The new Dutch coalition government headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) appears to be on a collision course with the EU over immigration after formally asking Brussels for an opt-out on asylum rules.more

Brand could disappear with 87 restaurants and 3,000 jobs at risk after talks over rescue deal collapse, writes "The Guardian".more

Damian Kocur's ‘Under the Volcano’, which touches on the themes of war and migration, has become Poland's candidate for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The decision was announced yesterday by the Oscar Committee chaired by Paweł Pawlikowski.more

Meta said on Friday that it will push ahead with controversial plans to use millions of UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Starting from next week, Mark Zuckerberg's company said it will use public posts, including photos, captions and comments, to build its generative AI to "reflect British culture, history and idiom."more

A German tourist who lost her leg in a shark attack some 500 km from the Canary Islands died hours later aboard a rescue helicopter, EFE news agency reported on Tuesday.more

AS Roma, whose player is Nicola Zalewski, have fired coach Daniele De Rossi. The capital city club failed to get a single victory in the first four rounds of the Italian Premier League.more

Research using ‘pinned’ photos and boards on Pinterest revealed that London has the most beautiful houses in the UK. The data, which was released by insurance experts Alan Boswell, rated London with an ‘aesthetic score’ of nine-point-six-three out of ten.more

Poles are mostly satisfied with their state of health. According to 61 percent of respondents, it is at least good. Only 10 per cent believe the opposite, according to the CBOS survey.more

Inflation held steady at 2.2% in the year to August, despite a jump in the cost of flights. The rise in air fares was offset by lower fuel prices and prices in restaurants increasing more slowly, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

After Norwegian league fans repeatedly disrupted matches in protests against VAR, talks are well advanced between clubs and the football federation (NFF) to pull out of it and, according to the media, it could be the first country in Europe to do so.more

The full implementation of an EU entry-exit system introducing fingerprinting and facial recognition checks at ports and airports is expected to be delayed again amid fears over congestion and long queues.more

Nicola Sturgeon has predicted Scotland will become independent as part of a "wider shake-up" of UK governance, including Irish reunification. The former first minister also suggested further devolution for Wales in the coming years as part of a "very healthy realignment of how the nations of the British Isles are governed and co-operate together”.more

Each successive escalation - from HIMARS to ATACMS - brings the world closer to ‘armageddon’ - wrote the son of former president Donald Trump jr. along with Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy jr. on The Hill website. In doing so, the authors warned the Biden administration against allowing Ukraine to use US missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.more

World Boxing, one of the two organisations that govern world boxing, has decided to host the 2025 men's and women's world championships in Liverpool.more

Buffer zones will come into force around abortion clinics in England and Wales from 31 October. It means it will be illegal for anyone to cause harassment or distress to someone accessing or working at a clinic.more

Europeans will become less and less prosperous if the EU does not change its economic course. The Community must invest more in innovation by companies and people and reduce energy prices. This will require public investment, argued former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi during a debate in the EP in Strasbourg.more

Lloyds Banking Group has announced 55 new branch closures, all scheduled for 2025. Added to the existing closures, this means the group, which includes Halifax and Bank of Scotland, will close a total of 190 branches in 2024 and 102 next year.more

A power bank and an e-cigarette exploded on board an EasyJet flight due to leave Iraklion in Greek Crete for the UK yesterday, Greek TV station SKAI reported. Passengers were evacuated. No one was injured.more

Bayern smashed Dinamo Zagreb 9:2 in Munich in the 1st round of Champions League football. Four goals were scored by Englishman Harry Kane. Defending champions Real beat VfB Stuttgart 3:1 in Madrid, with Kylian Mbappe scoring one of the goals. Liverpool won AC Milan 3:1 in Italy.more

Scientists are developing breast cancer risk tools that will help identify women at high risk, as a major 40-year study conducted by London researchers reached the halfway mark on Monday. The Breast Cancer Now Generations Study, led by the Institute of Cancer Research in London, has already contributed to the discovery of hundreds of genetic changes associated with the disease. more

Billionaire Elon Musk's comments, in which he accused US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of saying no one had ever tried to assassinate them, were condemned by many social media users and the White House as an incitement to violence, the BBC reported yesterday.more

Britain will not 'go it alone' and let Ukraine use long-range missiles against targets in Russia without the backing of the United States, The Times reports. Five former defence secretaries and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson have urged Britain to allow the use of Storm Shadow missiles without American support.more

Fourth seed Magda Linette advanced to the 1/8 finals of the WTA tournament on hard courts in Hua Hin, Thailand. The Polish tennis player defeated Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko 6-2, 7-5.more

For the third year in a row, Switzerland has taken first place in the US News and World Report's list of the world's best countries. The ranking takes into account dozens of different factors. The Alpine country has overtaken Japan and the United States in the list. Poland has placed 37th.more

The Scottish Highlands could become the latest place in the UK to introduce a tourist tax. If implemented, it would allow hotels, B&Bs, campsites and holiday lets in the hugely popular mountainous region to charge overnight guests an additional fee.more