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11:31 GMT+1 Press conference to follow, Trump says US President Donald Trump has confirmed US strikes on Venezuela on Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were “captured and flown out of the country,” in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.”The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country,” Trump said.Trump said details were “to follow”.”There will be a news conference today at 11 am (5 pm CET) at Mar-a-Lago.…
Published on 03/01/2026 – 8:00 GMT+1 Starlink is going to gradually lower thousands of its satellites in 2026 due to space safety concerns, the company said. Approximately 4,400 satellites that are currently orbiting at 550 kilometres above the Earth will be brought down to 480 kilometres throughout the year, according to Michael Nicholls, SpaceX’s vice-president of engineering. Lowering the satellites means it reduces the time it takes for a satellite to decay or approach the end of its life by more than 80 percent, he continued. There are also fewer satellites that operate at an altitude of less than 500…
This year has been a bumper year for overtourism, especially in popular southern European destinations such as Barcelona, Mykonos and Venice. Soaring hotel prices, irate locals, searing heat and an increasing number of anti-tourism protests added to this scenario, sometimes making holidays feel like far more trouble than they’re worth. Several cities, such as Barcelona and Venice, had to implement measures to handle overtourism, such as limiting tourist accommodation in an attempt to phase out Airbnb, as well as restricting cruises and group sizes. This has led to a shift in travel trends, with more visitors now wanting niche destinations,…
Updated: 03/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this January 3rd, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Most large retailers reopened on January 2, after trading on New Year’s Day was largely limited to small local shops. The switch to the euro has so far been orderly. Within a day of Bulgaria joining the Eurozone, banks had restored most online and mobile services, and many cash machines were already dispensing euro notes. Both the euro and the lev are circulating during the transition. Shops are expected to give change in euros, though levs may still be returned when necessary, prompting light hearted jokes about leftover coins becoming souvenirs. Shoppers have remained calm, and many continue to pay…
Published on 02/01/2026 – 20:24 GMT+1 A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicentre was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to the national seismological agency. The state’s civil defence agency reported some landslides around Acapulco and on other highways in the state. Residents and tourists in Mexico City and Acapulco rushed into the streets when the shaking…
Ukraine ordered the evacuation of thousands of children and their parents from frontline settlements in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions on Friday, where Russian troops have been advancing, a Ukrainian official said. “Due to the difficult security situation, a decision was made to forcibly evacuate more than 3,000 children and their parents from 44 frontline settlements in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions,” Restoration Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram. The evacuations, Kuleba said, were also ongoing in the northern Chernihiv region, which borders Moscow-allied Belarus and has been the target of Russian shelling. “In total, 150,000 people have been evacuated…
The Kenya Red Cross said a multi agency response team was on site managing the operation. Local media reported that the building was around 16 storeys high. Authorities have not yet commented on the cause of the collapse or confirmed the number of victims. Officials said the death toll was not expected to be high, though the rescue effort was still ongoing. Building collapses are a recurring problem in Nairobi, where demand for housing remains strong. In the past, developers have been accused of ignoring safety rules and building codes. After a series of deadly collapses in 2015, an official…
PARIS — French authorities will investigate the proliferation of sexually explicit deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence platform Grok on X, the Paris prosecutor’s office told POLITICO. French lawmakers Arthur Delaporte and Eric Bothorel contacted the prosecutor’s office on Jan. 2 after thousands of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes were generated by Grok and published on X. “These facts have been added to the existing investigation into X,” the prosecutor’s office stated, noting that this offense is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a €60,000 fine. The two lawmakers confirmed to POLITICO that they had filed reports with the authorities.For the past…
Updated: 02/01/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this January 2nd, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More