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An extraordinary collection of modern and contemporary art is up for grabs at Christie’s London this month. Masterpieces ranging from Mondrian to Warhol are among 200 artworks owned by Peter Simon, the British entrepreneur and founder of high-street fashion brand Monsoon. They include a 1978 Francis Bacon that is likely to be the most valuable painting for sale, with an estimate of between €15 and €19 million. It was painted seven years after the traumatic death of Bacon’s lover George Dyer. Other highlights expected to fetch millions include a Joan Miró from 1925 and an untitled William de Kooning artwork.
Ein geheimes Abendessen bringt das Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in Erklärungsnot: Fünf BSW-Abgeordnete speisen mit der AfD und dem rechtsextremen Publizisten Jürgen Elsässer. Während die BSW-Spitze tobt, wittert die AfD ihre Chance für die Ministerpräsidentenwahl in Sachsen-Anhalt. Wie ein raffinierter CDU-Plan den AfD-Kandidaten Ulrich Siegmund stoppen soll, offenbart einen beispiellosen Machtkampf. Abseits der Ränkespiele eskaliert ein Streit um das Gedenken an den Terroranschlag von Halle. Jüdische Studenten verwehren dem Landtagsvizepräsidenten Hans-Thomas Tillschneider den Zutritt zur Synagoge – ein Eklat, der den AfD-Umgang mit Antisemitismusvorwürfen offenlegt. Zugleich spürt die Partei wirtschaftlichen Gegenwind, als BMW dem Landtagspräsidenten Tobias Rausch den Dienstwagen verweigert. Auch…
Published on 14/10/2026 – 12:44 GMT+2•Updated 12:44 Fifty-eight members of the European Parliament have urged the European Commission to shield the International Criminal Court (ICC) from US sanctions that threaten to disrupt its operations. In a letter sent on Tuesday and seen by Euronews, the MEPs called on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to defend the Netherlands-based court against what they described as “an attack by a foreign power on an entity on EU territory”, warning of “devastating” consequences. US President Donald Trump’s administration announced sanctions against the ICC last Friday, following repeated criticism of the court over its…
Kazakhstan is seeking a partnership between the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and its Caspian ports of Aktau and Kuryk as the country looks to expand trade along the Middle Corridor, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said. Speaking at the Belgium-Kazakhstan Business Council in Astana, attended by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Tokayev said Kazakhstan was investing heavily in railways, roads, seaports and terminals along the route. “In this context, Belgium’s rich experience as a major European logistics center is particularly valuable to us. We anticipate a concrete partnership linking the ports of Antwerp-Bruges, with the ports of Aktau and Kuryk. This…
By Doloresz Katanich with AP Published on 14/10/2026 – 15:07 GMT+2•Updated 15:13 US inflation accelerated last month as petrol, clothing and airfares became more expensive, adding pressure on households just a few weeks before the midterm elections. The consumer price index rose 3.7% in September compared with a year earlier, the US Department of Labor said on Wednesday, up from 3.4% in August. On a monthly basis, prices jumped 0.6%, up from 0.4% the previous month. The annual figure was above the 3.6% forecast by economists surveyed by data provider FactSet. The figures underscore the lingering impact of the Iran war on petrol…
Der bevorstehende Kampf Für Šefčovič besteht die Herausforderung nun darin, einen begrenzten Durchbruch bei den Autos in eine umfassendere Neuausrichtung des Handels mit China umzumünzen – und Europa gleichzeitig Zeit zu verschaffen, seine Abwehrmaßnahmen zu stärken, falls die Verhandlungen scheitern sollten. „Es spricht einiges dafür, China das anzutun, was China Europa jahrelang angetan hat – Peking in Dialogen und Verfahren zu verzetteln, während Europa seine Instrumente bereitstellt. Aber die EU muss die Zeit, die diese Gespräche bieten, voll ausschöpfen“, sagte Barkin von Rhodium. Der Handelskommissar wird voraussichtlich im Januar ein Videogespräch mit Wang führen, bevor sich die beiden im kommenden…
The list of candidates for the 2027 French presidential election continues to grow. Speaking on France Inter radio on Wednesday, Natacha Polony, a 51-year-old journalist and essayist, announced that she would run for president, saying she wanted to “shake up the political landscape.” ‘The situation leaves me no choice’ Former editor-in-chief of Marianne magazine, Polony denounced what she describes as France’s “complete loss of standing”. She advocates economic, energy and food sovereignty and calls for a reindustrialisation policy to “revive economic activity” and “bring money into the state’s coffers.” In a video posted on her social media accounts shortly after…
By Euronews Persian Published on 14/10/2026 – 11:40 GMT+2 Iran executed a political prisoner in Kerman on Wednesday on charges of carrying out armed attacks during what the Iranian judiciary described as joint American-Israeli military operations on Iranian soil. The Mizan news agency, the official outlet of Iran’s judiciary, identified Ali-Sina Mostafavi, 38, as one of “the armed agents of the American-Zionist enemy” and accused him of opening fire on civilians in Azadi Square in Kerman on 24 March, wounding one person and a young girl. According to Mizan, he also fired on conscript soldiers and passing vehicles on 21 April,…
Published on 14/10/2026 – 14:06 GMT+2 The Portuguese government announced, after Wednesday’s Council of Ministers meeting, that German airline Lufthansa will be the new shareholder in TAP, as part of the reprivatisation of the Portuguese carrier. At the end of September, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa submitted their final bids to acquire 44.9% of the Portuguese airline’s share capital, according to Parpública, the state shareholdings management company, at the time. The process also reserves 5% of the company’s share capital for purchase by employees**.** However, under the decree-law on TAP’s privatisation, published in August and quoted here by Lusa, (source in…
Published on 14/10/2026 – 11:57 GMT+2 A new night train in Germany linking Hamburg and Munich is set to launch on 23 March 2027. Berlin-based Nox Mobility says its first service will run three times a week in each direction, with stops in Bremen and Augsburg. With a new generation of night trains designed to make overnight rail “the most obvious alternative” to short-haul flights, Nox Mobility previously revealed that it plans connections between 100 European cities by 2035. Its proposed network includes Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Budapest and Rome. What will the new night train offer? Passengers will…