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LONDON — British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the BBC reported Thursday. The former prince has faced multiple allegations over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has denied any wrongdoing. “As part of the investigation, we have today (19/2) arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk,” a statement from Thames Valley Police said. “The man remains in police custody at this time.” British police do not routinely name those arrested as…
Homeownership was once the defining milestone for any working adult with a stable income. But soaring property and energy prices, job volatility and freedom of movement are slowly shifting the paradigm in Europe. Homeownership rates are declining in nearly half of the countries surveyed by real estate agency Re/Max Europe in its annual European Housing Trend report. The number of people owning their own house is down 2% in the UK, France, Germany, Romania and the Czech Republic; 3% in Croatia and Hungary; 1% in Greece; and a steep 9% in Turkey. Whether the slide continues remains to be seen,…
Updated: 19/02/2026 – 11:08 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this February 18th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Rock band U2 have surprise released a “defiant”, politically-charged EP titled ‘Days Of Ash’. The new release features six tracks which the band have described as a response to current events. As per a press release, four of the five tracks “are about individuals – a mother, a father, a teenage girl – whose lives were brutally cut short. A soldier who’d rather be singing but is ready to die for the freedom of his country.” The opening track, ‘American Obituary’, references the tragedy that unfolded in Minnesota on 7 January, when Renee Good was fatally shot by a United…
Updated: 19/02/2026 – 8:05 GMT+1 Body camera footage shows New York police officers rescuing an injured bald eagle found stranded on drifting ice in the Hudson River and transporting it to a New Jersey animal sanctuary for recovery. … More
Contacted by POLITICO, a NATO official speaking on behalf of the organization said there is “no timeline associated with NATO Mission Iraq … or with KFOR,” adding: “These missions are based on need, undergo periodic review, and are adjusted as circumstances evolve.” For now, no decision has been taken on ending either operation. All 32 allies must approve the start and end of missions, a process that typically involves jockeying and pressure campaigns from multiple allies and not just the U.S. No extra allies The U.S. is also pressing allies not to invite Ukraine and the alliance’s four official Indo-Pacific…
Published on 19/02/2026 – 8:46 GMT+1 South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of masterminding an insurrection by his brief imposition of martial law in 2024. Yoon fell from office after attempting to overcome an opposition-controlled legislature by declaring martial law on 3 December, 2024, and sending troops to surround the legislature. On Thursday, Judge Jee Kui-youn said he found Yoon guilty of rebellion for mobilising military and police forces in an illegal attempt to seize the liberal-led National Assembly, arrest politicians and establish unchecked power for a “considerable”…
NEW DELHI—United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called upon the world to keep the development of artificial intelligence open to all. “The future of AI can not be decided by a couple of countries, or left to the whims of a few billionaires,” Guterres said Thursday at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The annual global artificial intelligence summit is taking place for the first time in a country of the Global South, a group of emerging economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America, after previous summits in the U.K., South Korea and France. “AI must belong to…
The EPSO AD5 competition that leads to administrator-level posts at the European institutions, is back after seven years. IT failures, the pandemic, a cancelled competition that had to be rerun at a cost of about €300,000, and criticism from the European Ombudsman over an outdated and opaque testing system all contributed. EPSO’s leadership has admitted the institution’s reputation has suffered. During this pause, private coaching companies continued to support candidates preparing. Firms like EU Training and ORSEU Concours continued to offer courses, webinars, practice exams, and one-on-one coaching. Now that the AD5 exam is back, candidates are turning to their…
Members of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and berated Israeli efforts to expand control in the occupied West Bank as a threat to prospects of a two-state solution. The security council’s meeting came on the eve of US President Donald Trump’s first Board of Peace gathering to discuss the future of the Palestinian territories. The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Indonesia also attended the Security Council’s monthly Mideast meeting after many Arab and Islamic countries requested last week that it discuss Gaza and the…