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Published on 22/02/2026 – 10:26 GMT+1•Updated 11:01 A coalition of 14 Arab and Islamic countries, along with the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League, condemned US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s comments suggesting Israel could control Arab territories. The countries said the remarks were reckless, inflaming tensions and undermining peace efforts in the region. Joint statement and condemnation The foreign ministries of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine issued a joint statement together with the GCC, Arab League and OIC. They expressed…
In der rheinland-pfälzischen Landeshauptstadt Mainz bereitet sich Alexander Schweitzer auf seine erste Bewährungsprobe als gewählter Regierungschef vor. Es ist ein Spiel gegen die Zeit und gegen den Bundestrend, bei dem der SPD-Ministerpräsident auf die Karte des regionalen Pragmatismus setzt. Während die Bundespolitik in Berlin oft von schrillen Tönen geprägt ist, kultiviert Schweitzer auch im Wahlkampf bis zum 22. März das Image einer soliden, fast schon demonstrativ unaufgeregten Regierungsarbeit als Markenkern. Um die jahrzehntelange Vorherrschaft seiner Partei an Rhein und Mosel gegen eine erstarkende CDU zu verteidigen. Im Gespräch mit Alexander Schweitzer geht es um das Spannungsfeld zwischen sozialdemokratischen Gerechtigkeitsfragen und…
By Euronews with AP Published on 22/02/2026 – 9:29 GMT+1 Amid reports of renewed protests in Iran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that his country would not give in to international pressure as nuclear talks with the United States are ongoing. During a speech broadcast live on state TV, Pezeshkian said, “World powers are lining up to force us to bow our heads… but we will not bow our heads despite all the problems that they are creating for us.” Meanwhile, local and diaspora media reported renewed anti-government student protests in Tehran over the thousands killed during the January clashes, as well as…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is going to dispatch a hospital ship to Greenland, the Arctic island Trump has said he wants to acquire. “Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It’s on the way!!!” Trump said in a post on social media alongside an illustration of the U.S. hospital ship the Mercy. Trump appointed Landry as his special envoy to Greenland just before Christmas, as the U.S. president continued…
By Euronews with AP Published on 21/02/2026 – 20:52 GMT+1 Yellow Letters”, directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, won the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Film Festival 2026. A political drama, Catak’s film tells the story of a Turkish director and his actor wife, suddenly barred from working because of their political opinions. Jury president Wim Wenders called the film “a terrifying premonition, a look into the near future that could possibly happen in our countries as well”. “This is a movie that speaks up very clearly about the political language of totalitarianism as opposed to the empathetic…
By Omid Lahabi & Alexander Kazakevich with AP Published on 21/02/2026 – 20:56 GMT+1•Updated 20:58 Around 3,200 people took part in a demonstration led by far-right groups on Saturday, following the death of a nationalist activist who was beaten in the French city of Lyon. French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm ahead of the tribute to Quentin Deranque, 23, who died of brain injuries in a hospital last week. The demonstrations took place under heavy police scrutiny, with no major incidents reported. The mayor of the 7th arrondissement neighbourhood, Fanny Dubot, told Euronews that security had been stepped up at potentially threatened locations, such…
The planned summit in Toulouse, first reported by POLITICO, was meant to be a major display of Franco-Italian friendship and to mend the troubled transalpine relationship by gathering the two leaders and key ministers to discuss common policy priorities. France and Italy haven’t held a high-level bilateral summit since 2020, when then-Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met with Macron in Naples. The Toulouse summit would be the first one since the signature of the Quirinale Treaty between Rome and Paris and since Meloni’s election. Macron and Meloni have so far clashed on a range of topics spanning from migration to…
As the world’s security landscape changes, space is no longer seen simply as a domain for research and commerce, but also as a central pillar of Germany’s national security and military deterrence. According to the Inspector of Cyber and Information Domain of the German Armed Forces, Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, space has now become a battlefield in its own right. The Bundeswehr currently operates between eight and ten satellites, primarily for reconnaissance – including the SAR-Lupe and SARah systems – as well as for communications. This fleet is now considered outdated, though. Speaking to Euronews at the Munich Security…
German chancellor says he will travel to Washington with a common European position after the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed sweeping tariffs. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech