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Ukraine’s prized steel industry left in ruins by Russian missile campaign BBCRussian attacks close Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, killing seven in kyiv Reuters Ukraine war report: Russian attacks force closure of Ukraine’s largest steelmaker The GuardianArcelorMittal announces it cannot safely and sustainably restart operations at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih following multiple recent ArcelorMittalSteel missile attacks Supply shock … Read more

A Chinese flag flies over a Chinese customs building, at a terminal at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Oct. 30, 2025. Tingshu Wang | ReutersBEIJING – China’s Commerce Ministry has sent a strong warning to the European Union ahead of expected high-level talks in Beijing next week. China will “respond firmly” if the … Read more

On Tuesday night, the US Senate rejected, along largely partisan lines, a Democratic resolution that would have forced the State Department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank, including the killings of nine US citizens by settlers or Israeli security forces in recent years. The resolution, led by Maryland Democrat Chris … Read more

Andy Burnham to fight next election with promise to change voting system BBC ‘I’ve got to break the mould’: Burnham lays out plan for change in emotional speech New York Times conference looks at Andy out of touch while offering chance to take road less traveled | John Crace The Guardian You may hate her … Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been quietly upgrading a secret Cold War-era command center deep in a mountain that can withstand American bunker-busting bombs and ensure mutually assured destruction in the event of a nuclear war. A recent investigation into the Kremlin bunker on Kosvinsky Kamen Mountain in the Urals, 800 miles east of Moscow, … Read more

Oh no! A Ukrainian couple is coming under fire online after they filmed themselves riding a nesting sea turtle on a beach. Vadym Oleynik, 32, a fitness influencer and self-proclaimed calisthenics champion, and his partner Olena Kravchenko, an aesthetic doctor, had been sightseeing in Ras al Hadd, a coastal paradise off Oman where several species … Read more

Leaky ship The very existence of the Mediapart report is a cause for concern for the National Rally’s leading duo, whose relationship has been strained since a surprise court ruling in July cleared the way for Le Pen to run for president. Bardella, who had been his party’s “Plan B” candidate, has visibly struggled to … Read more

Spain’s coalition government said on Tuesday it had agreed new measures to address the country’s housing crisis after the forcible removal of an 87-year-old pensioner from her Madrid apartment last week sparked solidarity protests across the country. Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia said the housing legislation includes a ban on evictions until 2030, stricter rules … Read more

An elderly woman who was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she lived most of her life and whose case sparked widespread solidarity protests across Spain will be able to return home, her lawyer said Monday. A video from last week showed María del Carmen Abascal, known by her nickname Maricarmen, being carried out of … Read more

Hungary’s parliament lifts the immunity of Orban’s sitting leader and two former ministers, clearing the way for criminal investigations. Posted on September 29, 2026 September 29, 2026 Hungary’s parliament has stripped Prime Minister Peter Magyar and two ministers of former leader Viktor Orban’s nationalist government of their immunity, clearing the way for prosecutors to carry … Read more