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Published on 02/10/2026 – 5:53 GMT+2 Brazil’s attorney general asked the police on Thursday to investigate allegations that US President Donald Trump’s administration was using government funds to promote a “far-right agenda” in the South American country. Brazil is three days away from a hotly contested presidential election pitting leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against Flavio Bolsonaro, a right-wing senator – son and political heir to embattled former conservative President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula has made Brazil’s sovereignty a central campaign theme, warning against “meddling” by Trump, who has backed several right-wing candidates in recent Latin American elections. Attorney…
Thousands of people are protesting across Spain after authorities evicted Maricarmen Abascal from her home in Madrid. Maricarmen, who is 87 years old, had been living there for over 70 years. Images of police forcibly removing her from the flat on a stretcher have now turned the legal dispute into a symbolic fight for housing activists. The protesters marched through Madrid, camped out in Puerta del Sol, and organised demonstrations in other Spanish cities. They are using Maricarmen’s case to protest the wider housing crisis: rising rents and a shortage of affordable homes, which are fuelling fears that tenants can…
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Russia’s defense ministry confirmed it had carried out the attack, stating the bridge was being used to transport military cargo. It also separately said it had struck the key Hostomel logistics hub and a cargo ship crossing the Black Sea near the southern port of Odessa. Separately, the UN-linked International Atomic Energy Agency said four strikes in recent days had threatened safety and security” at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, including reportedly disabling an off-site radiation monitoring station. Moscow has stepped up its bombing campaign in recent weeks against Ukraine’s civil and critical infrastructure, targeting residential areas, energy facilities, sea…
After a gruelling summer skimming lakes and coastlines to dump thousands of tonnes of water on wildfires burning across a parched Europe, Italy’s fleet of bright yellow and red Canadair planes has finally returned home to a base near Rome for maintenance. Italy operates one of the world’s largest fleets of Canadair amphibious aircraft, part boat, part plane, that can respond quickly to a fire because they do not need to land to take on water from lakes, reservoirs or the sea. This summer brought Italy’s fourth-largest fire season since 2006, with 113,800 hectares burned in 645 fires, according to…
Published on 03/10/2026 – 12:09 GMT+2 China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into a chemical imported from the European Union, less than a week before the bloc’s trade commissioner arrives in Beijing for talks meant to stop a dispute from escalating. The commerce ministry in China said on Saturday it would examine whether low-priced p-nitrotoluene from the EU was flooding the Chinese market. A spokesperson said domestic producers had asked for the probe, complaining of “damage to production and operations”. The chemical is used to make dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides and the investigation is due to conclude within 12 months,…
Britain’s head of counter-terrorism policing Vicki Evans said the force had “been running a hugely intensive and complex investigation for some time,” adding: “The charge announced today is a result of the tireless work of investigators across the counter-terrorism policing network.” Kerry is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. In August, the counter-terrorism force reopened a year-long investigation into an alleged firebomb attack against Farage’s home. “I know the new charges made today will be extremely concerning. My profound sympathies are with Nigel Farage and his family,” said British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. “Let no one make…
By Peter Barabas & Jane Witherspoon & Toby Gregory Published on 03/10/2026 – 11:27 GMT+2•Updated 11:33 The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight used a crash axe against the captain and “attempted to carry out a terrorist attack”, the United Arab Emirates’ prosecutor general said on Saturday. A crash axe is a tool in the cockpit for the pilots to use in an emergency. Prosecutor general Hamad Saif al-Shamsi said the co-pilot of FlyDubai flight FZ1073 tried to take control of the aircraft and that the investigation continues “to uncover all the circumstances of the incident, its motives,…
Published on 03/10/2026 – 8:46 GMT+2 A Russian strike hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge on Saturday, halting traffic from the left bank to the right and deepening a transport crisis that began when the Southern Bridge was shut a day earlier. Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced the strike on Telegram after a drone alert in the capital. “Northern Bridge has been hit,” he wrote. “Emergency services are heading to the scene.” He later reported damage to the road surface and to the overhead wires that power trolleybuses on the bridge. “Traffic across the bridge from the left bank to the right bank…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 6:22 GMT+2 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million (€284.4 million) in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns, citing Cairo’s help in dealing with Iran since the conflict began earlier this year. The US State Department said on Thursday that Rubio had signed off on the waiver “in the interest of US national security.” “The Secretary’s determination reflects the importance of Egypt to US national security interests, and the concrete security cooperation Egypt provides to the United States,” the department said. In a…