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Published on 28/07/2026 – 9:26 GMT+2•Updated 9:29 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey continues its global box office domination, pulling more than $650 million worldwide after just two weeks in theatres. The cinematic juggernaut is already the biggest live-action film of the year so far, and is on its way to crossing the coveted $1 billion mark. More impressively, it’s not just driving people to head to the cinemas… Since its release, the film has been responsible for a surge in people heading back to the classics and reading Homer’s ancient poem. There’s a reported 70 per cent increase in UK sales…

And now, the second anniversary of the EU’s landmark AI Act on Sunday is set to trigger sweeping new powers for the European Commission to police how top companies deal with the risks stemming from their most advanced AI models. Europe’s AI Office will have the power to demand that top frontier labs submit to evaluations and grant access to their models, risking major fines if they don’t comply. These regulatory capabilities arrive not a moment too soon after last week’s security incident, where an AI agent, driven by two OpenAI models, hacked into the American AI development platform Hugging…

During the final dress rehearsal for the 65th Israel Festival, four high-wire artists crossed cables suspended above Jerusalem’s Hinnom Valley as spectators watched from below. Staged along the seam between East and West Jerusalem, the performance pays tribute to French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who famously crossed the same valley during the opening of the 1987 festival. The footage follows performer Jonathan Tabachnik and fellow artists as they balance high above the valley, prepare their equipment and step carefully onto the wires. The opening event combines music and aerial performance, revisiting a landmark moment in the festival’s history ahead of…

Spain is expected to break new tourism records this summer, but one in three residents cannot afford to spend a week away from home on holiday. Between June and September, the country expects to receive around 43 million international tourists, 6% more than in the same period of 2025, with spending close to 64 billion euros, according to Turespaña’s forecasts, the agency under the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. The contrast is highlighted by the 2025 Living Conditions Survey from the National Statistics Institute (INE): 32.2% of the population could not afford to go away from home on holiday for…

In Gorton and Denton, where the Greens overturned Labour’s 2024 majority of 13,415 at a by-election in February, campaigners said that opposing “cruel” immigration policies was a vote-winner.  Kerry McCarthy, the Labour MP for Bristol East, a Green target for the next election, said Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms — including changes to indefinite leave to remain —  are a point of contention in her constituency.  The rhetoric coming out of the Home Office “creates a one-way narrative, that we are only about control and are not capable of compassion,” she said.  “It goes to voters’ values,” she warned.…

Picking your favourite beach is incredibly subjective. Maybe the water quality wasn’t the best you’ve ever experienced, but you have a special memory there, like a proposal. Maybe you’d spent the day sweating on a long walking tour of a city, and dipping your feet in the cool waters gave you the relief you so desperately needed. Maybe it’s just your local hang out. Luckily for us, the team at Beach.com have looked at the cold, hard data and come up with a ranking that removes any subjectivity. To create the list of top 25 best beaches in the world,…

The largest wildfire in Spanish history risks becoming a political liability for the center-right People’s Party ahead of a pivotal election next year. Over the past five days, more than 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as massive blazes have torn across the regions of Madrid, Ávila, Toledo and Castellón. With temperatures set to push toward almost 40 degrees Celsius, the prognosis for even greater devastation later this week is grim. While the central government has stepped in to oversee this national crisis, regional authorities have legal responsibility for many of the front-line sectors at the heart…

The Berlin Pride attack has reignited questions over whether Europe is adequately monitoring individuals with a history of radicalisation and terrorism-related convictions who may pose a threat, particularly when suspects move across borders. There is no EU-wide register or official estimate of the number of individuals with established links to terrorism who are being monitored. Europol officials told Euronews that intelligence and security services operate at the national level, with each country applying its own legal definitions, surveillance thresholds and monitoring systems. Suspect on police radar since 2022 The issue has come into focus after German authorities identified the suspect…

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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Wildfires raging across France and Spain have forced more than 300,000 people from their homes and stretched national firefighting services to their limits. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart look at how the EU is helping through its Civil Protection Mechanism and rescEU emergency reserve — and why Brussels says that even dozens more firefighting planes would not be enough without much greater investment in prevention. Then, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Washington amid signs that U.S. President Donald Trump and parts of the MAGA movement may be warming towards Kyiv. But will…