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But Germany’s Wadephul struck a more optimistic tone during a press conference with his Canadian counterpart in Ottawa. The invitation “will be a litmus test really, also for Vladimir Putin to negotiate. So these kind of opportunities, one would have to take advantage of,” he said. “Repeatedly we have asked the Russian government and Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiation table. And if it is a possibility, then perhaps it would be at least a start to serious negotiations.” He then added that the prerequisite for a meaningful conversation would be for a ceasefire to be in place during…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Friday said his country is offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and resume talks on its nuclear program in exchange for concessions from Washington. Those would include lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil sales and a ceasefire that would include Lebanon, Araghchi told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to an AP report. “The seven-day timeline will start as soon as the United States accepts this plan,” he said on Friday, adding that Iran had conveyed its offer…
US intelligence services have shared a report with several European countries pointing to a possible Russian operation using drones against targets in Spain, France or Italy, according to Spanish media. The information was first revealed by journalist Xavier Colás — a former Russia correspondent — in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. It traces the origin of the alert to CIA director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow last August, and sets out a very specific attack scenario: drones launched from merchant vessels disguised as ordinary commercial traffic. In response to a question from Euronews about the risk of α Russian attack,…
Published on 26/09/2026 – 11:28 GMT+2•Updated 11:31 At least six people were killed and multiple people were injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over the past day, according to local authorities. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine, two women died and seven people were injured following attacks on the region, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Saturday morning. “A total of 86 reports were received of damage to infrastructure, residential buildings, and vehicles,” he wrote in a post on Telegram. Two people were also killed and eight were injured in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, governor Vadym Filashkin said, with 1,121…
Published on 26/09/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2 Pope Leo XIV is set to travel to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday as part of his official visit to France this week. Nestled in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border, the small town of Lourdes draws millions of pilgrims every year. Here is everything you need to know about the pope’s visit, the town, and the shrine. Leo XIV will be the first pontiff to set foot in Lourdes since Benedict XVI, who visited in September 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin’s apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous.…
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Some projects defy the passage of time. And then there is the Sagrada Família. In the heart of Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece has been under construction for more than 140 years. That prospect did not seem to trouble the architect, who was fond of saying, “My client is not in a hurry” — a reference to God. This year, however, after accidents, delays, a pandemic and countless other setbacks, the basilica could finally emerge from its now-familiar scaffolding. The moment coincides with two remarkable milestones: the centenary of Gaudí’s death, after he was struck by a tram in 1926, and…
Ein politisches Beben rüttelt die Republik durch: Während die Linkspartei in Berlin an die Spitze stürmt, fliegt die CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern komplett aus dem Landtag. Nach diesem historischen Wahlsonntag stellt sich die drängende Frage, wie handlungsfähig die Koalition bei künftigen Reformen überhaupt noch ist. Steht das deutsche Parteiensystem vor dem Kollaps oder gibt es noch einen Ausweg aus der Krise? Gordon Repinski spricht mit dem früheren SPD-Gesundheitsminister Karl Lauterbach über die Verschiebungen und darüber, ob die Politik nun völlig neue, grundsätzliche Ideen braucht. Lauterbach warnt davor, alles schlecht zu reden und verteidigt die Koalition von Union und SPD, die stabiler…
As the Cognac harvest draws to a close in southwestern France, winegrowers already know they face another difficult year. Cognac makers are struggling. The 300-year-old amber brandy is only produced around the Charente River, but it has been caught in the trade wars between the EU and China, as well as by tensions with its top export market, the US. For months, producers have watched largely powerless as access to both markets has been squeezed. The industry has a historic connection to the EU. Jean Monnet, the French statesman regarded as one of the EU’s founding fathers, came from a…