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Published on 09/06/2026 – 18:57 GMT+2•Updated 19:15 Madrid on Monday provided the backdrop for one of the most eagerly anticipated meetings as part of the papal visit: Leo XIV granted a private audience to Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny at the Bernabéu, RTVE (source in Spanish) has confirmed. Although there are no official images for now, it is known that the two of them spoke for a few minutes, taking advantage of their presence in Madrid over the past few days. While Bad Bunny’s now legendary “casita” has been installed for days at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium, where the…
Fast zehn Jahre, rund 100 Milliarden Euro, unzählige Verhandlungsrunden – und nun das Aus: Deutschland und Frankreich ziehen die Reißleine beim Future Combat Air System (FCAS). Verteidigungsminister Pistorius spricht von einem klaren Rückschlag, aber ist das wirklich ein politisches Scheitern – oder ein Versagen der Industrie? Und was kommt jetzt? Rixa Fürsen spricht mit Spiegel-Chefreporter Matthias Gebauer über die Hintergründe des Scheiterns, die Zukunft der deutsch-französischen Rüstungskooperation und die Frage, ob bemannte Kampfjets überhaupt noch zeitgemäß sind. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten…
Published on 09/06/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2•Updated 17:24 Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has spoken out against the European deregulation push being led by Germany and Italy and embraced by the European Commission. “Some will say that to compete, you must deregulate. Those who say that are often the very same people who left the world into the financial crisis with that same regime,” Sánchez told an event organised on Tuesday by his Socialist political colleagues at the European Parliament. “This is not about having more or fewer laws or rules. This is about having good rules and good laws,” he…
The pontiff arrived at Barcelona-El Prat Airport at 12:45 local time after a stay in Madrid and was greeted by cheering worshippers lining the streets around the cathedral. During a midday prayer service, Leo addressed the faithful in both Catalan and Spanish, calling for unity and thanking residents for their patience, joy and commitment to the Christian faith. The visit includes the blessing of the newest tower of the Sagrada Familia Basilica, recognised as the world’s tallest church. The Barcelona programme combines religious ceremonies with public events aimed at engaging local communities. Thousands attended the cathedral gathering, while an evening…
Extreme weather is increasingly impacting travel experiences and decisions, from intense heat changing summer holiday habits and destinations to risks of wildfires driving interest in travel insurance. Now, climate models are predicting the arrival of a ‘super’ El Niño this year. The warming phenomenon in the tropical Pacific shapes global weather patterns, and can power droughts, flooding and heat waves. For travellers, this means being even more prepared to factor climate and weather risks into planning. How extreme weather is changing travel habits The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation now warns there is an 80% chance El Niño develops this summer…
Et si le prochain chef de l’État ne parvenait pas à recueillir de majorité à l’Assemblée ? La tripartition de la vie politique sera-t-elle durable ? Pourquoi les législatives sont-elles déjà dans toutes les têtes dans les états-majors politiques ? Anthony Lattier en discute avec Elisa Bertholomey et Jason Wiels dans Playbook Paris, le podcast de POLITICO.
The European Union’s environmental policy should now be considered a key part of Europe’s defence strategy, Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, said. She noted that many of the environmental concerns felt by the bloc, including the impacts of climate change, pose an existential risk to Europe and its security. “There are a lot of examples. [Like] water, which is not only a resource. We need water for our daily lives; we need it for energy production; we need it for food production. And when water gets scarce, we are in trouble, and…
The order caps months of back-and-forth. After Brussels opened its probe in December and warned in February that it might force Meta’s hand, the company dropped the outright ban in March but started charging rivals a fee to get back on. The EU executive responded that the fee amounted, in practice, to locking out rivals, and moved to interim measures anyway. It is the second time the Commission has used the emergency power in more than two decades. Meta has rejected the case as baseless, arguing that WhatsApp’s business interface was never built to carry AI chatbots and that rivals…
Published on 09/06/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2•Updated 17:27 France has banned Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, becoming the latest Western nation to take direct action against senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition as pressure grows over Israeli settlement policy and violence in the occupied West Bank. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced the move on Tuesday, accusing Smotrich of promoting policies that undermine prospects for a two-state solution. Barrot said the minister “actively promotes the annexation of the West Bank, which he openly claims, the creation of new settlements in the West Bank, the re-colonisation…
Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in half a century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 20,000. Only four people were considered missing on official records in the southern provinces near where the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Monday morning, but the Office of Civil Defence acknowledged several collapsed and heavily damaged buildings must be thoroughly inspected for possible survivors or casualties. The earthquake centred off Mindanao, the second most populous Philippine island, injured nearly…