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UK Parliament votes down assisted dying bill in England and Wales
Published on 11/09/2026 – 18:15 GMT+2 UK lawmakers on Friday rejected legislation that would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the House of Commons, the…
Norway’s Princess Astrid dies two days after King Harald’s funeral
Published on 11/09/2026 – 17:14 GMT+2 Norway’s Princess Astrid, the older sister of the late King Harald, died on Friday at the age of 94, the Norwegian Royal Palace said in a statement. “Aunt Astrid was an important source of support for King Harald and the…
Russian assets not the focus now, Brussels says as calls grow louder
Published on 11/09/2026 – 15:49 GMT+2 The immobilised assets from the Russian Central Bank are not “the primary focus” at the moment, the European Commission said on Friday amid growing calls to channel the €210 billion into additional support for…
EU pledges €6.1bn for Ukraine, including aid for Patriot interceptors
Published on 11/09/2026 – 12:40 GMT+2•Updated 15:32 The European Union is set to provide Ukraine with €6.1 billion in additional assistance to help the war-weary country purchase military equipment, notably the Patriot interceptors badly needed to shoot down…
Video. Military force ‘not enough’ to defeat terrorism, former US envoy says
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, former US Ambassador to the European Union Anthony Gardner says “diplomatic, financial and economic” means are also needed to fight terrorism. Gardner pointed out that 9/11 showed the world the power of “asymmetric…
Europe outspends entire 2025 Russian Arctic gas bill in just 8 months
Despite public declarations that economic ties with Russia will be severed, Europe has paid an estimated €7.28 billion for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Moscow’s Arctic Yamal project in just over eight months this year, already surpassing the €7.3 billion…
Emma Bonino dies at 78 after decades of human rights activism
Emma Bonino has died aged 78. The founder of More Europe, a longtime leading figure in Italy’s Radical Party and former government minister, passed away after her health deteriorated in recent weeks. Bonino had recently been admitted to the Santo Spirito…
EU’s largest political group doesn’t want confrontation with China
Published on 11/09/2026 – 11:11 GMT+2 The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is preparing to call for a rebalancing of relations with China that stops short of open confrontation or full decoupling. In the upcoming paper, senior EPP lawmakers are set…
One killed and many injured in Russian overnight attacks on Ukraine
Published on 11/09/2026 – 9:34 GMT+2•Updated 10:19 Russia launched 160 drones across Ukraine in overnight attacks, as well as one drone-launched cruise missile, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Meanwhile, Ukraine reportedly struck the Russian oil refinery…
EU needs to ‘pin down’ Ukraine’s budget needs, Dombrovskis says
The European Union needs to “pin down” the precise scope of Ukraine’s growing budget needs before deciding how to fill the gap, Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, who oversees support for the war-weary country, told Euronews. “We obviously need to do a…