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Members of the European Parliament voted Tuesday to waive the parliamentary immunity of far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun, who is facing Holocaust denial charges in Poland. Braun, who leads the ultranationalist Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) party, is accused of having denied the crimes of genocide committed by Nazi Germany in Auschwitz during a public debate in Warsaw in September 2025. Braun was already charged with genocide denial in a separate case, after he said in a July 2025 radio interview that “Auschwitz, with its gas chambers is, unfortunately, a fake.” The offense carries a sentence of up to three…

A European Parliament debate on the situation in Ceuta on Tuesday descended into a bitter internal clash between the political groups backing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, just one day before her landmark State of the Union address. The two main groups underpinning the centrist majority — the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — clashed over the aftermath of the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish exclave on 30-31 July, when around 80,000 people crossed the border irregularly and more than 150 people died. “The EPP has been exploiting Ceuta for more…

Footage shows protesters pushing and scuffling with security forces, throwing objects and knocking down barriersbefore gendarmes deployed tear gas. The demonstration began peacefully in Victory Square (Piața Victoriei), where farmers gathered to protest problems affecting the livestock and farming sectors. Tensions later escalated when some protesters tried to block roads around the square and confronted gendarmes, who responded with tear gas. The protest was organised by Romanian sheep farmers and other agricultural producers, with several hundred to more than 1,000 people taking part. Organisers had called on protesters to bring sheep, tractors and hay bales to the square, but restrictions…

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, the President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe defended the organisation’s decision to keep Russian athletes barred from its events. The International Olympic Committee announced in the summer that it was easing the relevant restrictions, but left it to each international sports federation to take its own decisions. Euronews asked whether, in the light of those developments and of decisions taken by other federations, World Athletics plans to change its stance. Athletics is, after all, the sport often described as “the king of the Olympic Games”. Coe’s answer, however, leaves no room for misinterpretation: “We…

Labour’s 2024 election manifesto pledged “no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement” — the so-called “red lines” which have limited the government’s room for maneuver in negotiations with Brussels. While Burnham, like Keir Starmer before him, says he wants to get closer to the EU, he has so far been careful not to unpick these main tenets of the Brexit settlement put in place by Boris Johnson. Mike Clancy, the general secretary of the Prospect union, which brought the motion to the congress, said unions had “sent a clear message to the government.” Unions…

European Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu hopes Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver an “inspirational message” that will “speak directly to each of the 450 million Europeans” in her annual address to citizens. Mînzatu presented new measures on Thursday to strengthen labour mobility across EU countries. The Vice-President said that under the new proposal, wherever citizens travel in the EU, “your social rights, your skills and your qualifications can travel with you”.

Qatar has called for international efforts to keep Bab el-Mandeb open, warning that losing another major shipping route while the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked would be “catastrophic”. Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi, director of media and communication at Qatar’s foreign ministry, told Tuesday’s briefing in Doha that closing the entrance to the Red Sea would worsen the disruption already caused by the Hormuz blockade. “The world is suffering enough with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, so we cannot also afford to add the Bab al-Mandeb into that equation,” said Al Hashmi. “The whole world is going to…

Azerbaijan will grant visas on arrival to Formula 1 ticket holders and accredited racing personnel ahead of next weekend’s Grand Prix, as Baku looks to boost attendance and extend the race’s economic reach beyond the circuit. Fans with confirmed race tickets — physical or electronic — or valid accreditation from Formula One Management Limited, the FIA, or the Baku City Circuit Operations Company can collect visas at the airport on arrival. Travellers without tickets must use the electronic ASAN visa system or apply through an Azerbaijani embassy or consulate. The facilitation window runs until 30 September, four days after race…

We love a good train story here at Euronews Travel. We’re fans of fast trains and slow trains, new trains and vintage trains, sleeper trains… book us a ticket, we’ll ride ‘em all. But if there’s one kind of train I personally adore, it’s the double decker ones. Likely because I grew up in the UK where there aren’t any, the novelty of stepping aboard one on the continent still hasn’t worn off. So the announcement late last year that the Eurostar will start running double-decker trains across its network from 2031 was big news for myself and other double-decker…

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