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“We have hosted today, I would say, good and constructive talks — necessary after events of the last week,” Støre told reporters after the meeting. “Steve Witkoff will fly tomorrow to St. Petersburg where he will be meeting with Russian leadership and exchange ideas from this meeting and the proposals that have been worked on by European and American colleagues, and possibly pave the way for a meeting at leaders’ level.” Previous attempts to get Putin to meet Zelenskyy in person have fallen flat, with the Kremlin recently insisting a meeting could only take place in Moscow. Zelenskyy told the press…
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By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews with AP Published on 20/10/2026 – 20:10 GMT+2•Updated 20:44 Shortly before the investment summit in Berlin, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang delivered a sharp slap in the face to Germany. He said it pains him to see how far this economically advanced country has fallen behind. And the 63-year-old CEO of the world’s most valuable company gave what he sees as left-behind Germany some blunt advice: “Just get to work!” (“Just get on with your work!”) Yet Jensen Huang evidently still believes in Germany, because at a fireside chat with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, a crucial AI deal was agreed, according to…
The British government is also lobbying to be included in the EU’s Made in Europe policies, which give Brussels-made products preferential treatment in certain procurement projects. U.K. Trade Minister Anas Sarwar told POLITICO on the sidelines of the German-British Business Summit at Mansion House last week that “the more that the U.K. and the EU work together and act in lockstep, the better it is for both the U.K. and the European Union.” “The automotive sector and partnership remain strong, but do we have to grapple with the challenge that comes from rapid expansion in China? Of course we do,”…
Published on 20/10/2026 – 19:35 GMT+2 French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Doha on Tuesday for a state visit and talks with Qatar’s emir, after securing pledges of additional energy supplies from Gulf partners during his regional tour. Macron was received at Hamad International Airport by Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, after fighter jets escorted his plane on arrival as part of state visit honours. His visit follows stops in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain. In a speech to the French nation on Sunday after a weekend of violent protests…
BRUSSELS — The European Union is beefing up its presence in the Arctic to catch up with neighboring powers carving new trade lanes and drilling for resources under the melting ice. On Tuesday, the EU unveiled a new plan called Northern Neighborhood. It’s meant to prepare for rising military and commercial activity in the north driven by climate change, and calls for new transport, research and security infrastructure in the region. “The Arctic is one place where the tectonic plates of geopolitics are colliding. And it’s not someone else’s frontier. It’s part of the European Union,” Commission President Ursula von…
By Euronews Persian Published on 20/10/2026 – 18:34 GMT+2 Iran’s IRGC said two oil tankers struck mines the elite paramilitary had laid in the Strait of Hormuz, setting both vessels ablaze, as Tehran threatened further attacks on shipping and cutting undersea cables while promising to unveil new weapons in its arsenal. The IRGC said in a statement that the tankers tried to use what Iran unilaterally designates an unauthorised route through the strait’s southern section, near the Omani coast. “With the explosion of mines laid by the IRGC Navy in the illegal passage south of the Strait of Hormuz, two offending…
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In a rare public appearance, Qatar’s head of the Intelligence and Security Authority Brigadier General Khalid Mohammed Al-Nuaimi revealed how Qatar took the dramatic decision to redeploy its entire defensive systems in just six hours to counter Iran’s war threats. Addressing the Global Security Forum in Doha on Tuesday, Al-Nuaimi said the redeployment was “unprecedented and successful”, based on eight months of adapting Qatar’s forces, defence capabilities, and military doctrine, which had been built for a totally different threat landscape. When asked about Qatar’s response to countering drones during the war, Qatar’s head of Intelligence replied that the six-hour…
Some of the world’s leading scientific minds are gathering in Tenerife to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Starmus Festival, that’s devoted to science and music. Under the theme ‘The Search for Truth’, the week-long event brings together Nobel prize-winners, astronauts, conservationists and artists, such as Queen guitarist Brian May and keyboardist Rick Wakeman to discuss and share ideas on the value of studying science. The festival also strives to bring into the mix key figures from pop culture who have successfully communicated about science in their art.