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Spain has opened a new investigation into former Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero over jewelry found in his office.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Woolwich Crown Court on Friday as four Palestine Action activists were given a terrorism connection in their sentencing, a first in UK legal history.

107 people, including elderly protesters in their 80s and 90s, were arrested at a demonstration in London supporting Palestine Action activists.

A coalition of medical associations representing over 13,000 healthcare workers in the UK is calling on the British government to immediately pause the rollout of a series of measures that would censor pro-Palestine advocacy within the NHS.

The Finnish Defense Forces are working to create new units to combat UAVs, Yle reports citing Ruotuväki magazine. 'In the future, the Defense Forces will establish separate anti-aircraft units equipped with versatile equipment to counter more advanced drone threats,' said Colonel Mano-Mikael Nokelainen, Inspector of Air Defense of Finland. Training of the new units will begin within a few years.

The European Commission proposed a 540 million euro aid package to help EU farmers cope with rising fertiliser costs due to geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions, with potential total support reaching 1.5 billion euros if matched by member states.

Giotto's frescoes at Santa Croce in Florence are receiving the final touches of a four-year restoration, with scaffolding set to be removed ahead of an official reveal in September.

The United States will provide Poland with a new $4 billion loan to purchase U.S. military equipment, U.S. UnderThomas DiNanno announced Friday at a ceremony marking the induction of three F-35 fighter jets into the Polish Armed Forces.

A French town has buried a murdered child as questions mount over police failings.

Mark Carney meets Emmanuel Macron in Paris before the G7.

Israeli firm BlackCore is suspected of interfering in elections in New York City and Scotland, the head of France’s disinformation detection agency, Viginum, said on Thursday. Last month, reports revealed that BlackCore was also behind an online smear campaign targeting three mayoral candidates from the hard-left, pro-Palestinian France Unbowed (LFI) party during local elections.

Pope's plane makes unscheduled landing on Spain's Canary Islands due to a technical problem, according to an AFP journalist.

Turkish President Erdogan warns that the region is paying a 'heavy economic price' for attacks targeting Iran even before the Russia-Ukraine war has ended.

Pope's return home from Spain delayed as plane suffers technical issue.

Mark Carney meets Emmanuel Macron in Paris before G7 summit.

Discovery of €1.2 million in jewelry prompts a fresh investigation into former Spanish Prime Minister.

Romanian prime minister nominee Eugen Tomac failed to secure the endorsement of a second pro-European party, clouding his election prospects in the country's fractious parliament.

Kim Jae-youl was reelected as president of the International Skating Union at the 60th ISU Congress in Tenerife, Spain, on Friday. He said the 'BEIJING28' event will be a catalyst for future editions in every Olympic cycle. The Congress also approved a prize money increase from $5.4 million in 2025-26 to $11.1 million in 2026-27.

Ukrainian technology-defense company SkyFall and Airbus Defence and Space signed a memorandum on launching a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the protection of Ukraine's airspace, according to a company release on Friday. The signing took place during the ILA Berlin Air Show in the presence of German Boris Pistorius.

France's CAC 40 rose 1.73%; Spain's IBEX rose 2.46%.

Protesters gathered outside Woolwich Crown Court to denounce the potential 'terrorist' sentence against the 'Filton 24' group, who are being tried over a protest at an Israeli defense facility in Bristol in 2024.

LondonSadiq Khan said he opposes an upcoming real estate event promoting companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements, during Mayor's Question Time in the London Assembly on Friday morning.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized deputies of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, accusing them of traveling to "champagne receptions" in Moscow. This was reported by Die Welt. During a speech in the Bundestag on support for Ukraine, Merz got into a heated exchange with AfD deputies. The trigger was laughter from the parliamentarians after his words that Kyiv is defending not only its own security but also the security of all of Europe. "You laugh at the fate of millions of people

When Trump meets his counterparts at next week's G-7 summit, one of his favorite topics will be on the agenda: the massive U.S. trade deficit. The French hosts want to talk about global imbalances.

Google plans to challenge a German court ruling that holds it liable for false claims generated by its artificial intelligence.

Prosecutors in France have requested prison sentences of up to eight years for six Georgian nationals accused of stealing rare editions of works by Alexander Pushkin.

The Trump administration is advancing plans to hold a signing ceremony for the agreement in Geneva, possibly this weekend.

Austrian prosecutors have filed a new fraud case against Signa founder Rene Benko.

A Spanish lottery vendor who cheated a winner out of a $5 million jackpot faces jail.

The European Union's Migration and Asylum Pact took effect on Friday, marking a significant effort to address migration pressures and governance capacity.