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Migrant row: Ireland seeks returns to Italy, Sea Watch 5 detained in Naples
Published on 23/08/2026 – 15:35 GMT+2 Rising tensions between Italy and the main European Union countries over the implementation of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Ireland has become the seventh member state to call for asylum seekers to be returned…
Western leaders arrive in Kyiv as Ukraine sets sights on Russia’s Ozon
Western leaders are arriving in Kyiv this weekend ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrations on Monday. As preparations for the event geared up, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb in the capital on…
Sydney Marathon mishap: Munich’s Allianz Arena appears on finisher medal
By Sonja Issel Published on 23/08/2026 – 15:39 GMT+2 In Sydney, final preparations are under way for next weekend’s marathon. As the runners get ready for the race, it is the finisher medal that is unexpectedly attracting international attention. The…
Raised in the wild: Spain’s famous “wolf boy” dies
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, Spain’s famous “wolf boy”, has, as has now emerged, died on Saturday 15 August at the age of 80. Born in 1946 in a country that was just recovering from a civil war and a world war, Rodríguez initially grew up in the Andalusian…
Extreme weather hits Europe as wildfires, floods and storms
Published on 23/08/2026 – 11:59 GMT+2•Updated 12:00 Europe continues to struggle with the consequences of extreme weather, with Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, and Poland all facing severe conditions. In Serbia, the EU has sent helicopters and firefighters to support…
Six EU countries push for windfall tax on oil companies
Published on 23/08/2026 – 8:10 GMT+2 Six EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East, according to a draft letter seen by AFP on Saturday. The finance ministers of Germany…
Metsola pays tribute to EU ex-Commissioner Siim Kallas, Kaja’s father
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola paid tribute to former Estonian Prime Minister and European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas following the news of his death which was announced by the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Saturday. “It…
Merz visits Hürtgen Forest fire site, met with boos and whistles
Published on 22/08/2026 – 17:28 GMT+2 It was his first public engagement after the summer break: Two days after the complete extinguishing of the forest fire in the Hürtgen Forest, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) visited the affected area today to…
France to give new interceptor missiles to Ukraine, Macron says
Published on 22/08/2026 – 15:26 GMT+2•Updated 15:26 French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that France would deliver new interceptor missiles to Kyiv following a major Russian attack on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine…
Leo XIV in San Marino and Rimini: peace message and CL reunion
Leo XIV is visiting this Saturday San Marino and Rimini with the aim of relaunching to the world his message of peace and coexistence from the Italian enclave, where a Pope is returning after more than 15 years, and from the Communion and Liberation Meeting…