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Published on 07/09/2026 – 20:31 GMT+2•Updated 20:36 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan remain “private citizens” and are not to be considered working royals following their move back to the UK, according to a letter from King Charles III. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children – Archie and Lilibet – made the switch back from California last month, after having left for the Golden State in 2020 amid a bitter royal family feud. The letter, shared by the Lord Chamberlain on behalf of the King, said that the couple will also not be able to use…
A 1912 industrial building designed by architect Wilhelm Heinzelman has been given a very different second life. First used as a tram depot and later as a diesel power station, the site has been restored as the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent, with its industrial character deliberately preserved. During a visit ahead of its public opening, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev toured the galleries, education spaces and public areas and was briefed on future exhibitions, research and residency programmes. One of the centre’s less visible features is a specialist research library devoted to art, visual cultures and critical theory, with a…
Mladić holds a particular cachet among nationalists who believe Serbs are entitled to more land and power in the Balkans, and not only those aligned with the ruling party. The young men in the funeral procession wore black T-shirts with Mladić’s face across the front, or flags printed with his smiling portrait tied around their shoulders. Others held signs reading “You did not die, General, you live in our hearts.” Miloš Jovanović, leader of the New Democratic Party of Serbia, an opposition figure who often attacks Vučić from the right, also attended the funeral mass and said that Serbian citizens…
By Rafael Salido & Euronews Published on 07/09/2026 – 17:43 GMT+2•Updated 17:49 Spain’s Audiencia Nacional court has ordered a criminal investigation into the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in Ceuta in July. In her ruling, investigating judge María Tardón said there were grounds to believe that “criminal conduct allegedly committed abroad had seriously undermined Spain’s territorial integrity, using the mass entry into the country to do so.” The decision comes after the judge ruled that the National Court had jurisdiction to investigate alleged crimes against territorial integrity, negligent homicide, and criminal organisation, in line with the criteria set out by the…
Passengers crowd the halls and counters at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang as monitors show cancelled flights after the Anak Krakatau eruption. Indonesia kept several airports closed and shifted schools to remote learning on Monday as volcanic ash coated parts of Java and Sumatra. The eruption has halted about 2,300 flights and affected more than 268,000 passengers. Authorities say the volcano remains active with intermittent eruptions and ash emissions. The Geological Agency said the 25-hour eruption ended on Sunday but warned that more activity is likely in the coming days. Volcanic ash in the airspace around Jakarta and other cities prompted…
By Lina Ferreira Published on 07/09/2026 – 19:07 GMT+2•Updated 19:38 Portugal woke up to another rise in fuel prices which, in the case of diesel, reached a historic high. This time, the price rise, which has been seen throughout the year, was marked by protests on roads across the country. In the morning, a blaring of car horns on the 25 de Abril bridge could be heard, the crossing that links Lisbon to the city of Almada, on the south bank of the River Tagus. At the same time, further south, a slow‑moving convoy set off towards Galp’s refinery in Sines,…
The attempted attack involved three drones carrying explosive material spotted at or near the Leipzig-Halle Airport, one of which was found near a Ukrainian Antonov plane used to transport munitions. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul unveiled a series of domestic countermeasures against the Kremlin, including the closure on Sept. 18 of Russia’s consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural institution in Berlin. Russia also said it would close branches of the German cultural center, the Goethe-Institut, in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk. In recent months, EU countries have faced a growing number of suspected Russian attacks targeting military and critical…
France’s National Rally party reacted to the victory of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party with a noticeable silence on Monday, a move that reflects its complicated ties to the party. Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella — who are respectively campaigning to be France’s next president and prime minister — made no mention of the AfD after the party took 43.8% of votes in Saxony-Anhalt’s elections, racing ahead of Christian Democratic Union, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, which secured 17.2%. Meanwhile, the Reconquête party — which is positioned further to the right than the National Rally and sits in…
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted by a UN court of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, was buried in Belgrade on Monday before a crowd of thousands, despite renewed warnings from Brussels against glorifying him — warnings Serbia’s government continues to reject. Prior to the funeral, Mladić’s body lay in state since Monday morning at the Serb Orthodox Church of St Luke in Belgrade, where thousands arrived early to honour him, despite being found guilty of the worst bloodbath on European soil since World War II. His military officer’s cap and sabre rested on the coffin, which…
In Champagne, growers reaped their earliest harvest on record, racing to pick grapes before rising sugar levels pushed potential alcohol too high. Output there is expected to be roughly halved, with grape bunch weights at their lowest in 20 years. In southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, by contrast, production is forecast to rebound 5 percent from last year’s weak harvest, which was about 13 percent below the five-year average. Even with that recovery, output this year remains 8 percent below average. Conditions had initially looked promising, with good grape development and low disease pressure. But “the hot and dry conditions…