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Published on 18/06/2026 – 20:11 GMT+2•Updated 20:13 Police in the UK said on Thursday that a man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy “ended up in the crocodile enclosure” at a zoo. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Cambridgeshire Constabulary said the toddler had sustained “serious injuries” and was in a “critical but […]

Published on 18/06/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2•Updated 12:12 “If Putin does not want to end this war and wishes to continue it — we will not sit quietly, we will respond,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his comments on Ukraine’s strike on Moscow’s oil refinery on Thursday morning. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “If Ukraine burns, so will […]

Even as the United States and Iran appear to have forged a deal to stop their hostilities, the global shipping industry is cautious about resuming operations in the Strait of Hormuz. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Sea mines, skyrocketing insurance premiums and a lack of confidence after prolonged military activity in the critical waterway will make the recovery […]

Published on 18/06/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2•Updated 10:31 US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said Europe must take the lead on building out a revamped “NATO 3.0” and creating a “real, hardline military alliance”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Hegseth made the comments while speaking ahead of a meeting with his NATO counterparts in Brussels on Thursday. “NATO […]

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov confirmed that Kyiv is deliberately isolating Crimea from Russian supplies and ultimately from Moscow’s control. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Crimea is being isolated by drones. In the near future, it appears that the Crimean peninsula will turn into an island,” Fedorov said in an interview on Wednesday. “And this could lead to […]

Published on 17/06/2026 – 21:18 GMT+2 Finland’s parliament voted to lift a total ban on nuclear weapons on Wednesday, to bring the country in line with NATO’s deterrence policy after joining the alliance in 2023. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The bill will permit nuclear weapons to be brought, transported, supplied, or possessed in Finland where the country’s […]

Germany and Poland signed a new defense agreement on Wednesday, putting aside their complicated past to strengthen European military cooperation amid heightened tensions with Russia and growing uncertainty over US engagement in Europe. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Relations between the two neighbors in recent years have become more pragmatic in the wake of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion […]

Published on 17/06/2026 – 17:08 GMT+2 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will head to Washington next week as allies seek to smooth over transatlantic tensions ahead of NATO’s annual summit in July, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING European-led efforts to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran agreement to end […]

Published on 17/06/2026 – 8:34 GMT+2 G7 leaders have adopted a joint statement committing to increased deliveries of weapons, including air defense systems and long-range capabilities, while signaling the “right moment” has come to tighten the screws on Russia’s energy sector. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The leaders of the G7 countries have been meeting in Évian-les-Bains, France, […]