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This perspective article addresses the role of systemic resilience in circular economy (CE) debates. It underlines resilience as an important feature and proposes ways of how CE metrics and decision-making could be better aligned.

This perspective article addresses the role of systemic resilience in circular economy (CE) debates. It underlines resilience as an important feature and proposes ways of how CE metrics and decision-making could be better aligned.

On 26 – 28 October 2026, MEPs of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield will travel to Sarajevo on a fact‑finding visit.
Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

On 26 – 28 October 2026, MEPs of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield will travel to Sarajevo on a fact‑finding visit.
Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

Israelis will elect a new parliament next Tuesday. The main issues in the campaign are foreign and security policy, mistakes regarding the 2023 Hamas attack, military service for ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews, and high inflation. The right-wing religious bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the more moderate forces led by former chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces Gadi Eisenkot are neck-and-neck in the polls.

A serious security vulnerability in the PHP programming language has set off alarm bells worldwide. Government agencies, hospitals and universities have taken their websites offline as a precaution, while cybercriminals have made millions of attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities. Around 70 percent of the world's websites use PHP. Commentators discuss the role of AI in both detecting and exploiting such security flaws.

Following the meeting between Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg, talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US are set to resume. However, Witkoff describing Putin as a "humanitarian" during the meeting has drawn criticism even from US Republicans. The press looks at who stands to benefit from Trump's attempts at mediation.