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Published on 30/06/2026 – 10:54 GMT+2 After turning the water algae green instead of “American flag blue”, Donald Trump’s reported $16 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is allegedly complete. It is now apparently in “full use” and will be treated again to be in “perfect shape” after 4 July celebrations. Now that’s out of the way, Trump has revealed his new project in a lengthy Truth Social post: Building “one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World”. Trump said he has visited the “dilapidated, worn out, and very dangerous and outdated Golf Course known as…

Will the long-awaited defence investment plan be the prime minister’s final and most contentious act? After months of delays, a multibillion-pound funding gap, and the resignation of his defence secretary, has Sir Keir Starmer done enough to satisfy his military chiefs? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy unpack the political and strategic stakes and assess what NATO allies, not least Donald Trump, will make of the plans. Elsewhere, with the PM’s departure from Number 10 on the horizon, is Labour already seeing a polling bounce? And after more than two years of disruption has Health Secretary James Murray finally succeeded where…

Feliks the eagles journey resembles a Hollywood movie script, with kidnappers, smugglers and clandestine border crossings. The year-old eastern imperial eagle from Serbia started flying in August and later set off on his first migratory flight toward the Middle East, only to be captured by poachers, sold illegally and retrieved in a daring cross-border mission. While Feliks returned home safely last week, his ordeal highlighted both the widespread practice of profit-driven, illegal animal trade and an unfaltering struggle by animal protection groups to counter it. “It’s getting worse year after year, season after season, day after day,” said Michel Sawan,…

Brazilian fans celebrated a dramatic 2-1 victory over Japan on Monday as Gabriel Martinelli’s stoppage-time winner sent the five-time champions into the World Cup last 16. Crowds on Copacabana Beach and outside the stadium in Houston erupted as the final whistle sealed Brazil’s comeback victory. In Rio de Janeiro, music and dancing broke out along Copacabana after the late winner. In Houston, Brazil supporters gathered outside the stadium to sing, cheer and look ahead to a last-16 meeting with either Ivory Coast or Norway.

Car rental in Portugal for cash is a practical choice for travellers who want more control over their trip budget. Many visitors arrive in Portugal without a credit card or prefer not to block a large deposit on a bank card. This is common for families, business travellers, digital nomads, and tourists who want clear rental terms before arrival. Portugal is a country where a rental car can make the journey far more comfortable. Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Madeira, the Azores, and smaller coastal towns are easier to explore when you have your own vehicle. Public transport works well in major…

Security in the spotlight Presidency events will include meetings between political leaders that entail greater security risks. Last year, during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Ireland, a handful of unmarked drones swarmed into Irish airspace, raising fresh questions about Dublin’s defense capabilities. Barely a week later, Ireland unveiled a €1.7 billion plan to beef up its defenses, including €19 million for counter-drone technology “as soon as possible, not least because of the upcoming European presidency.” Tom Clonan, an Irish senator, defense analyst and former Irish army captain, warned that budgeted costs could multiply if there are unplanned expenses due…

Published on 30/06/2026 – 8:17 GMT+2•Updated 8:56 A record-breaking €3 billion loan to aerospace giant Airbus, announced by the European Investment Bank (EIB), is an “illustration of how Europe is ramping up its capacity and strategic autonomy” in a world where it is being “attacked on all sides”, European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño has told Euronews. The loan, announced by the EIB on Monday, is intended to boost Airbus’s commercial aerospace and defence projects. It will support investments through to 2030 in projects across France, Germany and Spain. It is the largest commercial loan ever granted by the Luxembourg-based…

Search and rescue teams from France, the UK and Spain arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to help locate and recover victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that struck the region on 24 June, killing more than 1,700. Tens of thousands of people remain unaccounted for and time is running out to find survivors following the quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century. “So the objective of the mission, there are currently nine of us, is precisely to go and search for victims under the rubble. We have equipment…

Portugal is developing a graphene-based material capable of significantly reducing the visibility of drones and military aircraft to radar, an innovation that could put Europe in the race for stealth technology. The project is led by GTechPlasma (source in Portuguese), a spin-off from the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, which has created a plasma-based system to produce tailor-made, high-quality graphene materials. “At the moment, we are very focused on developing coatings for radar and electromagnetic radiation absorption,” explains Bruno Soares Gonçalves, co-founder of GTechPlasma, in an interview with Euronews. The material has been…

Mayor Collboni has placed eliminating STRs at the center of his housing agenda. The promise is simple: remove STRs and those homes will return to residents. But evidence demonstrates the opposite. The city council has yet to demonstrate how eliminating legally licensed STRs would result in putting those houses on the market. The city’s own research undermines their objective. The Barcelona Institute of Economics’ study, commissioned by the city council itself in September 2025, acknowledged that a full conversion of STR units to residential use “could be partial or might not occur at all for various reasons. For example, some…