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By Manuel Ribeiro  & euronews Published on 04/08/2026 – 9:40 GMT+2•Updated 13:45 Russia’s state news agency reports that Russian forces have shot down a ‘rare’ Portuguese-made drone operated by the Ukrainian army. The Tekever AR3 was brought down by a Russian anti-drone battalion in the border region of Bryansk, the unit’s commander told TASS. “An enemy reconnaissance drone entered our sector. We were surprised because we had never seen anything like it. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had a different structure at the tail and on the wings. When we reached the crash site, we found it was a Portuguese reconnaissance drone.…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 11:21 GMT+2 The guessing games are over soon… Following the news that the casting for the new James Bond was in its final stage, with director Denis Villeneuve and producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman having reportedly notified actors for the final round of August auditions, Pascal has revealed that we will soon get to know the identity of the next 007. During an interview for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which she also produced, Pascal told Deadline that “the end of the year is a good bet” when it comes to the timing of the announcement.…
PARIS — A group affiliated with Russia’s intelligence agency launched a disinformation campaign against center-left MEP and likely presidential candidate in next year’s French election, Raphaël Glucksmann, he claimed in a post on X on Tuesday. Glucksmann, who is expected to announce whether he will run for president in the coming weeks, said he had been informed by the French Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security of a “Russian operation” that was “directly controlled by the [Russian] GRU.” Former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, who is a confirmed presidential candidate, was also reportedly targeted by a Russian disinformation campaign last week.…
Morocco had previously warned Spain that a recent Spanish court ruling that migrants arriving by sea would not face immediate removal was going to create “a problem,” a senior Moroccan official said. Last week, at least 50,000 people, mostly Moroccans, entered the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, on foot or by swimming from the nearby city of Fnideq. This unprecedented influx quickly overwhelmed the Spanish exclave in North Africa, before leading to thousands of returns to Morocco. Spain’s Supreme Court ruled on 8 July that migrants arriving by sea should not be returned as quickly as others and Madrid has blamed…
Porto Germeno has woken to the sight of burned homes and blackened cars after another fast-moving wildfire swept through the area west of Athens. Residents are beginning to assess the damage while firefighters continue to tackle flames across Greece. Former Villia mayor Konstantinos Makrynoris described the past few days as “absolutely unacceptable”, reflecting growing frustration over the scale of the destruction. The fires mark a second straight week of major wildfires in Greece. Hundreds of firefighters remain deployed as strong winds and dry conditions make containment difficult. At least five people have died during the past two weeks, underlining the…
Near the point where La Rioja, Navarre, Zaragoza and Soria meet, on the banks of the Alhama and standing since the 12th century, is the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Fitero. This Cistercian Romanesque gem, founded by the warrior monk Raimundo de Fitero, was robbed in 2010, when six hermitages, two churches and the monastery itself in the Comunidad Foral of Navarre had part of their artistic heritage stolen. Sixteen years on, a joint operation by the National Police and Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra has succeeded in recovering a carved, gilded and polychrome wooden relief depicting Saint Bonaventure. The…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 11:25 GMT+2 Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high humidity. Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40C in recent weeks, qualifying for the new designation “cruelly hot day,” with thousands of people hospitalised. Ten of the 16 lions in Tama Zoological Park have suffered symptoms such as “loss of appetite and decreased activity” since mid-July, and three lionesses died, the zoo said in a…
How many times has the “let’s plan a trip!” message landed in your friends or family group chat, only for a prolonged back-and-forth about dates, destinations and budgets ends up without anyone actually travelling anywhere. Flying solo just might be the solution, according to a new global poll. The “Solo Travel Trends 2026: The Year of Travelling Alone with Purpose” survey by Opodo asked 9,000 travellers, including 2,000 from the UK, what drives them to take the journey abroad alone. Among UK solo travellers, “freedom” was their biggest motivation, with 32% saying it was their main reason for going alone.…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez may be just days away from tying the knot. After last week’s rumours that had pointed to a wedding on the first weekend of August failed to materialise, speculation now appears to be drawing to a close and the ceremony could in fact take place this Saturday. According to The Sun (source in Portuguese), the Portuguese star and his partner of 10 years have chosen Madeira, the footballer’s home island, as the setting for their wedding. The religious ceremony is reportedly scheduled for next Saturday at Funchal Cathedral. The church is said to have been…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 10:35 GMT+2 Sri Lanka closed schools in its tea-growing mountainous regions on Tuesday as heavy rains triggered floods and mudslides that left five people dead and three wounded, officials said. Heavy downpours over the last two days have wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, flooding homes, fields and roads. The mountainous areas in the country’s central region are the worst affected by the severe weather, according to the government’s Disaster Management Centre. So far, five people have died after being buried in mudslides that overran two houses in the central region, while three others…