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At the event in Münster, Hendrik Wüst — the premier of North Rhine-Westphalia and the conservative politician often held up as a possible replacement for Merz — praised the chancellor’s leadership in what appeared to be an effort to project unity and quell talk of a so-called “chancellor swap.” “Chancellor Friedrich Merz assumed a pivotal role in NATO during a critical phase,” Wüst said ahead of Merz’s speech, commending the chancellor’s “clear commitment” to NATO’s 5% defense spending target. “While others hesitated, the German chancellor stayed the course, thereby providing stability to the alliance,” he went on, adding: “Thanks to…
French media outlet Mediapart has published new material in the case of the antisemitic messages attributed to Jordan Bardella. The investigative outlet on Thursday published screenshots of Facebook Messenger conversations involving him from 2013 and 2014, whose authenticity it says was established through a data extraction supplied by Meta and certified by a court bailiff, as Edwy Plenel, the outlet’s co-founder, explained on Twitter. The investigation, conducted over several months, draws on dozens of written conversations and interviews with 18 people. The exchanges from 2013 and 2014 were passed on to Mediapart by two separate sources, both from Jordan Bardella’s…
Passengers on a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv have described the terrifying moments they experienced after an altercation broke out between the pilot and co-pilot. The flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia, where it made an emergency landing. The passengers later returned to Israel, landing at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. “It’s a nightmare of a lifetime. It’s really unbelievable,” passenger Ron said after landing. “No one should have to suffer like that. It’s going to take us a long time to get through this.” Passengers said the situation quickly became chaotic, with people on board stepping in…
Objecting to protest slogans such as “Albania is not for sale” and “Albania for Albanians”, Rama said, “If you were bringing foreign capital into Germany, would you then say that Germany was being sold off?” “I represent the interests of my country, and I will continue to do so,” he added. He also said negotiations over the project were still ongoing and that they would assess its environmental impact. At a press conference in Tirana Wednesday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Rama assured that his government will “shine a spotlight on the process by ensuring full transparency…
Russia’s intensifying aerial attacks on Ukraine are aimed at exhausting and intimidating the civilian population, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, told Euronews in an exclusive interview. “Civilians are being killed – women, children, elderly people, veterans of the Second World War,” Budanov said. “It is all truly terrible, especially when children are killed.” Budanov described Russia’s approach as “classic terrorism”, saying its purpose was not only to inflict damage but to frighten the population. Asked whether Moscow believed sustained attacks could exhaust Ukrainians and ultimately increase pressure on the government to make concessions, his…
File footage shows Christa Pike during her murder trial in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1996 and 2012. Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and sentenced to death. The footage captures Pike in court during proceedings that followed the killing. Additional images show Pike in a Tennessee Department of Correction handout from 2023. Her execution in Tennessee failed on Wednesday after two doses of lethal injection were administered.
José Sevilla, chairman of Unicaja, has announced his decision to stand down at the end of his term without seeking re-election, which is scheduled for next April. His departure, which will be formalised at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, opens a new chapter in the leadership of the Málaga-based listed bank. Sevilla took over the chairmanship on 5 April 2024 with a clear mandate: to restore calm within the institution and put behind it the turbulent governance crisis triggered by the merger with Liberbank. After two years focused on institutional stability, the executive has informed the bank’s highest governing…
Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing Vicki Evans said: “The investigation into circumstances surrounding events in Gloucestershire is hugely complex, and our specialist teams are interrogating multiple lines of inquiry.” “As we’ve made clear, we’re looking at all possible angles – including possible foreign state involvement. I’d like to thank the public for their continued support and patience whilst we work through this investigation.” Five U.K. nationals from London were detained on Sep. 27 after receiving a report of suspicious vehicles near RAF Fairford, which is used by the U.S. Air Force. They were arrested on suspicion of offenses…
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Woody Allen is stepping behind the camera once again. The American director presented his next film in Madrid on Thursday, the 51st of his career, which will start shooting on 5 October and will be filmed mainly in the Spanish capital and Aranjuez. At 90, Allen was joined at the launch by the president of the Madrid region, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida. The project is being financed by both authorities: the City Council and the regional government will each contribute 1.5 million euros, 3 million in total, through sponsorship contracts linked to…