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By Ekbal Zein & Euronews Published on 29/10/2025 – 17:48 GMT+1 Paramilitary forces in Sudan have allegedly killed 460 people at a maternity hospital in the city of el-Fasher, the director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. In a statement, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed horror at reports that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had slaughtered hundreds at the Saudi Maternity Hospital after capturing the capital of North Darfur province over the weekend. The WHO was “appalled and deeply shocked” by the development, he said. The Sudan Doctors Network, a medical group tracking the war, accused RSF fighters of “cold-bloodedly” killing…
One is an Algerian man who had booked a one-way ticket back to his home country. He was arrested at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Saturday. The other is a French national who had already been sentenced for theft in 2008 and 2014 and is set to be tried in November in a third case. He was arrested at home, Beccuau said. Formal charges are expected to be unveiled later Wednesday, a justice ministry official said. They could be charged with organized theft, a crime which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Beccuau said investigators had confirmed…
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Les dépenses de lobbying sont concentrées entre les mains des géants de la tech, principalement américains, selon l’étude de Corporate Europe Observatory et LobbyControl, deux ONG spécialisées sur les actions d’influence des entreprises. Les 10 entreprises du numérique qui dépensent le plus — parmi lesquelles Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm et Google — ont dépensé plus que les 10 premières entreprises des secteurs pharmaceutique, financier et automobile réunis. Amazon, Microsoft et Meta ont “nettement” augmenté leurs dépenses depuis 2023, de plus de 4 millions d’euros pour Amazon et de 2 millions pour Microsoft et Meta, selon l’étude. L’organisation professionnelle Digital…
Two suspects in the jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris have “partially” admitted their participation and are believed to be the men who forced their way into the world’s most visited museum, a Paris prosecutor said on Wednesday. Laure Beccuau told reporters at a news conference that the two face preliminary charges of theft committed by an organised gang and criminal conspiracy and are expected to be held in provisional detention. She did not give details about their comments. It took thieves less than eight minutes to steal the jewels valued at €88 million on 19 October after they…
The newly-written law states that “any non-consensual sexual act … constitutes sexual assault.” Consent must be “free and informed,” given for one specific act prior to it taking place, and it must be “revocable,” it adds. Crucially, it is explicitly stated that consent cannot be “inferred solely from the victim’s silence or lack of reaction.” Véronique Riotton, a centrist lawmaker who coauthored the bill and wrote a report on the issue in 2023, told POLITICO that the bill’s passage was a “positive moment” proving that parliament could still move forward on major issues despite the political gridlock currently crippling France.…
Published on 29/10/2025 – 18:06 GMT+1 Russia has conducted a successful test of a new nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, known as Poseidon, President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday. Describing it as a new weapon “which cannot be intercepted,” Putin said the drone has already been dubbed a “doomsday machine”. Speaking at a Moscow hospital where he met the soldiers wounded in Russia’s war against Ukraine, Putin said the Poseidon drone was tried while running on nuclear power for the first time on Tuesday. He also described it as having “unmatched in speed and depth”. The Russian president said the…
Während Kanzler Friedrich Merz in Ankara landet, richtet sich der Blick in dieser Sonderfolge des Berlin Playbook Updates nach Südosten: Auf den Westbalkan, wo Europa für viele kein vergangener Traum, sondern Zukunft bleibt. Gordon Repinski trifft die Präsidentin des Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, und den albanischen Premierminister Edi Rama – zwei Politiker, die zeigen, dass der europäische Gedanke lebt. Osmani spricht über Kosovos Wunsch nach NATO-Mitgliedschaft und wirft Serbien vor, sich politisch an Russland anzulehnen. Rama erklärt, wie Albanien mit künstlicher Intelligenz Korruption bekämpft – und warum seine digitale Ministerin „Diella“ Symbol einer neuen politischen Kultur ist. Zwei Länder, zwei Wege…
Published on 29/10/2025 – 16:14 GMT+1 North Korea has carried out a successful cruise missile test, its state media has said, as US President Donald Trump visited South Korea for trade talks. Pyongyang fired sea-to-surface missiles, which flew for two hours and hit targets in its western waters on Tuesday, according to the country’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Pak Jong-chon, North Korea’s vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, described it as an important success in its mission to “ceaselessly toughen the nuclear combat posture”. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Seoul and Washington were analysing the…
An agreement designed to further liberalise trade between the EU and Kyiv came into force on Wednesday. It will replace the deal in place since 2016, by expanding tariff-free access for Ukrainian goods and services. However the new agreement has become a political headache for the European Commission, as Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are not lifting bans on Ukrainian agricultural imports. “We are engaging with all the parties to try to find solutions,” Commission deputy chief spokesperson Ariana Podesta said on Tuesday. “We believe (the agreement) is a stable, fair framework, that can be reliable both for the EU and…