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The European Union is calling for the Black Sea grain model agreed between Russia and Ukraine as the diplomatic method to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the EU special envoy to the Gulf region Luigi Di Maio told Euronews in Doha on Friday. “After the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we managed as international community to strike a deal between Russia and Ukraine for ensuring humanitarian corridors in the Black Sea,” Di Maio said in the Euronews interview. “We have to do the same with the Strait of Hormuz, we have to guarantee the freedom of navigation in the…

And that’s not all. Some of the stranded ships are now starting to run out of food and other necessities. “It’s not as easy as people think to get resources to the ships,” explained Hutchinson. “And now we’re beginning to see pressure on supplies getting to the ships. The firms that deliver the supplies are local. Fuel is up from $700 per ton to over $2,000, and these firms have to secure the supplies in the first place, which isn’t easy when the Strait of Hormuz is closed. And in a situation like this, delivering the supplies to the trapped…

Published on 27/03/2026 – 15:04 GMT+1 Switzerland’s new army chief Benedikt Roos said on Friday the country does not yet have the necessary defences against potential drone attacks, such as those being used in the war in the Middle East. “Today’s world has become more complex, more dynamic and, in some respects, more dangerous,” Roos told reporters at a military base in Thun. “Power politics is not a new phenomenon, but today it is once again manifesting itself in a more overt and immediate way,” he added. Asked whether Switzerland is ready to face potential new threats of drone attacks,…

Published on 27/03/2026 – 15:36 GMT+1 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, recently shared a picture of an odd, purple, egg-shaped object with “tentacles” from the International Space Station (ISS) on the social media platform X. While you could be forgiven for thinking that this was some kind of alien creature, it is in fact only a potato that Pettit grew in space. Although the colour is not commonly seen, potatoes can be purple , mainly due to high levels of anthocyanins. In a post on X, Pettit shared more about his space food-growing hobby. “Spudnik-1, an orbiting potato on the International…

Published on 27/03/2026 – 15:32 GMT+1 The X Files revival is starting to take shape… Oscar-winning filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Sinners) will both write and direct the pilot episode of the 90s cult classic series reboot, which has been officially greenlit for Hulu-lulululuuuuuu… The new series is moving away from original series creator Chris Carter’s iconic characters Mulder and Scully, played by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, with the announcement of two new leads. Last month, we learned that American actress Danielle Deadwyler (The Harder They Fall, Till) had been cast as an FBI agent who gets assigned to…

The Kremlin on Friday denied reports that President Vladimir Putin had asked Russia’s richest men to bankroll the war in Ukraine, pushing back on claims that Moscow is scrambling for cash as military spending surges. “It’s not true that Putin made such a request,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Reuters. Peskov explained that one individual had independently offered to donate a “very large sum” to the state during a recent meeting with business leaders, describing it as a personal initiative. “This was absolutely his initiative, and not President Putin’s. Although, of course, the head of state welcomed such…

Published on 27/03/2026 – 16:02 GMT+1 Nepal’s youngest prime minister took the oath of office Friday after his party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month and following a youth-led uprising that toppled the previous government in September. Balendra Shah was appointed prime minister by President Ram Chandra Paudel after his Rastriya Swatantra Party won nearly two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in the 5 March polls. Shah, the 35-year-old political outsider widely known as Balen, will lead a government tasked with navigating deep public frustration with Nepal’s established parties,…

1) ‘Very disappointed’ The U.S. president gave off the demeanor of a frustrated parent when he told the Telegraph he was “very disappointed” Britain hadn’t let the U.S. use the joint Diego Garcia airbase to strike Iran. Though Britain later allowed its use for limited purposes, Trump said Starmer took “took far too long” and “that’s probably never happened between our countries before.” Scholars of the Vietnam war may beg to differ. 2) ‘Not like it used to be’ Spoken like a former flame, Trump despaired that the alliance between the two countries was “not like it used to be,” telling…

Several leading Church figures have commented on the euthanasia of Noelia Castillo and have come out against this course of action. In the words of the Bishop of the Canary Islands, José Mazuelos Pérez, “we have all failed as a society”. In a statement, the bishops of the Subcommission for the Family and the Defence of Life expressed their sorrow over the case of the young woman, which they said reflected “an accumulation of personal suffering and institutional shortcomings that calls the whole of society into question”. In Mazuelos’s view, this option represents “another step towards a culture of death,…

There are two films out in cinemas right now which celebrate the Final Girl – the beloved horror trope coined by Carol J. Clover, whose exploration of the now-seminal figure of the sole female survivor has evolved from virginal damsel in distress to badass heroine who challenges conservative societal norms. Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come sees Samara Weaving reprise her role as Grace MacCaullay, who was the last woman / bride standing following the Le Domas family attempt to complete a sacrificial ritual in 2019’s excellent Ready Or Not. Weaving is sensational (as always), and new cast member…