The first element of the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel between Germany and Denmark could be lowered off the Danish island of Lolland as early as this spring, Danish state-owned construction company Sund & Bælt said on Thursday. A special vessel that is to sink the tunnel elements has been approved by the Danish Maritime Authority, the company said.

Protests have broken out in Israel demanding an end to the Middle East war sparked by a US-Israeli strike on Iran in February 2026, but a video circulating online that shows people clashing with the police is not linked to the rallies. The footage in fact was filmed at a skirmish between police and locals in an ultra-Orthodox suburb of Tel Aviv weeks before the war broke out over rumours that soldiers were there to serve conscription orders.

A vessel owned by France’s CMA CGM has become the first ship tied to Western Europe to cross the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, according to ship tracking data.View on euronews