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Published on 14/09/2026 – 11:11 GMT+2 One of the most talked about and celebrated films of this year’s Venice Film Festival is NAZA – the new film by Israeli No Other Land directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and the only documentary to be selected to this year’s main competition. It shows “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” according to its official synopsis. The 80-minute hot-button doc, shot in secrecy at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv during the ongoing Gaza war, features interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officers, soldiers…
BRUSSELS — EU capitals failed to extend one of the bloc’s Russia sanctions schemes on Monday, five EU diplomats told POLITICO. Three of them said EU ambassadors will reconvene later Monday for further discussion. Ambassadors meeting in Brussels needed to reach unanimous agreement on Monday because the regime — which governs the asset freezes of about 3,000 individuals and companies — expires Tuesday. Slovakia has demanded that the bloc remove two Russian oligarchs from the sanctions list: Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. France has reportedly attempted to create a compromise by suggesting only Usmanov be delisted. Most other capitals were…
Preliminary results in Sweden’s general election show the left-led bloc of opposition parties holding a three-seat majority over the incumbent right-wing alliance led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Nevertheless, the final result remains too close to call. Opinion polls had given the left-wing opposition a comfortable lead for much of the campaign, but the gap narrowed significantly in the final days before the vote. The four opposition parties are led by Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats. Her party is on around 28% of the vote and appears to be heading for its worst result in more than a…
At least 108 people have been rescued and six bodies recovered after the vessel overturned in the waters off Masalembo, about 148 km from Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province. Survivors were taken to a temporary medical post at Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin. Some said passengers rushed to the upper deck and scrambled for life jackets as the ferry began to list. According to its manifest, the ferry was carrying 243 people: 213 passengers and 30 crew, as well as 89 vehicles. The passenger breakdown included 59 adult passengers, one child, and 126 drivers and vehicle assistants, plus 27…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 9:40 GMT+2•Updated 9:46 The oil market spent Monday morning pricing in a weekend of bad news from the Gulf. Brent for October and November deliveries gained over 3% and crossed $108 a barrel, while the US benchmark WTI for October rose 2.3% to around $102, both extending last week’s advance after each reclaimed the $100 threshold. Prices moved following Saudi Arabia’s announcement that its East-West pipeline is temporarily closed after drone attacks. The line carries crude across the kingdom to Red Sea ports, allowing oil to reach export terminals without passing through the Strait of Hormuz,…
New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have reignited a long-running debate. Could advanced AI escape human control and threaten humanity’s survival, and are the companies building it doing enough to stop that from happening? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Saturday that the industry needs to slow down. He warned that a swarm of AI agents could take over the internet within six months to a year unless companies put stronger safeguards in place. Amodei laid out a plan for AI companies and governments to keep increasingly capable models aligned with human values. His warning came just days after…
Europe’s skies were at their busiest ever during the summer holiday period from July to August 2026, despite disruptions caused by the Middle East war. According to data published by Eurocontrol, the continent-wide aviation safety body, Europe saw an average of 35,959 flights a day, a 2.4% increase on 2025, with a record 37,640 flights on Friday 10 July. Despite the increase across the continent, 72.6% of flights arrived on time, up 1.2 percentage points on 2025. France remained the worst offender for delays caused by air traffic control management problems, accounting for 32% of all delays on its own.…
The Venice Film Festival, which came to an end this weekend, is usually seen as an early indicator for awards season, leading up to next year’s Academy Awards. It has frequently launched successful Oscar campaigns, and this year’s 83rd edition has kickstarted plenty of early awards buzz for John Malkovich. The veteran actor won the prestigious Best Actor award at Venice’s closing award ceremony on Saturday for his role as Chris in the dark comedy Wild Horse Nine by Martin McDonaugh (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Banshees of Inisherin). The film follows two CIA officer who are…
Will a record breaking £72 million change the face of British politics? After receiving two of the biggest political donations in history – £36m each from crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne. Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the political fallout – are the donations legal, will the government legislate to stop them and how does this vast sum of money influence British politics? Elsewhere at the TUC conference in Brighton, the unions are ramping up the pressure on the government to deliver more for workers. Plus, could former prime minister, Liz Truss, really be plotting a return to…
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs says the EU must “remain strong” in the face of Russian aggression, insisting that “the one who prepares for the worst has peace” in an exclusive interview with Euronews. Kulbergs said European politicians have a “clear understanding” of the Russian threat and a “commitment” to security, even though wider society is “still behind”. For Kulbergs, there is only “one way” to deal with Russia: “to deter it by force”.