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Published on 08/05/2026 – 11:05 GMT+2 No one could blame you for not knowing that ever since the first Mortal Kombat movie came out in 1995, there have been five follow-ups: Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997), Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge (2020), Mortal Kombat (2021), Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022). Spoiler: They’re all pretty awful, and while 2021’s live-action reboot was a step in the right direction for fans of the beloved 90s games, it still proved that video game adaptations were still Hollywood’s bête noire. Many will cite the recent…
Séjourné has long championed a “European Preference” as part of his flagship Industrial Accelerator Act (which aims to make Europe more competitive by favoring local manufacturers of green technologies) and for projects funded by the EU’s long-term budget. However, some EU countries — led by Germany — oppose what they say are too rigid criteria that could disrupt supply chains. However, Séjourné said “the more the world is changing,” the stronger the case for the policy grows and “the debate is no longer about why Europe should do this, but about how to do it effectively.” The intervention comes as…
Published on 08/05/2026 – 11:13 GMT+2 A large forest fire was burning through the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Friday following a drone crash near the defunct nuclear plant the previous day, Ukrainian authorities said. Radiation levels at the site were within “normal limits,” authorities reported, adding that firefighters were working to contain the blaze. An image published by Ukraine’s state emergency service showed a large column of white smoke billowing into the sky from the area, parts of which are closed off to the public due to high levels of radioactivity. The site surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been…
National emergency alerts and evacuation orders came to Qatar residents without warning, as the Iran war turned everyday campus life into a test of resilience. In the halls of Qatar Foundation’s Education City, students packed their bags, moved out of student housing and logged into online classrooms, determined to keep learning even as uncertainty loomed. This week, the same campus hosts its convocation week, with graduates gathering not in the shadow of disruption, but as proof that even at the height of the crisis, education never stopped. As soon as the safety of civilians was compromised, Qatar Foundation, along with…
By Pascale Davies with AP Published on 08/05/2026 – 9:40 GMT+2 French prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday it was escalating its investigation into a criminal probe. French authorities raided the X Paris offices in February, which Musk said was a “political attack”. France opened an investigation into X in early 2025, which focused on the manipulation of algorithms to influence and interfere…
Airports seem to exist outside of the realms of regular time and space. While you might be setting off on an early morning flight, someone else passing through on a layover could be eyeing up what to have for dinner. It’s part of the reason why you’ll find breakfast and dinner being served all day – and pints. It’s become so normalised that nobody blinks an eye at the sight of people clinking glasses of prosecco at 7am, but Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has called to ban the practice. He claims that almost one flight a day on Europe’s busiest…
Published on 08/05/2026 – 9:15 GMT+2 The Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels (KFDA), opening this Friday, will present more than 170 performing arts shows this year on an artistic production budget of just €1 million — a near paradox in today’s arts funding climate. The festival, which attracts around 30,000 visitors annually, traditionally kicks off the European performing arts season ahead of Avignon in July in southern France and Edinburgh’s international festival in August. But the sector has faced sustained budget cuts across Europe for several years. “It is a fairly large budget and at the same time extremely limited compared with…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music We’re talking identity this week on EU Confidential — in more ways than one. First, host Sarah Wheaton sits down with Theresa Kuhn, professor of European studies at the University of Amsterdam, who has led a major research project tracking how European identity has evolved across the continent over the past five decades. At a moment when Europe feels tense, vulnerable and under pressure, Kuhn’s research suggests people in many countries may actually feel more European than they used to. But what kind of European identity is growing? Who gets included in that…
Published on 08/05/2026 – 10:08 GMT+2 Partial results on Friday from local elections in England showed big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right Reform UK. The votes are widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted since he was elected less than two years ago. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, won hundreds of local council seats in working-class areas in England’s north that were once solid Labour turf. The picture will change throughout Friday as results come in from the majority of local councils, including Labour strongholds…
Published on 08/05/2026 – 9:42 GMT+2•Updated 9:45 Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s pick for Justice Minister, Márton Melléthei-Barna, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the post. Melléthei-Barna, who is Magyar’s brother-in-law, announced the decision in a post on social media. “In order not to cast the slightest shadow on the regime change, I consulted with Péter Magyar and we agreed that the best interests of the country and the Tisza government would be served if the Prime Minister asked for a capable and committed professional to be appointed Minister of Justice, who would be judged by the public…