turkey for a training camp before heading to the United States for the tournament, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.

Mario Draghi, the Italian economist and banker who led the European Central Bank from 2011 to 2019, received the 2026 International Charlemagne Prize in recognition of his role in stabilising the eurozone and promoting European unity. His decisive response to the euro crisis had already earned him the nickname “Super Mario” among journalists and financial markets. At the ceremony, Friedrich Merz and Kyriakos Mitsotakis described Draghi as a key figure in protecting Europe during a period of economic turmoil. Merz used the event to call for a stronger and more integrated European Union, urging member states to increase investment in…

Published on 14/05/2026 – 15:15 GMT+2 The number of prisoners in Russia has dropped by more than 180,000 over five years, in part driven by Moscow sending convicts to fight in Ukraine, Russia’s prison chief said on Thursday. In four years of war, Russia has offered prisoners army contracts to fight in Ukraine and buy out their sentences, should they survive. Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world’s largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the last 20 years. “If at the end of 2021 there were…

Near Damascus Gate, members of the Jewish-Palestinian movement Standing Together handed out flowers, greeted residents in Arabic and positioned themselves near Palestinian shops and neighbourhoods as thousands of nationalist marchers carrying Israeli flags prepared to enter the Old City. Israeli police deployed large security forces along the route, including barriers, mounted officers and reinforced patrols. Many Palestinian owned shops closed early over fears of unrest, while several roads leading to the Old City, including areas around Jaffa Road and the city gates, were sealed from mid-afternoon. Jerusalem Day commemorates Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem and the Old City during the…

His warning lands as Europe struggles with weak growth and a widening productivity gap with the U.S. Those pressures have been sharpened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to power, with Washington taking a more confrontational line on trade and security. Draghi, a former Italian prime minister, returned to the EU’s political spotlight after presenting a blueprint in 2024 to reverse the bloc’s economic decline — a plan in which the annual spending price tag has since risen to €1.2 trillion to fulfill the recommendations. “Every strategic dependence must now be re-examined,” he told the audience, which included German Chancellor…

Published on 14/05/2026 – 15:27 GMT+2 Russia’s lawmakers have passed a law formally authorising the Kremlin to deploy troops abroad to “protect Russian citizens,” giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the authority in practice to invade foreign countries. According to the State Duma documents, the “bill was drafted to protect the rights of Russian citizens in the event of their arrest, detention, criminal or other prosecution pursuant to decisions of foreign courts vested with criminal jurisdiction by other foreign states without Russia’s participation.” Vyacheslav Volodin, chair of the Russian State Duma, said that “Western ‘justice’ has turned into a repressive machine…