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By René Powilleit, Berliner Landesvorsitzender des Verbandes “Lesben und Schwule in der Union” (LSU), einer politischen Sonderorganisation innerhalb der Christlich Demokratischen Union Deutschlands (CDU) Published on 26/07/2026 – 16:30 GMT+2•Updated 16:36 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. What began as a day of joy, freedom and love in the heart of the German capital turned into an unimaginable tragedy in the evening. Hundreds of thousands were celebrating Berlin’s Christopher Street Day until a suspected Islamist attack using a delivery vehicle cut a trail of…
Stabbed eighteen times while celebrating mass in his church, France is paying tribute to Father Jacques Hamel, ten years after his assassination by two terrorists who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen, is at the heart of Sunday’s commemorations, attended by members of the government, François Hollande, who was president of the Republic at the time of the attack, as well as around a hundred elected representatives. A mass is being celebrated in the church where the 86-year-old parish priest was killed, presided over by Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, head of the French Bishops’…
Published on 26/07/2026 – 11:58 GMT+2 Spain’s prime minister has thanked the media for their work in communicating accurate information and the public for their exemplary behaviour during these wildfires. Sánchez added that people needed to “exercise extreme caution”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sánchez said there were still “difficult hours of work ahead”, although he confirmed that the work carried out overnight had been very positive. The president of the Castile and León region, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, described the cooperation between institutions as effective: “All the different tiers of government have been working together.” Here is a summary of the situation regarding…
Russian strikes across Ukraine have killed at least eight people and injured dozens more over the last 24 hours. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said one person was killed and nine were wounded in a drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv. “All the necessary emergency services have been deployed at the site,” Zelenskyy said, adding that residential buildings had been hit. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two women aged 35 and 74 were killed after Russia struck three districts in the area with drones, artillery, and aerial bombs on Saturday, per local authorities. One person died…
A species that resembles a jellyfish but, unlike a jellyfish, has no stinging cells reached Europe in the 1980s. As W.M. Graham and K.M. Bayha point out in the bookBiological Invasions by Marine Jellyfish (source in Polish), it was carried there by ships calling at Black Sea ports from the Atlantic coasts of North and South America. It soon became one of the dominant organisms in those waters. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In 1988, at the height of the invasion, the density of Mnemiopsis leidyi reached as many as 400 individuals per cubic metre. Shortly afterwards, however, as it consumed huge quantities…
Published on 26/07/2026 – 10:36 GMT+2 A third drone has been shot down by Romanian forces in just three days, Romanian President Nicușor Dan has announced, adding to a string of drone-related incidents in the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement on social media, Dan said a Romanian air force F-16 fighter jet had intercepted a drone over Romania’s territorial waters at around 10:13 am on Sunday morning. The incident reportedly occurred in the Sulina–Chilia area of the Danube Delta, close to the border with Ukraine. “I would like to congratulate the Romanian pilots and ground crews on the professionalism,…
By Euronews/Ács Gábpr Published on 25/07/2026 – 15:45 GMT+2 The time is set for Hungary’s Fidesz party to break from opposition politics and establish a new “resistance politics,” former PM and party leader Viktor Orbán stressed in a speech on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at the Bálványos Summer University, Orbán, who was ousted from government after 16 years following elections in April, said there was no longer time for the party to dwell on the election loss and that it must turn its attention to defending Hungary’s freedom, which he claimed was under threat. Orbán said he believed that those who…
It was meant to be a simple walk in the forest to pick berries. Instead of woodland fruit, a resident of Świnoujście found something that could help solve one of the mysteries of the war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In woodland not far from facilities belonging to the Museum of Coastal Defence – Fort Gerhard, the man came across an unusual depression in the ground. Around it lay numerous fragments of a metal structure. They did not look like random scrap. Among the scattered pieces you could see sections of aluminium sheets, parts of a structure and the remains of burnt ammunition.…
Published on 25/07/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2•Updated 11:40 Romanian authorities said a second drone has been shot down over Romanian airspace in less than 24 hours. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The drone was intercepted by an F-16 fighter jet at around at 8:30 am on Saturday morning, roughly 10 km west of the village of Sfântu Gheorghe in the eastern part of the country, Romanian President Nicușor Dan said. According to the Romanian Defence Ministry, radar systems had earlier picked up a drone “operating in the vicinity of the Ukrainian border.” Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to identify and intercept the target,…
Tensions in the Middle East are on the rise again, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched attacks against Saudi Arabia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Greek military sources, one of the attacks targeted a major refinery installation in the Yanbu area. The Greek Patriot missile battery deployed there as part of the Hellenic Force in Saudi Arabia intercepted the attack, which was launched from Yemeni territory. The Greek battery later also shot down a drone approaching from Yemen. The battery is part of the “Integrated Air Missile Defense Concept” initiative, aimed at supporting Saudi Arabia’s air defences. Houthi retaliation Earlier,…