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The coalition was also on track to win in Reggio Calabria and was ahead in Arezzo, reinforcing the sense that conservative voters remain largely consolidated despite speculation that the referendum setback had weakened Meloni’s grip on power. The local elections had been closely watched as the first real political test since the failed March justice referendum, with opposition parties seeking to brandish the vote as evidence that cooperation between the Democratic Party, the Five Star Movement and smaller left-wing forces could generate national momentum. Around a tenth of Italian citizens were able to vote across more than 700 municipalities. Senator…
The investigation is moving forward after the death of a 12-year-old boy in Rennes on Sunday late afternoon. A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Monday morning, and another teenage girl turned herself in to the police shortly afterwards. Both have been taken into custody, according to the city’s public prosecutor. For the time being, how this tragedy unfolded and the link between the three minors remain unclear. The Rennes public prosecutor’s office immediately opened an investigation for the murder of a child under the age of 15, entrusted to the organised and specialised crime division. On site, significant resources are…
Return hubs are a controversial element in a major migration reform presented last year by the European Commission under pressure from right-wing governments around the bloc. The idea is to avoid having migrants remain in a country where they have been refused asylum for extended periods because their host country won’t readmit them or for other reasons. Setting up centers to process asylum applications outside the EU follows a similar logic — prioritizing migrants for entry whose applications have been approved. The first non-EU return hub, whose location has yet to be announced amid ongoing talks with several non-EU governments,…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 20:03 GMT+2 Two swimmers died in separate incidents after getting caught in a riptide, prompting French authorities to issue a warning about the strong currents and riptides along the Gironde coastline in southwestern France. The 56-year-old German woman was swept away and drowned on Sunday off the coast of Lège-Cap-Ferret. Nearby, in Lacanau, a man of 60 died in a separate incident. Since Friday, emergency services in the Gironde department have already rescued 31 people from the water. Local authorities urged beachgoers to exercise “maximum vigilance”. French authorities are warning of riptides, narrow but incredibly strong…
The incident was first reported by The Times, which said it was unclear whether the defense minister was deliberately targeted, but indicated the jet’s flight path was visible on tracking websites. According to the Financial Times, after its signal was jammed, Healey’s plane spent three hours flying without access to GPS or the internet. There have been several recent instances of interference with Western planes linked to Russia. A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was allegedly impacted by GPS interference last September, but there were contradictory accounts of what exactly took place. Flights in the eastern…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 18:31 GMT+2 Mexico is prepared to host the Iranian football team during this summer’s World Cup, solving at least one of the team’s problems ahead of a politically tense tour through North America for the summer competition. At a daily press conference on Monday, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that her government has “no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico”. Over the weekend, with less than a month to go till the start of the tournament, the Iranian team announced it was moving its World Cup camp from the US state of Arizona…
At the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, housing debates across the Middle East and North Africa moved beyond construction targets and financing figures, focusing instead on resilience, dignity and long-term social stability. Officials and philanthropic leaders from Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Morocco outlined how the region is increasingly linking housing policy with employment, climate adaptation and urban inclusion — while confronting the realities of conflict and reconstruction. Among the strongest messages came from Lamia bint Majid Al Saud, Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies, who argued that housing solutions cannot be replicated from one country to another. Strategies must…
By Euronews with AP Published on 25/05/2026 – 18:15 GMT+2 Belarus’ exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya visited Kyiv for the first time on Monday as the Ukrainian capital cleaned up after Russia’s biggest missile attack of the year, while world leaders kept a close eye on how much support the Belarusian government is ready to provide for Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tikhanovskaya, who has been globally recognised as the de facto opposition leader of Belarus since standing against strongman leader Aleksandr Lukashenko in the country’s 2020 election, began her visit by paying tribute to Maria Zaitseva, a dissident who joined Ukraine’s military…
By Euronews Persian with AFP Published on 25/05/2026 – 17:42 GMT+2 A high-level Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Qatar on Monday “for negotiations as part of diplomatic efforts to end the conflict,” according to anonymous sources familiar with the meeting. The source cited by AFP said that the visit to Doha, which also involves Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, would focus on “issues related to the Strait of Hormuz and highly enriched uranium.” Iran’s central bank chief Abdolnaser Hemmati is also part of the delegation to discuss frozen assets, an issue reportedly addressed in a final agreement.…
With less than a month left until the 2026 FIFA World Cup, anticipation is building across the globe. For the first time in history, the tournament will stretch across three countries: the US, Canada and Mexico will host a record 104 matches featuring 48 teams. It will look very different from Qatar 2022, where fans from around the world gathered in the smallest country ever to host the World Cup. Qatar’s size allowed supporters to attend multiple matches in a single day, something many fans still remember fondly. While the 2026 tournament will be bigger in every sense, parts of…