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By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews Published on 12/04/2026 – 18:20 GMT+2 “There is no point in carrying an animal that is too weak to swim out into deeper water. It’s like throwing a bird that has hit the windscreen into the air and hoping it will fly again. Then the bird dies somewhere else, just not on my doorstep. That’s torture for this animal.” That’s what Lisa Klemens from the German Oceanographic Museum in Stralsund says in an interview with the leading German daily SZ. Her colleague, marine biologist Anja Gallus, also takes a critical view of the way the humpback whale, affectionately…
Marathon talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad hit a dead-end late Saturday, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance saying Iran had “chosen not to accept our terms.” Vance said U.S. negotiators had sought confirmation that Iran would not seek a nuclear weapon. President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Iran was “very unyielding” to this “single most important issue.” In a separate post, Trump said that the U.S. would shortly “begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” threatening that “any Iranian who fires at…
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar have cast their ballots in Budapest as voters turned out in large numbers. Orbán voted in the late morning north of the capital, in the area of Zsámbék near Szentendre, while Magyar voted earlier in the morning at a polling station in Budapest’s central V District, at the heart of the city. Speaking after voting, Orbán said the election was about protecting what Hungary had built over the past decade and a half. Magyar described the vote as a choice between remaining aligned with the EU or continuing as a political outlier.…
Published on 12/04/2026 – 16:01 GMT+2 Every April, like clockwork, myself and millions of wannabe golfers around the world eye up the dusty clubs in the cupboard and start to daydream of picturesque fairways, water hazards and manicured greens. Why? Because we’ve all been watching the Masters and wishing we were at Augusta National Golf Club playing alongside the likes of Team Europe’s Ryder Cup heroes Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose. Of course, the major championships are not for the “hackers” of this world (like me), but despite a lack of Green Jacket-worthy skills, this should not put…
As the U.S. and Iran meet over the negotiating table in Pakistan this weekend, the outcome of Operation Epic Fury remains deeply uncertain. But one thing is clear: The war with Iran has offered a remarkably revealing snapshot of how the Trump administration really operates — inside the West Wing, across Washington and around the world. The picture that emerges is not a pretty one for President Donald Trump. The conflict has proved messier and more complex than Trump expected. The resulting energy shocks have damaged the domestic economy and alienated allies. The already-limited political support for the war at…
POLITICO’s analysis examined Trump’s public remarks and Truth Social posts from Jan. 1 through April 9, categorizing sentences and social posts by topic, excluding question-and-answer sessions with reporters.White House spokesman Kush Desai, in a statement, pointed to a handful of policy announcements — including two housing-related executive orders and the launch of new discount prescription drugs through TrumpRx — as a sign that the war hasn’t taken the president away from his affordability focus.“Even while taking historic action to neutralize the Iranian terror threat, President Trump has never lost focus on putting more money back into hardworking Americans’ pockets,” Desai…
German commercial pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called on its members at Lufthansa group airlines to stage two days of strike action on Monday and Tuesday. Set to begin on 13 April at 12:01 am local time and end on 14 April at 11:59 pm local time, the “strike call” applies to VC members at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Cargo AG and Lufthansa CityLine, the union said in a news release issued on Saturday. It also said that Eurowings GmbH flights that take off from German airports between 12:01 am and 11:59 pm on 13 April will be on…
Magyar’s Tisza party has made available its own system for voters to report fraud. Fidesz has followed suit by enabling a hotline and a dedicated email address. “The overwhelming majority of these violations are tied to Tisza. They cry fraud — but they are the ones committing it,” Fidesz MEP Csaba Dömötör said Sunday morning. “Based on Fidesz submissions, 639 cases of electoral violations have been established, with 74 police reports currently underway,” Dömötör said. Opposition leader Magyar said early Sunday that he would accept the results as long as there is no serious electoral fraud, urging voters to report…
By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews Published on 12/04/2026 – 13:41 GMT+2 The moment of discovery was particularly impressive for the underwater archaeologists. Diving in Lake Neuchâtel, Fabien Langenegger and Julien Pfyffer made a spectacular discovery from the Roman Empire. “At first, we both cautiously approached this pile of circles, which could have been a depot of mines left behind from the Second World War. But when I switched on my camera light, the characteristic colour of terracotta emerged. Looking at some broken plates, we realised that this find was extraordinary.” This is how Julien Pfyffer of Swiss NGO Octopus Foundation describes the discovery…
Russia declared a temporary 32-hour ceasefire to mark Orthodox Easter, starting at 4 p.m. on Saturday and lasting through Sunday, following calls from Kyiv for a pause in the fighting over the holiday period. Ukraine and Russia exchanged 175 prisoners of war as the ceasefire took effect Saturday. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X Saturday that Ukraine would “adhere to the ceasefire” but “respond strictly in kind” to any potential violations. “If there are no Russian strikes, there will be no response from us,” he said. But he added that “every Ukrainian unit retains the right to respond.”