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Saudi Arabia has intercepted ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis in Yemen after issuing warnings for several regions including Mecca, as France vowed to send “military means” to help shield the key Saudi oil terminal of Yanbu. The attacks were reported as fighting raged in Yemen between the Houthis and Riyadh-backed government forces, killing dozens of people on both sides, according to a tally from seven sources who spoke to the AFP news agency. The missiles were the latest in a series of escalating Houthi attacks since July, when renewed hostilities shattered a years-long truce and embroiled Yemen in the…
For children and adults, enthusiasts or simply the curious; at Europe’s largest exhibition of LEGO models, there’s room for everyone. The only limits are those set by your own imagination. The numbers speak for themselves: 2,000 square metres packed with models built from the firm’s famous colourful bricks. More than 15 million bricks have been used to build over 120 models, including four “super-models”. According to Lukas Siwiec, who is in charge of the exhibition, these are structures “made from more than half a million LEGO bricks” and are therefore far more imposing than the rest. One of them is…
Published on 24/09/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2 Hundreds of trade union activists gathered outside the EU institutions in Brussels on Thursday to protest against EU Inc, a planned law designed to make it easier and cheaper to set up and run businesses across Europe. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), which organised the protest, argues that the proposal threatens worker rights by allowing companies seeking a lighter corporate regime to circumvent national labour laws and social standards. “The text contains no binding requirement to adhere to collective labour rights: no effective safeguards protecting collective bargaining, trade union rights, information and consultation…
Police in Paris have begun enforcing a parking ban along routes that Pope Leo XIV is expected to take during his walk through the city. Officers were seen putting up barriers and police tape, breaking bicycle locks and removing bikes from parking areas along Boulevard Saint-Michel. Notices warned motorists and cyclists that parking was prohibited. Security preparations were also under way around Notre-Dame, where seats were being installed and a bomb disposal vehicle was seen outside the cathedral. A banner at the nearby Notre-Dame-des-Champs church welcomed the pope to Paris.
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days (EHD), the largest and most widely attended cultural event promoted by the Council of Europe and the European Commission and coordinated in Italy by the Ministry of Culture, the Pompeii Archaeological Park is putting on a packed programme of re-enactments and educational activities on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026. The initiative, part of this year’s edition built around the theme Protecting heritage. Renew, resist, reinvent, will see museums and cultural venues across the country taking part with guided tours, special openings and conferences. On the evening of Saturday 26 September,…
Published on 24/09/2026 – 12:48 GMT+2•Updated 18:55 The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) said on Thursday that the risk of Russian military action against NATO countries was growing and an outright invasion was “highly unlikely” but possible. “There is a low but growing risk that Russia will launch a limited military attack against one or several NATO countries bordering Russia,” Thomas Ahrenkiel, the head of the DDIS, told a press conference at which he presented an updated assessment of the threat from Russia. He said that the agency still considered it “highly unlikely that Russia would see any interest in…
For more than an hour, around 30 singers followed teacher Anna Maria Gutschi through Graz’s Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai underground car park, gradually making their way to its deepest section in search of the richest sound. There, the acoustics proved particularly strong. Gutschi said the broad corridors and reflective walls generated echoes similar to those found high in the mountains. The underground venue provides an unusual answer to Graz’s geography. The city is not perched high in the Alps but sits in a broad, relatively flat basin surrounded by hills and low mountain ranges on their eastern edge. No previous musical training was…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will today wind-up a three-day summit with US President Donald Trump on American soil — the first in 11 years for Xi. Europeans are watching closely for any decisions that could directly affect their economic interests. Not so heated rivalry: The world’s most powerful leaders tackled tricky issues such as artificial intelligence, the war in Iran and trade. On the latter issue, a fragile trade truce was set to expire in November, but the two countries agreed Wednesday to extend it for another two months. Ian Lesser, Distinguished Fellow German Marshall Fund, just told Euronews’ Europe…
The Israeli military has released video it says shows the destruction of an underground tunnel route in the southern Gaza Strip. The army said the tunnel was approximately 2 kilometres long and that the route had been dismantled as part of its operations in the area. The footage, provided by the Israeli military, could not be independently verified. The war began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli authorities. Israel’s subsequent offensive has killed at least 73,922 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-run…
Published on 25/09/2026 – 13:22 GMT+2•Updated 16:20 US rapper Macklemore is heading to Europe with what he calls the ‘Free Palestine Tour’, after being thrown off Ed Sheeran’s US tour for making pro-Palestinian comments on stage. “If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that something has shifted over the last three years,” Macklemore said sharing the news. “There has been a collective awakening around Palestinian liberation, the power of billionaires that try to censor that call, and what we expect from artists right now.” The Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty, went on to…