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Senior NATO officials were not warned about US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany within the next 6-12 months prior to the Pentagon’s announcement on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Questions about logistics such as from where and how the troops will be withdrawn hav risen. It’s also unclear how the decision will impact the defence alliance’s overall force posture, several sources with knowledge of the situation have told Euronews. Trump on Saturday added that troop presence in Germany will be reduced “a lot further” than the initally announced 5,000, but the Republican president did not detail how…
Published on 02/05/2026 – 19:01 GMT+2 After being rescued from a Baltic Sea bay off the island of Poel and transported for several days, the rescued humpback whale has been released into the North Sea. At around 9.00 a.m., the animal was no longer in the barge, Jens Schwarck from the private rescue initiative told the news agency dpa. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to initial information from Bild, the captain of the tugboat is said to have ordered the release of the whale. However, the animal was apparently not released into the open sea at the location originally intended by the…
The Israeli government has announced that Abu Keshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila are already in the country, where they will be interrogated imminently. Israel’s foreign ministry made the announcement on social media, without specifying either their point of arrival or the location of the questioning. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Israel accuses both men of maintaining ties with Hamas through the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad, an organisation the United States has designated as a front for the Palestinian Islamist movement. It specifically names Abu Keshek as one of the “leaders” of that structure, while describing Ávila as working for the group…
Published on 02/05/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Russian attacks are continuing to target cities across Ukraine as the Kremlin shows no signs of letting up and peace efforts appear to have stalled as the ongoing US-Israeli war in Iran continues to occupy global priorities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukrainian officials say a barrage of Russian drones targeted the northeastern Kharkiv region overnight into Saturday. The attacks mainly targeted civilian infrastructure and residential areas. Authorities say a 12-storey residential building was hit by Russia’s Iranian-made Shahed strike drones, causing damage to the external façade and injuring people. One man was injured, suffering shrapnel wounds…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25% next week, a move that could further jolt a global economy already rattled by the Iran war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Trump said in a social media post that the EU “is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal.” He gave no further reasons for the planned hike, but the announcement comes at a particularly tense time for relations between the White House and the EU. On Thursday, Trump renewed criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,…
Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar has defended his decision to appoint his brother-in-law, Márton Melléthei-Barna, as Minister of Justice. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He’s been slammed, primarily by figures in the now opposition Fidesz party, which was ousted from government when Magyar’s Tisza won 12 April’s parliamentary elections by a landslide. “We need to start putting our country back on track, bringing home EU funds, kick-starting the economy and improving public services,” Magyar said in a roughly six-minute video uploaded to social media. “As well as healing the wounds of the past decades, reuniting the Hungarian nation and of course bringing…
Steinach am Brenner is an Alpine village in Tyrol and one of the largest construction sites in Europe. The Brenner Base Tunnel is being built here. The tunnel connects Austria with Italy and is the central link in the trans-European railway corridor between southern and northern Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With a total length of 64 km, the gigantic structure will be the longest underground railway line in the world. Project manager Sebastian Reimann: “Europeans can be proud of what they are creating here. This is a joint effort by Europeans.” His colleague Andreas Ambrosi adds: “Eleven nations from all over…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 15:07 GMT+2•Updated 15:26 A proposal for a new US-led coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would complement and not compete with a similar mission spearheaded by France and the UK, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking in Abu Dhabi, Barrot said he had briefed Gulf allies on the UK-France initiative which was now at an “advanced” stage. It comes after a US State Department announced on Thursday the “Maritime Freedom Construct” (MFC), an initiative that will “take steps to ensure safe passage, including providing real-time information, safety guidance, and coordination…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 15:36 GMT+2 A 33-year-old man will appear in court next week after he was detained on suspicion of plotting an attack on two Dutch princesses, prosecutors said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to details in a court scheduling order published on the website of The Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office, the man is suspected of preparing an attack on the 22-year-old heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, and her 20-year-old sister, Princess Alexia, in The Hague in February. “The suspect was allegedly in possession of two axes in early February with the words ‘Alexia,’ ‘Mossad’ and…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2 A UK jury convicted a Kuwaiti migrant on Friday of trying to break into Israel’s London embassy to launch a knife attack, shortly after Britain refused his asylum application. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Jurors at London’s Old Bailey court found 34-year-old Abdullah Albadri guilty of preparation of terrorist acts and possession of two knives following the incident in April last year. Armed police had tackled Albadri as he scaled an eight-foot-high fence at the west London embassy while carrying two knives, with the court hearing he wanted to “exact revenge” for the killing of children in…