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As the United States looks towards Russia for diesel, European leaders are doubling down on their support for Ukraine. On the show, hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart unpack all the ways the EU plans to put its money where its mouth is and help Kyiv. Expect it to be the talk of the town at this week’s meeting of leaders at the European Council summit. Next, exclusive polling coming out of Spain shows that 58% of Spaniards fear tensions with Morocco over Ceuta and Melilla could spiral into an armed conflict in the next 10 years. We discuss what…

Published on 12/10/2026 – 16:19 GMT+2 Hundreds of French supermarkets belonging to the Intermarché and Coopérative U chains have fallen victim to a cyberattack targeting their refrigeration systems, the two retail giants said on Monday. Around 150 to 200 Intermarché stores were hit, along with nearly 100 Coopérative U outlets, they added. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the cyberattack, which is also thought to have affected other major chains. BFM TV reported that France’s largest supermarket chain, E. Leclerc, had also been targeted, with the hackers managing to trigger the defrost cycle on its refrigeration systems. Contacted by AFP, E.…

A little-known French semiconductor company has become one of Europe’s biggest artificial intelligence stock market winners in 2026, thanks to a technology few competitors can produce. Shares in Soitec SA have risen almost sevenfold this year, from about €23 at the start of January to roughly €154 on Monday afternoon in Paris. Yet the company reported a 34% decline in annual revenue last year. Now, Bank of America believes the stock could nearly double again. On Friday, the US bank upgraded Soitec from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target from €152 to €300, implying more than 90% upside.…

“We’re still a long way from the final list of candidates, and the political landscape is far from set in stone,” said Socialist MEP Christophe Clergeau, who had backed Glucksmann’s rival Olivier Faure in the center-left primary. “It’s up to [Glucksmann] to build momentum, unite the Socialist family … [and] reach out to all left-wing voters to demonstrate his ability to be our camp’s voice.” But Glucksmann and his allies are confident that his strong showing in the primary — he won more than 66% of the vote in the first round, more than four times as many votes as…

Published on 13/10/2026 – 5:15 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump has continued insisting on Monday that an energy ceasefire is indeed in place between Ukraine and Russia, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that Moscow struck his country’s energy sites. “Well, they agreed,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for Ohio. “Because I said, ‘You agree.’ That’s why they agreed. ” Because I said they agree,” he added. When pressed about the attacks by Russia, Trump said, “Well, I’d have to look at it and see, because there’s been violations on both sides.” Drone strike killed one,…

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Published on 12/10/2026 – 16:58 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 The Greek coastguard announced on Monday that a 44-year-old woman who allegedly jump off a ship into the Ionian Sea has been rescued after spending 20 hours in the water. The Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas ship was sailing southwest of the Greek island of Zakynthos on Friday morning when the incident occurred, according to the coastguard. A spokesperson for the authority told the AFP news agency that the woman, who is from El Salvador, said she jumped because “she wanted to disembark.” “She was 20 hours at sea,” the officer said.…

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Alexus Grynkewich has unveiled a new defence strategy aimed at ensuring that any attack on an alliance member proves “utterly futile”, as countries on NATO’s eastern flank face sabotage, arson and drone incursions. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Grynkewich said the strategy, known as the ‘Theory of War,’ was designed to deny adversaries the ability to penetrate NATO territory and sustain an attack. “If attacked, we are ready to fight tonight,” Grynkewich told the audience to loud applause. “We will continue to prepare and rehearse each and every day, so we will be…

After four months of negotiations, Brussels and Beijing struck a deal on Friday under which China agreed to curb its hybrid car exports to the EU and ease restrictions on rare earths licensing. The European Commission has framed the agreement as the first phase of talks launched in June to rebalance trade relations. The EU runs a trade deficit of more than €1 billion a day with China, whose exports are putting growing pressure on European industry. The deal comes just a week after French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a new EU trade defence…

Dominique Schelcher, the CEO of Cooperative U, confirmed on X that a cyberattack hit “the cold production facilities of several stores in our network” since Sunday night. EU agriculture and food commissioner Christophe Hansen condemned the attack, also mentioning Leclerc, France’s largest supermarket chain, which has not yet publicly confirmed that it is affected.  French news reports state that the attack hit refrigerators manufactured by Danish company Danfoss. Prime Minister Lecornu’s office said ANSSI has found a flaw in software provided by “a Danish company” and has contacted it. The agency is coordinating with European counterparts as other countries may…