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Being a video game fan is a tough gig when it comes to film adaptations. Unless you count recent TV series like The Last Of Us and Fallout, console-to-screen transformations have historically resulted in cinematic poison. One video game franchise which has had a particularly rough time of it is Capcom’s Resident Evil, which has been cursed with six live-action films, one dire 2021 reboot, and a failed Netflix series which was promptly cancelled because an actual viral infection would’ve been preferable to a second season. When the news dropped that horror’s indie darling Zach Cregger was helming a brand-new…

PARIS — Anti-immigration politician Eric Zemmour let slip Thursday that he plans to run in next year’s presidential election, seemingly ending speculation that he might step aside to make way for his partner, MEP Sarah Knafo. The leader of the far-right party Reconquest — who advocated in the past for the mass deportation of immigrants, state spending cuts and banning Muslim headscarves in public spaces — told BFMTV: “I am a candidate for the presidency of the Republic,” before adding, “you know what I mean, I will be a candidate.” Zemmour’s popularity in France peaked in the early days of…

Published on 18/09/2026 – 14:36 GMT+2 The leader of Sweden’s Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson, has said she is “ready” to attempt to form a government after her opposition alliance narrowly defeated the right-wing bloc in elections. “I have informed the speaker that I am ready to try to build a new government,” she told reporters on Friday. “I want to lead Sweden in a new spirit of cooperation, and … my aim is to seek broad cooperation,” she added. Andersson, who previously served as prime minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, is expected to look to build a government…

Published on 18/09/2026 – 11:56 GMT+2 A Turkish actor and a footballer who helped the national football team finish third at the 2002 World Cup were among 16 people detained in anti-drug raids across Istanbul on Friday as part of a probe into celebrities, venue operators and social media influencers. Hasan Şaş, who earned 40 caps for the Turkish national team and played for Galatasaray during its most successful European period, and actor Aras Bulut İynemli, known abroad for Netflix Turkey productions, were detained alongside actor Melis Sezen, rapper Sefo and 12 others. Authorities had not located two further suspects…

Published on 18/09/2026 – 12:25 GMT+2 Britain’s most valuable private company has clarified where it intends to sell its shares. Nik Storonsky, Revolut’s founder and CEO, told French newspaper Les Echos on Thursday that the group is weighing a dual listing across the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, confirming earlier media reports. A spokesperson for Revolut confirmed the report to Euronews. The US remains Storonsky preference, and he was candid about why, stating that “it’s a larger market. It includes institutional investors, hedge funds, fund managers and a considerable number of individual investors.” “So we have the choice between…

Rare have downfalls been so spectacular, and for an artist who says he refuses to be drawn into political debate, Ed Sheeran has become a political lightning rod in a snowballing controversy which shows no signs of slowing down. The British singer’s once-wholesome image has taken an almighty nosedive following the dismissal of Macklemore from his US tour after venues objected to the rapper’s outspoken support for Palestine. After a very ill-advised PR statement – which did more damage to Sheeran’s brand than anything else – and all of the singer’s opening acts quitting in solidarity with Macklemore, Ed has…

The EU exported nearly 19 million tonnes of scrap metal in 2025, accounting for over half the bloc’s total recyclable raw materials exports. Egypt and India respectively bought over 1.3 million and 850,000 tonnes of scrap metal. Last-minute concerns over the EU’s trade deal with India led the European Commission to withdraw planned export duties on aluminum scrap earlier this month. India is a major importer of aluminum scrap. The country last year exported over 350,000 tons of aluminum scrap alone. The executive was due to present an instrument to slow exports of cheap aluminum scrap to buyers outside the…

The Russian embassy in South Africa has shared a picture that appears to show Russian President Vladimir Putin taking a group selfie with the 10 BRICS world leaders during September’s summit. The 18th BRICS Summit took place in New Delhi, India, on 12 and 13 September. The verified X account posted the picture, which garnered more than 2 million views, alongside the caption “BRICS is a superpower”. However, this selfie is not real. No credible news organisation has published the image as real, and the official website of the summit did not share it either. The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team,…

Russians began voting Friday in a tightly controlled three-day election that will likely see President Vladimir Putin tighten his grip on power after 26 years at the helm, as Russia’s all-out war in Ukraine continues well into its fifth year. Only parties backing Putin and his war in Ukraine are on the ballot: the ruling United Russia, the Communist Party, A Just Russia, the nationalist LDPR and New People. Yabloko, Russia’s only publicly anti-war party still operating inside the country, was barred from participating. The party saw a surge in social media support, particularly among young people, after it was…

Uzbekistan is preparing to bring some of its biggest state-linked companies to public markets, with national telecommunications operator Uztelecom now the most advanced candidate for an international listing. The programme extends across telecommunications, aviation, banking and energy and is designed to attract more private and international capital while bringing major companies under the transparency and governance requirements expected by public investors. For international investors, that could open access to some of Uzbekistan’s largest corporate assets. For Uzbekistan, it is a test of whether its capital-market reforms can move beyond UzNIF’s London debut to a broader pipeline of publicly traded companies.…