LONDON (Anadolu) - Climate campaigners staged a demonstration outside the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) in London on Tuesday, calling on the government to halt development of the controversial Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea. Organized by activists from groups including Fossil Free London, the protest called on the UK government to reject new oil and gas licenses and accelerate the transition to renewable energy. A public consultation on the Rosebank project concluded in August 2026, following a landmark legal challenge that found the previous approval of the development unlawful.

 

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BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission president has urged EU leaders to adopt tougher measures against irregular migration, including an emergency response framework and expanded powers for the bloc’s border agency, Politico reported Tuesday. In a letter to the leaders of all 27 member states ahead of this week’s European Council summit in Brussels, Ursula von der Leyen called for measures to respond when migration is used as a tool to destabilize the bloc. “We must prevent such threats and make clear that we will never compromise the protection of our external borders: no state or non-state actor will be allowed to exploit our rules or our values to destabilize the Union,” she wrote.

 

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ATHENS (AP) – U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle announced her resignation on Tuesday, rejecting recent misconduct accusations as unfounded. “Serving as the United States Ambassador to Greece has been the honor of a lifetime,” Guilfoyle wrote on U.S. social media company X, expressing gratitude to President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the opportunity to serve. The announcement came shortly after White House said it asked Guilfoyle to resign amid claims that she accepted lavish gifts during her tenure and sought financial payments in exchange for arranging access to administration figures prior to her confirmation. 

 

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Flight operations were temporarily disrupted at Nuremberg’s Albrecht Duerer Airport early Tuesday after multiple pilots reported sighting a suspected drone near the airfield. Police said the reports came from three different pilots during takeoffs and landings between roughly 2 am and 4 am local time (0000 to 0200 GMT). In response, border police, working alongside airport management and German air traffic control, launched an immediate security sweep, takeoffs and landings were halted as a precautionary measure. “The measures carried out, which included among other things a police helicopter, did not lead to the verification of the reported object,” police spokesman Michael Petzold said. “The Nuremberg border police inspectorate is now conducting further investigations to clarify the events.”

 

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TIRANA (Reuters) - Student protesters hurled bricks and concrete blocks at Albania’s Education Ministry in Tirana on Tuesday and police fired tear gas and water cannons in response, as a nationwide demonstration over education and social issues turned violent. Police officers detained several protesters. Student organizers said the protest was over conditions at universities, higher education costs, financial support and employment prospects after graduation. Some protesters added they wanted to express their frustration with inequality and the government. “What Albania needs is a revolution, a change, a complete overthrow of the system because it can’t go on like this,” protester Luljeta Kola said, adding there was deep social injustice and a gulf between rich and poor in the country.