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Published on 13/09/2026 – 17:20 GMT+2•Updated 17:21 In a landmark year marking its twentieth edition, MOTELX once again gave Lisbon audiences a fright with the best and most diverse horror cinema from different latitudes and styles, bidding farewell on Saturday night to an already loyal public with the crowning of an imaginative short about Portugal’s Estado Novo and two Nordic films. The MOTELX Award – Best Portuguese Horror Short 2026, the largest cash prize for national short films, worth €5,000, was presented to “A Hora do Chico!”, by João Severo and Rafael Sá Carneiro. The jury, made up of Fernando…
Trump said officials from his administration had asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop drone and missile attacks on any Russian sites that produce diesel. “Mr Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump said during a pause on his tour of his Doonbeg golf course on Ireland’s west coast. “Let him go after targets but not diesel fuel, because he’s causing a shortage of diesel fuel.” The U.S. leader maintained that the conflict Washington initiated with Iran more than six months ago is not to blame for the shortfall. “This…
Published on 13/09/2026 – 11:53 GMT+2•Updated 12:26 Russia launched over 450 drones across Ukraine in overnight attacks, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, while Kyiv struck oil refineries in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to Russian authorities. Russia launched 453 drones of various types across Ukraine, 409 of which were neutralised by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. However, 13 locations were struck. Multiple attacks on the city of Stryi, in the Lviv region, which borders Poland, left a multi-storey residential building, an outbuilding near a school and buildings near a railway station damaged after being struck by Russian drones. In the city of Izyum, a…
Since the start of the 2026/27 school year on 1 September, female pupils in Austria under the age of 14 have been prohibited from wearing any headscarf at school that “covers the head in line with Islamic traditions.” Teachers’ representatives say the new rule has generally been implemented calmly and respectfully. At the same time, some schools have reported conflicts and, in some cases, aggressive reactions. The new law was already controversial before it came into force, with critics questioning whether it was compatible with freedom of religion and the principle of equality. In 2020, Austria’s Constitutional Court (VfGH) overturned…
By Tomasz Lezon & Euronews Published on 13/09/2026 – 13:16 GMT+2•Updated 15:45 A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train two kilometres from the Polish border on Sunday, Ukraine’s state-owned rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) said. The attack reportedly took place in Ukraine’s Volyn region. There are not believed to have been any casualties from the incident. “For the second day in a row, the enemy has been attacking the railways. Today in the Volyn region, two km from the border with Poland, the enemy struck the locomotive of a passenger train,” Ukrzaliznytsia said on Telegram. A tragedy was apparently averted…
In her stronghold in northern France, Marine Le Pen will deliver her first campaign speech this Sunday. The far-right candidate for 2027 is relaunching her campaign in Hénin-Beaumont, after a gathering of her party’s MPs in Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais) on Saturday. Leading the polls, she is credited with 34% of first-round voting intentions in every scenario, according to a survey carried out on 8 and 9 September by OpinionWay for Les Échos. Yet the past few weeks have been marked by a series of mishaps, against a backdrop of alleged friction with the party’s president, Jordan Bardella, including controversy over…
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday during the BRICS summit in India, weeks after the UAE announced a suspension of trade and financial dealings with Tehran. The talks mark the countries’ highest-level meeting since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, as the UAE has been making it clear through presidential diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash that “trust is the mountain we will have to climb,” as “geography leaves us no alternative to engagement,” but that those relations will need to be judged by actions and not…
AFP reported that the U.S. State Department responded positively to the apology. “We take note of France’s statement and appreciate it; we look forward to collaborating with them to promote our common values and interests,” a State Department official told AFP on condition of anonymity. The appointment of French diplomat Aurélien Lechevallier as ambassador to the U.S. was blocked by Washington as a result of the spat, France24 reports. The dispute began in July when the French mission to the U.N. in Geneva posted on X that “The U.S. used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore.” This…
Next Saturday, when Munich Mayor Dominik Krause taps the first beer barrel on the city’s Theresienwiese, the famous cry of “O’zapft is” will ring out once again as Oktoberfest 2026 kicks off. From Saturday, 19 September to Sunday, 4 October, more than six million visitors are expected at Oktoberfest, Germany’s world-renowned folk and beer festival. But attendees will have to keep some important rules in mind. Cannabis Munich’s Oktoberfest is a cannabis-free zone. Back in July 2024, the Bavarian state parliament passed the “Bayerische Cannabisfolgenbegrenzungsgesetz,” banning the consumption of cannabis in certain places. Anyone caught smoking cannabis on the festival…