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Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. Multiple witnesses in the Russell Brand trial have claimed that their friend was in physical pain and “extremely distressed” after she was allegedly anally raped by the Despicable Me star in 2009. On the ninth day of Brand’s trial […]

Die Bilder des angezündeten Rathauses von Limoges gingen um die Welt. Hier erzählt der Bürgermeister, wer das Feuer wohl legte – und wie es so weit kommen konnte.

The UK is urging households to stock up enough emergency supplies to survive for three days in a crisis as part of a new campaign to strengthen national resilience.

Lidera partidului german AfD, Alice Weidel, și Marine Le Pen, una dintre figurile centrale ale extremei drepte franceze, vor să transforme Uniunea Europeană într-o alianță de state suverane, cu instituții mai slabe și competențe reduse. Cele două formațiuni se opun continuării finanțării Ucrainei și aprofundării integrării europene, dar propun soluții diferi

A coaster dares riders to be daring, with steep drops, high speeds and improbably tight curves. But safety has become a concern again after a man was thrown from his seat and died in Georgia.

The largest-ever joint Japan-U.S. military training exercise is making use of Typhoon Champi to train troops during adverse weather.

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/fkK_5g/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/10/20/65bbdd04-915f-4692-b606-398faf8a3f0f.jpg">Katharina Fritsch von der Uni Wien spricht von einer Depolitisierung: Die Politik in Frankreich reduziert den Protest auf Gewalt und muss nicht mehr über die Anliegen der Demonstrierenden reden

Erst legte Frankreichs Marine Le Pen ihre Pläne zur Zukunft der EU vor, jetzt zieht die AfD nach. Eines der Ziele: Europaparlament und Kommission sollen in ihrer bisherigen Form abgeschafft werden – und das wäre nur der Anfang.

Von einer Frau, die lieber vor dem Gericht Fahnen schwingt, als sich drinnen dem Rechtsstaat zu stellen. Und deren Name selbst am Rand der Pariser Grossproteste auftaucht.

There are people of both political extremes who crave street politics just because it has potential for violence and confrontation

Powerful winds with shifting directions and dry weather contributed to rapid expansion of the grass fire at a military base in Wainwright, Alta., that left four soldiers dead and 39 others wounded, a wildfire expert said.

<p>Astronomers are finally figuring out what powers mysterious gamma-ray bursts</p>

<img src="https://www.srf.ch/static/cms/images//320ws/a15f27.webp" hspace="5" align="left" >Vom tiefsten zum höchsten Punkt der Schweiz: Sechs Menschen wagen die Grenzerfahrung – und lernen sich dabei neu kennen.