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- Ukraine-Hungary oil pipeline row threatens EU loan
on March 20, 2026 at 8:16 pmKyiv and Budapest disagree on how badly damaged a hub in western Ukraine bombed by Russia really is, as its oil flow remains suspended.
- Home Office investigates firm linked to religious sect over immigration visas
by Maeve McClenaghan on March 20, 2026 at 7:36 pmOfficials understood to be investigating use of visas by company linked to Ahmadi Religion of Peace and LightThe Home Office is investigating a company linked to a religious sect based in Cheshire over its use of immigration visas.The company under investigation is linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), a sect that blends tenets of Islam with conspiracy theories about the Illuminati and aliens controlling US presidents. Followers believe the sect’s leader, Abdullah Hashem, can cure the sick and make the moon disappear. About 100 of his followers live in a former orphanage in Crewe, in the north-west of England. Continue reading…
- The week around the world in 20 pictures
by Jim Powell on March 20, 2026 at 7:22 pmCrisis in the Middle East, a sandstorm in Gaza, a blackout in Havana and the Oscars – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…
- Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power?
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor on March 20, 2026 at 6:50 pmForces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats• Middle East crisis – live updatesIt will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first British warship finally arrives off the coast of Cyprus, a belated defensive deployment that has highlighted the lack of military capacity available to the UK.Nominally, HMS Dragon was one of three destroyers available out of six. In reality the warship has had to be hauled out of dry dock, prepared and then, after launch, tested for several days in the Channel. Its arrival date is still unconfirmed. Continue reading…
- Senior European journalist suspended over AI-generated quotes
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor on March 20, 2026 at 4:13 pmMediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he ‘fell into trap of hallucinations’, after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chiefThe publisher of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to “wrongly put words into people’s mouths”.Peter Vandermeersch, the former head of the Irish operations at Mediahuis, said he “fell into the trap of hallucinations” – the term for AI-generated errors – when using the technology. Continue reading…
- Nato relocates personnel from Iraq mission to Europe amid conflict in Middle East – as it happened
by Jakub Krupa (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) on March 20, 2026 at 4:12 pmThis live blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereMeanwhile, French president Emmanuel Macron has confirmed the seizure of the tanker, which he said belonged to the Russian shadow fleet.In a strongly worded post on X, he said:“The French navy boarded this morning in the Mediterranean a new vessel from the shadow fleet, the Deyna.The war in Iran will not divert France from its support for Ukraine, where Russia’s war of aggression continues. Continue reading…
- Norway’s crown princess breaks silence, claiming she was ‘manipulated and deceived’ by Epstein
on March 20, 2026 at 3:30 pmCrown Princess Mette Marit tells Norwegian TV she wishes she had never met the late sex offender.