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Getty Images The undersea cable between Helsinki and Rostock was laid in 2015 German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea looks like an act of sabotage and a “hybrid action”, without knowing who is to blame. A 1,170km (730-mile) telecommunications cable between Finland and Germany was … Read more
Ukraine fired six American-supplied longer-range missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region, Moscow said Tuesday, in what would be Kyiv’s first use of the weapons inside Russia in 1,000 days of war. The reported use of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, came as Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for using nuclear … Read more
Farms worth more than about $1.3 million will face an estate tax from 2026, ending a previous exemption and prompting anger in some rural communities.
A new wave of French protests comes as the French government leads resistance against ratification of an EU trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, which would create the world’s largest free-trade zone. FRANCE 24 welcomes Jean Mathieu Thevenot, French Farmer (organic seedlings producer) and active member of Confédération Paysanne … Read more
This time last year, Michael Ofer-Ziv was halfway through his military work on the war in Gaza. The reservist was called up a week after the devastating Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The 29-year-old says he was torn about whether to serve with the Israel Defence Forces or not. A self-proclaimed … Read more
Oslo — Norwegian police said Tuesday that the 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit had been arrested on suspicion of rape. Police said Marius Borg Hoiby, who was born from a relationship prior to Mette-Marit’s 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, was arrested Monday evening. “What police can say about the rape is that it … Read more
The EU alleges the Hungarian law undermines core human rights values while Budapest says it wants to protect children. The top court in the European Union has started hearing a case that marks a major confrontation between Hungary and the bloc over a law criticised as being anti-LGBTQ. A lawyer for the European Commission, which … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has reached a decision on a pair of clemency requests for Erik and Joseph “Lyle” Menendez, the two Beverly Hills brothers serving life without parole for the murder of their parents in 1989. He will hold off until the newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has time to review … Read more
Moscow signaled to the West that it’s ready for a nuclear confrontation after Ukraine was given permission to attack Russian territory — and appeared to quickly act on that greenlight — using U.S.-made long-range missiles. Kyiv appeared to waste little time after reportedly being given the go-ahead by Washington Sunday to use U.S.-made ATACMS missiles … Read more
Police in Brazil have arrested five people suspected of planning to kill Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva shortly before he was sworn in as president. Four of those detained on Tuesday are soldiers and one is a police officer, local media reported. The five were allegedly part of a plot to kill President-elect Lula and … Read more