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The 30-year US Treasury yield remains above 5%, near levels last seen in 2007. At the same time, government borrowing costs have climbed to multi-decade highs across Germany, Japan and the UK. By almost any conventional measure, this should be bad news for equity markets. Higher bond yields raise borrowing costs, pressure equity valuations and give investors a more attractive alternative to shares. Yet equities have barely blinked. The S&P 500 is up roughly 13% this year and sits less than 1% below its 13 August record. Europe’s STOXX 600 has gained about 9.5%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 has surged…

At IFA 2026, TCL is presenting its latest display and connected home technologies under the theme “AI Inspired Life,” with artificial intelligence playing a central role across many of the products on show. The company’s exhibition ranges from large-format Mini-LED televisions and smartphones to AR glasses and connected home appliances. Under the name NXTHOME, the company is bringing together displays, household appliances and other connected technologies in an attempt to show how different devices could work together in people’s everyday lives. Euronews spoke to Stefan Streit, chief marketing officer at TCL Europe, to find out what role AI plays in…

The document Farage and Bardella signed is only binding if the two parties come to power, and it says France will “will ordinarily accept” migrants intercepted in the Channel — potentially leaving wiggle room for Paris to reject them in some cases. Farage called the line “legalese” at a press conference alongside Bardella. “As Australia proved in 2012, once you provide no incentive to pay a trafficker money to be taken across a stretch of water, in very very short order, the business model will be broken,” Farage said. But Farage was not asked about the fact that the phrase…

On Friday, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party signed a “memorandum of understanding” with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, aimed at stopping the boats “forever” — should their parties come to power — at the party’s annual conference in Birmingham. Farage and Bardella signed the agreement which vows to end irregular migrant crossing on stage. The Reform UK leader hailed the deal as a “genuine new entente cordiale” between the two countries and political parties. Bardella — who is hoping to become France’s next Prime Minister — said that “the United Kingdom must not be the destination for…

The official added that Farage plans a series of other visits to leaders on the European right before the end of 2026. Farage has had a long association with Marine Le Pen and interviewed her for his radio show in 2017. He said Friday that while he would not have struck a deal with the National Front founded by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, her rechristened party had moved away from “extreme elements.” The relationship has not always been so harmonious. Farage said in 2024 that RN’s economic policies would be a “disaster” for France and “even worse for the…

Senior EU officials are doubling down on the need for substantial new EU-level taxes to finance the bloc’s long-term budget, pushing back against scepticism from the so-called “frugal” member states. The question of new own resources, part of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the bloc’s €2 trillion long-term budget for 2028–2034, dominated the informal meeting of European Affairs Ministers in Dublin on Thursday and Friday. “The issue of own resources is an absolute prerequisite for us to adopt this budget,” Benjamin Haddad, the French Minister for European Affairs, told reporters on the margins of the meeting on Thursday. “Our priority, once…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2 The Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, announced on Friday that the Portuguese government is to open talks with the two groups bidding to buy TAP Air Portugal, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, which submitted binding offers at the end of July. Quoted by the Lusa news agency, Leitão Amaro said that the bids, although different, have an “overall valuation that is very close”, which he believes justifies an “effort to negotiate” in order to obtain improved proposals from both contenders and allow the government to move towards “a single bidder for the very…

The crème de la crème of the world of cinema has been jetting into Venice for the 83rd edition of its International Film Festival. The glittering event is centred on the Lido island, a narrow strip of land a short water bus ride from the historic centre. The island has a character all of its own; a summer resort of beach establishments and historic hotels beloved by Venetians but often overlooked by international tourists. That is, apart from when it transforms into a global hub of the silver screen for 11 days each September. But there have been some signs…

The Reform UK boss said his party has done nothing wrong, but also that the comments captured in an undercover video were ‘human error.’ Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

Five EU countries say they expect to be ready to send irregular migrants to deportation centres built outside the European Union by 2027. The announcement came after a meeting in Copenhagen on Friday attended by the interior ministers of Denmark, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece. The ministers agreed on a common model for “return hubs” — facilities set to host asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected by the five countries and who cannot be returned to their countries of origin. The five-state group is currently negotiating the creation of the hubs on the territory of one or more…