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Following the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine and the subsequent wave of emigration, one notable trend has been the rise of so-called “birth tourism”. Thousands of Russian women, unwilling to tie their children’s future to a country that started a war and concerned about Russia’s growing isolation, began looking for opportunities to give birth abroad. The main goal is not only to access quality healthcare, but also to obtain a second citizenship for the newborn, which can potentially open the way for the entire family to emigrate, study, work and travel freely around the world. Countries that apply…

Russian state news agency TASS reported that Witkoff and Kushner “intend to travel to Moscow and Kyiv on September 5-6.” The men have been key U.S. mediators in the stalled Ukraine peace talks. Witkoff made several trips to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2025 and early 2026 and met with Zelenskyy in the U.S., Germany and France. This will be their first trip to Kyiv. After Trump returned to office in early 2025, the U.S. launched an intensive push for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal focused on territorial compromises, security guarantees for Ukraine and postwar reconstruction. Washington…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 19:38 GMT+2 Spain recorded its joint-highest September temperature on Thursday, with 45.7C measured in the southwestern town of El Granado as exceptional heat grips the country, according to Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The temperature matched the September record of 45.7C set in Montoro in 2016. Both towns are located in the southern region of Andalusia. Thursday’s reading was also the highest temperature recorded in Spain so far this year, as summer-like heat exceeding 40C has swept across large parts of the country’s south and west this week. AEMET also said on Thursday that the country…

The 30-year US Treasury yield remains above 5%, near levels last seen in 2007. At the same time, government borrowing costs have climbed to multi-decade highs across Germany, Japan and the UK. By almost any conventional measure, this should be bad news for equity markets. Higher bond yields raise borrowing costs, pressure equity valuations and give investors a more attractive alternative to shares. Yet equities have barely blinked. The S&P 500 is up roughly 13% this year and sits less than 1% below its 13 August record. Europe’s STOXX 600 has gained about 9.5%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 has surged…

At IFA 2026, TCL is presenting its latest display and connected home technologies under the theme “AI Inspired Life,” with artificial intelligence playing a central role across many of the products on show. The company’s exhibition ranges from large-format Mini-LED televisions and smartphones to AR glasses and connected home appliances. Under the name NXTHOME, the company is bringing together displays, household appliances and other connected technologies in an attempt to show how different devices could work together in people’s everyday lives. Euronews spoke to Stefan Streit, chief marketing officer at TCL Europe, to find out what role AI plays in…

The document Farage and Bardella signed is only binding if the two parties come to power, and it says France will “will ordinarily accept” migrants intercepted in the Channel — potentially leaving wiggle room for Paris to reject them in some cases. Farage called the line “legalese” at a press conference alongside Bardella. “As Australia proved in 2012, once you provide no incentive to pay a trafficker money to be taken across a stretch of water, in very very short order, the business model will be broken,” Farage said. But Farage was not asked about the fact that the phrase…

On Friday, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party signed a “memorandum of understanding” with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, aimed at stopping the boats “forever” — should their parties come to power — at the party’s annual conference in Birmingham. Farage and Bardella signed the agreement which vows to end irregular migrant crossing on stage. The Reform UK leader hailed the deal as a “genuine new entente cordiale” between the two countries and political parties. Bardella — who is hoping to become France’s next Prime Minister — said that “the United Kingdom must not be the destination for…

The official added that Farage plans a series of other visits to leaders on the European right before the end of 2026. Farage has had a long association with Marine Le Pen and interviewed her for his radio show in 2017. He said Friday that while he would not have struck a deal with the National Front founded by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, her rechristened party had moved away from “extreme elements.” The relationship has not always been so harmonious. Farage said in 2024 that RN’s economic policies would be a “disaster” for France and “even worse for the…

Senior EU officials are doubling down on the need for substantial new EU-level taxes to finance the bloc’s long-term budget, pushing back against scepticism from the so-called “frugal” member states. The question of new own resources, part of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the bloc’s €2 trillion long-term budget for 2028–2034, dominated the informal meeting of European Affairs Ministers in Dublin on Thursday and Friday. “The issue of own resources is an absolute prerequisite for us to adopt this budget,” Benjamin Haddad, the French Minister for European Affairs, told reporters on the margins of the meeting on Thursday. “Our priority, once…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2 The Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, announced on Friday that the Portuguese government is to open talks with the two groups bidding to buy TAP Air Portugal, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, which submitted binding offers at the end of July. Quoted by the Lusa news agency, Leitão Amaro said that the bids, although different, have an “overall valuation that is very close”, which he believes justifies an “effort to negotiate” in order to obtain improved proposals from both contenders and allow the government to move towards “a single bidder for the very…