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Published on 5 November 2026 – 11:38 GMT+1 North Korea lashed out at the European Union over its draft UN resolution addressing human rights in the country, state media reported on Thursday, telling the bloc to “mind its own business”. Pyongyang has long been accused by the United Nations and other critics of widespread rights abuses, including running prison camps and severely restricting freedom of expression and access to information, while little is known about its criminal justice system. The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights violations every year since 2005. “The EU submitted…
Published on 5 November 2026 – 11:21 GMT+1 Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall AG saw its shares plunge more than 17% by 10:00 CET on Thursday after the German defence group cut its annual sales and profit margin forecasts. In a statement released on Wednesday evening, the company said it now expects revenue of approximately €13.2bn for 2026, down from its previous forecast of €13.7bn–€14.2bn. The operating margin is expected to reach around 18.5%, down from 19%. The company said a major German military order under the Arminius project was now unlikely to be placed this year, pushing the associated advance payments and…
Published on 5 November 2026 – 11:19 GMT+1 Europe is hoping it can spur a new generation of European chip design companies with a €525 million bet on start-ups. The European Commission announced the European Chip Design Platform on Wednesday, which aims to offer early-stage firms design tools, access to intellectual property and manufacturing, and grants of up to €16 million. Chip design is a core stage of the semiconductor value chain and the place where much of the industry’s innovation emerges. Yet European firms currently generate less than 1% of global revenues in this segment, the Commission said. EU…
With France’s economy stagnating, debt piling up and the risk of a financial crisis looming over the country, Lecornu’s government is under pressure to put French finances in order. It has pledged to bring down the deficit — the difference between how much the government spends and how much it brings in — to 5% of the gross domestic product next year. Budget Minister David Amiel warned on Wednesday that, after the amendments, the version of the budget rejected that night would have brought the deficit to 5.9%. With Lecornu lacking a majority in the lower chamber, the rejection was…
Footage from the scene showed flames engulfing parts of the complex as crews from across the region were deployed to reinforce the operation, tackling burning structures and stopping the fire spreading. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the blaze had been contained by morning, though firefighters were still putting out hot spots and dismantling damaged structures. Preliminary information indicated no fatalities. The strike came during a wider overnight assault in which Russia launched 128 attack drones, 65 of them jet-powered, and two Kh-35 guided air-launched missiles from the Black Sea, the Ukrainian air force said. Air defences shot down or suppressed…
Scientists at CERN have found evidence of an extraordinarily rare particle decay, offering a glimpse into a largely unexplored world known as the ‘zeptoverse’. The discovery was made using the Large Hadron Collider, which smashes protons together to produce particles that scientists can study. Researchers focused on beauty particles, short-lived particles created in these collisions. They found evidence of an extremely rare process in which one of these particles transforms into other particles, something predicted to happen just once in every 10 billion cases. This incredibly small scale is what scientists call the ‘zeptoverse’: an unexplored frontier of the subatomic…
In early 1943 the SS in Auschwitz locked several hundred Jewish women and girls in a sealed building with no daylight: Block 10. For a long time hardly anyone knew what was being done to the women in this block. Now the crimes are coming to the cinema as a feature film. In Block 10 the gynaecologist Carl Clauberg, played by Axel Prahl, carried out tests on behalf of SS chief Heinrich Himmler to see how women could be rendered infertile on a mass scale. Many victims did not survive the agonising procedures. Alice Brauner wrote the screenplay and produced…
US President Donald Trump has dismissed the prospect of impeachment after his Republican Party suffered a sweeping defeat in the midterm elections. Speaking to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, Trump warned that an attempt by Democrats to impeach him when they take control of Congress next year would backfire on the party. The president also said he was prepared to work with Democrats in Congress, while stressing that he could use his presidential veto to block legislation.
By Clara Nabaa & يورونيوز Published on 5 November 2026 – 9:34 GMT+1 NASA astronaut Anil Menon announced that he and his colleagues Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins had cast their votes from the space station, stressing that the process took place via a secure electronic system that ensures ballots reach election officials. In a post on X, Menon wrote that it is indeed possible to vote even from space. He attached a 29-second video in which he shows an “I voted” sticker and gives a tour of what he described as his own “polling station”, which in reality was his private cabin…
Published on 5 November 2026 – 8:50 GMT+1 “Don’t f*ck with the Chuck!” Controversial rapper Nicki Minaj has been outspoken in her support for Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, and was seen joining Trump on stage in the build-up to the mo midterm elections. We now know how that went down, as the midterms were a heavy rebuke of Trump, with the “blue wave” predicted by American pollsters materialising, as the Democrats took back both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Prior to the blow, Minaj continued to drum up support for Trump and used a seemingly AI-generated…