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Published on 15/10/2026 – 9:40 GMT+2 Sally Rooney, the celebrated and best-selling Irish author behind “Conversations With Friends”, “Normal People” and “Intermezzo”, has said that she can no longer sell books in the UK. Rooney said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale because of her public support for the organisation Palestine Action, meaning she could no longer receive royalties from UK sales. Rooney’s publisher Faber said: “Current legislation in the UK has led to circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney for her work. To sell a writer’s work and not be…
Is Reform facing another growing crisis over alleged racist, sexist and violent language within its ranks? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy assess what the latest claims within an ITV News undercover investigation mean for Nigel Farage and whether more damaging revelations are still to come. Reform says there is “no room for racism” within the party. Elsewhere, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Donald Trump is putting lives at risk by cutting Ukraine’s access to Starlink, a vital satellite technology. If the US can switch off critical military technology, how safe is Britain’s growing reliance on Elon Musk’s satellite networks? Plus, is the…
The EU’s High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, has defended Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries as a legitimate means of ending Russia’s war of aggression, saying the quickest way to stop them is to end the war. “If we look at international law, it is clear that [hitting refineries] is in defence of Ukraine because that is where the funding comes from for this war to kill Ukrainian people every day,” she told Euronews in an exclusive interview. The remarks come after US President Donald Trump announced a deal for Russia…
Published on 15/10/2026 – 8:58 GMT+2•Updated 9:32 The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 27 children and a teacher and injuring more than three dozen others, an emergency services official said. Several children remained trapped under the rubble in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Bilal Faizi, a spokesperson for the emergency services. A hospital official, Mohammad Asim, also confirmed the casualties, saying some of the injured were in critical condition. Rescuers said that they were removing debris to reach those trapped. In July, a roof collapsed at a tutoring…
By Angela Barnes with AFP Published on 15/10/2026 – 8:43 GMT+2 It marked the sixth straight record quarterly net profit for TSMC, the world’s biggest contract maker of microchips, including those used in Nvidia AI data centre processors. TSMC’s net profit for July to September surged year-on-year to 763.1 billion New Taiwan dollars (€23.6bn), beating analyst estimates of NT$739.5 billion (€22.9bn). The result surpassed its previous quarterly record of NT$706.6 billion (€21.9bn) set in April-June 2026. Quarterly revenue rose 50.9% to NT$1.5 trillion (€46.4bn). TSMC shares were down 2.2% ahead of its earnings report. Following the update, it remained in the red.
Four-and-a-half years on, representatives for Ukrainian athletes argue that restoring Russian competitors and national symbols normalizes Moscow’s ongoing aggression. “The flag came back, and that is what is important for Russia,” said Dubrova. Ukrainian Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi told POLITICO in July that the IOC is “effectively functioning as a pressure release valve” for Russia. “It is up to each International Federation (IF) as the sole authority for its international competitions, outside of the Olympic Games, to decide on this question [restoring Russian athletes’ participation under the Russian flag, emblem and anthem]. For more, we kindly refer you to the…
Sabotage, arson, cyberattacks, disinformation, and drones in restricted airspace. Russia’s hybrid campaign against Europe no longer looks like isolated incidents. The EU is now rethinking its response. In September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the hybrid threats facing Europe are “less and less hybrid and less and less threats”. Her State of the Union address introduced a new idea, the European Security Council. From resilience to deterrence For Ionela Ciolan, a research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, the challenge is clear. Russian hybrid warfare today, she says, means the “weaponisation of everything,” from…
Published on 15/10/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2 On today’s show: Shona Murray reports from the European Council, where EU leaders open a two-day summit on energy prices, the bloc’s next seven-year budget and support for Ukraine, and deteriorating relations between the US and Europe. Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks exclusively to our Europe editor Maria Tadeo about the summit and Ukraine. Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austria’s Foreign Minister, tells Euronews why enlargement is moving so slowly and sets out her proposal to give candidate countries access to the Single Market as they complete reforms. Tareq Abu…
Smaller parties have been gaining ground in the U.K. in recent years, challenging the long-held two-party system and complicating the polling landscape. ORB International’s Johnny Heald told the meeting of pollsters: “As one of the founding [BPC] members, clearly we set out with very good intentions to be transparent, but the industry’s changed massively … The combined turnover of all companies in this room has got to be hundreds of millions, and our [BPC] income is £4,000.” In an emailed statement to POLITICO, Green acknowledged that the Reform UK story had “increased the salience of some of the issues amongst…
Just two days ago, Louise Gotze was in the Ugandan city of Entebbe with her team, sharing her knowledge with around 30 doctors and nurses. She spoke to healthcare professionals about how to care for Ebola patients without becoming infected themselves. “These training sessions are absolutely essential to ensure that staff do not become infected and that they know how to work safely when they are in the red zone, meaning the area where patients are being treated,” Gotze told Euronews. Around 200 healthcare workers are currently known to have become infected as a result of their work. According to…