The Kremlin continues to stifle the few parliamentary candidates opposed to the war in Ukraine, even as the public and some industrialists begin to imagine peace.
The United States launched a fresh round of attacks against Iran late on Monday in the tenth consecutive night of attacks. On Tuesday morning, Iran's Revolutionary guard said it had hit US military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait.
After flying back from the United States to Madrid, the players were received by King Felipe VI and the royal family earlier Monday, then by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, before kicking off the parade.
China's central bank guarantees low-cost funding for green investments. Its European counterpart, although a frontrunner on climate change, currently refuses to use this tool.
The former mayor of Greater Manchester, who succeeds Keir Starmer, has become the seventh British prime minister in 10 years. Ed Miliband, who had aspired to the chancellorship, was named foreign secretary.