Netherlands pulls out of next year's Eurovision because of 'sensitivities' over Israel

🔮 Mr Ranitz acknowledged the broadcaster's decision would disappoint many Dutch Eurovision fans and stressed the contest would still be aired on public channels.

🔮 Footage shows the oil rig off the coast of Gabon tipping at an angle Members of staff are seen in video putting on life jackets and running across the rig's deck Employees boarded life boats and drifted away from the rig as it collapsed Gabon President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema speaks with survivors and relatives affected by the sinking of the Borr Prospector 5 oil rig in Port-Gentil, Gabon Gabon's Ministry of Petroleum and Gas said it had activated a crisis unit and ordered the navy to reinforce search and rescue operations at sea, with helicopters and underwater equipment deployed. Petroleum and Gas Minister Clotaire Kondja said in a statement that the navy was assisting in the search-and-rescue operations and that the ministry had ordered a technical investigation to establish what happened. Mr Kondja assured that no harmful substances had been observed, adding: 'The area is under continuous surveillance, and pollution-response resources remain deployed to protect the coastline and Mayumba National Park.

🔮 While viewers mostly found humour in the moment, some social media users raised questions over why the TV crew were filming by the sea despite weather warnings. However, Ovejero later clarified that he and his colleagues had spent more than an hour in the area and had not expected to be struck by the waves.

🔮 Prison officials testified at a trial in July that Vegemite had been banned throughout the state´s 12 prisons for the past 20 years because it could potentially impair sniffer dogs´ ability to detect narcotics and could be used to brew alcohol because of its yeast content.

🔮 Forces were also 'demolishing illegal structures that could pose a security threat at the site of the encounter', they said, adding that 'counterterrorism operations' were underway at dozens of locations.

🔮 The meeting will be held in the United Arab Emirates next month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Friday.

🔮 Workers lift a wooden panel to board up a shop window ahead of a demonstration planned for October 24, in central Bordeaux, southwestern France on October 22, 2026 Shopkeepers are buying tear guns and sprays (pictured) to defend themselves from looters Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris, October 17 Ahead of the protests this weekend, businesses, cultural events and museums will stay shut as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order.

🔮 Demonstrations planned on Thursday in Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble were banned, a move seen by some as an infringement on the French people's right to protest. But high school and university student groups say they will continue to mobilise, even though the autumn school break started this week.

🔮 He will not have to serve his time if he pays his victim £5,000 in compensation and doesn't re-offend over the next two years.

🔮 According to Kercso's accounts to his family, the couple met up in the Russian city of Sochi, and after a few days crossed the border into Abkhazia, where Kercso - a Romanian national - stayed through the autumn. But his mother said the relationship deteriorated as he began to run short of money, and he told his family he would return home.