With ESA members set to decide on the agency’s budget for the next three years, all eyes on how much Germany will offer to support an ambitious series of programs.

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Aura-t-on droit au FSD de Tesla un jour en Europe ? La marque est en train de préparer le terrain, comme le suggéreraient des annonces d'emploi pour des postes d'opérateurs de véhicules.

Disguising as civilians in order to launch an attack is typically regarded as a war crime

Magnum photographer Lúa Ribeira worked intensely with young people – shooting them in dystopian landscapes on city limits to reflect their feelings of disconnection

French government withdraws funding after claims of toxic management and dismissal of staff member who lodged rape complaint

One of the world’s most prestigious comic book festivals is under threat of cancellation after leading graphic novelists and publishers announced they would boycott the event and the French government withdrew a tranche of its funding.

In the biggest crisis in its illustrious history, the Angoulême festival of la bande dessinée (comic strip) may not take place in 2026 after claims of toxic management and the dismissal of a member of staff who had lodged a rape complaint.

In trying to woo hard-right voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU

‘Not one vote for the left!” That call from Bruno Retailleau, chair of the mainstream conservative party Les Républicains (LR), helped a candidate allied with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) to sweep to victory in a byelection run-off against a socialist in southwest France last month after the centre-right candidate was eliminated in the first round.

It was a clear sign that, despite frequent denials, the much-diminished heirs to Charles de Gaulle’s conservative movement are inching towards a controversial “union of the right” that could put Le Pen or her protege, Jordan Bardella, in the Élysée Palace in 2027.

Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre

Swedish Space Corp. has rolled out a new ground station service designed to provide streamlined support for operators of small satellites and constellations.

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Scientists discover thousands of sea creatures have made their homes amid the detritus of abandoned second world war munitions off the coast of Germany

In the brackish waters off the German coast lies a wasteland of Nazi bombs, torpedo heads and mines. Thrown off barges at the end of the second world war and forgotten about, thousands of munitions have become matted together over the years. They form a rusting carpet on the shallow, muddy seafloor of the Bay of Lübeck in the western tip of the Baltic Sea.

Over the decades, the Nazi arsenal was ignored and forgotten about. A growing number of tourists flocked to the sandy beaches and calm waters for jetskiing, kite surfing and amusement parks. Beneath the surface, the weapons decayed.