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Hungary’s opposition leader Peter Magyar was wearing a traditional Hungarian-style white shirt and a white waistcoat embroidered with bright blue flowers when he and several dozen supporters walked across the Hungarian–Romanian border at about 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. As they continued their walk through northwestern Romania, people came out to speak to the Hungarian politician, asking him to pose for selfies or shaking his hand. Drivers honked their horns in greeting. By lunchtime, the group had reached the city of Oradea. Later, while addressing a crowd of several hundred people outside the city’s fortress, Magyar said: “the countdown has…

Spain has asked European countries to suspend arms shipments to Israel as international condemnation grows over its conduct in Gaza. At a meeting of the “Madrid Group” hosted by the Spanish government, the host country’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called for an immediate suspension of Europe’s cooperation deal with Israel. He also called for an embargo on arms shipments. “We must all agree on a joint arms embargo,” said Albares prior to the conference. “The last thing the Middle East needs right now is weapons.” Among those at the meeting were representatives from Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia,…

Tens of thousands of people have flocked to see the remains of a revered Spanish saint, more than 440 years after her death, prompting debate over whether such displays “encourage morbid curiosity”.Catholic worshippers in their droves have travelled to Alba de Tormes in western Spain to view relics of Saint Teresa of Avila, a 16th-century religious reformer. Faithful lined up to see her, silent and wonderstruck as the remains of the mystic were put on display in a silver casket for the first time in more than 100 years. Image: The remains of Saint Teresa of Avila, who died more…

 “I was afraid I’d misheard,” said the 41-year-old director and screenwriter Mascha Schilinski when her film was named Jury Prize winner at the Cannes International Film Festival. “It was kind of a surreal moment — simply wonderful.”  Ahead of the festival, the filmmaker said that she was “insanely happy” to have her film “Sound of Falling” selected in the main competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival. ” It’s a filmmaker’s dream!” This year, Germany was represented by Fatih Akin, whose historical film “Amrum” screened out of competition, and Christian Petzold, whose feature “Mirrors No. 3” was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight, an independent…

Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has confirmed Bayer Leverkusen coachXabi Alonso as its new coach from June 1. Former midfielder Alonso had confirmed earlier this month he would leave Leverkusen, having last season led the club to its first Bundesliga title to end Bayern Munich’s 11-year domination of the league. What do we know about Alonso’s move to Madrid? “Xabi Alonso will be the Real Madrid coach for the next three seasons, from June 1, 2025 until June 30, 2028,” the Spanish club said in a statement. The move had been widely expected. Basque trainer Alonso had an agreement allowing…

A second major power outage in two days hit southeastern France Sunday, this time in the city of Nice, after an electrical facility was damaged by suspected arson. In a post on X, the mayor of the coastal city, Christian Estrosi, blamed “malicious acts.” The Nice public prosecutor said a criminal investigation has been opened for “organized arson.” The blackout in Nice started around 2:00 a.m. local time (0:00 a.m. GMT) and left approximately 45,000 households without electricity. The city’s trams stopped, and power was briefly cut to Nice Côte d’Azur Airport during its overnight closure. According to the energy…

US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he was suspending planned 50% tariffs on the European Union until July 9. He made the announcement on his Truth Social network. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. “Good call with @POTUS,” Von der Leyen wrote on X. “The EU and US share the world’s most consequential and close trade relationship. Europe is ready to advance talks swiftly and decisively. To reach a good deal, we would need the time until July 9.” What did Trump say? Von der Leyen said “talks will begin…

Lahtaw Kai draws an imaginary mountain into the air with her hands and uses her fingers to dot it with holes. “At the top of the mountains, they drill holes and then pour chemicals like ammonium nitrate into the ground to extract the rare earth minerals at the bottom,” the Myanmar environment activist told DW.  Lahtaw Kai — whose name we’ve changed for security reasons — was illustrating the so-called in-situ leaching technique, which has been applied for decades in mining rare earths in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state. The process begins at the top of the mountains, where chemicals are injected into the earth through a network of…

A medical charity chief has spoken out about the deaths of a doctor’s nine children in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, and the “almost impossibility” of providing care in the region.Warning: This article contains graphic details of child deathsChris Lockyear – the secretary general of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders – told Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips the bodies of nine of paediatrician Alaa al Najjar’s 10 children arrived at the Nasser Medical Complex, in the city of Khan Younis, while she was on shift.The attack in southern Gaza on Friday also left her husband,…

Jafar Panahi never set out to be a political filmmaker. “In my definition, a political filmmaker defends an ideology where the good follow it and the bad oppose it,” the Iranian director says. “In my films, even those who behave badly are shaped by the system, not personal choice,” he tells DW. But for more than a decade, Panahi, the winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, has had little choice. Following his support for the opposition Green Movement protests, the director of “The White Balloon” and “The Circle,” was handed a 20-year ban on filmmaking…