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On Friday, the first day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV drew huge crowds. According to the Vatican, 300 000 people cheered the pontiff as he passed through the streets of Paris in his popemobile. A little later, 80 000 young people attended a vigil at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. On Saturday, nearly 600 000 worshippers are expected for the Pope’s giant mass on Place de la Concorde, starting at 3 p.m. Among them, Karine, a Parisian, told Euronews: “I am very happy to be here today, to share this wonderful energy we all have together…
The Azerbaijan International Investment Forum (AIIF) completes a full week of high-level events in Baku, which include the Baku Security Forum, where over 100 countries attended to discuss new-age threats and Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which has seen the city transform into the biggest motorsport event of the year. It is one of the busiest weeks in the country’s calendar, and many industries are reaping the rewards. The week concluded with a shift in focus to international finance and investment as the Second Azerbaijan International Investment Forum opened on 25 September at the Baku Convention Centre. The two-day event…
But Germany’s Wadephul struck a more optimistic tone during a press conference with his Canadian counterpart in Ottawa. The invitation “will be a litmus test really, also for Vladimir Putin to negotiate. So these kind of opportunities, one would have to take advantage of,” he said. “Repeatedly we have asked the Russian government and Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiation table. And if it is a possibility, then perhaps it would be at least a start to serious negotiations.” He then added that the prerequisite for a meaningful conversation would be for a ceasefire to be in place during…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Friday said his country is offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and resume talks on its nuclear program in exchange for concessions from Washington. Those would include lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil sales and a ceasefire that would include Lebanon, Araghchi told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to an AP report. “The seven-day timeline will start as soon as the United States accepts this plan,” he said on Friday, adding that Iran had conveyed its offer…
US intelligence services have shared a report with several European countries pointing to a possible Russian operation using drones against targets in Spain, France or Italy, according to Spanish media. The information was first revealed by journalist Xavier Colás — a former Russia correspondent — in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. It traces the origin of the alert to CIA director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow last August, and sets out a very specific attack scenario: drones launched from merchant vessels disguised as ordinary commercial traffic. In response to a question from Euronews about the risk of α Russian attack,…
Published on 26/09/2026 – 11:28 GMT+2•Updated 11:31 At least six people were killed and multiple people were injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over the past day, according to local authorities. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine, two women died and seven people were injured following attacks on the region, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Saturday morning. “A total of 86 reports were received of damage to infrastructure, residential buildings, and vehicles,” he wrote in a post on Telegram. Two people were also killed and eight were injured in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, governor Vadym Filashkin said, with 1,121…
Published on 26/09/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2 Pope Leo XIV is set to travel to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday as part of his official visit to France this week. Nestled in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border, the small town of Lourdes draws millions of pilgrims every year. Here is everything you need to know about the pope’s visit, the town, and the shrine. Leo XIV will be the first pontiff to set foot in Lourdes since Benedict XVI, who visited in September 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin’s apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous.…
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Some projects defy the passage of time. And then there is the Sagrada Família. In the heart of Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece has been under construction for more than 140 years. That prospect did not seem to trouble the architect, who was fond of saying, “My client is not in a hurry” — a reference to God. This year, however, after accidents, delays, a pandemic and countless other setbacks, the basilica could finally emerge from its now-familiar scaffolding. The moment coincides with two remarkable milestones: the centenary of Gaudí’s death, after he was struck by a tram in 1926, and…