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The prospect of Turkey returning to the F-35 fighter jet programme has opened a new front in Washington, with the Greek-American lobby and members of Congress seeking to preserve the existing legal obstacles to the sale of US fighters to Ankara. The issue returned to the fore after US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but so far there has been no official decision by the US administration on Turkey’s re-entry into the programme. Athens acknowledges that decisions on armaments are a sovereign right of every country and that it has no power of veto over…
Published on 13/07/2026 – 13:29 GMT+2 France’s state-owned energy group EDF temporarily shut down three nuclear reactors on Sunday, while warning that seven others may need to adjust their power output as the heatwave sweeping the country continues. According to the company, the measure is an environmental protection requirement to avoid discharging excessively hot water into rivers already warming because of the heatwave. Nuclear power plants use river water to cool their reactors before releasing the warmed water back into rivers. “There is no nuclear safety risk. Reactors are capable of operating under high-temperature conditions. These limits are intended to…
Published on 13/07/2026 – 12:05 GMT+2•Updated 12:23 Two men accused of pulling off one of the most audacious art thefts in modern history have told investigators they only learned of the plan days before they carried it out – and that one of them had no idea he was about to rob the world’s most visited museum. According to Le Monde, which reviewed records of interrogation hearings held in June, suspects Abdoulaye N. and Ghelamallah A. gave their most detailed account yet of the operation that stripped the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon of eight pieces of French crown jewellery on 19…
BRUXELLES — L’Union européenne va fixer un âge minimum à partir duquel les jeunes internautes pourront accéder aux réseaux sociaux sans la surveillance de leurs parents, a annoncé ce lundi 13 juillet la présidente de la Commission. Ursula von der Leyen présentait ce matin les conclusions du groupe d’experts qu’elle avait chargé, l’an dernier, de faire des propositions pour lutter contre les effets néfastes des réseaux sociaux. Leur rapport, publié ce jour, recommande que les mineurs de moins de 13 ans ne disposent d’un accès aux réseaux sociaux que “pour une durée limitée”, et sous la surveillance de leurs parents.…
The European Commission has once again become the target of viral misinformation after several posts, viewed millions of times, claimed Brussels intends to require an “internet passport” before users can go online. Some posts went even further, alleging that the Commission plans to ban Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to prevent users from bypassing the system. In reality, the claims relate to the Commission’s planned age-verification app, a tool intended to help shield children from harmful or age-inappropriate online content. The app is expected to be rolled out by the end of 2026, subject to implementation by EU member states or…
Drone footage reveals the scale of destruction caused by a deadly wildfire in Spain’s Almería province, where at least 12 people died and around 7,000 hectares were burned. The fast-moving blaze swept through the Los Gallardos area during an extreme heatwave, trapping some victims in their vehicles. Officials say the fire has now been brought under control, allowing around 1,500 evacuated residents to begin returning home. Investigators believe a damaged power line may have sparked the fire.
Published on 13/07/2026 – 12:21 GMT+2 The Odyssey is soon upon us, with Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan adapting Homer’s ancient Greek epic into the blockbuster event of 2026. The filmmaker’s follow up to Oppenheimer is not only the most expensive film of his career – with an estimated budget of $250 million – but also the first feature to be shot entirely on IMAX’s 70mm film cameras. Prior to its worldwide release on Friday, Nolan has shared that he is hopeful for the future of filmmaking… without the use of AI. A prominent critic of the continued push to rely…
“The European Commission has finally proposed some options over two pages,” Prévot told journalists on his way into the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. “So this is the feeling they have thrown out a bone to chew on rather than any real will to go forward.” Prévot went on to say that the measures were “largely insufficient compared to the need to be a credible actor on the geopolitical level in the Israeli-Palestinian situation — which, I regret to say, the European Union has not been for some time.” The push to clamp down on Israel’s illegal settlements was…
For more than four years, Russia has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine and providing aid to soldiers of the aggressor state is widely regarded as an extremely controversial and morally repugnant act. The reports concerning Krzysztof Tołwiński – a former member of the Polish parliament in its sixth term and former deputy state treasury minister in Jarosław Kaczyński’s government – have caused particular alarm. The politician published a video in which he announced that he had given first-aid kits to Russian soldiers, triggering a wave of criticism in the media and among the public. What did Krzysztof Tołwiński…
Three hundred and sixty kilograms of peanut butter have been spread across the floor at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to honour Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died on 10 June 2026. Famous for his absurd works and for voicing Ernie and Kermit the Frog in the Dutch version of Sesame Street, the artist first presented “Pindakaasvloer”, or “Peanut Butter Floor”, in 1969. Through his unconventional artworks, he challenged people’s perception of what art is. “Isn’t it fantastic that we are all standing here looking at peanut butter?” Schippers asked journalists at the exhibition at the…