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6:40 GMT+1 Explosions reported in Tehran Explosions were heard throughout the night into the early morning in Iran’s capital. The Israeli military confirmed it is conducting “simultaneous strikes” on Tehran and Lebanon’s Beirut. 6:37 GMT+1 US embassy in Riyadh reports attack The US embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital announced its temporary closure on Tuesday due to an attack on the facility. “Avoid the Embassy until further notice due to an attack on the facility. We continue to limit non-essential travel to any military installations in the region,” the embassy wrote in a statement on X. “All routine and emergency American…

Während Donald Trump Bodentruppen im Iran nicht mehr ausschließt und die Angriffe bis in den April dauern könnten, ist Friedrich Merz in Washington angekommen. Es ist eine Reise unter maximalem Druck: Zehntausende Deutsche sitzen in Nahost fest, die Ukraine-Hilfe wackelt durch den neuen US-Fokus auf Teheran und Europa ist längst tiefer in den Konflikt verstrickt, als es der Bundesregierung lieb sein kann. Gordon Repinski meldet sich direkt aus der US-Hauptstadt und analysiert, wozu Merz den US-Präsidenten bewegen kann und wie Deutschland gerade nur Zuschauer einer globalen Eskalation ist. Kein Plan für „danach“: Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht der israelische Botschafter Ron Prosor…

Today, cancer remains one of Europe’s leading causes of death and disability, accounting for 23 percent of all deaths in 2022 and 17 percent of disability-adjusted life years in 2021. Four Europeans are diagnosed with cancer every minute, a number that is expected to rise over the next several decades due to population aging. As the EU Beating Cancer Plan reaches the end of its initial phase, Europe now stands at a critical moment. The question is not whether progress has been made, but whether Europe will build on that momentum or allow it to stall, with consequences not only for health outcomes,…

As if to illustrate how Brussels sees its limited role in the crisis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described on Monday the range of fields she was focusing on “from energy to nuclear, from transport to migration to security.” She said: “We must be prepared for the fallout.” In the absence of leverage with the Israelis or Trump, von der Leyen convened a “security college” on Monday: a less-common formation of commissioners where several of them provide updates to their colleagues on issues related to the current crisis. After the meeting, the Commission said in a statement that…

To critics, the cumulative effect of regulatory expansion, centralized borrowing and proposals for permanent ‘own resources’ signals a steady rebalancing of power toward the center. The European Union was never intended to become the United States of Europe through incremental fiscal evolution. It was constructed as a union of member states cooperating within defined competences. Taxation is not merely a revenue mechanism. It is the foundation of democratic accountability. National parliaments debate budgets, justify expenditures and face voters. When fiscal authority migrates upward, accountability chains grow longer and more opaque. Supporters of EU-level taxation argue that shared challenges require shared…

Elle sera difficile à détrôner. La maire socialiste sortante de Rennes, Nathalie Appéré, à la tête d’une liste d’union regroupant notamment le PS, Les Ecologistes, Place publique et le Parti communiste, arrive largement en tête des intentions de vote au premier tour, selon notre sondage* Cluster 17 pour POLITICO — le premier publié sur la ville. Elle y est créditée de 42% des voix, un score qui représente plus du double de celui de sa dauphine, Marie Mesmeur : la tête de liste La France insoumise obtiendrait 18% des suffrages. En troisième position, on trouve le candidat centriste (soutenu notamment par…

The U.S. will only be allowed to use selected British bases for defensive raids on Tehran’s missile stores and launchers after Iran launches retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, Starmer said. The British PM addressed a packed House of Commons on Monday afternoon after being publicly rebuked by the U.S. president for not allowing the U.S. to use British bases to target Iran during its initial wave of attacks. Trump told the Telegraph newspaper that he was “very disappointed” that Starmer had hindered the use of the joint Diego Garcia base in the Chagos Islands, and said the PM “took…

Radev, a former air force commander who served two presidential terms, the most recent of which he ended early in January, has cast himself as an opponent of the country’s entrenched mafia, which is intimately linked to top politicians. He has, however, faced criticism from pro-Western rivals over positions they say were sympathetic to Moscow, particularly on military aid to Ukraine. Progressive Bulgaria brings together three center-left formations — the Political Movement Social Democrats, the Social Democratic Party and the Our People Movement. The bloc is closely associated with Radev but is formally co-led by his allies: Galab Donev, a…

A Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle hit Britain’s Royal Air Force base at Akrotiri in Cyprus just after midnight Monday, while more drone strikes targeting the base were successfully intercepted during the day. While the source of the drone strike is so far unconfirmed, with local media saying it probably came from Lebanon, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened intensified missile strikes on Cyprus, alleging an increased U.S. military presence on the island. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday: “Our bases in Cyprus are not being used by U.S. bombers … The security of our…

Published on 02/03/2026 – 21:01 GMT+1 The Astara Border Crossing between Iran and Azerbaijan has seen increased traffic over the last few days by foreign nations, as many continue to seek an exit from Tehran amid continued US and Israeli attacks. The increased crossing traffic comes after the Azerbaijani government announced on Saturday that it would open the crossing to enable its nationals trapped in Iran to safely evacuate, as well as allow foreign nations to transit through. As many as 500 Russian citizens are rumoured to have crossed into Azerbaijan as part of the new initiative, with eyewitnesses reporting…