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According to UN special rapporteur Mai Sato, at least eight people have been killed in protests in Iran so far, after demonstrations broke out last week over persistent hyperinflation and a cost-of-living spike. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, warned the Iranian government on Friday that Washington would come to the aid of protesters by taking military action against the Islamic Republic if demonstrators were killed. A day after Trump issued that warning, the United States launched a military operation on Venezuelan soil, capturing the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro and taking him to the US. Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had previously…
Published on 05/01/2026 – 13:25 GMT+1 •Updated 13:30 Ruben Amorim has been sacked as Manchester United manager 14 months after arriving at Old Trafford, the English Premier League club announced on Monday. The decision comes a day after he made provocative comments about his position following a 1-1 draw with Leeds. “With Manchester United sitting sixth in the Premier League, the club’s leadership has reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change,” United said in a statement. “This will give the team the best opportunity of the highest possible Premier League finish.” United said…
Tusk’s warning came after U.S. President Donald Trump revived his threats to take control of Greenland, the self-ruling Danish territory that he has long coveted. “We need Greenland from a national security situation,” the American leader told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “We will deal with Greenland in about two months. Let’s talk about Greenland in 20 days,” he added, without giving more information about what he meant. Those remarks came after the U.S. launched strikes on Venezuela and arrested its leader, Nicolás Maduro, in an audacious nighttime raid. The dramatic operation raised fears in Europe that Washington could attempt a takeover of Greenland, prompting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to issue a stern rebuke. Annexing the Arctic island would make “absolutely no sense,” she said Sunday, with fellow Nordic nations Norway, Finland…
By Euronews Published on 05/01/2026 – 12:41 GMT+1 A Paris court on Monday convicted 10 people of cyberbullying France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron over false online claims about her gender identity and sexuality, including allegations she was born male. The defendants, aged between 41 and 65, received sentences ranging from cyberbullying awareness training to eight-month suspended prison terms. The court cited “particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious” comments that falsely alleged Brigitte Macron was transgender and made baseless accusations linking her 24-year age gap with President Emmanuel Macron to paedophilia. Some posts were viewed tens of thousands of times. Brigitte Macron did…
Freeland, 57, served as deputy PM of Canada under former leader Justin Trudeau. More recently, she resigned from her post as transport and internal trade minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet in September to become Canada’s special envoy on the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland has Ukrainian roots through her mother, Halyna Chomiak, and is a prominent pro-Ukraine advocate. Freeland has not commented publicly on the announcement. When contacted, POLITICO received an out-of-office reply, saying she would be back at work later today. Freeland’s appointment is the latest step in Zelenskyy’s reboot of his office. The president recently appointed former…
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Published on 05/01/2026 – 10:39 GMT+1 Leonardo DiCaprio has shared his concerns for the state of cinema and the film industry as a whole, saying that movies are still meant to be a communal experience. “Movies are still meant to be experienced, together, in a theatre. Right now, that belief matters more than ever,” shared the actor, as he spoke at the Palm Springs Film Festival this weekend via a pre-recorded video. “Original films are harder to make and harder to protect. But movies still matter, not content, but cinema. Stories made by people meant to be shared in a…
Spain was the setting again on Sunday for protests by the Venezuelan diaspora, with hundreds gathering in central Madrid for a second day. Demonstrators expressed support for the US operation targeting President Nicolás Maduro and backed Venezuela’s opposition leaders. The mood was calmer than the night before, with flags filling the square as people sang the national anthem and danced. Protesters chanted slogans in favour of María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, while rejecting any political role for Delcy Rodríguez. The rally followed a divided day of demonstrations across Spain. In the morning, some groups protested against US involvement in…
By AP with Euronews Published on 05/01/2026 – 10:44 GMT+1 A massive 243-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen (€2.78 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction on Monday was Kiyomura Corp., whose owner Kiyoshi Kimura runs the popular Sushi Zanmai chain. Kimura, who has won the annual action many times in the past, broke the previous record of 334 million yen (€1.82 million) he set in 2019. Kimura later told reporters he was hoping to pay a bit less for it,…
By Mohamed Elashi & Africanews with AP Published on 05/01/2026 – 10:20 GMT+1 Brahim Díaz kept Morocco’s Africa Cup of Nations title hopes on track while five-time winner Cameroon beat South Africa 2-1 for a showdown with the host nation in the quarterfinals. Díaz sent Morocco through with a 1-0 win over Tanzania on Sunday before Cameroon held on to beat South Africa for the first time since 1992 thanks to goals from Junior Tchamadeu and Christian Kofane. They meet in the next round on Friday. It was Díaz’s fourth goal in four games and it set off celebrations of relief around Rabat’s near 70,000-capacity…