Updated: 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 ReadingCaught between a series of domestic and international crises, Europeans hoped that, at the very least, Greenland would no longer be one of their concerns. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING That hope, however, proved short-lived — lasting just six months. Not long after landing in Ankara, Turkey, to attend the annual summit of NATO leaders, US President Donald […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 08/07/2026 – 16:04 GMT+2 The EU is set to revisit its crypto rules in an attempt to address the issue of multiple crypto-asset issuances from non-EU jurisdictions and to expand the framework to cover emerging technologies, several EU diplomats familiar with the discussions told Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The European Commission is consulting stakeholders […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union will need significantly higher imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this summer to replenish depletion gas storage before the winter, according to the latest assessment by the bloc’s agency for the cooperation of energy regulators (ACER). ADVERTISING ADVERTISING While the bloc is still reeling from gas markets volatility due to the conflict […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump has once again turned up the heat on Spain, as he arrived for the NATO summit in Ankara. The US president said on Wednesday that he had instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “cut off all trade” with Spain, which he described as a “terrible” partner within the Atlantic Alliance. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Spain […]
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