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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia used a "shadow fleet" of tankers to launch drones for reconnaissance and sabotage targeting Europe.
The European Commission proposed doubling steel import tariffs to 50% and halving tariff‑free quotas to curb Chinese oversupply and protect EU steelmakers.
Investors drove AI-focused shares lower on global markets after analysts questioned the profitability of cloud AI services and warned that the recent investment spree may be speculative and circular.
Amazon ran its online Prime Day sale on Oct. 8, 2025, offering steep discounts on Legos, KitchenAid mixers, Cold Steel knives and other popular consumer items.
The European Parliament was set to vote Wednesday on a proposal to bar plant-based foods from using meat-related names, drawing warnings from producers and consumer groups.
The World Trade Organization raised its 2025 global trade forecast, saying AI-driven demand and U.S. tariff‑induced front‑loading boosted growth but warned trade would slow in 2026.
Newly elected Herdecke mayor Iris Stalzer was stabbed and taken to hospital in critical condition, investigators suspected a familial motive and police detained her 15-year-old adoptive son.
Denmark's government announced a bill to ban under-15s from social media, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a parliamentary speech Tuesday, allowing parental exemptions from age 13.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel said she had supported a 2021 EU–Russia dialogue and partly blamed Poland and the Baltic states for the Ukraine war, prompting criticism.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide during a televised interview, amid mass Gaza protests.
Bavaria's cabinet approved a bill empowering state police to detect, track and, if necessary, shoot down unauthorized drones after recent incursions disrupted Munich Airport.
Germany's federal cabinet debated a draft amendment to the Federal Police Act to give the Bundespolizei expanded powers, including drone defense, phone-location access and random checks.
The Civil Guard found two men dead with gunshot wounds in different locations in Lorca, Murcia, on Tuesday afternoon and said it was investigating whether the deaths were linked.
Google announced an "AI mode" for its search in Germany and across Europe, saying it will present AI-assisted answers and prompting concerns among users and website owners.
The European Parliament confirmed immunity for AVS politician Ilaria Salis yesterday, after a disputed vote button malfunction prompted a request to repeat the vote.
The Italian government and SPID providers renewed a five-year convention with AgID and the digital transformation department, averting service disruption but raising prospects that providers may begin charging users.
Police arrested Leonardo Gesualdo, the alleged leader of the Società Foggiana mafia, near Foggia on Tuesday after five years on the run, authorities said.
Transport & Environment said European automakers were on track to meet the EU's delayed 2025–27 CO2 targets, but the Commission's two‑year extension slowed EV uptake and risked 2030 goals.
Spain's Constitutional Court on Tuesday admitted Carles Puigdemont's amparo appeal against the Supreme Court's refusal to apply amnesty for embezzlement but refused to lift his national arrest warrant.
Sébastien Lecornu, the resigning prime minister, continued last-ditch negotiations at Matignon while Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella declined his invitation to attend.
Spain's government approved a decree allowing medical cannabis but restricted prescriptions to hospital specialists and dispensing to hospital pharmacies, prompting patient groups and pharmacists to warn it will limit access.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain opened the Europalia festival in Brussels on Oct. 8, 2025, inaugurating a Bozar exhibition focused on Goya and Spanish realism.
Spain’s Supreme Court opened an investigation into Se Acabó la Fiesta leader Luis "Alvise" Pérez for alleged revelation of secrets and harassment of two of his party’s MEPs.
Germany risked an EU deficit procedure after the finance ministry projected large 2026 budget deficits, despite an EU defense-spending exception, and debt neared 80 percent.
