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By Euronews with AP Published on 20/01/2026 – 13:18 GMT+1 Portugal’s skies were treated to a rare and beautiful phenomenon on Monday evening as a solar storm brought the northern lights southward. The auroras borealis was mainly visible in the north of the country, in places such as Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Bragança, Macedo de Cavaleiros, São Pedro do Sul and even Grândola. Witnesses took to social media to share images of pink skies. As well as Portugal, the phenomenon has been reported in other European countries where it is also uncommon, such as Germany and the United Kingdom. What brought the northern…
Several other leaders have received invitations but have so far declined to commit or said they are still mulling their participation, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Some fear Trump could seek to create a shadow United Nations, which he has long lambasted as ineffective, as the board’s charter makes no direct reference to Gaza and gives it a broad mandate to resolve global conflicts. Trump for his part said Tuesday his board “might” replace the U.N. but added, “I believe you got to let the U.N. continue because the potential is so great.” French President Emmanuel Macron…
Updated: 21/01/2026 – 10:45 GMT+1 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday decried Europe’s “anger” and “bitterness” over Trump’s tariff threat. Speaking in Davos, Bessent said he believes Europeans will be persuaded to support Trump’s concerns about Greenland once they hear his argument. … More
Iran’s foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet against the United States on Wednesday after Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, warning the Islamic Republic will be “firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack.” The comments by Abbas Araghchi, who saw his invitation to this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos rescinded over the killings, comes as an American aircraft carrier group moves westward toward the Middle East. Araghchi made the threat in an opinion piece published by The Wall Street Journal in which he contended “the violent phase of the unrest lasted less than…
Published on 21/01/2026 – 10:00 GMT+1 The internet is responsible for 3.7 per cent of global carbon emissions, outpacing air travel. If the internet were a country, it would be the fourth-largest polluter in the world. It’s why scientists have created an innovative tool to shed light on how our internet activity is impacting nature. Developed by climate experts at the University of Exeter in partnership with Madeby.studio, Digital Impact for Species is able to analyse any website and reveal its hidden environmental costs beyond the standard metrics of CO2 emissions, water and energy consumption. “When we visit a website,…
Published on 21/01/2026 – 9:13 GMT+1 •Updated 9:25 On Sunday, Spain suffered one of the most tragic train accidents in the country’s recent history. Forty-two people have died, and more than 40 are still reported missing. Last night, another train incident took place in Barcelona, killing one and injuring more than 30. Aboard one of the two trains involved in the Sunday crash, the Iryo, was Javier Garcia Iglesias, a 37 year-old nurse from Madrid. He was travelling from Córdoba to Spain’s capital, and Euronews spoke to him about the incident, which he said “still hasn’t fully sunk in yet.”…
Uzbekistan is expanding its international railway corridors as part of a strategy to strengthen its role as a transit country linking Europe, Asia, and South Asia. The new and upgraded routes aim to reduce transit times, improve trade flows, and provide alternative connections between major global markets, according to officials. “We are actively opening new corridors with neighbouring countries and with Asia and Europe. The goal is to unlock the full potential of Uzbekistan as a transit hub, making trade faster, more efficient, and more accessible,” said Jasurbek Choriyev, deputy minister of transport. The expanded network includes several key corridors.…
Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn. All eyes are on the World Economic Forum in Davos this morning, where a showdown over Donald Trump’s threats to seize control of Greenland looms. The US President is now en route to the Swiss Alps after a minor electrical fault forced his plane to turn back earlier. European leaders are hoping Trump will also turn back on his threats to use tariffs to force the sale of Greenland when they meet him later. Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s message to Trump on Tuesday was: “Here and no further. Back down or we’re going…
By Euronews with AP Published on 21/01/2026 – 8:30 GMT+1 •Updated 8:31 Netflix capped off last year with another solid financial performance, although the firm warned of potential storm clouds ahead, notably linked to a proposed deal with Warner Bros Discovery. The fourth-quarter results announced on Tuesday eclipsed the projections of Wall Street analysts, but Netflix’s report also noted that the video service ended the year with more than 325 million worldwide subscribers. Since 2024, that means the firm has added about 23 million subscribers. The 2025 increase marked a dramatic slowdown from the 41 million customers picked up during 2024,…
But according to new research, between the ban on direct imports coming into force in 2022 and the end of 2025, the U.K. has nonetheless imported £4 billion of jet fuel and other oil products made at refineries in India and Turkey, which run partially on Russian crude. The analysis, by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), estimated that £1.6 billion worth of the products imported from these refineries would have been made with Russian oil. India remains the second-largest international buyer of Russian crude oil after China, while Turkey is also a major importer. Both process much of the oil in refineries, producing oil…