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Bayeux Tapestry got torn on trip from France to British Museum, French culture minister reveals
The Bayeux Tapestry suffered a minor tear during its transfer from France to the British Museum for its first UK exhibition in nearly 1,000 years, France’s culture minister Catherine Pegard has confirmed. Two threads broke across the 70-metre tapestry during the journey, though experts who examined it centimetre by centimetre concluded it remains “in the…
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Global Content Industry Leaders Gather to Discuss ‘Multilateralism for the Moving Image’ at France’s Lumiere Summit
Global film and media industry leaders will gather in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, on 7 September for the inaugural Lumiere Summit, a conference aimed at addressing the profound structural and technological changes reshaping the entertainment business. Organised by France’s CNC and co-chaired by President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, the summit is billed…
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Deadly Black Sea attacks threaten grain exports and higher food prices
A summer of intensifying Russian and Ukrainian attacks on each other’s ships and port infrastructure in the Black Sea has made it the world’s most dangerous waters for commercial shipping, with more crew killed in July than throughout the rest of the war combined. The escalation is disrupting vital grain exports from both countries, fuelling…
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Trump’s peace envoys to visit Moscow and Kyiv over weekend, reports say
US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are reportedly set to visit both Moscow and Kyiv this weekend as part of ongoing efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine. This would mark the first time the pair have held talks in Ukraine, having previously met Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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Russian drone hits Ukraine’s intelligence HQ in Kyiv
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service in central Kyiv on Friday, with officials saying the strike deliberately targeted the office of the agency’s chief. The attack, which injured five people, underscores the continued vulnerability of Ukrainian institutions to Russian drone strikes deep inside the capital, even as the conflict continues.…
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Farage signs pact with French firebrand Jordan Bardella to ‘stop the boats forever’
Nigel Farage and French National Rally leader Jordan Bardella signed a memorandum of understanding at Reform UK’s party conference in Birmingham, pledging joint action to end Channel small boat crossings. Farage said the pact would “stop the boats forever” and formed part of Reform’s wider pledge to end the crisis within 100 days of entering…
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Zia’s pitch to be Reform’s next leader? Yusuf demands Royal Navy is used to force migrant boats back to France as he is accused of naked move to succeed under-fire Farage
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman, told the party’s annual conference that Nigel Farage would order the Royal Navy to turn back Channel migrant boats on his first day as prime minister, and pledged that Reform would carry out “the largest mass deportation operation in modern history”. The speech has fuelled speculation that Yusuf…
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Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO
This week’s Rocket Report highlights fresh funding for European launch startups and a fourth attempt by Isar Aerospace to reach orbit with its Spectrum rocket, alongside signs that NASA is rethinking how it procures launches. The developments underline the growing competitiveness of Europe’s commercial space sector, which is racing to reduce reliance on non-European launch…
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Germany battles fresh suspected Russian sabotage of power infrastructure
Germany experienced a fresh wave of suspected sabotage against its electricity grid, with two more attempted attacks reported overnight in addition to earlier incidents this week, deepening concerns over a sustained campaign of hybrid attacks that Berlin now formally attributes to Russia. Police said an attempt had been made to short-circuit a power grid installation…