Published on 09/07/2026 – 13:47 GMT+2 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will donate a pistol given by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a military museum in the Belgian capital once it is brought to Brussels. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING European Commission Deputy Chief Spokesperson Olof Gill said that von der Leyen expressed her “thanks” […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 09/07/2026 – 9:45 GMT+2 European countries, together with the EU’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) and Europol, dismantled a multimillion-euro illicit cigarette supply chain, targeting groups suspected of manufacturing, distributing and trafficking counterfeit tobacco products worth an estimated €10 million, OLAF said in a press release. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Last month, officers carried out 23 searches […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 09/07/2026 – 12:35 GMT+2 The European Parliament confirmed its negotiating position on the digital euro with a vote in Strasbourg on Thursday. EU lawmakers are now ready to begin negotiations with member state governments on how the digital euro will work. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The digital euro would be an electronic form of central […]
Continue Reading2018 World Cup champions and 2022 runners-up France are gearing up to take on Morocco in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup in Boston on Thursday, in what is slated to be the most intense and tightly contested knockout game of the tournament so far. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Les Bleus last faced the Atlas Lions […]
Continue ReadingUpdated: 09/07/2026 – 9:38 GMT+2 “You cannot build Rome in one day.” Belgium’s Defense Minister Theo Francken joins Euronews’ Shona Murray for a special report live from the NATO Summit in Ankara, discussing Ukraine, Iran, NATO and Belgium’s largest defense investment in more than two decades. …More
Continue ReadingIn today’s newsletter: Europeans leave the NATO summit with loaded guns plus strong statements from US President Donald Trump, EU ambassadors may go into overdrive over the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, and a European Parliament vote is set to rile up the political right.
Continue ReadingPublished on 09/07/2026 – 8:34 GMT+2 Andy Burnham has taken another big step towards becoming the UK’s next prime minister after his last potential rival for the Labor Party leadership ruled out mounting a challenge. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Former armed forces minister Al Carns told Sky News that a drawn-out, divisive leadership contest was “not the […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 09/07/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:12 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Euronews’ Shona Murray reports from Ankara after the NATO summit, where allied leaders agreed record defense spending commitments as Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran over, announced fresh US strikes and confirmed Ukraine would receive a license to produce Patriot missile interceptors. […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 09/07/2026 – 7:04 GMT+2 Speaking during Euronews’ special coverage of the NATO summit in Ankara, Bolton said Trump’s latest comments on Greenland should be seen as part of his political style rather than an indication of US foreign policy. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Trump repeated at the NATO summit that Greenland should come under US […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s June was the hottest ever recorded in western Europe and the second-warmest globally at 1.39°C above the estimated pre-industrial average, according to the European Union’s climate change services. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Record-breaking land temperatures coincided with the warmest June sea surface temperatures ever observed, stressing the continued accumulation of heat within the Earth’s climate […]
Continue Reading