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More than 1,000 cases of sexual violence recorded since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 involve victims as young as 4 and as old as 82 in a “shocking pattern of torture, intimidation and coercion,” according to the report published on Friday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. “I am deeply alarmed by the prevalence of these abhorrent acts documented in our report, and fear that they are almost certainly continuing amid the unceasing violence we are witnessing every day in Ukraine,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.…
Germany will lower tax on petrol and diesel by 17 cents per liter in a relief package worth €2.5 billion, the German government announced Friday. “Those who rely on their cars every day are reaching their financial limits. … The relief package of €2.5 billion is no small sum in times of strained budgets,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said. The tax discount is to be implemented next month. The measure, brokered between Germany’s federal and state governments, is part of the package promised by Merz as fuel prices continue to climb in response to the war in Iran and the…
By Dimitri Kavalerov Published on 19/09/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Russians fearing a new military mobilisation are leaving the country in advance of possible restrictions on departure, according to the anti-war project Ark, after requests for emergency assistance and emigration advice from Russia have nearly octupled since the start of the summer. The surge coincides with Russia’s State Duma elections, which began on Friday and run through Sunday. Kremlin critics and several Western governments have accused Moscow of planning to announce a new call-up to beef up its troops in its ongoing all-out war in Ukraine after the vote concludes, allowing an…
Published on 19/09/2026 – 13:10 GMT+2 Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more over the past day, according to local authorities. In Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine, five people were killed and 15 were injured in Russian attacks, governor Oleh Syniehubov reported, adding that Russian forces had fired two missiles, five guided aerial bombs, and almost 60 drones at targets across the region. Strikes reportedly hit the villages of Lypkuvativka, Velykyi Burluk, and Slatyne, as well as the cities of Kharkiv and Balakliia, among other locations. Two people were also killed and five were…
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Published on 19/09/2026 – 11:41 GMT+2 At 20:49 on Saturday 18 September, Spanish time, Shakira stepped onto the stage of the Madrid stadium that bears her name. The setlist of 25 songs spread over two hours opened with ‘La fuerte’, her collaboration with Bizarrap from her latest album, and continued with ‘Girl like me’ and a medley of ‘Las de la intuición’ and ‘Estoy aquí’, her first international hit. “Good evening, Madrid, I can’t believe I’m here”, the artist said after the first few songs, before referring, without mincing her words, to her private life: “You’ll be thinking, the face…
BERLIN – Die schwarz-rote Koalition hat sich mit den Ländern grundsätzlich auf ein Maßnahmenpaket zur Entlastung von Bürgern und Unternehmen angesichts der hohen Spritpreise verständigt. Vorgesehen sind ein neuer Tankrabatt und ein krisenbedingter Spritpreisdeckel. POLITICO liegt das Beschlusspapier vor. Es sieht eine Entlastung von Bürgern sowie Unternehmen in Höhe von rund 2,5 Milliarden Euro vor. Konkret soll die Energiesteuer auf Benzin und Diesel bis Ende 2026 um 14 Cent je Liter gesenkt werden. Zusammen mit der Umsatzsteuer ergibt sich daraus eine Entlastung von 17 Cent je Liter. „Bund und Länder werden die Bürgerinnen und Bürger sowie die Unternehmen angesichts der…
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Although little-known, NATO’s military committee is the alliance’s most senior military authority, with the chair expected to give honest military advice to allies — helping assess the feasibility, financing and capabilities of operations. They oversee dozens of working groups of NATO military staff, and broker consensus on formulating military advice. The position is a “highly complex role,” said Eleonora Russell, the spokesperson of former chair Adm. Rob Bauer, because it requires simultaneously gaining the trust of both the military and the political leadership across the alliance — and not taking sides. Such a role is particularly challenging today given enduring…
Published on 19/09/2026 – 8:54 GMT+2 Bolivian lawmakers approved a $1.9 billion (€1.65bn) loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund on Friday, delivering the conservative government a key victory in its efforts to ease the country’s deep economic crisis as unions threatened to renew protests. Just hours after Congress approved the loan, President Rodrigo Paz announced an immediate end to subsidies for the diesel powering Bolivia’s trucks, buses and tractors — a step towards meeting IMF demands. Gasoline, used mainly in private cars, would remain subsidised for now, though Paz had already scaled back that support in recent months. The…