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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday rejected criticism from several European leaders over Spain’s migration policy and defended his government’s approach to tackling irregular immigration and managing migration flows. “If you look at the facts, at the figures – which is kind of always what happens with the far right – it’s like night and day,” he said in Brussels, where he is attending the European Council summit. “What is being said has nothing to do with reality (…) one thing is the blah, blah, blah and another is reality.” Sanchez was responding to comments by Czech Prime Minister…
At Rome’s Airport, at least 12 flights had been cancelled by mid-morning, affecting services to Milan Linate, Bari, Riyadh, Tirana, Turin, Trieste, Valencia, Munich, Lyon, Catania, Venice and Trapani. Other departures faced delays of 15 to 60 minutes, leaving travellers gathered around departure boards to check updates. Passengers were advised to contact their airlines for the latest information. The problems were detected overnight by ENAV, Italy’s air navigation service provider. Contingency systems kept operations running normally until 6am, but as traffic increased, regulators imposed flow-management measures that temporarily cut the country’s air traffic capacity by 50 per cent. ENAV said…
France and Germany now want to soften the 2035 target to 90% but without having to offer investments in alternative fuels to compensate the remaining 10%, as proposed by the European Commission. “This balanced approach will enable the European Union to pursue its climate objectives while strengthening the technological sovereignty, industrial base and international competitiveness of its automotive industry,” the two countries said in a joint statement. The agreement, first reported by POLITICO in July, was due to have been announced Thursday, during a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. But it was held up at the last minute by…
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine while recovering in hospital from lung cancer surgery. The Vatican said that Pope Leo “expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical assistance, and the voluntary and safe evacuation of the civilian population”. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said it was “the Holy Father who took the initiative” to call Russian…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 21:29 GMT+2 White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her role just days after taking office, following criticism of her press briefing performance and questions over her resume. Asked about reports that Zacharia was “transitioning” out of the role, a White House official confirmed the news to AFP news agency on condition of anonymity. Several US media outlets, including The New York Times, reported that Zacharia had been fired. However, US President Donald Trump denied dismissing her, saying she had been “brutalized by the media”, as reported by Fox News. He told reporters he had…
“I think [a decision] is possible by the end of the year,” Macron told journalists at the summit’s conclusion, adding that failure to strike a deal this year would not “be a good method from a democratic standpoint.” Instead, leaders spent much of the two-day summit trying to gain a tactical upper hand over rivals on EU climate rules and migration policy. Trench warfare A push led Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to water down an emissions trading scheme known as ETS2 hijacked discussions for hours on Thursday. But despite wider support for Tusk’s position than at previous summits, it…
Romanian President Nicușor Dan has said the Black Sea would only become safe after Russia’s war in Ukraine ends, as he called for greater NATO oversight in the region following drone strikes on commercial vessels in an interview with Euronews. “I’m very optimistic that we’ll have the support and the capabilities in order to be better protected, because it’s an important economic question for Ukraine and for the whole region,” he said on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels held Friday. The Romanian leader said frequent drone incursions into his country’s territory had begun roughly a year and…
By Serguei Doubine & Euronews Russian Published on 16/10/2026 – 14:25 GMT+2 Ukrainian drones forced all four of Moscow’s main airports to close overnight, with Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo suspended for up to seven hours and more than 160 flights cancelled. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 94 drones heading towards the capital had been shot down. Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg was twice forced to halt operations during the same night. Governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko said four drones were destroyed over the region. Euronews could not independently verify the claims. According to Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo, Moscow’s four airports were…
The Scottish government — led by the SNP since 2007 — released a draft energy strategy in 2023 which set out its “presumption against” new oil and gas fields in the North Sea. That draft strategy is “out of date,” one senior Scottish government official said. They said a new strategy, expected by the summer, will not contain this wording. A second person with knowledge of the policy said the new strategy will “reflect the world as it is.” The shift in policy comes with the U.K. government widely expected to give the go-ahead to the Jackdaw gas field next…
EU leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday and Friday with a packed agenda, from the long-term budget and financial support for Ukraine to migration, energy and China. The summit alternated between entrenched positions on the bloc’s budget, a warm welcome for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and clashes over energy and migration policies. Here are the five highlights. Rallying behind Ukraine The bitter row between Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump dominated the second day of the summit. Leaders closed ranks behind Zelenskyy and promised to keep sanctions in place for as long as Russia pursues its full-scale invasion. They also…