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Ireland threatens to withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates
DUBLIN – The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, has said it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest "if the participation of Israel goes ahead".In a statement, RTÉ said that Ireland's participation in the event "would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza".Ireland has won the contest seven times in total, most recently in 1996.RTÉ will make a final decision once the Eurovision organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), makes its decision.Next year's contest will be held in May in Vienna.Slovenia's national broadcaster, RTVSLO, has also said it will withdraw from the competition if Israel participates.Spain's Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun has said that his country may also not take part should Israel...
September 12, 2025

Ireland threatens to withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates

Belarus’ strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko announced that 14 foreign nationals are among those his country released
Belarus pardons scores of prisoners ‘at the request’ of Trump, Lukashenko says
MINSK – Belarus has pardoned 52 prisoners and released them into Lithuania, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said on Thursday, as the Baltic nation and Belarus both thanked US President Donald Trump for his involvement.It is the latest release of political prisoners by Belarus amid warming relations between Washington and Minsk. A Trump administration official said the United States would ease some sanctions on Belarus’ state-run airline, Belavia, “based on the prisoner releases to date and constructive engagement.”In a statement on social media, Nausėda hailed the release of the political prisoners, saying “No man left behind!”“52 prisoners safely crossed the Lithuanian border from Belarus today, leaving behind barbed wire, barred windows and constant fear,” the...
September 12, 2025

Belarus pardons scores of prisoners ‘at the request’ of Trump, Lukashenko says

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Mandelson in the White House on May 8
UK fires ambassador to US Peter Mandelson over Epstein links
LONDON — Peter Mandelson was fired as Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Thursday after his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became another unwelcome problem for the embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Mandelson had been under mounting pressure over his relationship with Epstein after US lawmakers on Monday released a “birthday book,” compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, in which the veteran Labour party politician had penned a handwritten note describing Epstein as “my best pal.”Despite the revelation, Starmer forcefully defended his ambassador on Wednesday, telling parliament that Mandelson had his “full confidence.”Hours later, the scandal snowballed after Bloomberg published a trove of emails between Mandelson and Epstein, in...
September 11, 2025

UK fires ambassador to US Peter Mandelson over Epstein links

Prince Harry, pictured at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College in London on Wednesday, returned to Britain for a four-day trip this week
King Charles and Prince Harry finally reunite after 19 months apart
LONDON — The Duke of Sussex reunited with his father, King Charles III, for their first face-to-face meeting in 19 months on Wednesday, triggering speculation the royal family’s long-running rift might soon come to an end. CNN understands that the King had a private tea at the royal residence with his son, Harry, this afternoon. Speculation of a possible meeting between the father and son has been growing throughout Harry’s solo trip back to Britain this week for a series of charity visits and engagements, after previously sharing his desire to reconcile with his family in May. The duke was seen being driven through the gates of Clarence House in a black Range Rover around 5.20 p.m. (12.20 p.m. ET). He departed just under an hour later. Earlier Wednesday, the 40-year-old...
September 11, 2025

King Charles and Prince Harry finally reunite after 19 months apart

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on September 7, 2025
Trump responds to Russian incursion on NATO airspace with bemusement 
WASHINGTON —US President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday with a degree of bemusement toward Russia’s drone incursion into Poland, a NATO member that Trump has previously vowed to defend amid heightened tensions with Moscow.“What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones?” Trump asked in a short post on Truth Social. “Here we go!”The brief mention of the incident — and the vague suggestion of continued fallout — came as US officials were digesting the overnight events, when more than a dozen Russian drones entered Polish airspace, spurring a response from NATO to scramble fighter jets to shoot them down.The incident amounted to a striking escalation of Russia’s conflict in neighboring Ukraine, which Trump has sought unsuccessfully to end. Twenty-six days...
September 11, 2025

Trump responds to Russian incursion on NATO airspace with bemusement 

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Warsaw rebuffs Viktor Orbán's rare show of solidarity with Poland 
WARSAW — Hungary's Prime Minister expressed solidarity with Poland after Russian drones allegedly violated Polish airspace. But the gesture resulted backlash from Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who fired back angrily at Orbán on social media X.Viktor Orbán's gesture was out of keeping, given diplomatic ties between the two countries are at their lowest ebb in decades."Hungary stands in full solidarity with Poland following the recent drone incident. The violation of Poland’s territorial integrity is unacceptable," Orbán wrote in a post on X."The incident proves that our policy of calling for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war is reasonable and rational. Living in the shadow of a war is fraught with risks and dangers. It’s time to make it stop! To...
September 11, 2025

Warsaw rebuffs Viktor Orbán's rare show of solidarity with Poland 

Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an emergency cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Warsaw on Wednesday
Poland activates NATO Article 4 to consult allies after Russian drone incursion
WARSAW — Poland activated Article 4 of the NATO Treaty on Wednesday to allow for consultations with allies hours after its armed forces downed multiple Russian drones that had entered its airspace."The shooting down of drones threatening our security is a success for Polish and NATO forces, which simultaneously changes the political situation," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said."In this regard, allied consultations have taken the form of a formal request to activate Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty," he added. His decision was made after consultation with President Karol Nawrocki.Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty provides for the possibility of joint consultations between NATO allies "whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity,...
September 10, 2025

Poland activates NATO Article 4 to consult allies after Russian drone incursion

A police officer stands next to bins placed on a street to block it during the Bloquons Tout (Block Everything) protest movement in Paris, 10 September 2025
Nearly 200 arrested as 'Block Everything' protests paralyze France
PARIS — French police arrested more than 200 people Wednesday as "Block Everything" (“Bloquons tout”) protesters attempted to paralyze transport and daily life across France, two days after Prime Minister François Bayrou's government collapsed over unpopular austerity measures.Authorities deployed 80,000 police officers and gendarmes as thousands of demonstrators lit fires, built barricades and tried to block Paris' ring road, Europe's busiest urban motorway. The prefecture reported 95 arrests in the Paris area plus eight outside the capital by mid-morning on Wednesday.At Porte de Montreuil in eastern Paris, protesters set rubbish bins ablaze and attempted to obstruct tram tracks before police dismantled the obstacles and dispersed crowds. Demonstrators also...
September 10, 2025

Nearly 200 arrested as 'Block Everything' protests paralyze France

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Protect Arctic from 'dangerous' climate engineering, scientists warn
LONDON — Plans to fight climate change by manipulating the Arctic and Antarctic environment are dangerous, unlikely to work and could distract from the need to ditch fossil fuels, dozens of polar scientists have warned.These polar "geoengineering" techniques aim to cool the planet in unconventional ways, such as artificially thickening sea-ice or releasing tiny, reflective particles into the atmosphere.They have gained attention as potential future tools to combat global warming, alongside cutting carbon emissions.But more than 40 researchers say they could bring "severe environmental damage" and urged countries to simply focus on reaching net zero, the only established way to limit global warming.Geoengineering — deliberately intervening in the Earth's climate...
September 10, 2025

Protect Arctic from 'dangerous' climate engineering, scientists warn

General Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces arrives for an extraordinary government meeting at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, following violations of Polish airspace, in Warsaw on Wednesda
Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace, accuses Moscow of ‘act of aggression’
WARSAW — Poland’s military said early Wednesday that it had shot down drones that violated its airspace during a Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine, the first time it has taken such a step in what is a major provocation for Europe and NATO forces.“This is an act of aggression that posed a real threat to the safety of our citizens,” said Poland’s Operation Command in a post on X Wednesday morning.Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it was the first time Russian drones had been shot down over the territory of a NATO member state and the incursion involved a “huge number” of them.“We are most likely dealing with a large-scale provocation,” Tusk said on Polish Television, following an emergency meeting of Poland’s National Security Bureau.He said the “situation is...
September 10, 2025

Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace, accuses Moscow of ‘act of aggression’

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