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Ireland Proposes €141 Billion Cut to Next EU Budget as Germany-Led Bloc Presses for More

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Ireland Proposes €141 Billion Cut to Next EU Budget as Germany-Led Bloc Presses for More

Ireland has proposed EU budget cuts worth €141 billion in the bloc's next seven-year spending plan. The draft falls short of what Germany and its allies have demanded. At least one of them has already criticised it. Ireland currently holds the EU's rotating presidency. Its draft compromise, known as the negotiating box, was circulated on 10 October. It sets spending for 2028–2034 at €1,622 billion in 2025 prices. That is 8% below the European Commission's proposal and still 30% above the current budget. In current prices, the total is about €1,825 billion. Where the cuts fall Most of the reduction lands on competitiveness and overseas cooperation. Funding for competitiveness, research and defence would fall 13% to €456 billion. The Global Europe programme, which finances cooperati...

Seoul to Close Jamsugyo Bridge to All Cars From Oct. 26 and Begin Pedestrian-Only Conversion

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Seoul to Close Jamsugyo Bridge to All Cars From Oct. 26 and Begin Pedestrian-Only Conversion

Seoul will bar all vehicles from Jamsugyo Bridge from midnight on Oct. 26. This ends car traffic on one of the Han River’s best-known crossings and begins construction of what the city calls its first pedestrian-only bridge over the river. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the plan on Oct. 8. The start date follows the last Sunday of this year’s car-free festival on the bridge, which runs until Oct. 25. What Changes for Drivers and Bus Riders The ban applies to the bridge and to the underpass at its northern end in Yongsan, which will also lose its roadway. From Oct. 26, drivers who used Jamsugyo will have to cross on Banpo Bridge or other nearby bridges. Bus routes 740 and 405, which ran over Jamsugyo, will be diverted to Banpo Bridge in both directions. Two stops at Banpo...

Hurricane Isaias Heads for Gulf Coast as Evacuations Widen in Florida and Alabama

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Hurricane Isaias Heads for Gulf Coast as Evacuations Widen in Florida and Alabama

Hurricane Isaias Gulf Coast evacuations widened on Friday as officials in Florida and Alabama sent visitors away from beaches, closed schools and airports, and prepared shelters ahead of a landfall expected this weekend. The storm is the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. It strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday and was moving toward the northern Gulf Coast. CNN reported early Friday that Isaias was expected to become a major hurricane soon, meaning Category 3 or stronger. The Red Cross expects landfall late Friday or early Saturday. Forecasters have warned of life-threatening storm surge, tornadoes and flooding. Hurricane Isaias Gulf Coast evacuations: where orders are in force In Florida, mandatory evacuations took effect at noon local time on Thursday for co...

Two Iranian Men Charged Over Alleged Plot Targeting Manchester’s Jewish Community

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Two Iranian Men Charged Over Alleged Plot Targeting Manchester’s Jewish Community

Two Iranian nationals have been charged in Britain over an alleged Manchester terror plot targeting the Jewish community, counter-terrorism police announced on Friday. Salam Ahmadyan, 36, of Liverpool, and Rahman Salehi, 34, of Salford, face a terrorism-preparation charge after what police believe was a plot that has now been disrupted. Officers say the pair were in contact with a third party overseas who may be in Iran, but authorities have not said the Iranian state directed the plan. What the Manchester terror plot charges allege Both men were charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts. Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) alleges they received instructions for making a chlorine bomb and acquired the liquids, components and equipment needed to build an improvis...

UK-Iranian Man Arrested in RAF Fairford Inquiry as Police Weigh Foreign-State Role

3Oct

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UK-Iranian Man Arrested in RAF Fairford Inquiry as Police Weigh Foreign-State Role

Counter-terrorism police have made a new arrest in the RAF Fairford investigation, detaining a 25-year-old man holding both British and Iranian nationality. Fairford is the Gloucestershire air base used by US forces, and the man was detained in Westminster, London, on 1 October on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. No one connected to the case has been charged, and police have not said what role they believe he played. The arrest widens a case that has raised alarm among Western allies since the early hours of Sunday 27 September. It also lands at a politically charged moment: the UK government has said publicly that it believes Iran was involved, while Tehran calls the accusation baseless. What follows separates what police have established from what officials, governments and medi...

Three Family Members Found Dead in Papatoetoe as Police Investigate

2Oct

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Three Family Members Found Dead in Papatoetoe as Police Investigate

The Papatoetoe deaths of three members of one family are under police investigation after officers were called to a home on Cambridge Terrace in South Auckland at about 6.40pm on Thursday. Police say they are not looking for anyone else and do not believe there is any risk to the wider public. Detective Inspector Karen Bright of Counties Manukau CIB, the district's criminal investigation branch, said in an NZ Police statement that officers were told a person had been found dead at the address. When they arrived they located that person and two others inside the home, and all three were pronounced dead. Police had not released the names or ages of those who died, or how they died, when this was written. What police have confirmed about the Papatoetoe deaths In an afternoon update o...

Tennessee Orders Outside Review After Inmate Survives Two Lethal Injection Doses

1Oct

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Tennessee Orders Outside Review After Inmate Survives Two Lethal Injection Doses

Tennessee's attempt to carry out the Christa Pike execution on 30 September ended without her death, after officials gave two doses of pentobarbital. Governor Bill Lee has since ordered an outside review and cancelled the state's one remaining execution for this year. Pike, 50, was alive when taken by ambulance to a hospital, her lawyers said, and a leading death penalty expert called the outcome unprecedented. How the Christa Pike execution attempt unfolded Pike was scheduled to die at 10 a.m. at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. About an hour before that, the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 for a stay, saying it needed time to consider whether her allegations of childhood sexual abuse were fully weighed at sentencing. Hours later the US Supreme Court...

Five Men Held Near RAF Fairford Released on Bail as Police Probe Possible Foreign-State Link

29Sep

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Five Men Held Near RAF Fairford Released on Bail as Police Probe Possible Foreign-State Link

The five RAF Fairford suspects were released on bail on Monday after extensive interviews, but counter-terrorism police say they remain under investigation and have not been charged. The men, all British nationals from London aged between 23 and 25, were arrested early on Sunday near the US-operated air base in Gloucestershire, first on suspicion of explosives offences and later on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism. Detectives are examining whether the men acted for, or were used by, a foreign state, with Iran among the countries under review. The Iranian embassy in London has denied involvement, and police say they are still working to establish the circumstances and any motivation. Bail conditions and what comes next for the RAF Fairford suspects Laurence Taylor, head of N...

Senate Passes Bill to Set National Rules for College Sports

29Sep

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Senate Passes Bill to Set National Rules for College Sports

The U.S. Senate voted 77-22 on Monday to pass the Protect College Sports Act, a bill that would replace the patchwork of state laws governing college athletics with a single federal framework. The bipartisan measure covers how student athletes get paid for their name, image and likeness, how they transfer between schools, and how conferences realign. It now moves to the House, where its timeline is far less certain. Senators Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, and Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, led the bill through nearly six hours of floor debate and seven amendments before the final vote. Cruz called it "a monumental day for college athletics." President Donald Trump also welcomed the vote, posting on Truth Social that the bill would "save college sports" and the schools that run th...

Pope Leo Paris Mass Draws 800,000 to Place de la Concorde

27Sep

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Pope Leo Paris Mass Draws 800,000 to Place de la Concorde

The Pope Leo Paris Mass drew an estimated 800,000 people to the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde on Saturday, the Vatican said, making it the single largest event of his four-day visit to France. That figure ran roughly 200,000 above the number who had pre-registered, a gap organizers put down to walk-ins who showed up once word of the spectacle spread through the city. Leo, the first American to hold the papacy, covered the two-kilometer stretch between the avenue and the square in his popemobile, waving to crowds several people deep before taking the stage built for the service. Wire photographers on the ground put the scene at roughly 800,000 people, a number that would make it one of the largest gatherings the avenue has seen outside a national celebration. Church attendance...

Orange Order Marches Garvaghy Road After Overnight Legal Battle

27Sep

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Orange Order Marches Garvaghy Road After Overnight Legal Battle

A Drumcree Orange Order parade crossed Portadown's Garvaghy Road on Sunday morning for the first time in almost 30 years. Northern Ireland's High Court had dismissed a last-minute challenge from local residents just hours earlier. The ruling capped a legal standoff that ran through three separate courts over two days, reviving one of the most sensitive parading disputes to come out of the Troubles, the decades of conflict over Northern Ireland's political status. Why the Drumcree Orange Order Parade Needed a Court Order The Parades Commission approved the parade on Friday. It is the independent body that rules on contested marches in Northern Ireland, and this was the first time in almost three decades that it let the Portadown District Orange Order walk the road, the route had been ...

Nor’easter Flooding Triggers State Emergencies in New York and New Jersey

27Sep

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Nor’easter Flooding Triggers State Emergencies in New York and New Jersey

Nor'easter flooding swept through New Jersey's shore communities and parts of New York City on Saturday, forcing evacuation orders, downing trees and cutting power to tens of thousands of customers as a powerful coastal storm settled over the Northeast for a second consecutive day. Governors in both states moved ahead of the storm's arrival. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Friday covering Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and New York City, warning of "dangerous coastal flooding, strong winds and potential power outages through the weekend." New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill placed eight counties, Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem, under emergency status the same evening, telling residents to "take this storm seriously" and...

Lee Chang-dong Says Audience Reaction Matters More Than Venice Silver Lion Win for Possible Love

21Sep

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Lee Chang-dong Says Audience Reaction Matters More Than Venice Silver Lion Win for Possible Love

Nine days after taking home a Silver Lion in Venice, Lee Chang-dong was back in Seoul, and the first thing he wanted to talk about wasn't the trophy. At a press conference on Monday, September 21, the director said the Possible Love Silver Lion win mattered less to him than how audiences actually responded. Venice was where the film first met viewers, and that reaction was what he had been waiting to see. The Netflix-financed drama won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 12, as the Korea Times reported. It is Lee's first feature in eight years. What was said in Seoul The event followed a press screening at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall. Lee sat with actors Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong and Zo In-sung, while Jeon Do-yeon joined by vi...

Daayra Box Office Collection: Kareena Kapoor’s Thriller Opens Softly and Now Needs Word of Mouth

19Sep

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Daayra Box Office Collection: Kareena Kapoor’s Thriller Opens Softly and Now Needs Word of Mouth

Daayra box office collection on day one stood at an estimated ₹90 lakh net in India, according to the tracker Sacnilk. That is a slow opening for Meghna Gulzar's crime thriller, which pairs Kareena Kapoor Khan with Prithviraj Sukumaran for the first time. The film reached cinemas on Friday, September 18, 2026, in Hindi and Malayalam. It also lost the day to Kunal Kemmu's comedy Vibe, and one trade roundup found that Hanuman Ansh, a film in its seventh week, out-earned both new releases. Reviews have been warmer than the ticket sales, which makes this weekend unusually important. Daayra box office collection: why day-one figures differ from site to site Sacnilk puts India net at ₹0.90 crore and gross at about ₹1.08 crore, with overall occupancy of 11.65% across more than 2,200 shows. ...

2026 Emmy Awards: Mariska Hargitay Makes History as First Woman Host in 15 Years

15Sep

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2026 Emmy Awards: Mariska Hargitay Makes History as First Woman Host in 15 Years

The 2026 Emmy Awards delivered a genuine piece of television history Monday night, as Mariska Hargitay became the first woman in 15 years to host the Primetime Emmys — and did it hours after winning two trophies of her own. The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards aired live from the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on NBC and Peacock, starting at 8 p.m. ET, honoring television released between June 2025 and May 2026. Hargitay, best known for playing Captain Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU," took over hosting duties during NBC's 100th anniversary year, with the ceremony produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment. A host with her own award-season storyline Hargitay's night carried extra weight because she wasn't only presiding over the 2026 Emmy Awards — she was part of the story....

Alan Ritchson Wife Catherine Split Stuns Fans After 20 Years

13Sep

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Alan Ritchson Wife Catherine Split Stuns Fans After 20 Years

Alan Ritchson wife Catherine split news broke Saturday, when the "Reacher" star and his wife of 20 years announced the end of their marriage in a joint statement that focused almost entirely on their three sons rather than on themselves. The 43-year-old actor and Catherine, who married in 2006, share sons Calem, 13, Edan, 12, and Amory, 10. Their statement framed the boys as the center of the decision. "We are raising three incredible boys who will always be the center of our world," the couple wrote, adding that despite the marriage ending, "nothing can diminish what these years have meant to us." How the Alan Ritchson wife Catherine split announcement unfolded The couple posted their statement on Instagram on Saturday, choosing a shared message rather than separate posts from ei...

Angela Murray Evicted Big Brother 28 in 3-2 Vote Shock

11Sep

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Angela Murray Evicted Big Brother 28 in 3-2 Vote Shock

Angela Murray evicted Big Brother viewers by surprise Thursday night, when a divided house voted 3-2 to send her to the jury house instead of fellow nominee Dee Valladares. The live eviction, broadcast September 10 on CBS, made Angela the season's tenth houseguest out and the second member of the jury that will decide the eventual winner. The vote came down to Devens, Taylor and Yash choosing to evict Angela, while Drew and Melody sided with keeping her and voting out Dee instead. It was close enough, and unpredictable enough, that neither outcome would have shocked longtime viewers of the season. How Angela Murray evicted Big Brother rumors started building earlier in the week Speculation that Angela might be on her way out had been circulating among live-feed watchers since Wedn...