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Das Interview mit Björn Höcke im Podcast „ungeskriptet by Ben“ erreicht Millionen. Aber kritische Nachfragen fehlen. Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler über die Stellen, an denen man hätte einhaken müssen: von Höckes familiärer Prägung durch Propaganda von Holocaust-Leugnern über geschichtsrevisionistische Zahlen bis hin zu seiner Freundschaft mit militanten Neonazis. Das Buch ⁠„Höcke – Ein Rechtsextremist auf dem Weg zur Macht. Die AfD und ihr gefährlichster Vordenker“ von Frederik Schindler ist im Verlag Herder erschienen⁠. Die AfD und der „kleine Mann“. Die Partei präsentiert sich als Anwalt der Schwachen, doch ein Blick in die aktuellen Konzepte zur Grundsicherung zeigt ein…

Published on 06/05/2026 – 15:48 GMT+2•Updated 16:08 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Wednesday that Hungary had returned cash and gold seized from employees of a state-owned Ukrainian bank in March amid a political spat. “An important step in relations with Hungary – today, the funds and valuables of Oschadbank that were seized by Hungarian special services in March of this year were returned,” Zelenskyy said in a statement on social media. “I am grateful to Hungary for its constructive approach and civilized step. I thank everyone on Ukraine’s team who fought for a fair decision and defended the interests of…

“Lots of people feel very strongly, both about their local services as they should do and feel equally strongly about the fact that there’s a reprehensible genocide happening,” he said. The extra scrutiny facing the Greens in recent days does appear to be having an impact — and not in the direction Polanski wants. A YouGov poll published Wednesday of 2,377 British adults conducted on May 4 and 5 found 47 percent had an unfavorable view of Polanski — his worst rating since becoming leader, and up eight points from 39 percent in a previous poll on April 28 and…

European Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu said in an interview with Euronews on Wednesday that she is committed to eliminating poverty in the EU within 25 years. Her comments followed the Commission’s presentation of its first-ever anti-poverty strategy, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and social exclusion by 2050 through non-binding recommendations and best practice guidelines for member states. The strategy comes amid alarming statistics: around 92,7 million people are today at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the 27 EU countries, almost one out of five Europeans. Mînzatu acknowledged that the strategy’s objective is highly ambitious, noting that the…

Ted Turner, the outspoken entrepreneur who transformed the news business with the creation of CNN, died on Wednesday at the age of 87. The news was reported by CNN itself, citing a news release from Turner Enterprises. Turner, a US entrepreneur also known as a yachting enthusiast and philanthropist whose empire also included sports clubs, had been suffering from the degenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia. He owned professional sports teams in Atlanta, defended the America’s Cup in yachting in 1977 and donated $1 billion to United Nations charities. He married three women — most famously actress Jane Fonda — and…

Legendary rockers The Rolling Stones have announced the release date of their new album ‘Foreign Tongues’ and confirmed that it will feature guest appearances from the likes of Paul McCartney and The Cure’s Robert Smith. The rock veterans’ 25th studio album – the follow up to 2023’s ‘Hackney Diamonds’ – has been teased by the energetic single ‘Rough and Twisted’ and rather catchy ‘In The Stars’. It comes out on 10 July… and we need to talk about the album artwork. It’s a cartoonish Photo-fit / slide puzzle collage of the faces of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood,…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Hungary has returned millions in cash and gold seized from a Ukrainian state bank convoy earlier this year. The release of the funds is a fresh sign that the countries’ relationship has mellowed since Hungarians voted out Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, with his successor Péter Magyar also working hard to improve relations with Brussels to unlock European Union funds. “An important step in relations with Hungary,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, announcing that €35 million, $40 million and 9 kilograms of gold belonging to Ukraine’s state-owned Oschadbank had been handed back. In a separate…

Published on 06/05/2026 – 16:28 GMT+2 France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea in preparation for a potential mission as part of a French-British plan for the Strait of Hormuz, the French armed forces said on Wednesday. The southward repositioning of the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle and its escorts is the latest stage of a Middle East deployment first announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in a televised address on 3 March, the day before Iran closed the critical strait. The move south of Suez puts France’s only carrier closer…

Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship anchored off Cape Verde on Wednesday, 6. May 2026. The Dutch-flagged vessel, carrying 149 people (88 passengers and 61 crew members), has been barred from docking in Praia as a precaution and remains offshore awaiting transfer to Spain’s Canary Islands. The World Health Organization said eight cases have been recorded, including three confirmed and three deaths. The evacuees, including a British, a Dutch and a German national, were transferred to specialised hospitals, highlighting concerns over infectious disease management at sea. The ship had departed Argentina on…

Spain’s diverse coastline of almost 8,000 kilometres isn’t short of beautiful beaches, but this year it’s the high eco-standards and safety that sets them apart. This week, the Blue Flag International Jury has awarded Spain a record 677 flags for its beaches, alongside 111 for marinas and six for tourism boats. At a staggering 794 in total, 44 more than in 2025, the Mediterranean country edges above Greece which received a total of 657 and Türkiye which received 625. Spain’s 677 Blue Flag beaches account for 15% of all Blue Flag beaches worldwide. As many as 713 beach entries were…