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By Mohammed Nashbat with Euronews Arabic Published on 17/09/2026 – 11:56 GMT+2 Gaza delivery workers pedalling through rubble on bicycles can spend 40 of their 50-shekel (€12) daily earnings fixing a single puncture. Between 40 and 50 bicycle couriers have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, yet around 400 continue to move packages through damaged streets and active bombardment. Fuel shortages, transport disruption and the destruction of Gaza’s road network have made bicycles — known colloquially as “baskleet” — the primary means of delivery across the Strip. Workers who spoke to Euronews at Hamama, one of the main delivery companies operating in the…
Germany wants to significantly strengthen its defence capabilities. But this is no longer just about more ammunition and missiles. Air defence, drones and new technologies such as humanoid robots and space-based systems are also playing an increasingly important role. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger talks about rearmament, current bottlenecks, and which weapons systems could be decisive in the future. At the keel-laying ceremony for the third fleet service boat of Type 424 in Wolgast, we spoke to Papperger about Germany’s arms production, the role of the Skyranger and the weapons of the future. Euronews: Mr Papperger, in March you said missile…
Published on 17/09/2026 – 11:19 GMT+2 A large cloud of material released by the Sun is due to reach Earth on Thursday and could trigger a minor geomagnetic storm, according to a report from astronomy outlet EarthSky, co-written by a NASA solar scientist. The Sun’s outer atmosphere contains extremely hot, electrically charged gas. Sometimes huge amounts of this material are blasted out into space in what scientists call a coronal mass ejection (CME), according to NASA. The current event began with an eruption on Monday from active region AR4528. The following day, the astronomy outlet reported that further analysis showed…
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 157 drones and a mix of ballistic and cruise missiles. Air defenses shot down or neutralized 131 targets, but strikes still hit 36 locations and debris fell at five others. It also confirmed Zaporizhzhia as one of the main targets of attack, alongside Kyiv and Odesa, where three people were injured, including a child, and a residential building was damaged. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Facebook post that it was “symbolic” that the United States Congress passed Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill on the same night as another Russian attack. The measure,…
Published on 17/09/2026 – 10:44 GMT+2•Updated 11:04 European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius said Europe can respond to Russia in a “painful way” through the development of an anti-hybrid warfare playbook. “We can find ways for how Russia will pay quite a painful price for their provocations,” he said in exclusive comments to Euronews’ flagship current affairs news programme, Europe Today. “This is what the Commission president spoke about.” He was responding to comments made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at her agenda-setting State of the European Union speech on Wednesday, in which she proposed that Europe…
In Odesa, a drone attack after midday killed one man and set garages ablaze, damaging nearby homes and cars. A second strike later hit a 19-storey apartment building, injuring three people, including a child. Footage from the State Emergency Service showed firefighters tackling burning debris and working around damaged buildings. In Sumy, guided aerial bombs struck the Kovpakivskyi and Zarichnyi districts, hitting residential and industrial areas. Authorities initially said six people had been injured, including a 14-year-old girl, while two homes were destroyed, 10 damaged and an educational facility hit. A later update put the toll at one dead and…
Published on 17/09/2026 – 9:55 GMT+2 Investors in Europe took the Federal Reserve rate hike in their stride. Both the Euro Stoxx 50 and the broader pan-European Stoxx 600 traded over 0.6% higher at the start of Thursday’s session. France’s CAC 40, Germany’s DAX 30, Italy’s FTSE MIB, Spain’s IBEX 35, the Netherlands’ AEX and Switzerland’s CH20, all traded between 0.2% and 0.7% higher than their Wednesday close. The UK’s FTSE 100 led the pack and rose more than 1%. Carmakers and industrials led the Paris index, with Renault gaining more than 2%, Stellantis 1.6% and Schneider Electric 1.3%. Technology…
Published on 17/09/2026 – 10:06 GMT+2•Updated 10:47 Kylian Mbappé has explained for the first time why he, along with teammates Vinícius Júnior and Ibrahima Konaté, only partially wore a shirt in support of Ceuta before Real Madrid’s match against Elche. The French forward insists the gesture was not meant as a rejection of the people of Ceuta, and has expressed solidarity both with the city’s population and with the migrants who have died. “I want to explain it properly so that people understand,” Mbappé told the newspaper AS. He explained that the initiative to wear the shirt had come from…
What happens when the keys to Number 10 are handed back? Anne reports from a gathering of former prime ministers – Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer – and reveals what life after power really looks like. Meanwhile, after some football diplomacy with Canadian PM Mark Carney, could it offer a chance for Andy Burnham to unlock closer ties with the EU, or has the reset hit another roadblock?
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has told Euronews that countries including Australia and New Zealand could follow Canada in becoming “associate members” of the European Union as like-minded nations seek closer ties. Speaking exclusively to Europe Today ahead of a speech by Canadian Prime MInister Mark Carny on Thursday_,_ Metsola described the proposed status as a third way between full EU membership and candidate status. “There are countries with which we want to deepen our relationship,” Metsola said. “I don’t doubt that it will include other countries, and others will come knocking at our door…In such times of uncertainty, having…