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Published on 10/09/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:23 On today’s show: Maria Tadeo reports live from the Rīga Conference in Latvia, where this year’s focus is squarely on the Russian threat. She interviews Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, whose country borders Russia. Sasha Vakulina explains why a drone incursion delayed Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s departure from Moldova. Ukraine’s president’s plane was also almost hit by a drone while taking off for Oslo. Also, interviews with: Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Housing and Energy, on Europe’s housing crisis. Alicia García-Herrero, economist at the Bruegel think tank, on EU-China trade relations. Andrea Renda, Director of…

During a long self-celebrating speech at a Republican convention in Dallas, Texas, Donald Trump attempted to revitalise his conservative base while trying to buy other voters. If Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, every American adult will receive $5,000 (€4,300). That’s the extraordinary gambit Donald Trump is making to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. “So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend,” Trump told Republicans in Texas, as the party struggles in polls against the Democrats. Within an hour, Vice…

Madrid is bracing for Formula 1’s arrival in the city with a parallel contest to the sporting one: that of soaring accommodation prices. The Spanish Grand Prix, to be held from 11 to 13 September at the Madring circuit, has sent the cost of short-term rentals in areas close to the track, as well as in some of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the city centre, soaring. In recent weeks it was still possible to find homes to rent in Valdebebas, where the circuit is located, next to Ifema, for prices reaching as high as 20,000 euros for stays of…

Many of us enjoy a city break, and the most seasoned travellers know that a successful trip is often down, in part, at least, to a destination being walkable. Now Skyscanner has revealed the best up-and-coming cities for a break which aren’t the obvious choices – think Berlin or Dubrovnik. Experts at the travel booking platform looked at flight data for destinations outside the United States which are walkable and easy to navigate. A total of 14 factors for each city were evaluated, including the distances between the main attractions, the number of walking trails, average elevation, air quality and…

In 2025, 28 percent of new heavy-duty vehicles sold in China were electric. In the European Union, the figure was 1.9 percent, according to data from the International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT). That is a ratio of almost one to 15, despite the technology now being available on both sides. Gaël Quéinnec This gap is no longer technological. It reveals a deeper problem: we have set trajectories without creating the economic and political conditions needed to achieve them. China has the planning and implementation capacity to bypass the patient process of building coalitions among stakeholders. Europe, by contrast, is…

The European Commission is redirecting internal resources to Moldova’s enlargement process, after Chișinău’s reform pace outstripped the department’s capacity to keep up with it, EU officials told Euronews. The Moldovan government has pushed through required reforms so quickly that the Commission is now playing catch-up, reallocating existing resources to keep tabs on progress. “Moldova’s impressive record of EU reforms is paying off. I had a good call with new Prime Minister Vasile Tofan during which we discussed the next steps on Moldova’s EU accession path,” Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos wrote on X on Tuesday. The Commission’s enlargement department, already stretched…

Brent crude topped $100 a barrel on Wednesday and held firm on Thursday morning after renewed attacks on shipping around the Strait of Hormuz. It has held above $70 since mid-February, almost seven months, and is up 65.7% since the end of 2025, when it closed the year at $60.85. But this is no longer simply an energy market story. More expensive crude raises the cost of diesel, petrol and jet fuel. Those increases then spread through transport networks, supply chains and eventually consumer prices. For Europe, the timing could hardly be worse. Eurozone inflation was already 3.3% in August,…

The company’s new CEO, John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on 1 September, introduced Apple’s latest products at the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters. After cycling through other updates to the iPhone, the Apple Watch and AirPods, Ternus told the audience inside the Steve Jobs Theater that “actually there is one more thing,” in a nod to the trademark phrase from Jobs that the company’s legendary late founder himself borrowed from the 1970s detective show “Columbo.” The foldable phone has the “largest display ever on an iPhone, yet fits into your pocket,” Ternus said. The phone opens to a…

The U.S. is on a public campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Now, it wants help from its NATO allies.  During a closed-door meeting back in July, U.S. envoy to NATO Matthew Whitaker asked allied countries for help in disassembling the international court that addresses genocide and crimes against humanity.  On the show, Sarah Wheaton and Kathryn Carlson discuss the European reaction and the motivations behind this American push. Next, Europe’s housing crisis is deepening. Sarah Wheaton spoke with the Commissioner tasked with tackling the problem, Dan Jørgensen. And criminal gangs in Europe are using AI to figure out where they can…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 6:00 GMT+2 August was the hottest month on record, tied with July 2023, according to data published on Thursday by the European climate observatory Copernicus. Last month, the global average air temperature reached 16.96°C, which is 1.65°C higher than the pre-industrial reference period of 1850–1900. August was the first month since November 2025 to exceed 1.5°C, the limit set by the Paris Agreement on climate change. The extra-polar oceans also broke a record for their average temperature last month, due to global warming, Copernicus points out. The average temperature reached 21.07°C, the highest ever recorded for…