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Wadephul also echoed comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said at a summit of G7 leaders Tuesday that he could be ready to deploy fighter jets and frigates quickly, but that a request to do so must come not only from the U.S. but also from Iran and Oman.  “Germany needs to know whether such a mission is even possible in that maritime area. That means the coastal states must give their consent,” he said. “So far, there has been at least some ambiguity on the Iranian side — even words of rejection. I don’t know if that’s the…

The United Kingdom’s Minister for EU relations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, said that his government is on course to sign a triple deal designed to bolster post-Brexit cooperation with the European bloc when both sides convene for a summit on 22 July. The deal would seek to slash barriers to agri-food trade by aligning sanitary and phytosanitary rules, bring the UK back into the EU’s internal electricity market and grant special visas to young Europeans and Brits under a youth experience scheme. “Of course, we will get moments of difficulty, as you always do in the final parts of the negotiations, but…

Iran’s hardline establishment is framing the US-Iran framework deal as proof that Tehran outlasted Washington rather than as a concession, even as questions persist over how much control the IRGC exercised over its terms. IRGC’s Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani made his first public appearance in months on Monday night to discuss the deal, telling Iranian state television that the Bab al-Mandeb Strait “is fully in the hands of the guys in Hezbollah, the (Houthis) in Yemen, and even some of the comrades and children of resistance who are not Yemeni.” The remark on Bab-al Mandeb — which links the…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 16:30 GMT+2 A floating bookshop has just dropped anchor in one of Paris’ most iconic spots – right at the foot of the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral – and its founders are calling it “the biggest book box in Paris.” The barge called Nanna, located on the Quai de Montebello, opened this month and will remain at the site for the next ten years. Visitors can browse a self-service collection of more than 5,000 works – organised by category, with a particular emphasis on women authors alongside French classics, world literature, poetry and drama – and borrow…

Orbán lost April’s election, but he remains the leader of the Fidesz party. Fidesz MEPs are part of the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, alongside those of France’s National Rally, led by Jordan Bardella. “Our election defeat does not change the historically decisive fact that, in Europe, the patriotic political parties’ progress is continuing,” Orbán said, adding that the Patriots for Europe faction still has one representative in the European Council, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. “I am convinced this progress could only be stopped if the leadership of the EU could present some success.” EU leaders…

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Ladies and Gentlemen, when one is invited to speak at occasions like this, convention requires beginning with a familiar sentence: “It is a great pleasure and a distinct honour to join you this evening.” But I will not say it that way. Because I did not come here merely because this is an important gathering. I came because of a rather unusual convergence of three things: The city where we meet, the moment in which we meet,…

Government workers in different parts of Afghanistan have started switching off their smartphones, following an order imposed on Wednesday that reportedly came from the country’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. A letter announcing the ban on smartphones for all government employees started circulating on social media last week under the emblem of the Supreme Court. “All the heads of departments in their respective provinces are advised to inform their staff, higher-ranking or lower-ranking, that using smartphones is strictly banned effective 17 June,” the letter said. It referred to all employees of the military and civilian departments, mentioning that exemptions could only…

Clever, Denmark’s leading operator of EV charging stations, has scrapped the traditional management ladder altogether. There are no bosses, no middle managers and, since 2025, not even job titles that carry the word. From its headquarters in a converted industrial quarter of Copenhagen, the firm runs on self-managed teams in which every employee shares in decisions and owns the job of seeing them through. The architect of the experiment is co-founder Casper Kirketerp-Møller, who launched the business more than a decade ago with a handful of staff. Denmark and its Nordic neighbours have long prided themselves on egalitarian workplaces and…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 14:00 GMT+2•Updated 15:41 For Antoni Gaudí, finishing the Sagrada Familia was always a question of time, not imagination. He knew exactly what the six central towers should look like. What he did not know was that, more than a century later, technology would prove him right. The towers have now been completed, just in time for the centenary of the architect’s death. But behind this visual milestone there is a protagonist no one expects to find in a cathedral of such scale: an adhesive. Specifically, Loctite EA 9497 from Henkel (source in Spanish), the element that…

Inside the coalition, his party could drain the remaining support from the League. What’s more, the former general has repeatedly courted controversy, drawing criticism for his comments about migrants, women and LGBTQ+ people, and his dog whistles to neofascists. Those positions and his opposition to Western support for Ukraine could complicate Meloni’s efforts to maintain backing among moderate Forza Italia voters. Tensions already spilled into the open last week, when Meloni, during a debate in parliament, accused Vannacci’s movement of helping the left by attacking the coalition and splitting the right-wing vote. For Pozzolo, the remark amounted to the prime…