Juanma Moreno of the People’s party is so set to secure an absolute majority in Andalusia, according to first results and announced earlier by Sigma Dos exit poll for ‘Canal Sur’. The PSOE, by contrast, has struggled to attract votes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The PP would take between 56 and 59…

Published on 17/05/2026 – 20:38 GMT+2 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Sweden on Sunday, the second stop of a tour through Europe that also includes the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Gothenburg, Modi met with his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson and European Commission Chief Ursula von…

Investigators have ruled out that terrorism was at play after a man drove a car into crowd in the Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The driver, a 31-year-old Italian man of Moroccan heritage, hit several people before crashing into a shop window, colliding head-on…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 20:19 GMT+2 Several people were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians in the city centre of Modena, in northern Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eight people were injured, four of them critically, Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told Italian TV. He said a woman pinned against a shop window…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 16:39 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off the European leg of his official tour with a meeting with the Dutch King and Queen in The Hague. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Modi is currently on a six-day trip across the Middle East and Europe that…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 15:08 GMT+2•Updated 15:17 A tragedy unfolded in the night between Friday and Saturday on the island of Lampedusa, where a newborn migrant baby girl just a few weeks old died of hypothermia immediately after disembarking and while being rushed to the island’s outpatient clinic. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Spain’s National Police have led an international operation against the theft of high-end watches, which has culminated in the arrest of 12 people in Naples, in southern Italy. Those detained are part of criminal groups specialising in violently attacking tourists in some of Spain’s main tourist hotspots. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 13:24 GMT+2•Updated 13:27 At least one person was killed in an overnight Russian attack across Ukraine, a day after the warring countries exchanged 205 prisoners of war each, and as the bodies of 528 Ukrainian soldiers were returned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s Air Force said 294 drones…

Andalusia, Spain’s most populous region and one of the country’s largest economies, reaches the end of its election campaign after two weeks dominated by messages, images and controversies that have set the political tone of recent days, on the eve of Sunday’s vote. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In this final stretch, the…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 11:28 GMT+2 The meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers concluded on Friday in Chisinau, Moldova. Top of European leaders’ agenda were unwavering support for Ukraine, the strengthening of democratic security, the fight against information manipulation and foreign interference, as well as the management…