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Smoke continued to rise over parts of Tyre as residents returned to inspect damaged homes, businesses and vehicles, navigating streets strewn with shattered glass and debris. Local officials said disruptions to electricity supplies and some medical services were hampering rescue and recovery efforts. The strikes were part of an expanded Israeli military campaign in southern Lebanon targeting what Israel described as Hezbollah infrastructure and launch sites, a move that has caused fresh displacement and heightened fears of a wider conflict. As Hezbollah continued firing rockets and drones in response, authorities and aid organisations assessed damage across the city, including to…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was destroyed in a dramatic explosion during an engine test on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Thursday night. The blast sent a fireball into the sky and shook homes in the surrounding area. No injuries were reported. The company confirmed the vehicle was undergoing a pre-launch engine firing ahead of a planned satellite mission scheduled for next week when the incident occurred. Emergency crews remained on site for more than an hour, but officials said there was no ongoing hazard to the public. The setback adds pressure on the New Glenn programme following…
Published on 29/05/2026 – 10:22 GMT+2 A “legend” and a “true patriot.” No, that’s not a belated memorial for former Vice President Dick Cheney, but the description used by the official White House social media account to mark the 10-year anniversary of the death of Harambe the gorilla. For those of you who need a painful reminder, Harambe was shot dead at a Cincinnati zoo on 28 May 2016 after a three-year-old boy dropped into the gorilla enclosure. The gorilla dragged the child out of the moat he had fallen into, but was shot “in order to save the life…
Costa wrote on X: “Russia’s escalation on EU territory is reckless and irresponsible. I condemn in the strongest terms this violation of Romania’s national airspace and of international law.” The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas added: “Russia has long ago stopped respecting borders. Moscow cannot be allowed to breach European airspace with impunity.” The drone crashed into the roof of a residential building in Galați, near Romania’s borders with Moldova and Ukraine. The impact caused a fire and left two people with minor injuries. A NATO spokesperson echoed von der Leyen and Costa’s comments, condemning “Russia’s recklessness.” NATO Secretary-General…
Updated: 29/05/2026 – 10:40 GMT+2 Video captured the moment a Russian Geran-2 drone crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania near the Ukrainian border. The impact sparked a fire and injured two people, according to Romanian authorities. … More
European shares were mostly higher on Friday, and oil prices slipped as investor sentiment was fuelled by expectations of a deal between the US and Iran to extend the ceasefire in the war by 60 days. On Thursday, negotiators from the US and Iran reached a tentative agreement to extend their ceasefire and hold a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, a US official said. Iran has not publicly confirmed the deal, and the tentative agreement was still awaiting sign-off from US President Donald Trump. Oil prices hit a one-month low on optimism over a de-escalation of the…
Published on 28/05/2026 – 20:51 GMT+2•Updated 29/05/2026 – 9:46 GMT+2 Portugal’s Ministry of Internal Administration stated, in a clarification sent to the Lusa news agency, that a further 48 officers from the Public Security Police (PSP) will be deployed to Lisbon airport from Friday onwards. According to the same source, a further 14 “boxes” – that is, document control booths – will also be made available at arrivals, taking the total to 34, and another four at departures, raising their overall number to 18. This is intended to speed up border control procedures. As for the “e-gates”, or electronic gates,…
The world tour “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” marked Bad Bunny’s debut in Portugal. After a stop in Barcelona, the Puerto Rican singer, winner of 3 Grammys and 11 Latin Grammys, performed for two nights at Estádio da Luz in front of thousands of fans. On the unofficial set list for the two concerts, Benito brought around 30 songs to Lisbon, most of them from his sixth album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos”, released in January 2025 and one of his most garlanded records. In fact, DTMF is the first album sung entirely in Spanish to win the Grammy for Album of…
At the local elections, the Conservative Party lost hundreds of councillors and dozens of seats across England, Scotland and Wales, but Kemi Badenoch declared a comeback. So this week, Sascha O’Sullivan goes inside the Conservative Party’s hopes for a renewal. She speaks to Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride in Solihull and James Cowling of Next Gen Tories about why they think the Tories can make a revival. Henry Hill, political editor at The Critic, who has spent years covering Conservative politics, and pollster Scarlett Maguire tell Sascha about the flaws in the Tories’ plan.
Hello readers. Angela Skujins here ringing out the week with your Friday newsletter. Before we dive in, news broke early this morning that a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people. “These are not mistakes – these are provocations,” Polish Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology Michał Baranowskijust told Euronews’ Europe Today programme. “We are no longer in peace,” he added, referring to the drone incursions in his country last year, as well as the others rocking the Baltics in recent weeks. Watch. The big stories driving Brussels’ agenda…