Nest drones could provide the next major leap forward for the Police and Border Guard Board and the Rescue Board by enabling faster and smarter emergency response, writes Veiko Randlaine.

A formal ceremony was held on Tuesday in the twin city of Valga–Valka, where the 1st German–Dutch Corps (1GNC) officially took over the tactical command of the Estonian and Latvian land forces from NATO's Multinational Corps Northeast.

Minister of Education Kristina Kallas (Eesti 200) said that as long as the war in Ukraine continues, the budget deficit cannot be reduced ahead of schedule, as this would mean cutting defense spending. Kallas added that after the war ends, it will be possible to reassess priorities.

The recently renamed Free Party has not yet decided whether it can afford to compete in the next Riigikogu election and will make that decision as circumstances develop, party leader Märt Meesak tells ERR.

The Health Board detected both non-toxic and toxic species of blue-green algae in water samples taken Wednesday at the Pirita beach swimming area.

A new survey on religion shows that traditional church‑based religiosity in Estonia is continuing to decline, and most Estonian residents do not consider themselves followers of any religion. The study also found that attitudes toward religion differ sharply between Estonians and Russian‑speaking residents.

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City officials want to build flats on the city centre site but others say it should be preserved as part of Germany's history.

The blast was caused by an explosive device which appeared to contain bolts and pellets, the head of Monaco's government said.

Household energy prices have risen by 13% a year as regulator Ofgem's latest price cap kicks in.

Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that he “danced a happy dance” when Iran was knocked out of the FIFA World Cup last week. “I’m just glad they’re done, and they’re not coming back,” said Mullin, whose agency is overseeing security at the U.S. games. “I was so happy when we were able to pull their visas and said they could leave U.S. soil, and I might have sung a song or two, or maybe danced a happy dance.” The World Cup is no stranger to geopolitics, but Mullin’s unusually blunt comments underscore just how politically fraught this tournament cycle has become. Iran’s participation in the tournament had been in doubt since the U.S. and Israel began military strikes against Iran, FIFA President Gianni Infantino shuttled between Washington and Tehran trying to ensure the U.S. would grant visas to citizens of a country it is at war with and avoid a boycott that some feared would delegitimize the world’s largest sporting event. Ultimately Iran’s training camp was moved from Tucson, Arizona to Mexico. Mullin’s remarks came after he addressed employees from across the federal government at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Special Events Coordination Center, which coordinated security planning for the 48-team tournament. Speaking with reporters afterward, Mullin vigorously defended the administration’s decision to impose unprecedented travel restrictions on the Iranian national team, such as entering only a day or two before the match and leaving immediately after. He argued U.S. officials had gone out of their way to accommodate the squad while protecting national security. Mullin alleged Iranian officials attempted to bring into the U.S. numerous individuals with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including personnel who had never previously traveled with the national team. He also said two individuals presented as media members had connections to IRGC intelligence and claimed another applicant was the subject of an international warrant.The Iranian embassy in Mexico did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “They were playing games the whole time,” Mullin said. “I’ve talked about them enough. They’re gone, they’re out of the tournament, we don’t deal with them anymore.” He also dismissed criticisms from Iranian officials who had complained publicly that the restrictions on their national team were unfair and disrupted the team’s preparation. “That wasn’t accurate. They – of course, you can’t trust anything Iran is saying,” he said. According to Mullin, the administration had initially planned to admit the team five days before its opening match, but Iran sought to arrive even earlier. Instead, FIFA worked with U.S. and Mexican officials to establish a base camp in Tijuana, roughly a 45-minute flight from Los Angeles, where Iran played its opening matches in the U.S. “We worked with Mexico, talked with our counterparts there, and we talked with [Mexican] President [Claudia] Sheinbaum and it was agreed to allow them to come to Tijuana,” Mullin said. “They could stay there rather than come into the United States earlier.” Mullin argued the Trump administration provided accommodations unavailable to any other team: Customs and Border Protection officers processed the team’s biometrics in Tijuana before each flight so players could bypass normal inspections upon landing in the United States, and federal air marshals accompanied the delegation to ensure safe travel. “We didn’t do that for any other team,” he said. Mullin also dismissed complaints that the team had to leave immediately after matches, comparing the arrangement to NFL teams routinely flying home after games. “The game was over. Let them get back to the hotel, their base camp, where they’re at,” he said, noting that the U.S. men’s national team similarly flew back to its Southern California base after a match in Seattle. Behind the scenes, Mullin said Iran presented by far the greatest security challenge of any delegation participating in the tournament. “There wasn’t a single team — not a single team — we had to spend more time with, by far, dealing with what Iran was trying to do,” he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hit back at Israel on Tuesday after the country unanimously voted on Sunday to formally recognize the Armenian genocide. The recognition and the subsequent spat is the latest episode in a worsening relationship between the two countries, which has taken a nosedive with Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. “We do not give the slightest heed to the slanders about our country from the murder network that has the blood of 73,000 innocent Gazans, most of them children and women, on its hands,” Erdoğan said after a cabinet meeting. “In our history there is no genocide, no massacre, no oppression, and no colonialism.” Erdoğan has repeatedly said that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and last week Turkey’s Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz described Israel’s Armenian genocide recognition vote as “an attempt to cover up their own crimes.” Israel’s government has strongly denied committing genocide. Under discussion is the Ottoman Empire campaign that is estimated to have killed more than 1 million Armenians and is widely viewed by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Numerous EU members recognize the events as a genocide, and in 2015 the European Parliament passed an anti-genocide resolution marking the events’ centenary. Many scholars also consider Israel’s actions in Gaza to constitute genocide. In Tuesday’s address, Erdoğan argued that Israel’s recognition is undercut both by its own “barbarity in Gaza” and by Turkey’s history of rescuing Jews from the Holocaust during the Second World War. “There is the virtue of protecting those who fled from … Nazi persecution,” Erdoğan said. “Those who slander Turkey and the Turkish nation … know this best, if they look at their own history.” The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

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Normally safe principality left reeling from apartment blast that also injured Vadym Iermolaiev’s wife and child‘He isn’t political’: the Ukrainian-born oligarch targeted by a Monaco bomberAn international search is under way for a suspected bomber after a Ukrainian tycoon and his family were injured in an explosion in Monaco in an unprecedented attack that has shaken the normally ultra-safe principality.Stéphane Thibault, Monaco’s public prosecutor, told reporters that a man entered an apartment block on Monday evening, left a package in the lobby and walked away. Moments later, as three occupants of a ground-floor flat approached the entrance, the package exploded, he said. Continue reading...

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