2024-04-25

World News

Portugal: 50 years after the revolution, are the carnations wilting?

25 April, 2024, marks the 50th anniversary of Portugal's Carnation Revolution. It ended about 41 years of dictatorship and began an era of democracy. The milestone is celebrated as the political landscape shifts, with the centre-right winning recent elections and the far-right gaining ground.

25/04/2024

Culture news

Forget Taylor Swift: Here’s the real tortured poet worth celebrating

The 1999 coming-of-age rom-com - and one of the best Shakespeare adaptations out there – just turned 25, and Kat is the tortured poet we all need right now. Sorry, Taylor.

25/04/2024

Europe News

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez suspends public duties to 'reflect'

Sanchez has said he is considering resigning from his position as his wife Begoña Gómez is accused of corruption.

25/04/2024

Culture news

Buñuel's Phantom of Liberty inspires Portugal's Surrealism biennale

Portugal is marking the 50th anniversary of its Carnation Revolution by celebrating Surrealism and revolutionary zeal in a festival based on the film 'Phantom of Liberty' by Spanish director Luis Buñuel.

25/04/2024

Moments

These European music festivals are half the price of the UK’s

Escape the UK’s muddy and expensive festivals for these cheaper alternatives in Europe.

25/04/2024

Nature

Cicadas are so noisy in the US that residents are calling the police

Police have received complaints of a loud ‘siren’ sound as billions of cicadas emerge in a rare double convergence.

25/04/2024

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Latest news bulletin | April 25th – Morning

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25/04/2024

The Cube

No, this video doesn't show the ICJ condemning Germany in Gaza case

A video of the case that Nicaragua has brought against Germany at the ICJ for allegedly facilitating genocide in Gaza has been taken out of context. The Cube investigates.

25/04/2024

Ukraine

US secretly sent ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv has credible intelligence that Russia plans to disrupt the Global Peace Summit to be held in Switzerland in June.

25/04/2024

World News

Israel 'moving ahead' with Rafah offensive

Israel says aid has begun moving into Gaza more quickly after international pressure to increase access but the scale is disputed by the United Nations and Red Crescent.

25/04/2024

Portugal

50 years since the revolution, where is Portugal today?

Portugal is better off today than it was at the end of its military dictatorship. But where does it stand compared to other European countries?

25/04/2024

Culture news

Alfredo Cunha: The photographer who defined the Carnation Revolution

Fifty years after the Carnation Revolution, Cunha's photographs continue to immortalise the military coup that changed the course of Portuguese contemporary history.

25/04/2024

Economy

Electric cars need to be cheaper to reach EU climate goals, says ECA

European electric vehicles are unaffordable for a large number of Europeans, said the EU's external auditor body.

25/04/2024