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Published on 18/06/2026 – 10:16 GMT+2 Daveigh Chase, the former child actress best known for voicing Lilo in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, has died aged 35. According to Chase’s boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, she died on Tuesday from meningitis and a blood infection which in turn led to sepsis, TMZ reports. Chase was reportedly admitted to a Los Angeles hospital earlier this month due to malnutrition. Born on 24 July 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Chase first came to prominence by starring Samantha Darko in the film Donnie Darko. She also voiced Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of Studio Ghibli’s…

Under the provisional agreement, military action is immediately halted, including in Lebanon, and the two sides have 60 days to negotiate a final deal. Iran is required to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to allow the safe passage of commercial vessels. And the Islamic Republic reaffirms it “shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons.” The U.S., meanwhile, is committed to withdrawing military forces from “the proximity” of Iran within 30 days of a final agreement and will lift economic sanctions. While the deal makes reference to “the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 8:05 GMT+2 On today’s show: Euronews’ Shona Murray reports from Brussels as NATO defence ministers meet to prepare for next month’s summit in Ankara, with Ukraine, defence spending and transatlantic security high on the agenda. Attention then turns to the European Council, where EU leaders gather in Brussels for a working dinner with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss continued support for Ukraine, the Middle East and the bloc’s next long-term budget. Cyprus’ Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna joins us in the studio as the country prepares to hand over the rotating EU presidency…

Several hundred protesters gathered in central Oxford on 17 June as far-right activist Tommy Robinson arrived to take part in a debate at the Oxford Union. Demonstrators assembled outside the historic debating society, carrying placards and chanting slogans against Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, as security kept watch around the venue. He was due to argue in favour of the motion, “The West is right to be suspicious of Islam”, a proposition that drew strong criticism from students, campaigners and local residents, who said the event risked inflaming tensions and legitimising divisive rhetoric. Police maintained a visible cordon…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 7:34 GMT+2 Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook has said Apple will raise prices on some of its products as soaring memory-chip costs driven by the artificial intelligence boom become increasingly difficult to absorb. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday, Cook said higher costs made price increases “unavoidable”, signalling that consumers could soon pay more for Apple devices. The warning comes as demand for memory chips has surged alongside the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure and data centres. Memory components are essential for both AI systems and consumer electronics, including smartphones,…

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Published on 18/06/2026 – 8:30 GMT+2•Updated 8:59 Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks across Moscow early on Thursday morning, local Russian authorities said. In a series of posts on Telegram, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defences had intercepted 180 UAVS approaching the capital but that “several” had managed to strike a refinery in what he called a “massive” attack. It is the second time the refinery has been hit this week. Video footage circulating on social media appears to show an enormous explosion and major fire at the scene. Emergency services are attending attack sites around the city,…

Borrow to buy a home in Latvia today, and the bank will charge you 4.18%. Do the same in Malta, and you will pay 2.08%. Same currency, same central bank, same stage of the interest-rate cycle, yet two eurozone households face mortgage costs that are worlds apart. That gap — more than two percentage points between the cheapest and most expensive markets — is one of the most striking findings in the latest European Central Bank data on new home loans, covering April 2026. Mortgage rates are cheaper in Southern Europe The average eurozone mortgage rate stood at 3.43%, according…

In a photograph, five schoolchildren stand before a blue wall. Their starched white shirts throw them into sharp relief. From behind the tinted lenses of their bright yellow sunglasses, they look directly at the viewer. Just as the viewer looks at them. When French photographer Stephan Gladieu’s request to travel to North Korea was approved, he knew he wanted to focus on capturing the country’s people. “I made it clear from the beginning that I will not do architecture photography or photograph empty places—that had no interest for me,” Gladieu tells Euronews Culture. “I wanted to give a representation of…

Direkt nach dem G7-Gipfel kommen die EU-Staats- und Regierungschefs in Brüssel zusammen, wobei diesmal die strategische Kehrtwende gegenüber China im Fokus steht. Angesichts unfairer Subventionen und massiver Überkapazitäten Pekings schwenkt auch Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz auf einen harten, gegenüber China kritischen Kurs um. Gemeinsam mit Hans von der Burchard analysiert Gordon Repinski das Risiko eines drohenden Handelskrieges sowie den ambitionierten EU-Beitrittswunsch von Wolodymyr Selenskyj, der in Brüssel auf Merz’ deutlich defensiveren Zeitplan trifft. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert EVP-Chef Manfred Weber radikale Konsequenzen aus der unberechenbaren US-Außenpolitik unter Donald Trump. Statt 27 nationaler Einzelarmeen brauche der Kontinent endlich eine schlagkräftige, europäische Verteidigungsallianz mit…