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Around 6,000 members of Italy’s armed forces and security services marched through Rome on Saturday, demanding higher pay, better pensions and stronger workplace protections. The demonstration brought together representatives of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza in the first joint protest organised by the country’s main defence and security unions. The rally came just days after the government renewed the collective agreement covering around 430,000 military and security personnel. The deal includes a gross monthly pay rise of €188 and a one-off back payment of €2,448, as well as a commitment to open talks on pension…
Published on 19/07/2026 – 14:31 GMT+2•Updated 15:25 At least five people have been killed and ten others were left injured after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Peru. The quake hit on Saturday night, with its epicentre near the town of Chupaca in the Andean region of Junín, at a depth of 24 kilometres. Seventeen minutes later, a magnitude 3.7 aftershock struck the same area. Authorities say its intensity was much lower than the main quake, which was felt moderately in Chupaca. Officials are continuing to assess the damage. The worst damage was reported in the district of Chongos Bajo,…
Published on 19/07/2026 – 14:41 GMT+2 French football legend Zinedine Zidane is set to become the next head coach of France, according to French sports daily L’Équipe. The newspaper revealed the news ahead of Sunday’s World Cup third-place play-off, in which France lost 6-4 to England. According to the report, Zidane will officially take over on 1 September, replacing Didier Deschamps. The French Football Federation has not yet confirmed the appointment, but its president, Philippe Diallo, has said an announcement will be made before the end of the month. French newspaper Le Parisien also reports that Zidane has already begun…
Within the space of a year, more than 288,000 German citizens have moved abroad. This is confirmed by data from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (source in German) (Destatis). A recent survey commissioned by the job platform Indeed suggests that the trend is continuing: since 2020, the number of searches for international job offers has more than doubled. Plans to move abroad are particularly widespread among top earners. More than one in two respondents with a household net income of at least 6,000 euros (54 percent) said that in the past twelve months they had applied for jobs abroad or sounded…
Acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called it the largest ballistic attack of the war. Ukraine’s air force put it lower, saying it was one of the largest and the fourth strike of comparable size on Kyiv in the past five weeks. It said it shot down 18 of the 41 missiles and downed nearly all of those on a ballistic trajectory. The strikes damaged residential buildings, a supermarket and a dormitory in the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At least one person in Kyiv was killed in the attack and 15 wounded, Ukrainian officials said. Russia’s defense ministry said…
Published on 19/07/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2 Two major wildfires remain active in north-eastern and central Spain, with emergency services focusing on a blaze near La Mierla in Guadalajara province and another near Orés in Zaragoza province. Together, they are already among the country’s most destructive fires this year. The fire near La Mierla, around 100 kilometres north-east of Madrid, began on Thursday and has burned almost 9,900 hectares, according to the latest official figures. During the early hours of Sunday, firefighters concentrated on two areas. Crews directly attacked the southern edge of the blaze near Gascueña de Bornova, while others…
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarising internet personalities, were arrested in Miami on Saturday as British authorities sought their extradition on charges of rape and sex trafficking. The brothers were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service under a sealed arrest warrant, agency spokesperson Brady McCarron told the Associated Press, putting the United States at the heart of an international legal saga stretching from Romania to the United Kingdom. British prosecutors announced on Saturday that they were seeking the brothers’ extradition…
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Sunday that it will prosecute Andrew Tate, 39, on new counts of rape along with charges of trafficking for sexual exploitation, assault and offenses relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. Tristan Tate, 38, faces new counts of rape, sexual assault and trafficking for sexual exploitation. The 38 new charges come on top of 21 the brothers already face in Britain, and bring the total number of alleged victims to seven. They relate to alleged offenses between July 2010 and August 2017, the CPS said. “They have been arrested and…
Florence Gaub vom NATO Defense College in Rom und Gordon Repinski analysieren den jüngsten NATO-Gipfel und die ständige Krisenbewältigung des Verteidigungsbündnisses. Sie blicken auf die Ukraine, die den Krieg zunehmend auf russisches Territorium verlagert und Moskaus Strategie unter Druck setzt. Am Ende könnte ein instabiler Frieden stehen, während Russland längst bis ins Jahr 2050 plant. Die beiden diskutieren zudem, wo die nächsten großen geopolitischen Konflikte lauern könnten. Statt eines Angriffs auf Polen oder das Baltikum sieht Gaub eine massive Bedrohung durch die russische Militarisierung der Arktis und des Weltalls. Der Klimawandel und schmelzendes Eis eröffnen im Norden ganz neue strategische…
Europe’s housing market regained momentum in 2025, even as property prices continued to climb across most of the continent. Belgium and Austria were among the countries recording annual sales growth of more than 20%. Real estate is the main source of household wealth in the eurozone, according to the European Central Bank. While most buyers purchase a home to live in, others see property as an investment. Eurostat data shows wide differences in market performance, with annual changes in sales ranging from a 4.1% decline in Croatia to a 29.9% increase in Slovenia. “Residential property transactions are mainly influenced by…