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By Gavin Blackburn & Matthieu Durand Published on 22/04/2026 – 21:25 GMT+2 A second French soldier died on Wednesday from wounds suffered in a weekend ambush against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL) blamed on the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron said. A first soldier, staff sergeant Florian Montorio, was shot dead in the Saturday ambush, for which Hezbollah has denied responsibility. “Corporal Anicet Girardin…brought home yesterday from Lebanon, where he was badly wounded by Hezbollah fighters, died this morning of the consequences of his wounds,” Macron wrote in a post on X. One of three soldiers hurt in the same attack,…
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met in the historic city of Bukhara over the weekend, as the two Central Asian nations continue to strengthen economic and strategic cooperation. Bilateral trade between the two countries reached nearly $5 billion (€4.3 billion) last year, with both sides now aiming to double that figure in the coming years. Joint projects are already under way across a wide range of sectors, including automotive manufacturing, infrastructure, logistics, electrical engineering and construction materials. The leaders outlined new areas for cooperation, focusing on digital technologies, water management and environmental protection. A joint Clean…
EU leaders on Thursday and Friday meet in Cyprus to discuss how to deal with the situation in Iran, and the energy crisis that it has caused, as well as broader security questions and the bloc’s next long-term budget. Scroll down for news and analysis.
Published on 22/04/2026 – 20:01 GMT+2 According to Kontroll, the son of the outgoing Prime Minister, Gáspár Orbán, the son of Hungary’s outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been discharged from the Hungarian Defence Forces, local media report. Sources at 444.hu confirmed that Orbán, who held the rank of captain, submitted his demobilsation request before the parliamentary elections on 12 April which saw his father’s Fidesz party trounced by the opposition in a landslide. Gáspár Orbán was born in 1992 studied law and first became a footballer, playing as a midfielder for Videoton FC Fehérvár and Puskás Akadémia FC before…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 19:00 GMT+2 The United Nations human rights office voiced alarm on Wednesday at the number of people being executed in Singapore for drug-related offences, saying it was incompatible with human dignity. UN rights chief Volker Türk said there had been a general shift away from the use of capital punishment in Asia and Singapore was one of only a few countries imposing the death penalty for drug-related crimes not involving intentional killing. The death penalty is mandatory in Singapore for drug trafficking above certain quantities, such as 500 grams of cannabis or 15 grams of heroin.…
Darfur is currently one of the worst-affected regions in the ongoing war in Sudan, where much of what is unfolding echoes — and in some ways repeats — the violence of the early 2000s. Peter Biro, reporter and humanitarian aid worker, was there at the time, documenting the Sudanese government and allied Janjaweed militias as they carried out a ruthless campaign against rebel groups and civilians in Darfur, killing hundreds of thousands of people and displacing millions more. As a Euronews reporter, I met Peter years later, while covering humanitarian crises around the world for the Euronews flagship programme Aid…
BRUXELLES — Le président du Conseil européen, António Costa, presse les 27 dirigeants des Etats membres d’avancer sur le prochain budget de 1 800 milliards d’euros de l’Union européenne lors d’un sommet qui se tiendra à Chypre vendredi. Alors que l’Europe cherche tant bien que mal à faire face aux conséquences de la guerre au Moyen-Orient sur les prix de l’énergie et sur son économie, il est peu probable que les chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement présents à Nicosie aient à l’esprit les détails du prochain budget à long terme de l’UE. Mais António Costa souhaite parvenir à un accord d’ici…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 19:22 GMT+2 Spain’s far-right Vox party returned to the regional government of Extremadura on Wednesday after reaching a deal with the conservative Popular Party (PP), renewing their alliance ahead of a general election expected in 2027. Regions wield significant powers in key areas such as health and education in Spain’s decentralised political system, making the western region’s government a potential bellwether for the national vote. Vox withdrew from five regional governments in 2024 where it had been in coalition with the PP, including Extremadura, citing a dispute over the distribution of unaccompanied migrant minors. The PP’s…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 17:05 GMT+2 Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov confirmed Wednesday that Kazakh oil transit to Germany via Russia through the Druzhba pipeline is suspended from 1 May, based on what he called “information from unofficial sources”, but that “as soon as the technical feasibility issue is resolved, transit of Kazakh oil will resume.” Akkenzhenov told journalists in Astana that “there have been no official statements from the Russian side yet, but we know from unofficial sources it is true” that “for the month of May, we have zero transit through Adral Samara along the Druzhba pipeline and…
Von der Leyen’s remarks generated headlines in Turkey, a longtime EU candidate country and key NATO ally. A Commission spokesperson later told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency that the Commission president had meant to recognize the country’s “geopolitical clout, size and ambition.” That clarification didn’t pass muster with Michel, who on Wednesday took to X to slam von der Leyen for her comments. He described Turkey as “a core #NATO ally, a key migration partner, an energy corridor, a major defense actor on Europe’s flank, and a serious regional power.” “Europe doesn’t get stronger by applying double standards or simplifying reality,”…