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Updated: 14/07/2026 – 8:50 GMT+2 The US military has released video it says shows three Corsair unmanned surface vessels striking a ship maintenance facility and submarine at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base on 12 July. US Central Command says it was the first combat use of American sea drones. … More

Published on 14/07/2026 – 12:50 GMT+2•Updated 13:10 When Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal lead their sides out at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday evening, they will be doing more than chasing a place in Sunday’s final, they will be fronting the priciest collection of talent ever assembled for a men’s World Cup semi-final. Transfermarkt’s latest figures value France’s squad at roughly $1.78 billion (€1.56bn) and Spain’s at $1.43 billion (€1.25bn), a combined total of around $3.2 billion (€2.8bn), which outstrips any previous last-four meeting in the tournament’s history. Much of that financial weight is concentrated in a handful…

“The European Parliament has called for an investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino,” reads a post on X that has been viewed more than 6 million times. However, this claim is misleading. While 72 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have signed a letter calling for FIFA’s Ethics Committee to investigate Infantino, the European Parliament itself has not officially adopted that position. What happened? The controversy stems from FIFA’s decision to suspend an automatic one-match suspension for the US football team’s striker, Folarin Balogun, after he was sent off during the US’s round of 32 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.…

Updated: 14/07/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 14th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More

The column Mariano Rajoy writes for ‘El Debate’ after every match played by the Spanish national team is still making waves several days after it was published. In his latest piece, the former prime minister praised the performance of Luis de la Fuente’s side against Belgium, but also penned a few lines that have ended up carrying more weight than his football analysis. The row intensified when the former leader turned his attention to the French national team and the background of part of its squad, which he described as being of the very highest level but “without French players”,…

Published on 14/07/2026 – 11:17 GMT+2 Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has opened Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere – a luxury countryside resort in northwest England. Marking the brand’s fourth property in the UK, the new hotel is nestled within 157 acres of picturesque Cheshire countryside, with views over The Mere lake. Offering a range of accommodations and activities, guests can check into 116 rooms, including 23 suites, dine at Gordon Ramsay at The Mere restaurant, or book a wellness treatment at the Fairmont Spa. Between all the relaxing and dining, visitors can also play 18 holes on a championship-level golf course.…

Published on 14/07/2026 – 11:30 GMT+2 The first trailer for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s hotly anticipated new film Digger has been released, giving audiences a first look at Tom Cruise’s most transformative and least recognisable role since Tropic Thunder. Crusie plays Digger Rockwell, “the most powerful man in the world” who’s grey, balding, potbellied, and speaks with a thick southern accent. His company may have triggered a trillion-dollar ecological disaster and as per the film’s logline, he “embarks on a frantic mission to prove that he is humanity’s saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything”. He also spends a lot…

The report draws a contrast between Brussels and Washington, D.C., which is home to elite schools like Georgetown University or Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Unlike its American counterpart, the EU power center lacks such institutions “even though all the other protagonists in the debate are located there,” says the report, which contains other recommendations that would promote Sciences Po’s EU-level standing, like launching a “European thinker prize.” The French school is making the proposal with an eye on the competition. Students interested in Europe “do not spontaneously choose Sciences Po” and instead turn to the College…

Published on 14/07/2026 – 11:32 GMT+2 Ten men suffered injuries during the eighth and final bull run of Spain’s famed San Fermín festival on Tuesday, bringing the total number of daredevils injured during this year’s fiesta to 57. An 18-year-old man suffered a gore wound to the thigh and a 46-year-old man was gored in the chest, while the remaining eight were taken to hospital with bruises of varying severity, the Navarre regional government said in a statement. The bulls completed the 848.6-metre (928-yard) course from a holding pen to the city bull ring in two minutes and 25 seconds.…

Footage from Staines, England, filmed on Monday 13 July 2026, shows the Vintners’ and Dyers’ livery companies rowing traditional skiffs along the River Thames, catching cygnets, weighing and measuring them before King Charles’ Chief Swan Marker, David Barber, released them back into the water near Windsor Castle. The event, called Swan Upping, is an annual census of the Thames mute swan population running from 13 to 17 July, from Sunbury Lock in Middlesex to Abingdon Bridge in Oxfordshire. Barber, in the role since 1993, said this year’s count was encouraging, continuing a tradition dating back to the 12th century in…