Europe
‘Professional actor’ behind attacks that closed Danish airports, defence minister says | Denmark
Denmark’s defence minister says the country has been the victim of a professional hybrid attack after drones flew over four airports overnight in the second such incursion in a matter of days. The drone sightings began shortly before 10pm on Wednesday and ended just before 1am on Thursday. Flights were halted for several hours at […]
Danish authorities say ‘professional actor’ responsible for airport drone attacks – Europe live | Denmark
What we know so far about drones in Denmark? – summary Denmark faces “systemic” drone incidents brought by a “professional” actor seeking to disrupt airports and military installations, defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. Authorities have no evidence to confirm who is behind the incidents as they continue investigating the drone sightings. But Poulsen noted […]
Family of three are first arrivals in UK under ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal | Immigration and asylum
A family of three including a small child have become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal, the Home Office has said. The move follows the removal on Wednesday of the first four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past six days, despite continuing legal challenges. […]
King Felipe pleads with Israel to ‘stop massacre and abhorrent acts’ in Gaza | Spain
King Felipe of Spain has begged Israel to “stop the massacre” and end its “abhorrent acts” in Gaza during an unusually direct and powerful address to the UN general assembly in which he also defended the UN’s role in an increasingly “frenetic and out of control” world. Although the monarch was careful not to use […]
‘Most destructive arms race in human history’: Zelenskyy appeals at UN for intervention to stop Russia | Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to global leaders to intervene to prevent Russia from leading the world through “the most destructive arms race in human history”, warning that the combination of drone technology and artificial intelligence would end in catastrophe. Speaking to the UN general assembly, the Ukrainian president tried to galvanise not just the west […]
Italy to revive national holiday in honour of patron saint, Francis of Assisi | Italy
Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government in Italy has revived a national holiday in honour of the country’s popular patron saint, Francis of Assisi, in a nod to “the very core of our nation’s identity”. Millions of Italian workers are expected to get a day off each 4 October, the feast day of Saint Francis, after the […]
‘No alternative’ to continuing invasion, claims Russia, as Trump says Ukraine could regain all land lost – latest updates | World news
Kremlin says ‘no alternative’ to continuing its invasion of Ukraine Meanwhile, the Kremlin said this morning there was “no alternative” for Russia than to continue its offensive on Ukraine that it launched in 2022, AFP reported. “We are continuing our special military operation to ensure our interests and achieve the goals” set by Russian president […]
Wednesday briefing: What Russia wants with Nato airspace – and what options it leaves the west | Russia
Good morning. Of all the scary things about the recent military escalation between Russia and Nato, perhaps the most unnerving is this: it is impossible to know which incident will be the one that sends things spiralling out of control. In the past two weeks, there have been a series of Russian incursions into Nato […]
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership | United Nations
Such is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nations are rapidly being reduced to one long discussion about how to relate to, and challenge this ever darker and weirder presidency. Before Trump’s extraordinary 58 minute speech on […]
Trump’s address to world leaders at the UN was for a different audience: his base | Donald Trump
Donald Trump may have been speaking to the 192 other world leaders gathered in the United Nations, but the real target of his speech on Tuesday was Europe, which was hauled up repeatedly as the whipping boy for an antiliberal, blood-and-soil polemic that renewed an assault on the transatlantic relationship that has become a theme […]