Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports have been hit by a cyber-attack in which hackers accessed the data of about 8.7 million customers. The incident involved data related to “car park, lounge and fast-track bookings and in-airport wifi sign-ups”, and the hackers obtained email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registration...
Explosive drone at German airport linked to Russian military intelligence, US intel source says
n explosive drone found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport in Germany earlier this month bore the hallmarks of devices typically employed by Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate, the GRU, a U.S. intelligence source. The U.S. official, who was briefed on the investigation into the alleged sabotage plot, said...
Three Russian сitizens вetained in Warsaw with firearms and ammunition
Warsaw police, in cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Centre of Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW), detained three Russian nationals of Chechen origin, aged 21, 25 and 42, at an apartment in Warsaw’s Wola district following information concerning their possible involvement in an organised criminal group. During a search of the apartment,...
Two states with climate policy sway will also vote on Germany’s federal election day
Ahead of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in September 2026, the AfD, currently leading the polls, is making the dismantling of wind power a central campaign pledge—in the lee of similar demands from right-wing populists worldwide, foremost the current US administration. Under examination is the claim that wind...
Pentagon’s Nato review preparing troop options
Nato allies worry that the six-month review, announced in June, will lead to large-scale cuts to the roughly 80,000 US forces across Europe and punish countries that President Donald Trump believes failed to support the US-Israeli war against Iran. The Pentagon’s “Terms of Reference,” which have not been previously detailed,...
Explosive drone at German airport linked to Russian military intelligence, US intel source says
An explosive drone found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport in Germany earlier this month bore the hallmarks of devices typically employed by Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate, the GRU, a U.S. intelligence source told ABC News. The U.S. official, who was briefed on the investigation into the alleged...
AfD surges as Saxony-Anhalt’s economy struggles
The far-right party is polling at up to 43% ahead of a looming election, as voters rank jobs, wages and the economy among their top concerns. In 11 days, voters in Saxony-Anhalt will go to the polls and for the first time, the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) could emerge...
State-backed hackers targeted EU officials on WhatsApp
Foreign governments have been trying to hack the messaging accounts of high-ranking European Union officials, the bloc’s cyber defense unit. The presentation, given to officials from EU national governments in July, lists “account takeover targeting high-ranking officials” as one of the top threats facing the bloc this year. The presentation...
Sweden’s ruling coalition trails in poll, but closes gap on centre-left opposition
The gap between Sweden's ruling right-wing coalition government and the centre-left opposition parties has narrowed since June ahead of an election for parliament next month, a new opinion poll showed on Tuesday. The August 11 to 23 survey, published by daily Dagens Nyheter, showed the right-wing coalition's gap to the...
Polish far-right leader charged with Holocaust denial for calling Auschwitz gas chambers “fake”
Polish far-right leader Grzegorz Braun has been charged with denying Nazi crimes, a criminal offence in Poland that carries a prison sentence of up to three years. The charges relate to statements last year in which Braun, who has a long history of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, suggested that the...