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Each year, Prix Versailles puts the spotlight on the best new architectural designs, from museums and hotels to emporiums and restaurants. Now the award series has turned its eyes towards train stations, with seven beautiful new openings making the list for 2026. Of the selection, three are in Europe: Lyon Part-Dieu Station, Colosseo – Fori Imperiali Station in Rome, and Monte Sant’Angelo Station in Naples. “In the realm of transport stations, the stakes are high when it comes to creating cultural expressions that are simultaneously beautiful, fashionable and sustainable, that reinforce passenger mobility whilst revitalising local neighbourhoods and that support…
Kallas added that Monday’s discussion will look at how EU institutions can work with member countries to determine which tools in the EU’s arsenal could be used as part of the protocol response. While diplomats say the details are still vague on what the protocol could entail in theory, it could apply to drone incursions, sabotage and cyberattacks, once it’s clear who was responsible. Kallas stressed that the protocol would apply to “everything that is under the threshold of armed aggression.” Over the summer, hybrid activity linked to Russia increased dramatically. Drone overflights, crashes and explosions have become almost daily…
Demonstrators camping in a central Madrid square vowed on Monday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez over Spain’s housing crisis, as the 87-year-old woman at the centre of the protest called on them to “hold on.” The demonstrators set up around 100 tents in the capital’s busy Puerta del Sol square after tens of thousands took to the streets on Saturday to demand action to lower housing costs and protect tenants. The movement was triggered by the police eviction on Wednesday of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her lifelong Madrid apartment. “I’m asking you all to be…
A jet ski rider manoeuvred through a flooded street in Bangkok as deep floodwaters inundated parts of the Thai capital. Video shows the rider navigating through the water while people stopped to watch and film the unusual sight. The flooding has driven thousands of residents into shelters as others try to protect their homes and secure essential supplies. Days of heavy rain have flooded roads, markets and homes, forcing thousands of residents into shelters.
Washington and Beijing have now detailed the plan for which goods stand to gain from the trade deal struck at last week’s summit between US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping. China’s list runs to 1,619 categories of American products, while the US list contains 77 categories of Chinese goods, but neither side has said how deep the cuts will be or when they will apply. The two countries will consider the products “with a view toward providing reduced tariff treatment to those goods in a reciprocal manner,” the White House stated. The lists were drawn up by…
Published on 28/09/2026 – 13:01 GMT+2 Radio frequencies needed for weather forecasts, early warning systems, climate monitoring and water management must be safeguarded against the growing threat of interference from emerging technologies, the United Nations said on Monday. Some sensors measure very weak naturally occurring signals at specific frequencies, making protection from harmful interference particularly important. The systems enable observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land, and the transmission of data that supports life-saving early warnings, reliable weather forecasting and long-term climate monitoring. But the UN telecommunications and weather agencies warned on Monday that increasing use of frequencies by other…
The evening’s are growing darker and the urge to hibernate is getting stronger, but thankfully there’s plenty ahead to keep you venturing out into the world. Major new exhibitions in Paris and London focus on two of the world’s most famous impressionist painters, Monet and Renoir, while Tom Cruise stars as an eccentric oil tycoon with a hero complex in Digger. There’s also new music from former The Smiths’ member Johnny Marr, and a crime drama starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a drug dealer-turned-art dealer on a mission to take down some hit men. Keep scrolling to find out more… Exhibitions…
The Labour Party conference enters day two under the shadow of a suspected terror plot at RAF Fairford and whether the Iranians were involved.As Donald Trump offers his account, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the conflicting versions of events, the emerging security concerns around the Gloucestershire airbase and the political reaction. Meanwhile in Liverpool, the chancellor takes centre stage, but why is he keeping a low profile? Sam and Anne discuss the building economic tensions between Number 10 and the Treasury on the approach to the economy, investment and fiscal rules. Plus, with John Healey’s headroom getting squeezed further,…
Aleksander Miszalski, who was recalled in May, had governed Kraków for more than two years. Although he pushed through several reforms that were widely seen in a positive light, including a substantial pay rise for professional foster families and faster procedures for building the metro, residents quickly began to notice his favourable treatment of developers and the resulting chaos in city management. The final straw, however, was the creation of a Clean Transport Zone in the city, which in its original form was set to hit owners of older car models hard in the pocket. Several months after the referendum…
The attack struck the Saltivskyi district at about 4am, destroying apartments on the lower floors. Emergency crews rescued 32 people from the building and searched the damaged floors for anyone still trapped inside. The injured children were aged between three and 15. Two boys, aged eight and 12, were taken to hospital, while the others received treatment at the scene. Several victims were also treated for injuries and acute stress reactions. Rescue workers, police and medical teams continued clearing debris on Monday. Authorities said investigators were trying to determine which weapon had been used. The strike came during a wider…