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Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.

France’s Champagne region is facing an extraordinary harvest collapse. Yet consumers should not expect the number of bottles reaching shops to halve — at least not yet. The reason is that this year’s harvest does not determine how many bottles can be sold immediately. Champagne takes several years to make, and producers hold substantial stocks and reserve wines from earlier harvests to help maintain supply when a crop is poor. And across France, wine production is expected to reflect a very poor harvest this year. According to preliminary estimates from Agreste, the French Agriculture Ministry’s statistics office, overall wine production…

If you, like me, prefer to maximise your travel budget for on-ground experiences rather than flight fares, but are on the taller side and do like a bit of extra leg room (plus an excuse to splurge just a little bit), premium economy can be a happy medium between a standard economy fare and business or first class. And the perks of premium economy travel doesn’t start and end in the sky. Think more generous baggage allowances (at least compared to economy), speedier check-in and not having to wait as long to board. Now it seems airlines are betting that…

Three caves in Granada reveal that cannibalism was a recurrent practice during the Neolithic in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. The analysis of nearly 1,000 human remains found at Malalmuerzo, Carigüela and Majólicas has made it possible to date these assemblages for the first time and determine that acts of cannibalism took place in different periods and social contexts. One of the most striking cases is Malalmuerzo, where researchers suggest that the cave may have been the scene of an episode of collective violence followed by acts of cannibalism around 5000 BC. More than half a century after these…

Relations between the EU and Israel have been deeply strained over the war in Gaza. But the bloc is struggling to withstand the allure of Israel’s tech and missile defense prowess. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss how EU capitals are looking again to Israel for cooperation on things like air defense, space and artificial intelligence. Our hosts explain why this is an awkward look for the bloc. Then, two years after Mario Draghi’s competitiveness report, we break down how much of his plan Europe has actually delivered. And finally: France’s brutal summer is hitting wine harvest … is there another drink you’ll…

UK travellers face more misery on Wednesday with more than 150 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain’s air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch that sparked chaos. Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 said 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday had already been axed, following 1,300 cancellations to and from UK airports on Tuesday. Nearly all the flights cancelled on Wednesday were at Britain’s busiest airport Heathrow in London, FlightRadar24 wrote on X. The National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said late on Tuesday it was still working to resolve disruption following a “system issue.” “Work is continuing to…

Frankfurt will almost certainly move on Thursday. Market odds put a quarter-point hike at close to certainty, which would lift the European Central Bank’s deposit rate from 2.25% to 2.5%. What makes this a difficult call is not whether the ECB acts, but why, and whether the reasoning survives contact with the data. The path here has been compressed as the ECB raised rates on 11 June for the first time in three years, lifting the deposit rate from 2% to 2.25% in response to the energy shock from the Iran war, and then held rates in July while Christine…

Travelling by motorhome lets you move at the pace of the landscape and stop in places that would probably never make it onto a conventional itinerary. We set off from Rovinj, in the north of the Istrian peninsula, heading for Dubrovnik at the southernmost tip of the country. Along the way you pass a succession of historic towns, national parks, fishing villages, fortresses and islands, with the Adriatic as a constant backdrop. But travelling Croatia on four wheels is not always straightforward. The coastal road is, in places, narrow and winding. And you cannot park the motorhome just anywhere: you…

Was passiert, wenn eine AfD-geführte Landesregierung Zugang zu streng geheimen Geheimdienstinformationen bekommt? Nach dem Wahlsieg in Sachsen-Anhalt wächst die Sorge vor möglichen Daten Abflüssen zum Beispiel nach Russland, sollte die AfD wirklich eine Regierung bilden und damit in Ämter kommen können . Während die Verfassungsschutzchefs in Köln über Informationssperren beraten, analysiert Rasmus Buchsteiner den sicherheitspolitischen Ernst der Lage. Mehr dazu hat Philipp Woldin von WELT dazu hier aufgeschrieben. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview warnt Marc Henrichmann, Chef des Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremiums, vor politischem Aktionismus. Der CDU-Abgeordnete erklärt, warum er eine spezielle „Lex AfD“ beim Geheimschutz ablehnt und wie die Demokratie ihre sensibelsten Bereiche stattdessen…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 5:02 GMT+2 The US forces have destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships, US Central Command said. Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles at US targets in Jordan, according to Iranian state-run media. US said the military struck the tankers on Tuesday after the Revolutionary Guards targeted a Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days. Stating that the US warship “successfully evaded the attempted Iranian attacks and that no American personnel were harmed.” The statement added that the crews of the five…