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G7 nations have urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to stop strikes on Saudi Arabia, in a show of solidarity with Riyadh as the Tehran-backed fighters add a new threat to the Middle East war. The leaders of the G7 nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States said in a statement: “We call on the Houthis to immediately cease all military actions and all threats and attacks against civilian shipping, and to return to the political process in good faith.” They also called on Iran “to end its arming of and support for the Houthis”, alleging…
Public information on how property ownership is distributed in Spain is still insufficient, at least when it comes to residential property in the hands of large landlords, meaning owners or companies with more than 10 homes or 1,500 m² of residential use. The data on the actual shares, held by the national cadastre, anonymise who owns them. In areas such as the rental market, which falls under the remit of Spain’s autonomous communities, this information can be obtained by filing transparency requests to analyse tenants’ deposit payments. This means many types of housing (owner-occupied homes, empty properties, tourist apartments and…
If you want to show some appreciation, flowers or chocolates are a good place to start. But for someone really, really special, you’re going to want to go all out. And as far as going all out goes, we think naming a plane after someone is right up there – which is exactly what you can do if you win this competition from Eurowings. The budget German carrier, which is part of the Lufthansa group, is asking European residents to nominate people “who make a real difference through their kindness, support and appreciation of others” for the honour. “Every Eurowings…
When it is time to draw a card, Cristian M. Amores does not look at anything: he brings his iPhone up to an NFC tag stuck on the card sleeve and waits for VoiceOver to tell him what he has just drawn. He is blind and, since the end of 2020, has been adapting, card by card, the way he plays “Magic: The Gathering”, the collectible card game created by mathematician and PhD Richard Garfield in 1993. Amores shares the whole process under the name Magic Accesible on social network X, and his case is far from unique: from controllers…
The U.N. General Assembly is in full swing over in New York, and the agenda is packed. But perhaps the most pressing item will take place on the sidelines of the gathering, as Denmark, the U.S. and Greenland prepare to sign a security deal. What does the agreement mean for the EU’s big Arctic strategy? And will it be enough to ease months of tension between Donald Trump and the Danish territory? Hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss. Then, we’re heading back to Germany where the fallout from Sunday’s state elections is only getting worse for Chancellor Friedrich Merz.…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 On today’s show: Interview with Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, as Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepare to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Jorge Liboreiro explains why EU ambassadors failed to agree on Russia sanctions before the current regime expires today. Estelle Nilsson-Julien breaks down last night’s meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump. A recent overhaul of the EU’s migration rules allows governments to set up migrant detention centres in countries outside the bloc – but questions remain over…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 7:17 GMT+2 The UK prime minister Andy Burnham is due to meet US President Donald Trump for the first time at a meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York later on Tuesday. Their conversation is likely to be dominated by the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. It’s expected Burnham will urge Trump to provide more interceptor missiles for Ukraine, as well as discuss ways to restore the movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which for the most part have been blocked since the start of the US-Israeli war with…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 US chipmaker AMD has become the latest company to join the $1 trillion (€850bn) valuation club, as investors pile into stocks benefiting from the massive investment boom in artificial intelligence. At around 5:10 p.m. CEST on Monday, AMD shares were up 9.4% at $612 (€520), extending a surge that has added some $200 billion (€170bn) in valuation to the semiconductor company in a week. The California-based group, which has announced ventures with both OpenAI and Anthropic, notched a 50% jump in second-quarter revenues over the year-ago level to $11.5 billion (€9.8bn), thanks to a…
Choosing your next holiday destination can be a complicated decision, given the sheer number of options available. If happiness is your main criterion, then Lisbon is the place to be. According to the Holiday Happiness Index ranking from BookRetreats, the Portuguese capital is the happiest destination in the world. The platform notes that recent studies show that the sense of wellbeing is increasingly a priority when people decide where to travel. The study looked at 47 destinations across the globe, assessing factors such as exposure to sunlight, how easy it is to get around on foot and the exercise visitors…
But a readout of the call between the two leaders said the EU and the Philippines were only “about to conclude talks on a Free Trade Agreement,” indicating that further negotiations would be needed to finalize the deal. In a separate statement, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Philippine Minister for Trade and Industry Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque said they had reached “substantial agreement” that would set the deal “on a clear path towards its formal conclusion in the coming months.” There was some confusion on Monday when Šefčovič skipped a planned visit to Manila and instead held what the Commission…