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(FILE) August Hanning, the former head of Germanys foreign intelligence service, has been arrested on suspicion of passing sensitive information to foreign powers. - Abdelhak Senna, AFP

Former German spy chief detained over suspected treasonous espionage

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Former German spy chief

'We're fed up': Paris students rise up in a movement that shows no sign of slowi...

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If the French go ...

Carles Puigdemont was accused of using public funds to organise the 2017 independence referendum. - Cesar Manso, AFP

Catalan separatist Puigdemont cleared to return to Spain after court lifts arres...

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A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader

File photo of David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, taken during a presentation in Las Vegas on April 16, 2026. - Chris Pizzello, AP

Paramount completes takeover of Warner Bros, creating media behemoth Skydance

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Paramount completed on Tuesday its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, uniting two of

The interior ministry said 86,000 had joined the protests, unions gave a higher figure - Romeo Boetzle, AFP

Hundreds of thousands demand more resources for education at French protests

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Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France as unions and teachers joined the high school s ...

Men forcibly taken away to be drafted into the Ukrainian army in Kyiv, Odessa, and Lviv in 2026. - Instagram, X

'Busification': Inside Ukraine’s controversial recruitment practices

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In a video posted on September 4, a man was forcibly taken into a police vehicle on Mykhaila Boichuka Street, in Kyiv's ...

File photo of police officers at a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, UK, taken September 29, 2026. - Alastair Grant, AP

UK police arrest 22-year-old British man in suspected Fairford base plot

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This is a breaking news story, and it will be updated shortly. ...

Black Sea shipping has faced increased attacks in recent months as the Russia-Ukraine war intensifies. - Stringer, AFP

Bulgaria searches for missing crew as drones hit two more Black Sea ships

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Bulgarian authorities launched a major search on Tuesday for the missing crew of a ship that sank in the

French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference held at the lyse Palace on 18 September 2026. - AFP, Thomas Samson

France's Macron observes test of new nuclear-capable missile without warhead

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France on Tuesda ...

winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) in Stockholm. - Steffen Trumpf, Reuters

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for ice research

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Halzen was honoured for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neu ...

Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella presenting their counterbudget plan to tackle Frances debt load. - Mehdi Fedouach, AFP

Le Pen vows to save €140 billion by 2032 if elected to prevent French 'default'

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French far-right presidential candidate

Residents gather on a hill on October 1, 2026, in Sderot, one of the areas in southern Israel attacked by Hamas three years prior. - Oded Balilty, AP

Israel warns Gazans will pay 'heavy price' for any October 7 attacks on military

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Israel's defence minister on Tuesday said he had put the military on high alert before

An FP-1 drone lifts off from Ukraine’s Poltava region carrying up to 100 kg of explosives to target a logistics warehouse in the Moscow region on 15 August 2026. - Adrien Vautier, Reuters

Ukraine hits Moscow with one of its largest drone attacks in two years

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A massive attack involving 650

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