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Published on 04/02/2026 – 6:14 GMT+1 Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that he has instructed Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States in what is the first clear sign Tehran wants to negotiate as tensions remain high with Washington. Tensions between the two spiked after Trump threatened to militarily intervene in Iran amid the government’s brutal crackdown on protesters in major anti-government demonstrations. Thousands have reportedly been killed in the repression. The announcement came as a US Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone approaching a US aircraft carrier in…
On Wednesday the group of 32 lawmakers asked the European Commission, in charge of enforcing the EU’s platform rules on TikTok to open another investigation into the platform to verify if it is “causing a systemic risk” to freedom of expression and civic discourse. “Users have reported issues with uploading videos, reduced reach, and unusually low view counts, for content that mention the words Epstein, ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and Minnesota” and some of the signatories “can personally attest that the same episodes — glitches and frozen videos” also happened in Berlin and Brussels, the MEPs said. A…
The fatal shootings of two Minneapolis residents, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, by agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have sparked outrage far beyond the United States amid criticism that the agents used disproportionate force. That anger intensified when Italian authorities confirmed that ICE personnel would be present in Italy during the Winter Olympics in Milan–Cortina, set to begin on Friday — prompting many to ask: can ICE even operate on foreign soil? Experts point out that ICE’s main criminal investigative branch, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), has long operated overseas and can’t conduct any operation without the…
Published on 04/02/2026 – 6:45 GMT+1 The United States have reached an agreement with Mexico under which Mexico would send a minimum amount of water annually to the US. The deal comes after US President Donald Trump threatened Mexico with 5% tariffs on Mexican imports if it did not deliver more water and follows months of negotiations. Under the new deal, Mexico will send at least 350,000 acre-feet (43,172 hectare-metres) of water to the US each year, during the five-year cycle. An acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one acre (0.4 hectare) of land at a depth…
However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the truce began last Friday, a day after Trump announced he reached a deal with Putin not to bomb Ukraine for a week, as freezing temperatures were coming. The pause was also supposedly tied to ongoing U.S.-led peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, which resumed Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. “We await the reaction of America to the Russian strikes,” Zelenskyy said in a Tuesday evening statement. “It was the U.S. proposal to halt strikes on energy during diplomacy and severe winter weather. The president of the United States made the request personally. Russia responded…
Tech billionaire and X owner Elon Musk blasted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, calling him a “tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain” in response to Madrid’s plans to roll out new measures aimed at regulating digital platforms and protecting minors. Musk reacted to a video in which Sánchez announced a new legislative package that will include laws aimed at holding social media executives accountable for failing to properly police their platforms. The new laws are also set to ban under-16s from accessing social media, as Madrid expressed its concern with the rise of hateful and incendiary speech plaguing…
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LONDON, 4 February 2026 – High Trail Wealth, a global family office based in London, announced a multi-country philanthropic initiative designed to strengthen education systems and reduce poverty across the Western Balkans. The initiative will focus on expanding access to quality schooling, early childhood education and skills development for children and youth in communities facing persistent socio-economic hardship. This commitment is driven by one of the firm’s core families with deep heritage in the region, reflecting High Trail Wealth’s role in helping clients direct capital back to their roots. The programme was inspired by their first-hand experience of growing up…
Published on 04/02/2026 – 11:00 GMT+1 They say you never forget your first love. And looking at recent headlines, it seems the EU and the UK are considering getting back together. Or at least, becoming friends with benefits. But what benefits are we actually talking about? First, the done deal: Erasmus is back. Starting in 2027, British students can once again study at EU universities, and vice versa. It is a massive U-turn. The UK government agreed to pay around €650 million a year to rejoin. Second, the stuck deal: defence. The plan was for the UK to join SAFE,…
By Euronews Published on 04/02/2026 – 10:55 GMT+1 At least 15 people were killed Tuesday night after a coast guard vessel collided with a speedboat carrying migrants in the sea off the Greek island of Chios. Out of the 25 people that were rescued, 24 including 11 children were hospitalised on the eastern Aegean island near Turkey. One of the people rescued later died. Two coast guard officers were also lightly injured, the coast guard said. It is unclear how many people were on the speedboat at the time of the incident, as the search for those missing continued on Wednesday.…