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Uzbekistan has signed six energy agreements worth $4.7bn (€4.19bn) and announced plans for two more nuclear power plants, as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev seeks to attract foreign investment and meet rising demand from industry and data centres. The agreements, signed during talks in Tashkent on Friday, cover 3,000 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity and 400 MW of energy storage, according to the presidency. Companies named in a project list obtained by Euronews include Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Saudi Tabreed, the UAE’s AMEA Power, Japan’s Toyota Tsusho and Sojitz, France’s EDF, Qatar’s Nebras Power, StorEn and CRE International. A new…
The bloc’s 27 leaders were due to discuss migration during a special session on Thursday requested by Meloni and Frederiksen following a tense back-and-forth with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in June. Tensions have risen further after Spain’s Ceuta exclave was overwhelmed by migrants during the summer and as far-right parties have made gains around the bloc. The draft also “calls the Commission to explore [a] possible consultation mechanism to encourage coordination on national measures potentially affecting other Member States while respecting national competencies.” While the last phrase does not name any one country, Sánchez has clashed with Meloni over…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 15:38 GMT+2 A Norwegian teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of travelling to the UK to carry out an assassination. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, is said to have agreed to undertake a contract killing in exchange for €25,000. He was arrested at a hotel in northern England in March 2025 after having arrived at Manchester airport two days earlier, with officers discovering a bag containing a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, and 19 bullets under his bed. Analysis of his phone and communications showed he had been instructed on how…
The Vatican has released the first photographs of Pope Leo XIV since he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung. The images, published on Friday, show the pontiff celebrating Mass at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he is recovering following the operation. The Vatican said the Pope’s condition was continuing to improve, with his post-operative recovery allowing him to carry out daily activities independently and remain in good spirits.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and co-founder of SpaceX, recreated a “Knight Rider” moment, showing off his companies’ engineering capabilities with a supercar equipped with cold-gas thrusters developed using SpaceX technology. Tesla’s share price increased on Friday, largely due to the hype, but while the demonstration impressed, analysts see limited commercial value in the new model. Mamta Valechha, consumer discretionary analyst at Quilter Cheviot, described it as a “headline-grabbing engineering moment” designed “to generate excitement around the brand”. Rico Luman, senior sector economist, transport and logistics, at ING, called the presentation “a publicity stunt which emphasises Tesla’s image as an innovative…
Wellness retreats have been soaring in popularity over the past few years, with resorts making use of increasingly fancy tools to kickstart your health journey (hyperbaric chambers or cryotherapy, anyone?). But that’s certainly not the only way to do things, as proven by Shanti-Som, the wellness retreat brand that first opened its doors in Marbella in 2011. Now set to open a second resort in Portugal in February 2027, Shanti-Som Algarve will offer six structured programmes focused on different goals, with the aim that the healthy habits you learn are simple enough to keep up with long after you leave.…
BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Friday that as many as 20 million Ukrainians could be forced to flee to Europe if his country falls to Russia. “Russia is killing us,” Zelenskyy told reporters at a press conference on Friday during a summit of European Union leaders, adding Ukrainians were being “pushed” out of their country. “They [Russia] don’t want to stop.” In the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion, millions of Ukrainians fled their homes in Europe’s fastest and largest refugee crisis since World War II. Today, over 4 million Ukrainians live in EU countries under temporary protection status,…
France and Germany struck a deal on Friday to soften the European Union’s effective ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 in exchange for tougher rules favouring European-made products. Berlin has long opposed the 2035 rules, seeking to protect its automotive industry, while Paris has pushed for strict “Made in Europe” requirements to counter competition from Chinese manufacturers in the EU market. The agreement was reached on the sidelines of a gathering of EU leaders in Brussels. It links a revision of the 2035 rules on new petrol and diesel cars to the debate over introducing a European preference in…
Russian strikes sparked major fires in Ukraine’s Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions on Friday 16 October, leaving industrial premises engulfed in flames. In Odesa, firefighters battled a blaze at a factory producing household goods, dragging hoses towards the burning building as products lay scattered across the ground. Further east, in Zaporizhzhia, emergency crews used an elevated platform to tackle a fire covering 500 square metres at a private business. Footage released by Ukraine’s emergency services shows firefighters directing jets of water into the flames at both sites. The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined European leaders for talks. Separate…
Halloween falling on a Saturday in 2026 means plenty of us will be keen to make the most of the spooky holiday, even travelling abroad to celebrate it. Now, a new ranking has revealed the best party places to experience All Hallows’ Eve across the globe. Travel experts at Adventure360 analysed some 113 cities worldwide to uncover where travellers can find the biggest Halloween celebrations this year. Each individual city was scored on the number of Halloween events happening between 30 October and 1 November, as well as the size of its nightlife offering and late-night restaurant scene. The safety…