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Andrés Hurtado didn’t go to Seville looking for art. He was there for a short break, and on Saturday, at around 4.30 p.m., in the kind of unforgiving heat that gives no respite, he came across something lying on the pavement that caught his eye for the least artistic of reasons: the frame. “I saw some lads dumping a picture in the street.” And he thought: “What a cool frame.” “To be honest, I didn’t even look at the painting, I just took it up to the hotel with me,” he told the EFE news agency. He carried it off,…
Die AfD rüstet sich für ihren Bundesparteitag am Wochenende, der von massiven Protesten und bis zu 50.000 erwarteten Gegendemonstranten begleitet wird. Die Doppelspitze aus Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla tritt zwar ohne Gegenkandidaten an, muss aber aufgrund interner Machtkämpfe in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Baden-Württemberg und Sachsen mit Dämpfern bei der Wiederwahl rechnen. Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler berichten über die Gründe, warum die beiden Parteichefs teils den Unmut von Landesverbänden auf sich gezogen haben. Dazu blicken die beiden auf zwei wichtige Personalien bei den Wahlen zum Bundesvorstand auf dem Parteitag, und sie sprechen über einen Antrag von Björn Höcke und anderen,…
Updated: 01/07/2026 – 15:06 GMT+2 Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne, said the country’s six-month EU presidency will be a “generational moment” with key priorities, including opening more negotiation clusters with Ukraine and strengthening the EU’s economy. … More
Published on 01/07/2026 – 15:04 GMT+2 Mourners gathered in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday to bury 14 schoolchildren who were killed when the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed late on Tuesday. Police are investigating whether negligence during ongoing construction work caused the collapse that left another eight children hospitalised in stable condition. Residents and preliminary police findings indicate the tutoring centre was operating in an ageing building. Investigators believe the unfinished roof of the second floor may have collapsed because of poor construction. At least two people, including the building owner, were arrested as investigators tried to…
Indie distributor Neon has acquired “Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s starry drama about Sam Altman and OpenAI, after Amazon MGM Studios abruptly dropped the nearly finished film earlier this month. The decision is widely being read as fallout from Amazon’s new $50 billion (€46bn) partnership with the AI company. Artificial stars Andrew Garfield as Altman, with Monica Barbaro as former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, Yura Borisov as co-founder Ilya Sutskever and Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk. Written by SNL alumnus Simon Rich, the film has been billed as “The Social Network” for the AI era — a nod to David…
Europe’s airports and airlines have issued an urgent appeal to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, warning that the rollout of the Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) has reached a “critical point” and is causing severe disruption for millions of travellers during the peak summer season. In an open letter published on 1 July, aviation organisations ACI EUROPE, Airlines for Europe (A4E) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged Brussels to allow Member States to temporarily suspend the digital border system whenever passenger volumes exceed operational capacity. “Today we have reached a critical point,” the organisations wrote. “The current…
“This decision is not a neutral one,” Retailleau told French broadcaster CNEWS. “It is not normal from a democratic standpoint.” Retailleau argued that the May Day festivities, which are generally marked by union demonstrations across France, would play into the hands of the left — especially if the protests turn violent. This year’s demonstrations resulted in 15 arrests, while 72 protesters were detained in clashes with police in 2025. “We can clearly see that May Day — today — rarely passes calmly, so there’s always a build-up of tension, sometimes leading to outbursts,” Retailleau said. “Can you imagine the eve…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 14:24 GMT+2 Several people have died after a fire broke out at an apartment block in Antwerp on Wednesday, Belgian police said. A report came in of a blaze on the eighth floor of a building in the city’s Linkeroever neighborhood at 9:53 am, Antwerp police said in a statement. Video footage circulating on social media appears to show the fire, with plumes of black smoke billowing from a balcony. Police and firefighters were dispatched to the scene along with a drone crew. “The building has a total of ten floors and is home to more…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 13:08 GMT+2 The belief that The Simpsons can predict the future has become something of a pop culture phenomenon over the years. Frequently cited successful predictions include foretelling the Donald Trump presidency, the censorship of Michaelangelo’s David, Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, and the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal. There were even viral posts this year suggesting that the show had warned viewers about Epstein island as far back as 2000. Now, a viral claim circulating on social media alleges that The Simpsons predicted the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in a 1997 episode…
French daily Le Monde, which first reported the raids, said they were connected to the allegations of financial wrongdoing leveled against the Identity and Democracy group. A high-ranking National Rally official, granted anonymity to speak candidly about the ongoing probe, said the searches were conducted in connection with the European prosecutor’s investigation. Bardella, 30, is leading opinion polls in next year’s French presidential election. Whether he runs will depend on whether Marine Le Pen, the far-right party’s candidate in the past three presidential elections, can successfully appeal her conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds and her five-year ban on running…