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Published on 04/08/2026 – 15:09 GMT+2•Updated 17:12 Lebanon and Israel held a fresh round of US-sponsored talks in Rome on Tuesday, with Beirut seeking Israel’s phased withdrawal from the country’s south. Convoys carrying delegations from the two countries arrived in the morning to the US embassy in the Italian capital, where discussions are scheduled to run until Thursday. At negotiations in Washington in June, Israel and Lebanon agreed to a framework deal that involves the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon’s south and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in test…
Russia has made deep changes to its forces under pressure from the war, and many politicians and intelligence officials worry it could be ready to attack a NATO country by the end of the decade. Zaluzhnyi’s unusual rebuke underscores a growing change in the alliance’s relationship with Ukraine. The country has shifted from relying on European military support in the early years of the war to becoming one the continent’s most powerful and technologically advanced militaries — far ahead of Western forces in the mass production of drones, missiles and other key systems. “Ukraine contributes to transatlantic security,” said NATO’s…
The EU stands in “full solidarity” with Spain following the Ceuta migrant crisis, EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said on Tuesday, calling the crisis “a test of our European resilience.” Brunner spoke to reporters after EU interior ministers held an online emergency meeting to discuss the aftermath of a crisis that saw around 70,000 non-EU nationals enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco within 24 hours. The meeting also sought to ease tensions with Spain in the wake of a Europe-wide backlash against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s migration policies. “These past few days were a test of our…
Ukrainian police have released footage showing what they say is a Russian FPV drone pursuing a civilian through a marketplace in the southern city of Kherson. The video shows a man in dark clothing running around a parked vehicle as the remotely piloted drone follows him before detonating its explosive charge. According to Ukrainian police, the 52-year-old man survived the attack but sustained injuries and a concussion. Ukrainian authorities say FPV drones are increasingly being used to target civilians in areas close to the front line.
In a season devoid of hits, it’s been christened by some as the song of the summer. Fenix Flexin’s ‘Rubberz’ combines looping synth beats that recall, somehow, both the neon-lit Miami strip of the 1980s and a Men At Work track with lyrics that swing from bragging about “pocket’s getting thicker” to unrequited love and lost friends. “I can’t sleep through the night Still seein’ your face in the glass Why do you call when you’re short on cash?” Oozing Polaroid-filtered warmth and an inscrutable catchiness, the track has climbed to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and logged…
At the Makerfield by-election, which Labour’s Andy Burnham won shortly before becoming British prime minister, Restore Britain bagged 6.8 percent to Reform’s 34.5 percent. Even though their combined totals wouldn’t have beaten Burnham, Farage lambasted the result, asking Restore voters: “What do you want?” A similar pattern emerged at last week’s Greater Manchester mayoral by-election to succeed Burnham, where Restore picked up 8.7 percent of first preference votes. What’s the latest on a rapprochement? After the Greater Manchester contest, Lowe shot a 12-minute X video calling for the two men to put “personal differences aside” to deliver credible change. Lowe’s…
Three has always been the number associated with ‘charm’, but for Bartłomiej “Foka” Kubkowski’s, it was five, as that is how many attempts it took to swim across the Baltic Sea. On Sunday at around 8 pm local time, the swimmer came ashore at Dziwnów beach in Poland, which was a condition for completing the challenge. In total, he swam 160 km in 55 hours. His feat helped the Cancer Fighters Foundation raise nearly 850,000 zlotys (€197,421) for the fight against cancer, and the fundraising campaign is still ongoing. Several previous attempts to swim across the Baltic Sea ended for…
Qatar says efforts to reach a “short term resolution” between the United States and Iran that would prevent further escalation and restart direct talks are at an advanced stage, with draft language circulating between the two sides through regional mediators. Foreign ministry spokesperson Dr Majed Al Ansari said on Tuesday that Qatar was working with Oman and Pakistan to exchange ideas and proposals between Washington and Tehran and that “the whole region is now working together” by exchanging ideas, to avoid any further escalation and find a resolution. “Our focus right now is avoiding escalation, reopening the strait and reopening…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 8:54 GMT+2 Box office update: It’s official – Spider-Man has overlapped all the Avengers. The new Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has broken the Avengers: Endgame record for the biggest North American opening weekend with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the US and Canada, according to Sony Pictures. Previously, numbers showed that Tom Holland’s fourth solo adventure as Marvel’s famous webslinger just barely missed the 2019 Endgame record of $357 million. Its box office takings of $335m are now projected at a record-setting $360m, making it the biggest debut in box office…
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.…