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In an interview at the end of 2025, with British journalist Piers Morgan, Cristiano Ronaldo confided how he asked Georgina Rodriguez, his partner of ten years, to marry him, and spoke about when that might happen. “I had bought the ring, a friend slipped it into my hand and our daughters saw the moment. They asked me if I was going to ask their mum to marry me and I felt it was the right time to do it,” he said. When it came to the wedding date, Cristiano deftly sidestepped the question, denying a goal to the thousands of…
Published on 02/08/2026 – 15:46 GMT+2 Italian vessel Thaon di Revel boarded a Russian shadow fleet tanker to inspect it in international waters near Pantelleria, an island located between Sicily and Tunisia. The inspection was carried out by the Italian navy on Sunday morning, 2 August, as part of the Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the European Union mission in the Mediterranean monitoring arms and oil trafficking. The tanker Toa Payoh, which is subject to European Union sanctions and belongs to the so-called Russian ‘shadow fleet’, has undergone nationality verification, which for ships is determined by the flag they are authorised…
“Due to the further drop in the Danube’s water level,” Magyar wrote Saturday, “tomorrow it will be completely shut down for the first time in 44 years.” The Soviet-built Paks facility remains the backbone of the country’s power system. The loss of output has triggered national energy-saving measures and offers of support from regional neighbors. A prolonged outage would cripple Hungary’s electricity supply at a time when temperatures are forecast to rise above 40 degrees Celsius in Budapest next week amid an ongoing heatwave and drought across Europe. Magyar warned the shutdown could trigger an emergency at a time of…
Published on 02/08/2026 – 14:11 GMT+2 New information from several military and civilian intelligence sources suggests that the Spanish government had advance warning of the risk of a mass arrival of migrants in the North African exclave of Ceuta this week. Intelligence alerts were issued over several days, including in the hours immediately before tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco, sources said. Intelligence services had warned that King Mohammed VI was likely to make a “gesture of magnanimity” at the border to coincide with Morocco’s Throne Day celebrations. Those initial warnings were followed by reports of migrants swimming…
By Lucy Davalou & Euronews with AP Published on 02/08/2026 – 13:23 GMT+2•Updated 13:42 At least five people have died and 41 are still missing after an Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea, on Sunday. According according to Basarnas, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency some passengers jumped overboard to escape the fire and were rescued by a nearby ship. Meanwhile, a total of 225 people onboard were rescued, and four other boats were on standby near the ferry, however they could not get close due to the risk posed by flammable material on the ferry, said the regional Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency. The…
Published on 02/08/2026 – 10:49 GMT+2•Updated 12:17 A fire broke out at a Wildberries warehouse in Russia’s Samara region on Sunday following an attack, the company’s press service has said. In a post on Telegram, the Russian online retailer said there were currently no reported casualties and that “logistics chains have been reorganised.” “The receipt of deliveries and dispatch of orders are now being handled at other facilities,” it added. Video footage circulating on social media appears to show a large blaze at the warehouse, with flames engulfing the building and huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky.…
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The announcement came after reports in U.S. media that Washington had been preparing new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend, including on the country’s energy infrastructure. On Saturday the U.S. government urged Americans across the Middle East to remain alert and prepare for possible evacuations “should there be escalation” in the region. Iran has not yet responded to Trump’s announcement and has not confirmed that a deal with Washington has been reached. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held calls Saturday night with counterparts in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, according to posts on his Telegram channel. The country’s acting…
By Gael Camba & AFP Published on 02/08/2026 – 7:55 GMT+2•Updated 7:55 An explosion Saturday at a Moscow restaurant that killed three people and wounded 21 others was a bombing, Russia’s national anti-terrorism committee said. “A homemade explosive device blew up at a restaurant in Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, killing three people,” said the committee, quoted by the Tass state news agency. The three people killed were a woman carrying the device into the restaurant, a security agent who stopped her and a customer. Telegram channel Baza, known for its ties with Russian security forces, first talked about a gas explosion that would…
Published on 02/08/2026 – 9:15 GMT+2 A light aircraft carrying tourists to view Peru’s Nazca Lines crashed on Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, according to authorities and local media. The Cessna Caravan C-208 involved in the incident, operated by Peruvian airline Aerodiana, had taken off at around 12:10 pm local time on Saturday from Pisco airport for a sightseeing flight over the world-famous geoglyphs. “At approximately 1 pm, when the aircraft was flying near the town of Socos, the crew reported an emergency to the Nazca airfield control tower, after which all radio contact was lost,” Peru’s Ministry…