Almost 1.2 million undocumented migrants have applied for legal status in Spain, with more than 600,000 requests already being processed, figures released on Thursday show. Initial forecasts predict that around half a million applications will be successful. Source link
Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, is likely to be the next British prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation. Central to Burnham’s platform is improving living standards that have stagnated or even fallen since the 2008 global financial crisis. But with weak public finances, how realistic is his plan? FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin … Read more
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) had approved a “list of important reforms” to modernize the economy and restore competitiveness. The announcement was made at a news conference on Thursday, in which Merz was joined by SPD leaders Barbel Baas and Lars Klingbeil, as well as … Read more
Russian mercenaries from the Africa Corps, which has replaced the well-known Wagner Group in providing support to the Malian army, are deploying new combat drones in Mali. Frequently found on the frontlines in Ukraine, these drones are now entering the Sahel region – an environment for which they were not designed. Source link
This week, Paris des Arts turns its cameras to Fez, the Moroccan imperial city, for the 29th edition of the Festival of World Sacred Music, which celebrates the dialogue between cultures and spiritualities. Source link
The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X, while warning that any lay believers who “formally adhere” to the breakaway Catholic group would suffer the same fate. It comes a day after the traditionalist group consecrated four new bishops, openly defying a plea from Pope Leo XIV to desist … Read more
Algerians headed to the polls on July 2 to elect a new parliament in an election shadowed by expectations of low turnout among the 25-million-person electorate. The vote is taking place amid controversy of the government disqualifying roughly a third of potential candidates, with some saying they were blocked from competing for major constituencies. FRANCE … Read more
The Vatican excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X, while warning that any lay believers who “formally adhere” to the breakaway Catholic group would suffer the same fate. The Vatican decree comes a day after the traditionalist group consecrated four new bishops, openly defying a plea from Pope Leo XIV to … Read more
Since 2021, work has been underway on a new “complex of religions” in the western German city of Münster. Much of the site is still under construction. Scheduled for inauguration in 2027, the campus will bring together in one place the Faculties of Catholic, Protestant and Islamic Theology, as well as the Department of Religious … Read more
1,000 days since the massacres of October 7th means 1,000 since total war was unleashed on the more than 2 million residents of the Gaza strip. Israeli retaliation to the Hamas massacre is said to have killed more than 73,000 people and wounded many more, including since the ceasefire of October 2025. Benjamin Netanyahu hopes … Read more