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Published on 15/06/2026 – 7:51 GMT+2•Updated 14:32 On today’s show: Euronews’ Jane Witherspoon reports on the latest developments surrounding the US-Iran framework deal for peace and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Euronews’ Maria Tadeo follows the opening of the G7 summit in France, with war in Ukraine, reopening of Hormuz and AI topping the agenda. Interview with Cristina Gherasimov, Moldova’s Deputy PM for European Integration, live from Luxembourg as Moldova, Ukraine kick off EU membership talks tonight. Explainer by Jakub Janas: AI and Europe’s wake-up call. Euronews’ Vincenzo Genovese reports on the latest from the World Cup, Laura Fleischmann…
Published on 10/06/2026 – 17:51 GMT+2•Updated 15/06/2026 – 8:18 GMT+2 On 9 June, the European Union Drug Agency publishes the 2026 European Drug Report on the drug situation in Europe, focusing on use, trafficking and related harms. The report warns of a rapid transformation of the EU drugs market, with rising risks from substances like nitazenes and street drugs. Results show that cannabis remained the most widely used drug in 2024, with 24.9 million adults aged 15 to 64 reporting use. With trafficking routes evolving, seized illegal drugs amounted to almost 900 tonnes in 2024. On 4 June, the European…
An Oslo court on Monday sentenced Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son to four years in prison on two counts of rape and other offences, in a high-profile scandal that has rocked the monarchy. Marius Borg Høiby, 29, Mette-Marit’s son from a relationship prior to her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, was accused of 40 charges, from rape to traffic violations, carrying a maximum possible sentence of 16 years in prison. One of the rapes for which he was convicted took place at the crown prince couple’s official residence in 2018. Høiby, who is not formally part of the royal…
Starmer also hailed an agreement, using £210 million of UK Export Finance, to support U.K.-based company Urenco to supply enriched uranium to Ukraine’s nuclear power producer, Energoatom. The deal was agreed between the prime minister and Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy during their recent meeting. The British PM said: “Russia’s aggression threatens not just Ukraine, but the security of all Europe. That is why the U.K. is stepping up — choking off the revenues that fuel Putin’s war and powering Ukraine through the winters ahead.” It comes as the G7 gets under way with the first session focused on building peace and security…
The EU’s drug strategy is the Council’s ambitious response to growing concerns about European drug use and trafficking. The European Union Drugs Agency’s 9 of June report revealed at least 7.600 annual overdose deaths. Synthetic drug trafficking increased by over 1.000 percent in a decade. Organised crime networks are adapting to increased law enforcement by shifting cocaine shipments to secondary regional ports. This all means that over 29 million European adults are actively consuming illicit substances, driving more than 1 million law enforcement seizures annually The Council’s new framework, adopted by unanimous political consensus, will force major EU maritime ports…
By euronews Published on 15/06/2026 – 21:26 GMT+2 A Yemeni adventurer known on social media as the “Spider-Man of Yemen” has died after falling into a volcanic crater while attempting a dangerous climb, authorities said. Al-Qaqa Ibn Antar, 30, was scaling the steep rock walls of the Hardah Dam volcanic crater in Yemen’s southern Dhale province when he lost his grip and fell into the crater. According to Yemen’s Civil Defense Authority, Antar was climbing without safety equipment. Rescue teams, including divers and water rescue specialists, were deployed to the site after the incident. Authorities said Antar’s body was located about…
By Gael Camba & with AFP Published on 15/06/2026 – 13:38 GMT+2•Updated 14:04 London’s Appeals Court on Monday upheld a UK government ban on activist group Palestine Action that has seen thousands of people, from students to an 83-year-old retired vicar, arrested and carried away from protests by police. The ban, which came into force on July 5, 2025, was imposed under the country’s Terrorism Act. It made membership of or support for the pro-Palestinian protest group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison under the terrorism legislation. The banning of the group had been challenged by Palestine Action’s…
Published on 15/06/2026 – 22:28 GMT+2 A US Air Force B-52 bomber has crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert, the military has confirmed. The aircraft went down at around 11:20 a.m. local time on Monday. Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene, according to a statement posted on the military’s official X account. There was no immediate information on casualties. A B-52 Stratofortress is typically operated by a crew of five. Edwards Air Force Base, the vast desert installation where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, lies roughly 100 miles (161…
Cash-strapped France is refusing to contribute to the €21.7-€27.2 million cost of securing the border and policing the protests, according to Laurent Paoliello, communications director for Geneva’s security department. Several Swiss politicians have proposed withholding funds owed to France as a way of forcing Paris to pay for the security costs, including retaining tax income due to the French to compensate for lost tax income from cross-border workers. But Paoliello said such moves were “complicated” due to the fact that the exchanges of funds were enshrined in treaties. Geneva this year paid France €446 million as part of the 1973…
A personal diary seized from Leire Díez, a former member of Spain’s ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), contains at least four references to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, according to a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard. The entries, contained in a 2025 notebook, range from meetings and requests for information to comments about the media and internal government affairs. In that report, the UCO said that the initials “P.S.” that appear repeatedly in Díez’s notebooks refer to Sánchez. That identification comes via an entry in which Díez herself refers to David Sánchez, the prime…