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Published on 23/09/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 The European Commission is working towards closing the books on Albania’s accession process by December 2027 — a timeline Tirana has long touted, and that is now set to receive formal recognition in the EU’s upcoming enlargement roadmaps, EU officials told Euronews. The Commission is preparing a roadmap to confirm Albania’s stated goal of closing all negotiating chapters by the end of next year, and to lay out priority deliverables to plug the remaining accession gaps. Albania has set the end of 2027 as its target for completing accession negotiations, a timetable Prime Minister…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed in front of the UN General Assembly Wednesday that the Golan Heights region will remain Syrian despite Israel’s claims over the strategically important territory. “Any attempts that violate our sovereignty, violate international law, will be stopped. Golan will remain Syrian territories,” al-Sharaa said at the UN meeting of world leaders in New York. The US had been the only country to recognise Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in 1981, which it captured from Syria in 1967, until Colombia’s new hard-right government in August recognised Israel’s claim. The UN maintains that the plateau is Syrian…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 16:22 GMT+2 Since the start of the Iran war, higher road fuel prices have cost the EU an estimated €53 billion, according to a report published on Wednesday by Brussels-based environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E). Most of that extra cost — €40 billion — came from diesel. T&E estimates that higher road fuel prices have added an average of €270 million a day to transport costs, including €203 million a day for diesel. The remaining €67 million a day is attributable to petrol. The estimates compare costs during the war with the same period last…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 9:20 GMT+2 Donald Trump may have left his audience at the UN cold and baffled with his insistence thatAI should be renamed “Super Intelligence”, but one man did earn applause with his speech on the controversial technology… Speaking at a career retrospective at a BAFTA event in London, Tom Cruise was asked about how AI could disrupt the medium of cinema. The Mission: Impossible star embarked on a passionate, six-minute monologue about the importance of humanity in the arts and how this summer’s blockbuster season showed that young audiences are still keen to go to the…
PAC-3 and PAC-2 GEM-T are interceptor missiles fired by Patriot air-defense batteries to destroy incoming threats. Patriot has become crucial since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the system is used to protect cities and critical infrastructure from Russian ballistic missile attacks. The German proposal follows Pistorius’ trip to Washington last week, where he met U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and signed a statement of intent aimed at expanding defense-industrial cooperation between the two countries. Pistorius said Berlin had offered to help meet rising demand for American weapons by bringing more production to Germany and elsewhere in Europe. “The idea…
Fuel prices surged again over the $100 mark on Tuesday amid the ongoing global supply crisis sparked by strikes in the straits of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb. Negotiations between Iran and the US hit another deadlock in August, prompting hostilities to resume, with the latest wave of Iranian attacks slashing daily cargo passage in Hormuz to fewer than 20 vessels a day. On top of that, the attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are also disrupting trade around Bab-el-Mandeb, which used to be a crucial safety valve between Yemen, Eritrea and Djibouti. With all these vital trade routes under attack,…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 13:57 GMT+2 Britain will go back to the drawing board on its agreement to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said on Wednesday. The move comes a day after US President Donald Trump attacked the deal during his first meeting with Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The two leaders met on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. With Burnham sitting beside him, Trump said he expected the British leader to reconsider the “terrible deal”. Burnham nodded and replied “yep”. Burnham, who succeeded Keir Starmer in July,…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 15:07 GMT+2•Updated 15:15 The global economy is proving sturdier than feared. In its interim outlook published on Wednesday, the OECD raised its 2026 growth projection by 0.1 percentage point from June, concluding that the world economy “has weathered the energy supply shock triggered by the conflict in the Middle East better than expected.” That still marks a clear slowdown from the 3.4% growth recorded last year, and the OECD also trimmed its forecast for 2027 by 0.1 percentage point to 3%. The upgrades were broad. The US is now expected to grow 2.2% this year and…
Travel in the Middle East is evolving rapidly, with shifts in technology and consumer behaviour transforming both the industry and how people explore the region and beyond. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already changing how holidays are planned and sold, while ski trips, cruises and experiences are gaining popularity among Middle Eastern travellers, according to the new Group Chief Executive Officer of global aviation and travel services company dnata. Nabil Sultan Al Murr, who took over the role in June 2026, told Euronews Travel that these changing preferences are pushing companies to adapt more quickly, while technology is influencing everything from…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 11:25 GMT+2 She just can’t take a break… Following her headline-dominating wedding this year, Taylor Swift has announced she’s back with a new single, titled ‘Patient Zero’, which will drop on Friday. “I’ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single “Patient Zero” will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!) and it’s available to pre-order now on my website for 24 hours,” Swift wrote on Instagram. Her Instagram bio now reads: “And, baby, that’s sh0w business f0r y0u,” which ties back to her ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ era. It isn’t confirmed whether…