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Updated: 20/07/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 20th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Europe’s biggest airshow of the year is set to open this week under the specter of two wars, with the Pentagon facing doubts it can hit a trillion-dollar budget topline and if it will play nice with NATO nations increasingly confident about going it alone. The show that spans more than five million square feet — enough to fit 78 football pitches or 1,350 Concordes stacked wing to wing — has been running since the end of World War II and will launch tens of billions of dollars worth of deals. But with the U.S. delaying arms sales and hanging…
Published on 20/07/2026 – 9:39 GMT+2 The Odyssey has smashed expectations at the box office with a global debut that has set new opening weekend records for Christopher Nolan. Early projections had the film grossing approximately $200 million at the worldwide box office following strong advanced ticket sales and sold-out IMAX showings. After a terrific weekend at the box office, The Odyssey has surpassed predictions by taking $264m in its opening weekend, according to studio Universal Pictures. In North America alone, the film made $124.5m, giving it the third-largest opening of 2026 after Toy Story 5 ($159m) and The Super…
The bloodless coup reaches its climax today as Andy Burnham is set to become the 59th prime minister of the United Kingdom – but does a new face mark a new era of British politics? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy dissect the choreography of the handover, preview Burnham’s first words as PM and analyse the key cabinet appointments that will reveal the shape of his government. Will anything really change? The duo also consider how a small cosmetic change could signal a new way in which Andy Burnham wants to operate. Plus, with little policy on the table so far,…
Updated: 20/07/2026 – 9:33 GMT+2 Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, believes the new UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, will maintain Keir Starmer’s policy towards the EU while “not really making a big move on the single market or the customs union”. … More
US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino handed the 2026 World Cup trophy to Spain captain Rodri after the team defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final. The video shows the trophy presentation at the New York/New Jersey Stadium, with Spanish players taking their places on stage, medals being awarded and the famous trophy lifted under a shower of confetti. Spain secured their second World Cup title after Ferran Torres scored the decisive goal in extra time, ending Argentina’s reign as world champions. The closing ceremony followed a tense final watched by around 80,000 spectators near New York. As…
Greek airspace recorded its highest ever daily volume of flights on Saturday 18 July 2026, as Air Traffic Control (ATC) staff handled a total of 5,082 flights in the ATHINAI FIR/HELLAS UIR. This figure surpasses the previous highest daily total of 4,944 flights, which had been recorded on 10 August 2024. According to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA), air traffic controllers handled all traffic while maintaining high safety standards and applying the relevant national, European and international regulations. As noted, the record set in August 2025, with 4,916 flights, had already been overtaken on 4 July 2026, when 4,925…
He was “someone who changed the course of history during the darkest episode in humankind’s past”. That is how Luís Medeiros, a curator at the Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum, recalls for Euronews the man he describes as “one of the greatest figures in the country’s cultural history”, for the role he played in saving tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat born on 19 July 1885, is a name that cannot be ignored whenever the period of the Second World War is discussed, a conflict fought between 1939 and 1945 that…
LONDON — Britain gets (another) new prime minister Monday: Andy Burnham. The former mayor of Greater Manchester — who succeeded Keir Starmer as leader of the U.K.’s governing Labour Party last week — will enter No.10 Downing Street this lunchtime and start naming his top team. Starmer — who was ousted by his own party despite winning a landslide majority just two years go — will make a farewell speech in front of No.10 before heading to Buckingham Palace to meet King Charles III and formally resign. After that, Burnham gets his own audience with the King. He’ll head back…
By Franziska Müller Published on 20/07/2026 – 8:27 GMT+2 Space exploration sometimes has consequences that are not immediately apparent. According to NASA scientists, a piece of rocket could collide with the Moon in early August. In January 2025, around a year and a half ago, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX launched its “Falcon 9” rocket, sending two landers to the Moon. Now, US astronomer Bill Gray and the US space agency NASA, quoted by the news agency dpa, warn that an upper stage of the rocket could accidentally hit the Moon. Calculations suggest the impact is due to occur on 5 August.…