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Published on 16/08/2026 – 8:10 GMT+2•Updated 10:36 In the small village of Großpörthen, around five kilometres south-east of Zeitz in Saxony-Anhalt, there is a tree that has witnessed history over the centuries. The mighty winter lime tree next to the village church is estimated to be between 700 and 900 years old. Its trunk has a girth of about 9.85 metres and it reaches a height of around twelve metres. That probably makes it the thickest known winter lime in Germany. But it is not just its age that makes the lime tree special. It owes its name to its…
Published on 16/08/2026 – 10:06 GMT+2 Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets, which were already on alert as a precaution, received authorisation to intervene at 04:44 on Sunday morning. The drone was sighted 24 kilometres north of the town of Galati. The drone, whose origin has not been confirmed by the Romanian authorities, was intercepted and destroyed between the towns of Baleni and Cudalbi, in the south-east of the country, in an area close to the border with Moldova. The defence minister congratulated both the Spanish pilots and the Romanian military personnel in charge of the command centre. In his message,…
Published on 16/08/2026 – 9:22 GMT+2 In the early hours of Sunday, a coach overturned on a motorway in north east Hungary between Mezőkeresztes and Mezőnagymihály, Hungarian authorities reported. Units already at the scene entered the coach through its windows and have been rescuing passengers trapped inside, it added. At 3 a.m. on Sunday, the disaster management service reported that firefighters had so far rescued thirty-five people from the coach, while several passengers had been trapped beneath the vehicle. Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar published on his social media about the coach crash, reporting the deaths of a dozen…
Published on 16/08/2026 – 8:10 GMT+2 In the small village of Großpörthen, around five kilometres south-east of Zeitz in Saxony-Anhalt, stands a tree that has witnessed history over the centuries. The mighty winter lime tree beside the village church is estimated to be between 700 and 900 years old. Its trunk has a circumference of around 9.85 metres and it is about twelve metres tall. This probably makes it the thickest known winter lime tree in Germany. But it is not just its age that makes the lime tree special. It owes its name to its presumed role as a…
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By Manuel Ribeiro  & Andreas Rogal Published on 08/08/2026 – 19:45 GMT+2•Updated 15/08/2026 – 13:11 GMT+2 At around three o’clock on Saturday afternoon, hundreds of people began to gather outside Funchal’s Sé Cathedral in Madeira. The ceremony was running slightly late: the bride was missing, the last to arrive, as is customary. Outside, around two thousand people with their mobile phones held aloft tried to capture the precious moment; many will have managed it, but when they realised that the bride was not Georgina Rodriguez but Nicole, and those who did get into the church saw that it was not Ronaldo standing…
Published on 15/08/2026 – 16:52 GMT+2 Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that deadly new Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon sent a “clear message” on peace negotiations between the two nations, according to a statement from his office. Lebanese state media had earlier reported that at least 11 people, including three children and two women, had been killed following Israeli strikes on Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani, in one of the deadliest attacks on the nation since a US-led framework agreement aiming to ease hostilities was reached in June. “President Aoun considered that these violations send a clear message regarding…
Magyar said on X that the current water level near Hungary’s only nuclear energy facility is 122 cm lower than normal and it is projected to drop below 132 cm on Monday, which would force one of the plant’s two turbines to shut down. On Wednesday, Magyar announced that they would be building a riverbed sill with 150,000 cubic meters of stone and was considering sinking the two 80-meter barges. A sill is an underwater dam meant to slow down the current and raise water levels. Hungary’s Defense Ministry has assigned 100 troops to work around the clock on the…
By Lucy Davalou with AFP Published on 15/08/2026 – 15:30 GMT+2•Updated 15:31 Europe is continuing to battle a series of devastating wildfires as the continent faces more sweltering conditions and worsening droughts, with thousands forced to flee their homes. In France, authorities said a further 100 residents and holidaymakers evacuated from around the town of Luglon in the southwestern Landes department on Saturday as a fire that broke out on Thursday continued to burn. In an update on Saturday morning, the Landes Prefecture said the blaze had burned through around 1,580 hectares so far and that it was “particularly active” to the southeast…