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There have been more than 39,000 cases of human trafficking recorded in Europe in the past two decades, according to the latest data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Between 2002 and 2022, 85% of victims were adults, especially between the ages of 30 and 38, while 15% were children. Globally, the number of victims of trafficking increased to more than 125,000 adults and 30,000 children. IOM experts believe the true number is much higher due to underreporting and gaps in detection. In Europe, the victims were mainly from nine different countries, with more than 19,000 victims from Ukraine,…

8:54 GMT+1 Iran rules out negotiations with the United States Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country does not plan to hold talks with Washington anymore after his country suffered what he described as a “bitter experience” on two counts during previous talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Araghchi accused the US of not living up to its word, saying they had received assurances from the White House during negotiations ahead of the “12 Day War” in June and the latest rounds of talks this year that no US attacks on Iran were imminent. The top Iranian diplomat says the…

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Published on 10/03/2026 – 7:54 GMT+1 On today’s show: Euronews correspondent Aadel Haleem reports from Doha on the latest developments in the US-Israeli Iran war, entering its 11th day today. Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo fills us in on yesterday’s discussions between Eurozone ministers on a potential energy crisis resulting from the conflict in the Middle East. Interviews with Hannah Neumann, German Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA), and Pascal Confavreux, spokesperson for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Euronews correspondent Sophia Khatsenkova reports from Paris on a defensive mission France and its allies are preparing to reopen…

Updated: 10/03/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this March 10th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music European leaders haunted by memories of the 2022 energy crisis are bracing for impact as the war in the Middle East begins to drive up oil and gas prices. Today on the podcast, host Zoya Sheftalovich and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Nicholas Vinocur discuss what tools the EU has at its disposal to soften the blow for consumers — is the bloc better prepared than it was four years ago? Later on: A rocky relationship is on the mend. The European Parliament’s two largest political groups — the European People’s Party and the Socialists and Democrats — are hoping dinner dates can resolve the bad blood between them.…

Updated: 10/03/2026 – 6:44 GMT+1 US President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers in Doral, Florida, that the Iran war will end “pretty quickly,” saying the world will be much safer once it is over. “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough,” Trump said. … More

Eigentlich sollte der Koalitionsausschuss kein Krisengremium sein, aber die geopolitische Realität überholt das Versprechen. Bei Ölpreisen von über 100 Dollar und nervösen Börsen wächst der Druck auf die Bundesregierung. Während Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil das Antasten der strategischen Ölreserven noch als „verfrüht“ ablehnt, nimmt er die Profiteure ins Visier. Joana Lehner vom Newsletter „Energie und Klima am Morgen“ und Co-Host von „Power & Policy“ analysiert, warum die Koalition statt auf Vorräte lieber auf das Kartellrecht setzt und welche Strategien Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche nun gegen horrende Energiepreise auffahren muss. Nach dem Desaster bei der Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg steht für die FDP die…

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Iran war could be over “very soon” but left the possibility of an escalation in fighting open if global oil supplies are disrupted by Iran, after global energy prices soared following Tehran’s appointment of a new hardline supreme leader. Oil prices briefly shot to their highest level since 2022 a day after Iran selected Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader. Investors saw it as a signal that Iran was digging in 10 days into the war launched by the United States and Israel. But prices…

In Baden-Württemberg, where the AfD finished a strong third, Merz’s conservatives came up shy in their effort to recapture power in a state that was long a conservative power base, while the SPD, Germany’s oldest political party, suffered its worst election performance since World War II, coming in with a humiliating 5.5 percent.  The election “was one of the darkest days I could imagine,” said Andreas Stoch, the SPD’s lead candidate in Baden-Württemberg. “To be honest, I never could have imagined standing in front of the press to announce a single-digit election result for the SPD.” As political pressure rises,…