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“Ukraine is not confident that Russia has any intention of adhering to any agreement,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X, indicating that Ukraine won’t stop its attacks other than on a reciprocal basis. If partners can “ensure Russia’s genuine desire to refrain from striking our electricity, our other energy facilities, critical infrastructure, or the movement of food supplies, then we, of course, are ready to reciprocate with a corresponding absence of our own strikes,” he wrote. The Ukrainian leader claims that if there is a ceasefire, it must be long-term to be reliable, rather than a short-term deal allowing…
The deadlock on the renewal of EU sanctions on Russia deepened on Monday after France and Slovakia, in a rare joint effort that has baffled Brussels, continued to demand the removal of Russian-Uzbek businessman Alisher Usmanov from the blacklist. Faced with an expiration date that loomed dangerously close, ambassadors agreed, as a last resort, to extend the sanctions for just one week until 22 September to give themselves more time to find a solution that has so far proven stubbornly elusive. “Consultations will continue, and further discussions are expected to be held in due course,” a spokesperson for Ireland’s EU…
By Mohamed Elashi & Euronews Published on 14/09/2026 – 20:44 GMT+2 Turkish Airlines has permanently axed its Luanda route, the latest in a series of international carriers to drop the Angolan capital since Angola inaugurated its new airport in 2023. The Istanbul-based carrier removed Luanda from its future schedule earlier this month, along with Juba, Kinshasa, Libreville and Lusaka, after those services had been suspended through 24 October. Turkish Airlines initially described the suspension as temporary when it announced the move in April, citing fuel costs. It had operated a triangular service through Kinshasa rather than a direct connection, but the route gave…
“A stronger presence that facilitates parliamentary exchanges across the Atlantic, with a regional remit reaching as far as the Arctic,” Metsola wrote on social media after a meeting of the Parliament leadership at which they backed the initiative. “Europe and Canada: old friends, still writing the next page together.” The move will see Parliament representatives working in an “antenna office” alongside the existing EU delegation to Canada in Ottawa, which is managed by the European External Action Service. The Parliament office “will also provide an important platform for parliamentary engagement on issues of growing strategic importance to both the EU…
A French police officer is under investigation after a video emerged showing him violently throwing a man to the ground in Carcassonne in southern France, days after a separate scandal involving recordings of officers in the city making racist, misogynistic and conspiracy-related remarks. A judicial investigation was opened on Sunday for “intentional violence by a person vested with public authority.” The footage, shared on social media by MP Thomas Portes, shows several police officers standing around before one walks up behind a young man and hurls him to the ground. Once down, the man can be seen holding his head…
By Euronews Persian Published on 14/09/2026 – 14:09 GMT+2•Updated 19:38 Iran’s judiciary has seized assets belonging to 240 dissidents, journalists and public figures and frozen 182 of their bank accounts, the judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency reported, as Police Chief Ahmadreza Radan announced on Sunday that more than 6,000 people had been arrested over the January protests. Of the asset seizures, 143 took place in Tehran. Those targeted were accused of “propaganda activities or actions against the country and in favour of hostile governments,” according to Mizan. The agency said some of the assets belonged to journalists working for Persian-language opposition broadcasters…
Le gouvernement ne fait plus mystère de sa volonté de mettre à contribution les retraités pour faire des économies dans le budget 2027, une mesure forcément impopulaire. Sébastien Lecornu peut-il réussir là où ses prédécesseurs ont échoué ? La volonté de Marine Le Pen de négocier sur le budget change-t-elle la donne ? Anthony Lattier en discute avec Marcelo Wesfreid, directeur adjoint de la rédaction de POLITICO et Jason Wiels, responsable de la newsletter de POLITICO Paris Influence.N’hésitez pas à vous abonner et à laisser vos commentaires !
Published on 14/09/2026 – 19:00 GMT+2•Updated 19:06 The German military is having to rely on compulsory assignments to fill positions in a German brigade stationed in Lithuania. The move is said to be necessary because of difficulties filling planned voluntary positions, which has left a shortage of specialists. According to information obtained by Bild, the first soldiers could be ordered to serve there from the end of September, with up to 1,000 Bundeswehr personnel potentially in line to be affected. By the end of 2027, the 45th Panzer Brigade is expected to grow to around 4,800 German soldiers and be…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 18:32 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to pause strikes on energy targets as he sought to shift the blame for rising fuel prices from the Iran war to the war in Ukraine. “Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account. “The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran,” he added. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested that no deal has been officially confirmed…
Separately, unions are also discussing whether to back a review of how political parties spend their money, both officials quoted above said. Party spending is currently regulated retrospectively for the year before an election, and limits tighten further in the final weeks. This would mirror a move from the Labour government, which tasked the Electoral Commission earlier this summer with reviewing spending limits on political campaigning and reporting back by July 2027. The first official quoted above said: “If that money’s already landed [with Reform] and it’s going to stay there, it’s about how much you can spend on, for…