The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday (3 September) against Hamas' top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly 7 October attack in southern Israel.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about bomb threats targetting Czech and Slovak schools, Turkey and Greece seeking to bypass the Bulgarian transport chaos, and so much more.

Nicaragua's regime-aligned Congress approved a law Tuesday (3 September) empowering domestic courts to pass rulings against people and entities abroad that are found to promote sanctions against the internationally criticized government.

The Ukrainian minister in charge of weapons production resigned on Tuesday (3 September) in anticipation of another defence role and four other ministers stood down in a major government shake-up at a critical juncture in the war with Russia.

The Green Energy Corridor launched in Bucharest two years ago, entered a new phase on Tuesday with the establishment of a joint venture company to carry out the feasibility study and oversee the implementation of the gas supply initiative from the Caspian region to Eastern European countries.

At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday (3 September) trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said after a major rescue operation.

Transport operators from Turkey and Greece have united around the idea of finding an alternative corridor to bypass Bulgaria because of the ongoing transport chaos in the country, the Chamber of the Bulgarian Road Hauliers (CBRH) has said.

Britain and the European Union must turn their "first steps" to rebuild trust into a "steady walk" as they confront common challenges, the president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers said on Tuesday (3 September) .

Schools in Czechia and Slovakia faced bomb threats on Tuesday morning, leading to school closures, modified schedules and urgent police investigations.

The Volhynia massacre, in which the Ukrainian Insurgent Army ethnically cleansed Poles in what is now eastern Ukraine during the Second World War, has come to haunt Polish-Ukrainian relations.

As Italy's Economy Minister Raffaele Fitto was put forward as Italy's choice for the commissioner role, former economy minister Enrico Giovanni, who penned much of the country's initial recovery and resilience plan, called for a stable transition.

Lisbon City Council will appeal a €1 million fine imposed on the municipality for sharing personal data on Russian anti-Putin activists with Moscow, the city council confirmed to Lusa on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by honour guards and red carpets in the Mongolian capital on Tuesday (3 September) on his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.

At least 50 people were killed and 271 wounded when Russia hit a military institute in Ukraine's central town of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday (3 September), the war's deadliest single attack this year.

Germany's centre-right CDU party has cleared the way for coalition talks with left-wing populist alliance BSW and the centre-left SPD in the state of Thuringia after regional elections narrowed the scope for a centrist formation.

As the EU gears up for a new era in defence, the focus is shifting to how the Commission and Parliament will align their differing interests. The new subcommittee's upgrade signals a stronger push for a unified strategy, but uncertainties persist.

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Ahead of the upcoming world climate conference, the EU will continue to insist that China and other large emitting countries pay their fair share of climate finance – but how remains subject to discussion.

Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi – “the man who saved the eurozone” – will present his much-anticipated report on the future of European competitiveness to EU diplomats and leaders of the European Parliamentary groups on Tuesday (4 September).

While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.