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Published on 12/10/2026 – 16:58 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 The Greek coastguard announced on Monday that a 44-year-old woman who allegedly jump off a ship into the Ionian Sea has been rescued after spending 20 hours in the water. The Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas ship was sailing southwest of the Greek island of Zakynthos on Friday morning when the incident occurred, according to the coastguard. A spokesperson for the authority told the AFP news agency that the woman, who is from El Salvador, said she jumped because “she wanted to disembark.” “She was 20 hours at sea,” the officer said.…

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Alexus Grynkewich has unveiled a new defence strategy aimed at ensuring that any attack on an alliance member proves “utterly futile”, as countries on NATO’s eastern flank face sabotage, arson and drone incursions. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Grynkewich said the strategy, known as the ‘Theory of War,’ was designed to deny adversaries the ability to penetrate NATO territory and sustain an attack. “If attacked, we are ready to fight tonight,” Grynkewich told the audience to loud applause. “We will continue to prepare and rehearse each and every day, so we will be…

After four months of negotiations, Brussels and Beijing struck a deal on Friday under which China agreed to curb its hybrid car exports to the EU and ease restrictions on rare earths licensing. The European Commission has framed the agreement as the first phase of talks launched in June to rebalance trade relations. The EU runs a trade deficit of more than €1 billion a day with China, whose exports are putting growing pressure on European industry. The deal comes just a week after French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a new EU trade defence…

Dominique Schelcher, the CEO of Cooperative U, confirmed on X that a cyberattack hit “the cold production facilities of several stores in our network” since Sunday night. EU agriculture and food commissioner Christophe Hansen condemned the attack, also mentioning Leclerc, France’s largest supermarket chain, which has not yet publicly confirmed that it is affected.  French news reports state that the attack hit refrigerators manufactured by Danish company Danfoss. Prime Minister Lecornu’s office said ANSSI has found a flaw in software provided by “a Danish company” and has contacted it. The agency is coordinating with European counterparts as other countries may…

Construction of a high-speed rail line (LAV) linking Lisbon and Porto began in Portugal on Monday, with work starting on the first section between Porto-Campanhã and Oiã, in the district of Aveiro. Once completed, the line will enable passengers to travel between the two cities in 1 hour and 15 minutes. According to the government, the high-speed project is a key part of the country’s national airport strategy, supporting the new Lisbon airport, and will also help strengthen rail links with Spain. The government says the project will help set up a roughly three-hour journey between Lisbon and Madrid by…

The new listings follow the removal of Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, two of Russia’s wealthiest men, from the sanctions list last month after heated, down-to-the-wire talks between EU capitals. Monday’s approval was a formality after EU countries agreed on the sanctions list in earlier talks. “We are making it significantly harder, slower and more expensive for Russia to produce the weapons it uses to kill Ukrainians,” Kallas said. The sanctions list will last for three years before it needs to be renewed.

“Any attempt by Iran to threaten, silence, intimidate, harass, harm, or coerce people on our territories through proxies or any other means is unacceptable,” they said, warning they would ensure “those responsible are held to account.” Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the Iranian ambassador to London had been summoned to the Foreign Office and warned Britain “will not tolerate threats on our soil.” The incident near the RAF Fairford airbase — which the U.S. has used to conduct defensive strikes against Iran — took place on Sept. 27. Seven men have been arrested as part of an investigation by Counter…

Ceuta made its presence felt at Spain’s National Day parade without a single one of its soldiers setting foot on Madrid’s Paseo del Prado. No troops from the autonomous city took part this year, as the Spanish Ministry of Defence has kept its forces deployed there following the crisis that erupted in July, when tens of thousands of migrants crossed into the territory from Morocco. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, who presided over the ceremony in Madrid, will travel to Ceuta on Tuesday. The parade took place against a tense political backdrop, after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called…

A sudden revival of the 1990s confrontations between Orange Order marchers and Catholic demonstrators puts the police back in the middle — and leaders of Northern Ireland’s supposed unity government on opposite sides. Sep 27 6 mins read

Published on 12/10/2026 – 21:51 GMT+2•Updated 21:59 French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that the French navy had intercepted and boarded an oil tanker suspected of being involved in illegal fuel-trafficking activities. The operation took place 450 nautical miles south of the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, according to Macron. “Our French Navy boarded the oil tanker DF Peak, which is suspected of sailing under a false flag and of being involved in illicit fuel-trafficking activities,” he wrote in a post on social media, whilst also sharing video footage appearing to show troops rappelling down onto the…