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Published on 14/09/2026 – 12:05 GMT+2•Updated 12:49 Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he expected Moscow to escalate the war in “in the coming weeks”, following Russian strikes that hit a Warsaw-bound train in Ukraine, just two kilometres from its border with Poland. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she believed Russia’s strike to close to the Polish border was designed to “scare” Western countries backing Kyiv. “It is clearly meant to scare Western countries from supporting Ukraine, from going to Ukraine to show support,” Kallas said, urging Kyiv’s supporters to do “the opposite”. Meanwhile the country’s foreign minister…

An official familiar with the matter said Kristersson intends to play hardball — he is expected to try to tempt the small, liberal Center party to leave Andersson’s camp and join his side, before forcing a vote in the new parliament on whether he can stay on as prime minister. That vote is likely to be at least two weeks away. The finely balanced contest is bittersweet for Andersson and her allies on the left. For months, her bloc had been leading comfortably in the polls, but the race tightened dramatically in the last two weeks of the campaign.  Speaking around…

Marine Le Pen put housing and the cost-of-living crisis at the heart of her presidential campaign on Sunday, using her first major speech in the former northern mining town of Hénin-Beaumont to promise French citizens that they would come “first in their own country” — regardless of skin colour, religion or origin. “We will guarantee all French citizens a natural and fair right, as is done in every country in the world,” said the far-right National Rally party’s figurehead, stating that French nationals would have “more rights in France than others” under her leadership. Le Pen announced that the policy…

A non-league goalkeeper from south-east London turned down the throne of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom last week, setting off a succession battle that erupted into open confrontation prior to King Oyo’s funeral on Saturday. George Desmond Kamurasi, 36, captain and goalkeeper of SE Dons — a club competing at the ninth tier of English football in Crayford — had been selected by a 21-member royal succession committee as the preferred candidate to succeed his cousin, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Fifteen of the 18 members who took part in the vote backed him. He said no, citing other responsibilities,…

A small Ionian island has unexpectedly become a popular tourist destination, thanks to some unusual “residents”. On the shores of Atokos, near Ithaca, visitors find not only crystal-clear waters and natural scenery, but also herds of black pigs roaming freely along the beach. Atokos is a private island and until recently was relatively unknown to the general public. That changed when photos and videos of the pigs started going viral on Instagram and TikTok. Now travellers from many countries visit the island specifically to see the animals up close, and some even swim alongside them or feed them. The pigs…

Published on 14/09/2026 – 11:11 GMT+2 One of the most talked about and celebrated films of this year’s Venice Film Festival is NAZA – the new film by Israeli No Other Land directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and the only documentary to be selected to this year’s main competition. It shows “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” according to its official synopsis. The 80-minute hot-button doc, shot in secrecy at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv during the ongoing Gaza war, features interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officers, soldiers…

BRUSSELS — EU capitals failed to extend one of the bloc’s Russia sanctions schemes on Monday, five EU diplomats told POLITICO. Three of them said EU ambassadors will reconvene later Monday for further discussion. Ambassadors meeting in Brussels needed to reach unanimous agreement on Monday because the regime — which governs the asset freezes of about 3,000 individuals and companies — expires Tuesday. Slovakia has demanded that the bloc remove two Russian oligarchs from the sanctions list: Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. France has reportedly attempted to create a compromise by suggesting only Usmanov be delisted. Most other capitals were…

Preliminary results in Sweden’s general election show the left-led bloc of opposition parties holding a three-seat majority over the incumbent right-wing alliance led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Nevertheless, the final result remains too close to call. Opinion polls had given the left-wing opposition a comfortable lead for much of the campaign, but the gap narrowed significantly in the final days before the vote. The four opposition parties are led by Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats. Her party is on around 28% of the vote and appears to be heading for its worst result in more than a…

At least 108 people have been rescued and six bodies recovered after the vessel overturned in the waters off Masalembo, about 148 km from Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province. Survivors were taken to a temporary medical post at Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin. Some said passengers rushed to the upper deck and scrambled for life jackets as the ferry began to list. According to its manifest, the ferry was carrying 243 people: 213 passengers and 30 crew, as well as 89 vehicles. The passenger breakdown included 59 adult passengers, one child, and 126 drivers and vehicle assistants, plus 27…

Published on 14/09/2026 – 9:40 GMT+2•Updated 9:46 The oil market spent Monday morning pricing in a weekend of bad news from the Gulf. Brent for October and November deliveries gained over 3% and crossed $108 a barrel, while the US benchmark WTI for October rose 2.3% to around $102, both extending last week’s advance after each reclaimed the $100 threshold. Prices moved following Saudi Arabia’s announcement that its East-West pipeline is temporarily closed after drone attacks. The line carries crude across the kingdom to Red Sea ports, allowing oil to reach export terminals without passing through the Strait of Hormuz,…