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Published on 01/09/2026 – 12:05 GMT+2•Updated 15:16 A person has died and two police officers were injured following a shooting overnight in Overasselt, a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, police said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Officers were called to Ewijkseweg street at around 4:20am CET after reports of gunfire. One person was found dead at the scene; the two injured officers were taken to hospital and are “out of danger,” a police spokesperson said, according to Dutch public broadcaster, NOS. Security footage published by Dutch news outlet De Telegraaf showed a large group of masked individuals walking around in the…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 12:56 GMT+2 Germany is looking for gas deals with Algeria to diversify its supply, Berlin’s foreign minister said in Algiers on Tuesday, where he joined a business delegation visiting the North African country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We need to diversify…We need long-term gas contracts,” Johann Wadephul told German public broadcaster ZDF on the second day of his trip, as concerns grow in Germany that gas storage depots are only half full as autumn nears. Wadephul said that he would meet with Energy Minister Mourad Adjal and that representatives of German companies looking for long-term contracts were travelling…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 13:32 GMT+2 Norway’s King Haakon VIII pledged an oath of allegiance to the country’s constitution in parliament on Tuesday, an important symbolic step as he takes over at the helm of the Scandinavian country after his late father’s 35-year reign. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Haakon became Norway’s monarch when King Harald V died on Friday at 89. He has adopted the motto “All for Norway,” which dates back to his great-grandfather. He was driven the short distance from the royal palace to the Storting, or parliament, in an open car. There, speaker Masud Gharahkhani read the official announcement…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 14:05 GMT+2•Updated 14:34 Several improvised explosive devices were found at a substation near a coal-fired power plant in Germany on Tuesday and several power lines were damaged, police and a grid operator said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Operator 50Hertz said there was a “brief interruption of service” but all lines are now back in operation at the Preilack substation, which distributes power from the nearby Jänschwalde power plant. Police said no one was hurt. The apparent aim was to trigger a large-scale power outage in the area around the nearby coal-fired power plant. According to initial findings, however,…

The European Union is becoming increasingly dependent on the Arctic for its climate transition and defence goals and the bloc should mobilise efforts to use its own critical raw materials in the far North to cut dependencies on China, according to a European Commission official. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at an event on the EU’s Arctic strategy on Tuesday, the bloc’s special envoy for Arctic affairs, Jyrki Katainen, argued that the war in Ukraine, China’s growing influence and changing US policy had fundamentally altered the region’s geopolitical and economic importance. “We are becoming increasingly dependent on the Arctic, economically and militarily.…

Ringing school bells marked the start of the new year academic year in France on Tuesday. This year, the government has introduced a string of unprecedented measures, including a ban on mobile phones in primary and secondary schools, as well as new steps to tackle sexual violence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For the first time, France’s annual school questionnaire on bullying — which has been handed out to pupils since 2023 — will include questions on sexual violence. Pupils will be able to choose whether or not to they wish to remain anonymous in this questionnaire, which will be distributed in November.…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 16:07 GMT+2 The UK recorded its hottest summer on record in 2026, the country’s national weather service announced on Tuesday, marking its second record-breaking summer in a row. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “An average mean temperature of 16.5°C puts this summer as provisionally the warmest on record, as well as the warmest season for the UK in a series which goes back to 1884,” the Met Office said. That beats the previous record of 16.1°C , set in 2025, and put the year comfortably above the next three hottest summers – 2018, 2006, and 2003 – which all…

The migrant crisis in Ceuta continues to dominate Spain’s political agenda. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved an extraordinary funding package worth €309 million for the autonomous city, aimed at safeguarding jobs, supporting businesses, strengthening security and ensuring public services. Government spokesperson Elma Saiz presented the measures alongside First Vice-President Carlos Cuerpo and Territorial Policy Minister Ángel Víctor Torres. The announcement came on the eve of a demonstration in the city that has exposed divisions in the PSOE and prompted Podemos to call a separate anti-racism rally. The package, Cuerpo explained, amounts to around 16% of the…

Following almost a week of relentless Russian attacks on Kyiv and non-stop air raid alerts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a stark warning to international airlines and insurers: “Russian airspace will effectively be closing.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In his evening address on 1 September, Zelenskyy said the consequences of the war Moscow launched more than four years ago could no longer be confined to Ukrainian territory and that Kyiv’s ever-growing drone operations would soon render Russian airspace unsafe. “It was from Russia that the first missiles and the first drones came, and they crossed our country’s border from Russian airspace,” Zelenskyy…

Published on 01/09/2026 – 16:54 GMT+2 The European Union is setting up a new high-level group of political and military leaders from member countries, the UK and Ukraine to work out how to boost Europe’s defence capabilities as threats from Russia escalate. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, announced the initiative at an informal meeting of defence ministers in Ireland on Tuesday, saying it would help design a new approach to European defence. “The aim is to have some of the brightest minds on security and defence come together and really provide…