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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Vladimir Putin is “not going to attack” NATO territory, pushing back against media reports that Washington is concerned about a possible Russian move on Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Trump’s comments came two days after CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow for surprise talks that the Wall Street Journal and CBS News had said was an attempt to dissuade Russia from attacking NATO members, amid US intelligence assessments that Moscow could seek to test the alliance. “I’ve had good talks with him. He’s not going to be attacking a NATO territory,” Trump told…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 22:25 GMT+2 Switzerland announced its intention to build a military drone battalion on Thursday, amid a rearmament trend across Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “From 2028, the army will deploy its own drone battalion for reconnaissance, operations and defence,” the defence ministry said in a statement. The battalion will be backed up by a specialised recruitment and training programme. The ministry outlined plans for a civilian-military centre for drones and robotics, consisting of a tech hub and a military command. “New solutions are to be jointly developed, tested and quickly made usable for military use,” it said. The…
Protests over security in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta escalated into clashes between locals and police on Thursday, a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Police charged protesters at a beach after a group of demonstrators moved into the area where migrants have been sleeping, with some belongings set on fire during the disturbances, images broadcast on Spanish public television showed. Earlier on Thursday, dozens of protesters staged a sit-in to temporarily prevent Red Cross vehicles from reaching the beach to distribute food to hundreds of migrants staying in the area. Demonstrators, many waving…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 20:18 GMT+2 Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones on Thursday, the latest in a series of increasingly frequent daytime assaults, killing one person and wounding many more, authorities said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT More than four years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has recently intensified its attacks on cities, including during the day. A Russian drone attack on a shopping centre in Kharkiv killed one person and wounded others, local prosecutors said. The regional governor, Oleg Synegoubov, posted photos on Telegram showing the charred interior of a department store, with part of a roof and a…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 16:46 GMT+2 UK asylum applications fell by more than a fifth annually, government figures showed on Thursday, as ministers grapple with the politically contentious issue and reducing record-high recent numbers alongside asylum spending. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A total of 85,891 people applied for asylum in Britain in the 12 months to the end of June, down 21% year-on-year and the lowest total since the year to June 2022, according to interior ministry statistics. Migrants who had crossed the English Channel in small boats, a highly controversial route that has fuelled the rise of the UK far right,…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 18:07 GMT+2 The European Commissioners from Eastern Flank countries have urged Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to take urgent action over growing Russian threats to the Baltic states, including by creating a new high-level coordinator for the region. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The proposed coordinator would provide a single point of contact for affected countries, coordinate EU efforts across different policy areas and signal stronger backing for the region. The call comes amid growing concern among Nordic and eastern European countries bordering Russia — the EU’s so-called Eastern Flank — that Moscow could escalate its war in…
Two people were killed in a “violent incident” at a school near Berlin, local media reported on Thursday, saying an 18-year-old woman student and a 30-year-old man had died. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Regional public broadcaster RBB and a local daily said the alarm had been raised at a secondary school in the town of Gosen-Neu Zittau, just outside the German capital. The Märkische Allgemeine newspaper reported online that the man arrested was 19 years old and the ex-boyfriend of the victim. It said the 30-year-old man died while trying to intervene, without specifying whether a weapon was used or whether other…
By Euronews Published on 27/08/2026 – 15:27 GMT+2 The fifth extreme heatwave of the summer has arrived in Italy at the end of August, following a brief spell of unsettled weather that helped bring temperatures down. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to forecasts, it will not last long, with high temperatures between 27 and 29 August, but it is expected to be the most intense heatwave of the season. Driven by an African anticyclone, which could also bring Saharan dust, the stifling heat will be concentrated in southern and central Italy, with temperatures reaching 8-10°C above average. On Thursday, three cities are already…
More than 1,000 earthquakes in just 10 days, two of them of magnitude 4.8. The seismic sequence that began on 14 August in Granada has once again raised a question that goes far beyond Andalusia: could Spain soon be hit by a major earthquake? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By 24 August, the National Geographic Institute (IGN) had recorded 1,075 tremors which were felt by the population. The two largest, with a magnitude of 4.8, were very shallow and were felt in more than 500 localities, from Andalusia to parts of Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha and even the Madrid region. Spain has far more…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 14:10 GMT+2 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that if negotiations to reduce the record-high trade deficit with China did not produce a breakthrough, the EU should make use of all its trade defence mechanisms. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tensions have remained high between Brussels and Beijing since the talks were launched last June. Over the summer, China moved to ban Chinese firms from participating in EU antitrust probes, while the Commission has continued opening trade defence investigations into the suspected dumping of Chinese products into the European market. “Dialogue with China remains necessary.…