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International Property

Italy attracts wealthy Chinese property buyers with food, fashion – and flat tax

Hong Kong and mainland investors are increasingly eyeing property in Italy, drawn by its lifestyle and flat tax regime, agents say.

France

French far-right to form first Senate parliamentary group, early results show

Ukraine war

South Korea wants Ukraine apology over disclosure of North Korean POW transfer

Ukraine war

Russian drones kill 5 across Ukraine, including market outside Kyiv

Zelensky accuses Moscow of terrorism after strikes hit Kyiv outskirts, Sumy and Kharkiv infrastructure.

The aftermath of an attack by a Russian jet-powered drone in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters
The aftermath of an attack by a Russian jet-powered drone in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK Labour Party meets buoyed by Burnham but seeking concrete plans

As the party launched its first annual conference under Burnham, the PM pledged to show that he will not shy away from taking hard actions.

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Switzerland

Swiss reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum backed by right-wing party

Moscow, which has accused Bern of abandoning its neutrality, praised the initiative that some critics have called ‘pro-Russian’.

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Britain

UK arrests 5 on suspicion of terror plot near airbase used by US forces

Police investigate potential Iran link after three suspicious trucks prompt evacuations outside RAF Fairford.

A US B‑1B Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford. Photo: Reuters
A US B‑1B Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford. Photo: Reuters
France

Pope Leo pledges action on child abuse by priests after meeting French survivors

The pope met privately with victims and heard proposals for how to improve the Church’s safeguarding measures, ‌said a Vatican statement.

Spain

Thousands march in Spain over eviction of 87-year-old woman Maricarmen Abascal

Images of her being carried from her lifelong home after police broke down her door have put a spotlight on the country’s housing crisis.

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France

Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit

The first US pontiff was visiting France seven months before French voters went to the polls.

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Crowds on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees wait for Pope Leo to pass by on his way to celebrate mass in Place de la Concorde, Paris on Saturday. Photo: EPA
Greece

6 dead after explosion destroys building in Athens

The blast on Friday destroyed a two-storey ‌building in Plaka, near some of Athens’ most visited sites.

An ambulance transports the body of a person who died after a building partially collapsed following an explosion in the Plaka area, which is popular with tourists, in central Athens, Greece, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
An ambulance transports the body of a person who died after a building partially collapsed following an explosion in the Plaka area, which is popular with tourists, in central Athens, Greece, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
France

In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’

Pope Leo is in France on a four-day trip, the first official papal trip in 18 years to France.

Ukraine war

EU to release US$7.5 billion linked to Ukraine military aid

Money related to Ukraine had stuck in the fund for ⁠months, blocked by the previous Hungarian government under Viktor Orban.

Italy

Italy to ban burkas in schools, with 30% cap on pupils with poor Italian

The move comes ahead of Italy’s election next year, in which PM Meloni’s party faces pressure the even further right National Future party.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivers closing remarks at a rally celebrating her government’s record as the longest-serving administration in Italy’s republican history, in Bari, Italy on September 4. Her Cabinet has now adopted the measures by decree. Photo: Reuters
Greece

6 missing after explosion fells building in heart of touristic Athens

The ‘unbelievable disaster’ that happened near the Acropolis is believed to have been caused by a huge gas leak.

A partially collapsed building is seen after an explosion in a popular tourist area of Athens on Friday. Photo: Reuters
A partially collapsed building is seen after an explosion in a popular tourist area of Athens on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Iran conflict

UK foreign secretary warns Iran against hostile activity on British soil

Ed Miliband presses Tehran over domestic security and demands release of couple held in Evin prison.

Crime

Knife attack at Polish abbey leaves priest dead and 4 injured

Ukrainian suspect arrested after stabbing victims during assault at Benedictine monastery in Jaroslaw.

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Ukraine war

Croatia clears extradition of Nord Stream blast suspect to Germany

German prosecutors have accused Ukrainian scuba diver of planting explosives on Baltic pipelines in 2022.

A gas leak at Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm in 2022. Photo: Danish Defence Command via Reuters
A gas leak at Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm in 2022. Photo: Danish Defence Command via Reuters
Spain

Spain’s housing crisis in spotlight with eviction of pensioner, 87

Thousands have protested in outrage at the eviction and a market widely denounced as unaffordable for renters and buyers.

Britain

UK far-right activist charged after migrant boat slashed in English Channel

Police said a 37-year-old man was detained and charged with one count of criminal damage and one of failing to disclose the PIN to his phone.

United Nations

Milei renews Argentina’s Falklands claim, rails against ‘useless’ UN

Firebrand Argentine leader calls world body a ‘useless organisation’ filled with ‘arrogant parasites’.

British Army personnel patrol near Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Photo: EPA
Italy

Italy greenlights return of nuclear power after decades-long ban

Parliament clears legal framework for next-generation reactors nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose government spearheaded legislation to reintroduce nuclear energy. Photo: LaPresse via AP
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose government spearheaded legislation to reintroduce nuclear energy. Photo: LaPresse via AP
Italy

Italy’s Colosseum closes after worker dies in accident

The incident comes less ‌than a year ‌after the death of a worker trapped under the rubble of a collapsed medieval tower near the Colosseum.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV battery giant CATL starts trial production in Hungary

Analyst says development could see it secure massive orders from global marques such as BMW and Volkswagen.

France

French authorities target ‘pervert’ glasses street trend

Investigation follows complaints of people secretly recording and publishing non-consensual footage online.

Crowds gather in the streets of Paris. French authorities have opened several privacy investigations into the growing practice of secretly recording women in public spaces using smart glasses. Photo: AP
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