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“A stronger presence that facilitates parliamentary exchanges across the Atlantic, with a regional remit reaching as far as the Arctic,” Metsola wrote on social media after a meeting of the Parliament leadership at which they backed the initiative. “Europe and Canada: old friends, still writing the next page together.” The move will see Parliament representatives working in an “antenna office” alongside the existing EU delegation to Canada in Ottawa, which is managed by the European External Action Service. The Parliament office “will also provide an important platform for parliamentary engagement on issues of growing strategic importance to both the EU…
A French police officer is under investigation after a video emerged showing him violently throwing a man to the ground in Carcassonne in southern France, days after a separate scandal involving recordings of officers in the city making racist, misogynistic and conspiracy-related remarks. A judicial investigation was opened on Sunday for “intentional violence by a person vested with public authority.” The footage, shared on social media by MP Thomas Portes, shows several police officers standing around before one walks up behind a young man and hurls him to the ground. Once down, the man can be seen holding his head…
By Euronews Persian Published on 14/09/2026 – 14:09 GMT+2•Updated 19:38 Iran’s judiciary has seized assets belonging to 240 dissidents, journalists and public figures and frozen 182 of their bank accounts, the judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency reported, as Police Chief Ahmadreza Radan announced on Sunday that more than 6,000 people had been arrested over the January protests. Of the asset seizures, 143 took place in Tehran. Those targeted were accused of “propaganda activities or actions against the country and in favour of hostile governments,” according to Mizan. The agency said some of the assets belonged to journalists working for Persian-language opposition broadcasters…
Le gouvernement ne fait plus mystère de sa volonté de mettre à contribution les retraités pour faire des économies dans le budget 2027, une mesure forcément impopulaire. Sébastien Lecornu peut-il réussir là où ses prédécesseurs ont échoué ? La volonté de Marine Le Pen de négocier sur le budget change-t-elle la donne ? Anthony Lattier en discute avec Marcelo Wesfreid, directeur adjoint de la rédaction de POLITICO et Jason Wiels, responsable de la newsletter de POLITICO Paris Influence.N’hésitez pas à vous abonner et à laisser vos commentaires !
Published on 14/09/2026 – 19:00 GMT+2•Updated 19:06 The German military is having to rely on compulsory assignments to fill positions in a German brigade stationed in Lithuania. The move is said to be necessary because of difficulties filling planned voluntary positions, which has left a shortage of specialists. According to information obtained by Bild, the first soldiers could be ordered to serve there from the end of September, with up to 1,000 Bundeswehr personnel potentially in line to be affected. By the end of 2027, the 45th Panzer Brigade is expected to grow to around 4,800 German soldiers and be…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 18:32 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to pause strikes on energy targets as he sought to shift the blame for rising fuel prices from the Iran war to the war in Ukraine. “Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account. “The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran,” he added. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested that no deal has been officially confirmed…
Separately, unions are also discussing whether to back a review of how political parties spend their money, both officials quoted above said. Party spending is currently regulated retrospectively for the year before an election, and limits tighten further in the final weeks. This would mirror a move from the Labour government, which tasked the Electoral Commission earlier this summer with reviewing spending limits on political campaigning and reporting back by July 2027. The first official quoted above said: “If that money’s already landed [with Reform] and it’s going to stay there, it’s about how much you can spend on, for…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 16:18 GMT+2•Updated 17:40 The first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have said they believe the future of their nations belong “in the European Union”. The three leaders met in the Welsh capital, Cardiff, where their parties signed a joint agreement asserting the right of their nations to self-determination. The three leaders met in their capacity as party leaders rather than as representatives of their respective governments. Scotland’s John Swinney leads the Scottish National Party (SNP), Wales’ Rhun ap Iorwerth leads Plaid Cymru, meaning “the Party of Wales”, and Northern Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill is a…
In Mumbai, markets filled with devotees buying Ganesha idols, flowers, sweets and other offerings for the festival dedicated to the elephant-headed god of wisdom and prosperity. Smaller idols were carried home, while larger ones were taken through the streets on decorated trucks, accompanied by drummers and chanting devotees. Across the city, idols were installed in homes and temporary community shrines known as pandals, including some of Mumbai’s best-known sites such as Lalbaugcha Raja, GSB Seva Mandal and Andhericha Raja. In Hyderabad, large crowds gathered in the Khairatabad neighbourhood around a 69-foot-tall, five-faced Ganesha idol, one of the festival’s main attractions.…
Known as Stella Juva, the vehicle was developed by students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. It is designed to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and electricity grids, which can be unreliable in some remote areas. Yarno Basten, one of the innovators behind the project, said the idea came after discussions with NGOs working in Africa. They told the team that dependence on fuel and grid electricity could sometimes limit their ability to deliver healthcare. A mobile clinic on wheels Stella Juva is designed to function as more than an ambulance. It can carry medical equipment including an…