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On Tuesday, a court of appeal found Le Pen guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds. It sentenced her to one year under house arrest and a short period of ineligibility, set to expire before the April 2027 presidential election. Le Pen now plans to appeal to France’s highest court — a move that temporarily suspends the sentence. The widespread expectation had been that Le Pen would receive a longer ban on holding public office and therefore be unable to run, leaving Bardella — whom she had designated as National Rally’s “Plan B” — as the party’s candidate. He had spent…
Published on 08/07/2026 – 9:18 GMT+2•Updated 9:35 Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Greenland was “not for sale” after renewed comments by Donald Trump suggesting the Arctic territory should be controlled by Washington rather than Copenhagen. Speaking to reporters ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Turkey, Frederiksen said she believed the US position had become increasingly explicit. “I heard the US president yesterday and I think the US position is unfortunately very clear on this topic. Our position is as clear as it has been all through: Greenland is, of course, not for sale,” she said.…
It’s been a tough few months for Europe’s tourism industry, with travellers facing major delays on the borders due to the introduction of the Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES). Now, the launch of a separate scheme – the new European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) – could also be facing delays, according to the UK’s Financial Times, after the “chaotic rollout” of the EES electronic border-check system “disrupted visits to the bloc”. The launch of ETIAS, a new online system to pre-authorise entry to the EU, is set to be delayed until 2027, the FT reported. While the ETIAS website…
Sandvik did not attack Trump directly, but he underlined that Greenland is a red line. “We are very clear about the sovereignty of Greenland. It’s a part of Denmark, the Kingdom of Denmark,” Sandvik said. “And we are pretty clear about that to the Americans as well.” Norway sees the security problem differently, he said, because the main military threat in the Arctic is not around Greenland. “There are no movements from Russia or China around Greenland.” Asked whether European allies should set up a more permanent presence around Greenland to make Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty harder to question, Sandvik…
Updated: 08/07/2026 – 11:29 GMT+2 “The Russian threat is moving further and further north towards the Arctic Circle. We need to be prepared at all times across various domains”, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Anita Anand, said in an interview with Euronews, referring to the purchase of 12 submarines. … More
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders arrived in Ankara on 7 July for a state dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The leaders gathered in Turkey for a two-day NATO summit focused on defence spending, security and the alliance’s future. The summit takes place as European members seek to address concerns over their military commitments and maintain unity with Washington. Trump met Erdogan during the Ankara gathering and reiterated his position on several foreign policy issues, including his call for US control over Greenland. Leaders also discussed arms deals and relations between…
Updated: 08/07/2026 – 12:01 GMT+2 Buried for nearly 4,000 years, 43 ancient figurines have been unearthed in Peru, revealing a rare glimpse into the rituals of the Caral civilisation – the oldest known civilisation in the Americas. … More
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A fake newspaper cover claiming the “West hates the East”. AI-generated television reports suggesting western German landlords would rather rent to foreigners than eastern Germans, and videos falsely claiming that most young Germans want East Germany restored. These images and videos mimic the branding of some of Germany’s best-known media organisations, such as Spiegel TV, Bild and T-Online, as well as research organisations such as the Institute for the Study of War. However, they are not genuine. Researchers from the collective Antibot4Navalny, which tracks online influence operations, have identified at least 49 fake videos, 12 falsified newspaper covers and one…
Published on 08/07/2026 – 11:01 GMT+2•Updated 11:58 At least seven people were killed in fresh Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight, authorities said, just hours ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO summit in Ankara. One person was killed in the capital Kyiv, according to mayor Vitali Klitschko, who reported warehouses caught fire after a missile strike. A first large blast in Kyiv was heard shortly after midnight even before the city’s air alert sirens sounded, a rare failure in the system that has spooked residents of the capital. Elsewhere in Ukraine,…