Rubio slams France over Palestine recognition

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, September 4, 2025. JACQUELYN MARTIN... Read more »

26 countries pledge support for Ukraine’s post-war security, US role to be decided in coming weeks, Macron says

Key developments on Sept. 4: 26 countries pledge support for Ukraine’s post-war security, US role to be decided in coming weeks, Macron saysMore Ukrainian territory, Europe could be attacked next if Kyiv... Read more »

Giorgio Armani, celebrated Italian fashion designer, dies at 91 | Fashion

Giorgio Armani, the celebrated Italian fashion designer who built a global empire, has died at the age of 91, his company said on Thursday. “With infinite sorrow, the Armani Group announces the... Read more »

Family of cyclist killed in HGV crash demand road safety action

Derek Doyle was cycling home from his job as an usher at Leinster House just days before Christmas last year when he was struck and killed by a left-turning truck in Castleknock,... Read more »

Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – as it happened | Politics

Starmer declines to say, if Rayner is found to have broken ministerial code, she will automatically be sacked Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics... Read more »

Baubeginn für Umleitungsstrecken der Königsbrücker Straße

Der Stadtrat hat die Variante, die nun umgesetzt wird, bereits 2016 beschlossen. In der weiteren Planung fanden nochmals Bürgerbeteiligungen statt, bis die Planungen schließlich 2018 bei der Landesdirektion zur Planfeststellung eingereicht wurden.... Read more »

European leaders call Trump after summit on ceasefire security guarantees

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy chair the Coalition of the Willing Summit at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris, France, on September 4, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN / VIA... Read more »

NHS surgeon who had his legs removed is jailed for fraud | Crime

A surgeon who froze his legs so they would require amputation to satisfy a sexual obsession before making nearly £500,000 in insurance claims has been jailed. Neil Hopper, a 49-year-old vascular surgeon,... Read more »

Major Oil Spill Kills Birds, Pollutes Beaches in Occupied Crimea

Oil reaching the open sea following an accident during the loading of a tanker in west Russia has coalesced into a slick the size of a medium-sized city. Accoring to new reports... Read more »

TUC urges chancellor to consider wealth taxes in November Budget

Iain WatsonPolitical correspondent BBC The TUC, the umbrella group for trade unions in the UK, is calling for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to consider a range of wealth taxes in November’s Budget to... Read more »