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NATO elects German General Carsten Breuer as top military advisor
Published on 19/09/2026 – 19:01 GMT+2 General Carsten Breuer, Germany’s chief of defence, was selected on Saturday as the next head of NATO’s military committee, the alliance’s supreme military authority and a primary advisory body to its political…
A ticking ‘mercury bomb’? Ancient Nazi U-boat lies off Norway
Around 150 metres below the water’s surface, west of the Norwegian island of Fedje, a fragment of German wartime history lies on the seabed. A submarine called U-864 has been resting there for more than eight decades, broken into two parts, surrounded by…
Thousands of migrants return to beaches in Ceuta as port camp fills up
Published on 19/09/2026 – 14:48 GMT+2 More than 2,000 migrants in Ceuta had to return to the beaches after there was not enough space to accommodate them at a new facility located in the autonomous city’s port. Thousands of migrants had been moved from the…
The keg is tapped: Munich springs to life as Oktoberfest returns
Published on 19/09/2026 – 15:12 GMT+2•Updated 15:21 By late morning, it was clear: the Wiesn was back. Decorated horse-drawn carriages, brass bands and festival hosts made their way towards the Theresienwiese, while growing crowds gathered around the…
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least 11 and injure dozens
Published on 19/09/2026 – 13:10 GMT+2 Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more over the past day, according to local authorities. In Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine, five people were killed and 15 were injured in…
Operations resume at Luxembourg airport after drones halt flights
Published on 19/09/2026 – 8:46 GMT+2 Flights were temporarily suspended at Luxembourg airport overnight due to “unauthorised” drone activity. “Flight operations at Luxembourg Airport (ELLX) have resumed following the temporary suspension on the evening of…
What we know (and still don’t) about Canada’s ‘associate membership’
It’s the head-turning, eye-popping announcement of the week: Ursula von der Leyen has invited Canada to make history by becoming the first-ever “associate member” of the European Union. “We want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level…
Video. EU-Canada relationship is ‘not hostile to anybody’, Harris says
Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris says details of the new associate membership with Canada “are yet to be determined”, but believes it is “good news” that the European Union has signalled its intention to have a “much closer relationship” with Ottawa…
Greece: Police bust gang using AI to clone relatives’ voices for cash
A criminal organisation that used Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to clone the voices of relatives in order to make telephone scams more convincing has been dismantled by the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime. The gang is alleged to have defrauded…
Video. ‘Best thing Europe can do’ is focus on its internal market, WEF says
Andrew Caruana Galizia, Head of Europe and Eurasia at the World Economic Forum, believes there are certain areas where Europe “will never be able to be self-sufficient, like critical raw materials”. But he insists “best thing Europe can do” is focus on its…