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Crowds on both sides of the Gibraltar frontier celebrated overnight into Wednesday 15 July as the newly opened border brought an end to decades of routine checks, in what many described as a historic moment. Footage shows Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo embracing La Línea mayor Juan José Franco as they crossed the frontier together, while British customs officers left their posts to applause. Residents waved flags, danced in the streets and held banners reading “At last, no more queues”, celebrating the end of long delays that had disrupted the lives of travellers and cross-border workers. The reopening was widely…
Published on 15/07/2026 – 12:49 GMT+2 Legendary American actress Ellen Burstyn, best known for her roles in The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and Requiem For A Dream, will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera described Burstyn as “an actress of rare intensity and truth,” adding that she had brought “depth and complexity to unforgettable female characters embodying the contradictions and transformations in the contemporary woman.” Barbera continued: “Revealed in Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘The Last Picture Show,’ which portrayed the twilight of…
Social media posts circulating in recent weeks allege that a US military programme is being used to manipulate the weather, suggesting it is responsible for the heatwaves affecting Europe. To support the claim, several accounts have shared clips of journalists, scientists, and public figures discussing geoengineering (deliberate, large-scale interventions in Earth’s climate system), presenting them as evidence that weather events are being deliberately manipulated. One of the shared videos features French TV presenter Anne-Claire Coudray discussing geoengineering. “In response to climate change, more and more countries are exploring what’s known as geoengineering,” she said in the clip. “The idea is…
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How Burnham communicates is as distinctive as how he dresses. He wears his heart on his short sleeves with a rhetorical style that is personal, plain-speaking and can be emotive, whereas Starmer’s delivery can seem staid and, at times, awkward. The difference in styles is clearest in the way the two politicians use social media. Even in his social videos, Starmer is often smart, and the content is professionally produced, talking directly into a fixed camera. Burnham’s team can also make slick films, but he shoots plenty of selfie videos on his phone, too — in the back of…
Published on 15/07/2026 – 11:57 GMT+2 Ambassadors of EU countries agreed on Wednesday to extend the temporary protection status granted to Ukrainians fleeing the war until 4 March 2028, but with men aged 23 to 60 excluded from the scheme. From March 2027, temporary protection will be granted only to those who have fulfilled their military obligations in Ukraine, a move aimed at strengthening Kyiv’s armed forces in response to requests from the Ukrainian government. To obtain refugee-like status in the EU, Ukrainians will have to prove that they left the country legally by presenting a passport bearing an exit…
History and forensic art come together in Budapest, where visitors examined Roman-era skulls displayed beside realistic facial reconstructions as sculptor Emese Gábor recreated ancient faces using 3D-printed skulls and plasticine. The Aquincum Museum exhibition, titled “Once We Were Like You”, features 16 facial reconstructions from skulls found at the ancient Roman settlement of Aquincum, six of them hyper-realistic silicone models by Gabor. Curators Peter Vamos and Lorant Vass used DNA and anthropological analysis to trace origins as varied as Italy, Scotland, Syria and Sarmatian and Celtic tribes, running until 31 October. Vass said excavated bones usually end up catalogued in…
Strong demand for AI systems boosted the performance of Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML, prompting the company to raise its full-year outlook after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday. ASML is a critical cog in the global economy and a key bellwether for the tech sector, as everything from smartphones to missiles relies on the semiconductors crafted with its tools. The Veldhoven, Netherlands-based company said it expects 2026 total net sales to be between €43 billion and €45 billion, with a gross margin between 54% and 56%. It previously predicted annual net sales of between €36bn and €40bn, and a…
The home of Spanish player Lamine Yamal in Barcelona was the scene of an attempted burglary in the early hours of Wednesday morning, just after Spain triumphed against France in the World Cup semi-finals in Texas. The house break-in ultimately failed thanks to the swift response of Yamal’s private security team. The security guards spotted two hooded individuals on CCTV who had climbed up to the perimeter wall of the property. On realising they had been seen, both fled the scene before the arrival of the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, who were alerted immediately. Police are now analysing…
Russian strikes killed at least three people in Odesa on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said, as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv to discuss defense cooperation with Ukraine. Governor of the Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, said Russia had launched a “massive combined missile and drone attack” on the region for the fifth consecutive day, accusing Moscow of “deliberately targeting the civilian population” alongside industrial and port infrastructure. A missile strike hit a residential high-rise, killing three people and injuring at least three others, while rescue workers pulled three residents — including two children — from the damaged…