Hungary’s Parliament will begin a two-day extraordinary session on Monday with an address by Prime Minister Péter Magyar. Lawmakers are also expected to elect a new Constitutional Court judge and debate legislation on public transport, energy reforms, taxation and public asset protection.

According to the latest numbers by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, 45 per cent, nearly half, of all people serving sentences in the German prison system are foreign-born.

Lando Norris claimed his first Formula One victory of the season with a commanding performance at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver finished ahead of Max Verstappen, while championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed the podium and extended his advantage in the standings.

German police shot dead the suspected perpetrator of an Islamist terrorist attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations on Sunday, 26 July, hours after a van-and-knife assault killed a woman and injured 29 people. Authorities said 21-year-old Abdul B, a known Islamist, was located in the capital’s Spandau district and shot after advancing towards officers with a bladed weapon.

Lando Norris secured pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix after edging Lewis Hamilton by just 0.012 seconds in qualifying at the Hungaroring. Post-session penalties for Hamilton and Andrea Kimi Antonelli reshuffled the starting grid, promoting Charles Leclerc to the front row.

Thousands of Formula One fans from around the world gathered at the Hungaroring for Friday’s opening practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix. While attendance has yet to reach its peak, the upgraded circuit, expanded fan areas and international atmosphere are already drawing large crowds.

Hungarian triathlon prodigy Fanni Szalai has become a Red Bull Athlete after receiving a surprise invitation at the Hungaroring. The 18-year-old, already one of the country’s brightest endurance talents, described the moment as the fulfilment of a lifelong dream.

French President Emmanuel Macron has praised Vietnam’s proposed restrictions on social media use by children, thanking the communist country for ‘joining the movement’. The message, which sparked a significant backlash, came days after French lawmakers approved a full ban on social media for children under 15.

Three men from Ottawa have been arrested over an alleged human-trafficking network spanning several Ontario cities, prompting former Toronto detective Donald Best to warn that Muslim grooming gangs like those uncovered in Britain may exist in Canada.

After the collapse of Judit Polgár’s nomination, Prime Minister Péter Magyar appears to be testing alternative presidential candidates through a carefully staged social media casting process. Photos with Botond Fülöp and Ignác Romsics have already attracted public attention, while polling points to other favourites and raises doubts over whether anyone can be chosen without Magyar’s backing.

Hungarian police have seized 364 air guns and questioned three men suspected of illegally importing the weapons from Poland and selling them at Budapest’s Józsefváros Market. Authorities also confiscated cash, a truck and launched expert examinations of the firearms.

Hungary’s national weather service expects dry, sunny conditions for Saturday’s Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session, while Sunday’s race could be affected by showers or thunderstorms as temperatures climb to around 32 degrees Celsius.

Argentina’s critics are seeking punishment even after Spain denied Lionel Messi another World Cup, with petitions demanding investigations, suspension and even a permanent ban. The backlash follows a 2026 campaign, much like the victorious 2022 run, marred by controversial refereeing decisions and allegations of FIFA favouritism; the largest petition claimed 23 million signatures.

Lucy Powell’s appointment as Education Secretary became viral after she announced it in an X post riddled with grammatical errors, earning a mocking ‘3/10’ from the Conservatives. The blunder revived scrutiny of her view that school testing had become ‘draconian’, her disputed Oxford claim, and her controversial remarks about grooming-gang victims.

OpenAI said one of its advanced autonomous AI agents escaped a controlled security testing environment and breached Hugging Face’s infrastructure, prompting the company to strengthen its safeguards and renewing concerns over the cybersecurity risks posed by frontier AI models.

Persecuted Christians and other victims of jihadist violence will meet in Washington, DC, for the inaugural conference of the International Freedom Coalition. The recently founded organization says communities facing jihadist threats have too often been treated in isolation and need a stronger collective voice.

Formula 1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali has praised the newly renovated Hungaroring, saying the championship is ready to discuss the circuit’s long-term future. He also suggested the Hungarian Grand Prix could eventually host a sprint race weekend.

Semmelweis University is expanding its international presence by opening a new campus in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Under a 10-year partnership with Westpfalz-Klinikum, up to 80 students will begin their studies each year, combining pre-clinical training in Budapest with clinical education in Germany.

The European Commission has refused to register the ‘Save Europe Act’ as a European Citizens’ Initiative, ruling that its proposed halt to non-Western immigration and defence of Europe’s demographic continuity would amount to racial discrimination. Organizers denounced the decision as anti-democratic and vowed to continue after gathering more than 580,000 signatures.

Péter Magyar was spat on by an older man during a livestream at Nyugati station, an incident the prime minister blamed on ‘years of publicly financed political propaganda’ under Viktor Orbán. Although Magyar refused to press charges, Hungary’s own ‘complainant king’, István Tényi, filed a report, while security experts warned that the approach exposed a serious protection failure.

Hungary’s Prosecutor General Gábor Bálint Nagy resigned on Wednesday, warning that the prosecution service must not become a tool of political power. Péter Magyar celebrated the departure as the removal of another ‘Orbán puppet’, while Fidesz called it a protest against Tisza’s growing political pressure across Hungary’s justice system.

The Hungarian government has requested an extraordinary parliamentary session for next Monday and Tuesday to debate and vote on eight legislative proposals, including measures on railway reform, energy policy, asset recovery and the disclosure of communist-era state security records.

Former prime minister Viktor Orbán accused Péter Magyar’s government of constructing an ‘illegitimate authoritarian system’ as Fidesz unveiled a ‘Declaration of Resistance’. Orbán said he would outline the next steps in his annual Tusványos speech.

Elon Musk has been one of the most vocal critics of the new movie The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan. When an X user suggested that he should fund a historically accurate adaptation of Homer’s epic made by Mel Gibson, director of the 2006 historical drama Apocalypto, he replied with a two-word response: ‘I’m down.’

The Hungarian government has unveiled the Baross Gábor Railway Development Plan, a decade-long programme worth up to 3.55 trillion forints aimed at modernizing the country’s rail network, improving regional services and strengthening international rail connections.

Budapest’s City Hall Park project has received its final heritage permit, allowing work to move into the detailed design phase. Mayor Gergely Karácsony said the development will transform a former government parking lot into a climate-resilient public park in the city centre.

‘One of the most important messages from the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara is that cooperation no longer depends on a single political actor or that actor’s political will but has evolved into an institution capable of adapting and emerging stronger from any internal disagreements within the alliance.’

Investigators searched a facility hosting Fidesz’s servers in connection with a probe into more than HUF 17 billion in National Cultural Fund grants distributed before the 12 April election. Fidesz said authorities sought its entire communications system, accusing Tisza of political retaliation; prosecutors confirmed the raid but gave no details on what was seized.

The Trump administration is bringing back the ‘public charge’ rule, allowing US immigration officials to consider a broader range of public benefits an incoming immigrant might apply to receive when evaluating green card applications. The policy, reversed by the Biden administration in 2021, is set to take effect in September.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking to contain outrage over the death of Moroccan-born Abderrahim Fakir during a police arrest in Bologna, while resisting efforts to condemn officers before the evidence is known. The case has already triggered mass protests, violent riots and comparisons with George Floyd, raising fears of a wider national backlash.