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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed attacks had been carried out against infrastructure facilities in and around Moscow. “Our long-range responses had a very significant impact in the Moscow region last night. One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and the aggressor’s logistics facility were hit,” he said on X. Russian voters have been heading to the polls this weekend in the first parliamentary elections since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party is expected to retain its dominance in the parliament and present the win as proof of public support for…

Published on 20/09/2026 – 11:16 GMT+2•Updated 11:27 French President Emmanuel Macron hailed France’s relationship with Canada during a trip to Saint Pierre and Miquelon this weekend. Macron is visiting the French overseas collectivity from 19 to 21 September and is due to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney there on Sunday. Speaking to reporters from the archipelago, which sits just off the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Macron said the goal of the visit was to help the territory “turn a new page” and gently pushed back on suggestions that the trip was intended to make a statement.…

Published on 20/09/2026 – 9:30 GMT+2•Updated 9:33 Reporters from three major news organisations were denied access to the White House on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.” The media outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, have previously been targeted by the Republican president, particularly CNN, who Trump kicks his antics up a notch, regularly mocking their reporters and lambasting their authenticity. The actions were a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage…

Published on 20/09/2026 – 10:07 GMT+2•Updated 10:09 North Korea on Sunday carried out a launch of a “suspected ballistic missile,” the Japanese Prime Minister’s office said, while South Korea’s military reported that Pyongyang had fired an “unidentified projectile” into the East Sea. It comes after North Korea this week rejected a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog against its nuclear programme. A spokesperson for the country’s Foreign Ministry said the International Atomic Energy Agency’s resolution had “no effect on the DPRK’s position as a nuclear weapons state.” In August, Trump told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had “57…

Published on 20/09/2026 – 9:11 GMT+2 The US military said its forces struck a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Saturday, killing four people. “Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean,” US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a statement shared on social media. It added that “confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking.” The post also contained video footage of what appeared to be the strike, showing a moving boat followed by a large explosion. The US has moved to clamp down…

Last week, we looked at all the new airline routes connecting Europe to Canada. Now we thought it was time to look slightly further south – more specifically, at Central and South America. According to the World Tourism Barometer by UN Tourism, both regions saw growth in 2025, with South America up 7% and Central America up 5% year on year. Destinations in the Americas seeing a big uptick in visitors include Brazil, up a mega 37%, and Guyana, up 24%. While many airlines offer routes from Europe to these countries via the US, there are still some options for…

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Most parents describe welcoming a baby as one of the happiest moments in life, but it also comes with a cost. From nappies and feeding to pushchairs and clothes, there is a long shopping list of baby essentials. The bill can be higher than many parents expect. The cost of baby essentials varies significantly across Europe. But how much do parents actually spend? Which countries are the most expensive for baby essentials, and where are they most affordable relative to average wages? Remitly calculated the annual cost of baby essentials during the first year of a baby’s life, based on…

Published on 19/09/2026 – 21:04 GMT+2 Dutch riot police clashed on Saturday with around 500 far-right protesters in the centre of The Hague, using baton charges, specialist dogs, and water cannon to disperse the crowd after violence erupted. Demonstrators pelted officers with fireworks and other projectiles, shouted anti-semitic chants, and performed Nazi salutes during the “We Are The People” rally, which was organised to protest government policies on immigration and asylum. “We’re losing our country. We’re literally losing our country to mass migration,” 31-year-old mechanic Thijs Jansen told news agencies at the scene. Protesters had intended to march through the…

On Sunday, Berliners will vote to elect a new state parliament, the Abgeordnetenhaus, alongside the regional vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The race is wide open: the Left party and the CDU are neck and neck in the latest polls, both at around 20-23%, with the AfD at 18% and the Greens at 16% close behind. The SPD, with 10-12%, is now clearly below its 2023 result. That means it is also unclear what the political landscape will look like after the vote. According to recent surveys, the current black-red coalition of the CDU and SPD would no longer have a…