BASEL, SWITZERLAND - MAY 11: Yuval Raphael representing Israel attends the Turquoise Carpet of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony at Messe Basel on May 11, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
Four countries have now pulled out of Eurovision in protest of Israel’s inclusion in the competition. Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia have all announced that they will not attend Eurovision 2026 if Israel is allowed to compete. The pullouts came after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) — the group of public broadcasters from 56 countries that runs the event — said there would not be a vote on whether to exclude Israel, despite calls from some countries to do so. So far, just the four public broadcasters mentioned have pulled out, but some expect other countries to follow suit.
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – MAY 11: Yuval Raphael representing Israel attends the Turquoise Carpet of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony at Messe Basel on May 11, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)People cheer as they watch the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 17, 2025. Austria’s JJ won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest on May 18, with his operatic song « Wasted Love » triumphing at the world’s biggest live music television event. After the nail-biting drama as the votes were revealed running into Sunday morning, Austria finished with 436 points, ahead of Israel on 357 and Estonia on 356. (Photo by Maya Levin / AFP) (Photo by MAYA LEVIN/AFP via Getty Images)ANKARA, TURKIYE – DECEMBER 5: An infographic titled « Boycott of Israel at Eurovision » created in Ankara, Turkiye on December 5, 2025. At the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), when an attempted vote to exclude Israel from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest was blocked, several countries decided to boycott. (Photo by Kadri Suat Celik/Anadolu via Getty Images)18 May 2025, Switzerland, Basel: Music fans from Israel scoring points in the final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. A total of 37 acts will be competing for the trophy and almost 60,000 viewers are expected to attend the nine live shows. A good 160 million people watched the music show on television in 2024. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)11 May 2024, Sweden, Malmö: Bambie Thug from Ireland takes to the stage at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 in the Malmö Arena. The motto of the world’s biggest singing competition is « United By Music ». Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)
MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 09: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event at Mount Airy Casino Resort on December 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. Trump discussed his administration's economic agenda and its efforts to lower the cost of living. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The NDAA also reaffirms the US’s support for the self-governing island of Taiwan that Beijing claims as its own and has recently claimed it will take by force if necessary. Taiwan has been self-governing since 1949, and does not consider itself part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan has its own military, currency, constitution, legal system, and democratically elected government, none of which are controlled by the PRC. Still, China continues to assert its claim that Taiwan is Chinese territory.
MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA – DECEMBER 09: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event at Mount Airy Casino Resort on December 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. Trump discussed his administration’s economic agenda and its efforts to lower the cost of living. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)A photo taken in Fuyang, China, on September 14, 2024, shows U.S. dollars. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES – 2024/12/29: A flag of the United States and a flag of Taiwan are seen at Chinatown in Boston. (Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)HSINCHU, TAIWAN – 7 NOVEMBER: A Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet takes off, during the Sky Dragon aerial drill, at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on 7 November, 2024. The 5-day exercise, which started on November 4, aims to test pilots’ air-to-air, air-to-sea and air-to-ground combat skills with fighter jets such as F-16Vs, Mirage 2000-5s and Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF), amid increasing Chinese People’s Liberation Army military presence in and around the Taiwan. In late October, the United States approved 2 billion dollars in arms sales to the self-ruled island, which might include the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), while Taipei recently said the first batch of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) has arrived from the United State. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)This photo illustration shows Chinese 100 yuan notes (red) and US 100 dollar notes, in Beijing on April 8, 2025. China vowed on April 8 to « fight to the end » against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Les efforts de l’administration Trump pour attirer les compagnies pétrolières américaines au Venezuela ont suscité l’hésitation plutôt que l’enthousiasme des dirigeants de l’industrie, malgré les encouragements répétés de la Maison-Blanche : « Il faut y aller si l’on veut jouer ».
Les remarques de Trump, prononcées au cours des derniers jours, ont donné le ton à une escalade plus large, car les gouvernements, du Mexique au Groenland, en passant par Cuba et l’Iran, ont réagi avec inquiétude, rejet ou défi à ce qu’ils considèrent comme une projection renouvelée et sans complaisance de l’influence américaine dans la région.
The Trump administration’s effort to draw U.S. oil companies into Venezuela has generated hesitation rather than enthusiasm among industry leaders, despite repeated encouragement from the White House: «You gotta go in if you want to play»
Trump’s remarks, delivered over the past two days, have set the tone for a wider escalation, as governments from Mexico to Greenland, as well as Cuba and Iran, have reacted with alarm, rejection or defiance to what they see as a renewed and unapologetic projection of U.S. influence across the region.
Ces personnalités importantes sont décédées dans des circonstances étranges en Russie au cours des derniers mois.
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 16: Cinderella, Maria Shirinkina, and The Prince, Vladimir Shklyarov, with the Mariinsky Ballet rehearse Act II of Cinderella in the Kennedy Center’s Opera HouseTuesday October 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)SOCHI, RUSSIA – MAY 17: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) talks to Rosneft’s President Igor Sechin (R) during Russian-Italian talks on May 17, 2017 in Sochi, Russia. Gentilioni is on a one-day visit to Black Sea resort of Sochi. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – APRIL 11: Russian politician Alexey Navalny in his office on April 11, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images)
LONDRES, ANGLETERRE - 8 DÉCEMBRE : Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelenskyy observe pendant une réunion avec le Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer, le chancelier allemand Friedrich Merz et le président français Emmanuel Macron au 10 Downing Street, le 8 décembre 2025 à Londres, en Angleterre. Le président français Macron et le chancelier allemand Merz se joignent au président ukrainien Zelenskyy pour un sommet sur l'avancement des pourparlers de paix organisé par le Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer. (Photo par Toby Melville - WPA/Getty Images)
Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a réaffirmé que l’Ukraine n’était pas disposée à céder des terres à la Russie après près de quatre ans de guerre. En février 2022, la Russie a envahi l’Ukraine, déclenchant la guerre européenne la plus meurtrière depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les commentaires de Zelensky interviennent alors que le président américain Donald Trump fait pression sur l’Ukraine pour qu’elle cède des territoires à l’envahisseur russe. Donald Trump a déclaré à la presse que la Russie avait « le dessus » et que l’Ukraine devait « jouer le jeu » avec le Kremlin, ce que l’Ukraine n’est pas disposée à faire.
