Reports of people jumping and climbing from windows after fire broke out at about 3.30am at 12-storey Grand Kartal hotelA hotel fire at a popular ski resort in north-west Turkey on Tuesday has killed at least 66 people, Turkeyโs interior minister said….
The aggression from the Tesla billionaire is new; but Britain has years of experience in the consequences of falling for misleading promisesโNever underยญestimate the power of ignorance.โ I came across this thought while looking for something to watch l…
War is a magnifier of the best and worst of human behavior, and itโs often those already vulnerable who suffer most.
In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dรถpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a โFreedom Trade Allianceโ against China, Russia and other autocracies.
“Germany as a whole isnโt currently seen as a driving force for peace policy in Europe, and honestly that pains me,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told POLITICO.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s latest demand is likely to stall a โฌ3 billion aid package to the war-ravaged country as Russian forces continue their advance.
Agents says the โcelebrated Irish pop legendโ died โwith her loving siblings by her bedsideโThe singer and TV personality Linda Nolan, who had chart success alongside her sisters in the pop vocal group the Nolans before her television career, has died …
The treatment of Trumpโs Pentagon pick will likely determine how other nominees fare.
Ukrainian president says there โshould be no doubt leftโ that Russia is dependent on military assistance from North Korea. What we know on day 1,055See all our Ukraine coverageUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he was ready to hand …
Begum TV beams educational and entertainment shows into homes of women living under strict Taliban ruleFrom a tiny television studio in Paris, 4,500 miles from Kabul, a raft of programmes geared towards women and presented by female hosts beams 24 hour…
Reform UK leader is a longstanding ally of the incoming US president.
Ahmed Hussein al-Sharโaโs hands-off diplomacy is setting off alarm bells โ as it should.
We listened to three hours of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lex Fridman so you don’t have to.
The former French president faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
Poland used to be one of the world’s most ethnically homogenous countries. That’s no longer the case.
In his latest intervention into British politics, the tech billionaire says Farage “doesnโt have what it takes.”
Our California ballot-measure reporter heads to Switzerland on the 150th anniversary of its first federal referendum to see what a state mad about direct democracy can take away from the country that devised i
Choice of Thilo Mischke, author of Around the World In 80 Women, for ARDโs flagship arts show criticisedMore than 100 prominent German writers and artists have signed an open letter refusing to appear on one of Germanyโs top culture programmes on publi…
Families Like Ours has become national talking point but some scientists say events depicted could not happenFeaturing scenes of huge crowds boarding ferries, protest and desperation as six million Danes become climate refugees and life as they know it…
The Danish star of the BBCโs Dracula, Ruben รstlundโs The Square and the new historical action-adventure William Tell is here to answer your questionsClaes Bang (โClaesโ rhymes with โfaceโ, in case you were wondering) only became an actor by chance, af…
The much-touted solution to Europe’s migration crisis houses only Italian police โย who have taken to adopting stray dogs and sunbathing.
5 totally not tongue-in-cheek reasons to be optimistic about the year ahead.
Chancellorโs New Yearโs Eve address follows Elon Muskโs endorsement of German far-right party AfD on XThe German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has urged voters not to let the โowners of social media channelsโ decide next yearโs snap election, after Elon Mus…
Moscow says the move is โcensorshipโ and that it reserves the right to โrespond in the same mannerโ. What we know on day 1,041Russia has vowed to retaliate after the channels of its state media were apparently blocked on the popular Telegram social med…
Dissolving of parliament sets the stage for what could be Germanyโs sharpest swerve to the right in decades.
Ahead of the February election, governing politicians are under fire over security failures while the far right is attempting to capitalize.
Burnett is seen as the architect of Trumpโs post-bankruptcy image โ and is largely responsible for Trumpโs rise to the national spotlight as a high-powered Manhattan businessperson.
Trump responded by selecting the producer of his long-running reality television show, “The Apprentice,” to be his administrationโs special envoy to the United Kingdom.
The post Britain sends former EU commissioner Mandelson as envoy to charm Trump app…
In todayโs newsletter: For years, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and recruited men to rape her. It could be a turning point in social and legal attitudes to sexual assaultGood morning.Dominique Pelicot, described as one of Franceโs worst sex offend…
Russian leader largely upbeat in year-end phone-in, calling Zelenskyy illegitimate and suggesting US missile โduelโVladimir Putin said the war in Ukraine had made Russia โmuch strongerโ and denied that the fall of his key ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria …
Stagnation, flagging competitiveness, Donald Trump โ the continent is facing “an existential challenge.”
Ahead of the Feb. 23 election, German parties have wildly different plans to repair the country’s sputtering economy.
The Reform leader has aspirations to enter 10 Downing Street as prime minister in a few years hence โ but will his globetrotting ways and love of the camera cause disillusion among his new constituents?
For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.
Instead of igniting a war that would destroy Israel, the militant group lit the fuse that set much of the region on fire, burning its own allies above all.
The leopard claims he has changed his spots, but will he bring stability to the devastated nation?
Dreamer No. 1 โ Germany
The presidentโs gamble on far-right support failed. The route to stability lies in the opposite directionHaughty defiance has become Emmanuel Macronโs go-to tone during a second term marred by chaos, acrimony and recrimination. During his prime-time te…
The president-electโs advisers havenโt yet begun meeting with federal agencies, despite signing an agreement late last month allowing them to do so.
Assad had been in power for 25 years and his family ruled Syria for half a century.
Opposition leaders called for Yoon Suk Yeol’s resignation following martial law attempt.
Far-right NATO-skeptic Calin Georgescu is on track to win the Romanian presidency, thanks to a Russia-influenced campaign.ย
“The moment is serious and difficult, but the challenge is not impossible,” the French prime minister said in a television interview.
The motion will likely see Prime Minister Michel Barnier get the chop.
In todayโs newsletter: After a general election, Fine Gael and Fianna Fรกil look set to retain power โ how have two main, centre-right parties avoided the kicking seen elsewhere?Good morning. All over the western world, incumbent governments have been g…
For now, the financial markets are taking the president-electโs tariff threats seriously, if not literally.
This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britainโs greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer travels to Europe to solve the mysteryA bunch of twerps are floundering in …
She unsuccessfully ran for Congress in New Hampshire in 2022 before joining his campaign.
One media historian calls Bernard Arnault, Vincent Bollorรฉ and Rodolphe Saadรฉ’s latest purchase “concerning.”
โHegseth is undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history,โ one veteransโ advocate said.
โPete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,โ Trump said of him.
The future of American political engagement is barely political at all.
The Kremlin is signaling that itโll take more than boisterous promises for Russia and the U.S. to get along.
Donald Trump didnโt engage in formal conversations about a potential Cabinet in the run-up to his election. But that didnโt stop him from spitballing potential contenders during his frequent plane rides to campaign events, or when he is impressed by one of his allies on television. โHe would be great at this,โ or โShe would [โฆ]
“On the road to a beautiful victory,โ Hungarian PM said as Republican candidate nears US election triumph.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov confirmed, in an interview with South Korean television, that the first engagement had occurred with North Korean troops, an apparent escalation in a conflict that began when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
What was described as a โsmall engagementโ in Kursk opens a โnew page in instability in the worldโ, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 987See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warNorth Korean troops in Russia have come under Ukrainian fire, a Kyi…
Theyโve watched the party move away from them under Donald Trump. Theyโre worried his chosen successor could accelerate the shift.
“The race for the White House is too close for comfort,” write parties from around Europe, calling on Stein to throw her support behind Democrat Kamala Harris.
HarrisX’s poll – commissioned by a Georgian opposition television station, Mtavari Arkhi – showed the combined four main opposition parties on course for a parliamentary majority in Saturday’s election.
U.S. interest in the continent has been in decline since the end of the Cold War.
Fico announced his intention to visit Moscow during the first appearance on Russian state television by an EU leader since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Flood waters push cars through streets as roads closed and high-speed train services cancelledAt least four people are missing after torrential rain caused flash floods in southern and eastern Spain, shutting roads and high-speed train connections.Ragi…
Canberra has provided more than $1.3B in aid to Kyiv.
Election officials in key battleground states should tally votes faster than 2020, but the biggest factor determining when weโll know the next president is out of their hands.
Opposition victory is unlikely to change the country’s pro-West and anti-Russia direction, however.
A networking post triggered a chain of events that risks damaging a delicate relationship.
Georgiaโs richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili is tilting his country toward Moscow ahead of an election on Oct. 26.
In Michigan, New York, Montana and elsewhere, Republicans have seized on Biden administration electric vehicle policies.
The Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council canceled the 30-year-old independent radio station’s broadcasting license after a program referred to ‘the Armenian genocide.’
Former President Donald Trump, who is in the throes of a tight campaign, has not engaged in formal conversations about a potential Cabinet. But that hasnโt stopped him from spitballing potential contenders during his frequent plane rides to campaign events, or when he is impressed by one of his allies on television. โHe would be [โฆ]
Former Ambassador Carla Sands focuses on energy issues at the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank.
Unique experiment in German-language public broadcasting 3sat faces pressure from populist rightIn many countries around the world, breakfast TV means celeยญbrity interviews, soap operas and last nightโs football highlights. On the German-language chann…
Trump won the day because Harris ditched dinner.
While Washington debates a break-up of the tech giant, Brussels should seize the opportunity to end the companyโs monopoly over digital advertising โ it may never get a better one.
Station plays Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” at sign-off and resolves to return to airwaves.
Musk launched the group over the summer.
Tensions between France and Israel have been on the rise as the situation deteriorates in Lebanon.
The quintessentially French philosopher on Israel, wokeism and why he no longer drinks tea.
Dubois, who led the company for two and a half years, regrets the decision.
During a town hall set to air on Univision, the vice president emphasized a โhumane pathway to earned citizenship for hardworking people.โ
After just a few months in office, the new British government is finding life tough.
The prime minister wants to create a “national media authority” to oversee the industry, which is “possessed with the devil.” Critics are outraged.
New French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau slaps tough restriction on terror mastermind’s offspring.
The resignation of the party’s general secretary is the latest challenge for Germany’s ailing SPD.
A dance track and online video game hyping mass deportations are some of the ways extreme-right groups are reaching the country’s youth.
Many in Lebanon are desperate not to let Israel’s attack and economic hardships reignite sectarian divisions.
The Ohio senator has a reputation for knowing when to turn up the heat. The debate proved he can turn on the charm, too.
The Ohio senator has a reputation for knowing when to turn up the heat. The debate proved he can turn on the charm, too.
The Ohio senator has a reputation for knowing when to turn up the heat. The debate proved he can turn on the charm, too.
A projection for ORF public television, based on counting of over 90% of the vote, showed the Freedom Party finishing first with 29.2%.
Party projected to beat centre-right Peopleโs party by three points, surpassing expectationsPreliminary results from Austriaโs general election showed the far-right Freedom party (FPร) winning the most votes for the first time in the postwar period as …
My quip on a TV show gave me an insider view of how the dominant People’s Party exerts its influence throughout the country.
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Mexico asked for an apology from King Felipe VI over the Spanish conquest and says it didn’t receive a response.
New ministers’ stances on immigration and social issues appear to break with some of their predecessors’ worldview.
Britainโs prime minister knows such a plan wonโt work. Heโs cosying up with Giorgia Meloni for an entirely different reasonOne cold, late evening in the winter of 1999, I was waiting for a train at Termini station in Rome when I noticed an old lady str…
Former Clean Bandit member Neil Amin-Smith is one of Chancellor Rachel Reevesโ most trusted advisers.
Pressure has been growing on Scholz due to far right’s electoral gains in the past month.
If the chancellor’s SPD party loses a crucial regional election to the far right on Sunday, it could lead to his ouster from the top spot.
