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Updated: 28/12/2025 – 12:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 28th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
By Euronews with Africanews Published on 28/12/2025 – 10:17 GMT+1 The Cheetah’s 1-0 win keeps their qualification hopes alive. The Group D match against Botswana opened Matchday Two of the AFCON 2025 group stage. Benin fans were delighted: “Yes, it’s Africa! African game,” a group of supporters told Africanews. “We are like that, we like playing, dancing, making show. That’s how we are.” Botswana fans weren’t happy with their team’s choices: “We have got another chance to play. Let the boys play the way they want to play. But defensive play for me, no, no, no, I’m not happy.” Others egged them on…
By Euronews Published on 27/12/2025 – 13:19 GMT+1 •Updated 28/12/2025 – 3:09 GMT+1 Italian police arrested nine people accused of financing Hamas through charitable associations that investigators said raised at least €7.3 million for the Palestinian militant group. Police and the Guardia di Finanza executed arrest warrants and seized more than €8 million in assets in an operation coordinated by Genoa’s District Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate. The investigation, which began before the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, revealed what prosecutors described as a complex network of international financial transfers through three Italian associations based in Genoa and Milan.…
By Euronews with AP Published on 27/12/2025 – 18:29 GMT+1 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on his way to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy left Poland on Saturday with a first stop scheduled in Canada to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On Sunday, the US and Ukrainian presidents will meet in Florida at Trump’s private residence to discuss a peace plan for Kyiv. Zelenskyy announced that the talks will focus on security guarantees and territorial issues, adding that the 20-point plan currently under consideration “is about 90% ready.” The Ukrainian president…
Fighter jets were scrambled and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were put on readiness as a preventive measure to protect Polish airspace. The move came as Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with nearly 500 drones — many of them Iranian-designed Shaheds — and around 40 missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic weapons, according to Ukrainian authorities. “Another Russian attack is still ongoing,” Zelenskyy wrote on X at mid-morning Saturday, saying the primary target was Kyiv, where energy facilities and civilian infrastructure were hit. He said residential buildings were damaged and rescue teams were searching for people trapped under rubble, while electricity…
The incident comes as Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies widened a probe into an alleged bribery scheme involving members of the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament. Earlier on Saturday, NABU and SAP said they had uncovered an organized criminal group that included sitting lawmakers who allegedly received illicit payments in exchange for voting in favor of certain parliamentary decisions. Investigators said the scheme operated systematically and may have involved additional intermediaries. Authorities have not disclosed the identities of the lawmakers under investigation, saying further information would be released after investigative actions are completed. Prosecutors are examining multiple voting episodes and potential illicit…
The U.K. left the EU customs union after the 2016 Brexit referendum, formally exiting the bloc in January 2020 under then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Britain remained aligned with EU trade rules during a transition period before fully leaving the customs union on Jan. 1, 2021, when the EU-U.K. Trade and Cooperation Agreement took effect. The move restored Britain’s ability to strike independent trade deals but introduced customs checks, rules-of-origin requirements and new barriers for exporters. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has so far ruled out rejoining the customs union, framing it as a red line while promising a broader “reset” with…
By Euronews Published on 27/12/2025 – 13:19 GMT+1 The Italian authorities have carried out a major operation coordinated by the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Genoa against an alleged terrorist cell linked to Hamas. The State Police and the Guardia di Finanza applied precautionary measures against nine suspects, all of whom were to be remanded in custody, and ordered the seizure of assets worth more than eight million euros. The investigation, which started from reports of suspicious financial transactions, unveiled a complex system of international currency triangulations. The investigators accuse the suspects of being part of and actively financing the Hamas organisation.…
Updated: 27/12/2025 – 12:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 27th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More