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Published on 22/07/2026 – 13:31 GMT+2•Updated 13:39 Iran has issued a direct warning to Bulgaria over plans to host US military aircraft, saying Sofia must not allow its territory to become a launchpad for operations against Tehran. The warning follows a Bulgarian government proposal to temporarily deploy up to eight US aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base in the country’s southeast. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said any support for US attacks would make Bulgaria complicit in what Tehran describes as “aggression and war crimes”. Sofia and Washington have sought to play down those concerns, insisting that the…

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Published on 22/07/2026 – 12:17 GMT+2 The European Union is preparing to accept new tariffs the United States is expected to impose in the coming days over forced labour, as long as they do not exceed the 15 percent cap agreed under the Turnberry agreement, the European Commission said. The White House said in early June that it would impose fresh duties on its global trading partners, arguing that insufficient efforts to curb trade in goods produced using forced labour were harming US commercial interests. The current US tariff regime expires on Friday, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said…

Published on 22/07/2026 – 12:01 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump is reportedly keen for FIFA’s Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations. According to a report by US media outlet The New York Post that cites a source close to the president, Trump believes there is a clear opportunity for a challenger to take the role and sees Infantino as a “respected” potential candidate. The process is already underway to replace the UN’s current Secretary-General, António Guterres, who finishes his second term on 31 December. The winning candidate would need the approval of the 15-strong UN…

Half of President Donald Trump’s MAGA base thought Iran’s war was worth its economic costs in May. Now, just a little more than a third do. That precipitous, 13-point drop in just two months, according to a new POLITICO Poll, reveals how the president’s most die-hard supporters are starting to agree with the majority of Americans who have long opposed the U.S.’ involvement in the war. Additionally, 37 percent of self-identified MAGA Trump voters say the U.S. should continue its involvement only if it doesn’t increase costs, up from 29 percent who said the same in May, according to the survey, conducted by independent…

Published on 22/07/2026 – 11:16 GMT+2 A fake clip circulating online alleges that Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is investigating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s parents over an illicit $11 million (€9.6 million) that appeared in their bank account in 2025. It uses the branding of Europe Today, Euronews’ live morning show, to report on the supposed investigation, alleging that Zelenskyy’s parents described the funds as a gift — some posts say that it’s a gift from European taxpayers’ money. The video also claims that they were detained but released shortly afterwards, following pressure from Zelenskyy’s office. However, not only is the video…

Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions of people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertiliser and food costs, the head of the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development warned, as a new United Nations report showed global progress against hunger remains fragile. The UN food security report, released Tuesday, found that global hunger has eased modestly in recent years, but projected more than 500 million people could still face chronic hunger by 2030. Africa is expected to bear the largest share of that burden. In an interview with The Associated Press this month, IFAD President Alvaro…

The biggest winner from The Odyssey’s success (other than Christopher Nolan’s wallet)? The Mediterranean. Having been shot on IMAX 70 mm, and with cinematography from Hoyte van Hoytema, it’s basically impossible to watch without immediately wanting to book a flight. And if you’re feeling inspired after your cinema trip, and have some cash to splash, you might just want to take a look at this newly launched tour from experiential travel specialists Pelorus. Rather than the 20 years it took Odysseus to make it home following the Trojan War, the 14-night journey takes you to a mix of ancient sites…

The true cost of ripping up and replacing telecom equipment from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE — which the Commission proposed banning as part of a new EU Cybersecurity Act — is hotly contested, as is whether telecom operators should be compensated. GSMA on Wednesday priced the removal of high-risk vendors from mobile networks at €16 to €22 billion, including costs from fixed networks at €5 billion and from transport networks at €9 to €12 billion. The trade body also said there would be an additional cost of €8.5 billion from 2027 to 2030 because there would be less competition…

Hollywood star Zendaya came under fire for wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian gold artefacts as earrings at a London photocall for Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey, which critics called a misappropriation of one of the ancient world’s most significant collections of objects. The earrings — gold disc medallions dating to the first millennium BCE and attributed to the Ziwiyeh hoard, a collection discovered in northwest Iran in the late 1940s — were remounted with diamonds and 18-karat gold by London jeweller Glenn Spiro as part of his Materials of the Old World series. They are owned by Barron London, a Mayfair-based gallery…