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Published on 22/09/2026 – 16:00 GMT+2 The European Commission wants new powers to order electricity demand cuts and block national measures that threaten energy supplies elsewhere in Europe during a major crisis, according to draft plans seen by Euronews. The proposals would give Brussels a more hands-on role in managing energy emergencies, allowing the Commission to declare a regional or EU-wide electricity alarm and require countries to reduce consumption by a specified amount. The Commission’s energy security package was originally due earlier this year and designed largely around lessons from the 2022-23 energy crisis, when Europe lost much of its…
By euronews Published on 22/09/2026 – 12:15 GMT+2 Images of the armed attack carried out outside a high school in the Turgutlu district of Manisa have been released. In the security camera footage, the suspect, dressed in black and carrying a weapon resembling a shotgun, can be seen walking along the street. Eight people were injured in the attack, and the suspect was detained by security forces shortly afterwards. Although armed assaults near schools are relatively rare in Turkey, a recent series of similar incidents in quick succession is causing growing concern among the public. Additional sources • AFP, AP
On Tuesday Spain’s farming sector piled the pressure on the government. The leaders of Asaja, COAG, UPA, Unión de Uniones and Cooperativas Agroalimentarias sat down with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, to demand “immediate” direct aid that will allow the sector to survive the surge in production costs triggered by the war in Iran, a conflict which, they warn, puts the country’s food sovereignty at risk. The meeting comes after Asaja, COAG and UPA announced on Friday that they would take to the streets if the government fails to act in the face of what they…
Few figures are more deeply woven into the American imagination than the cowboy. The rugged embodiment of independence, freedom and self-reliance – a national icon immortalised by films like The Searchers and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But for generations, that image been overwhelmingly white. Growing up in Kansas City, photographer Ivan McClellan knew a man down the street, Mr Wills, who raised cattle. But he was Black, wore a ball cap and overalls and looked nothing like John Wayne or Val Kilmer in Tombstone. So he never thought to call him a cowboy. The image on screen…
“The United States is working on a massive deal with respect to the purchase of potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada, very good news for our farmers and ranchers,” Trump said on Truth Social. Canada is the world’s largest potash producer, producing 15 million metric tons annually, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. Belarus produces around 6 million metric tons — only slightly more than annual U.S. import volumes of 5.6 million metric tons. Lukashenko said earlier this month that Belarus has supplied the U.S. with potash for the…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 14:50 GMT+2•Updated 15:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly called on the European Union and its member states to keep oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman under sanctions, as talks on renewing the blacklist enter their final stages in Brussels. The entire list will expire if ambassadors fail to find a deal by the end of Tuesday. “The world needs not a political delisting, but timely and unconditional rollover of individual sanctions, until Moscow engages in serious peace negotiations and takes concrete steps to end its war against Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “This is…
By Peter Barabas & Babak Kamiar & Aleksandar Brezar Published on 22/09/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 14:59 Conflicting reports emerged from Tehran on Tuesday over whether Iran had privately offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, as unnamed Iranian officials told Reuters and Japan’s Kyodo news agency that the proposal had been conveyed to Washington through mediators — a claim Iranian state-affiliated media quickly denied. According to Kyodo, the proposal aims to achieve a permanent end to the war between the two countries. Kyodo’s report said Iran would welcome a revival of diplomacy with the US if Washington also takes steps towards peace,…
Brussels is shielding its carmakers when it should be helping them change, argues Bruegel, an independent research institute and one of Brussels’ best-known economic think tanks. The EU’s recent measures, from tariffs on Chinese vehicles to proposals for local-content requirements and a softer 2035 ban on new combustion engines, are setting the industry on the wrong course and could push up the cost of an electric car by more than €2,000, it says. “This approach is misguided,” the report states, adding that “because of climate and costs, the future is electric. Discussions on slowing the transition to EVs are an…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 13:26 GMT+2•Updated 13:31 The head of Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE says he supports Spain continuing to boycott this year’s Eurovision contest over Israel’s participation. RTVE president José Pablo López said it was “deeply painful” that Israel’s public broadcaster remained eligible to compete while the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continued. López said he would ask the board of RTVE to uphold Spain’s departure from Eurovision, with a final decision expected by mid-October. López told a Senate committee on Tuesday that it was “deeply painful” that Israel’s public broadcaster would continue to participate in Eurovision “despite everything, and…
“Unfortunately, Italy will not exit the excessive deficit procedure ahead of schedule this year, as we had hoped, but … this may happen in 2027,” Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said in a statement on Tuesday in response to the fresh statistics. The figures come as a disappointment to Meloni’s government ahead of the country going to the polls in 2027. The state of the economy will be top of voters’ minds as Rome continues to struggle to contain energy and debt costs amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, and opposition parties argue that Meloni’s failure to meet the…