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Over the weekend, Cuban authorities announced that 32 Cuban nationals had been killed in the US’s raid on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They were serving as bodyguards to President Nicolás Maduro in the military compound from which US special forces seized him. Besides Venezuela itself, Cuba has been hit harder than any other country by Maduro’s removal. Havana lost a key political ally and a pillar of its already troubled economy, and statements from the Trump administration in the raid’s aftermath made it clear that along with Colombia and Greenland, the US could soon target Cuba as well. The presence…
By Euronews France Published on 07/01/2026 – 14:06 GMT+1 Dozens of celebrities and scores of fans of Brigitte Bardot have gathered in Saint-Tropez for a final tribute to the French iconic actress and singer ahead of her burial on Wednesday afternoon. The mass for “BB”, who died on 28 December at the age of 91, began at 11am in the small Mediterranean port that, much to her chagrin, catapulted her to the forefront of the international jet set. The ceremony was reserved for guests of the family and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, who were transported by shuttle bus to a vast…
Italy called on Wednesday in a letter to EU’s Agriculture Commissioner ChristopheHansen to lift the bloc’s carbon border tax in order to ease pressure on fertilizer prices for European farmers. The date for the Mercosur signature is still not clear. Expectations for Rome to greenlight the trade deal had risen in Brussels after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Tuesday to unlock additional funding for farmers to the tune of €45 billion as soon as 2028 in a designed to sway the pivotal support of the Italian government in favour of the deal. “If in today’s meeting…
Le Pen, who denies all charges, will face an appeal trial from next week, with a decision expected ahead of the summer. U.S. President Donald Trump had slammed the earlier verdict as “another example of European leftists using lawfare to silence free speech” and added “free Marine Le Pen” in a post on Truth Social. The Trump administration recently pledged to support “patriotic European parties” that seek to fight Europe’s “civilizational erasure” in its controversial National Security Strategy. The U.S. in recent months sanctioned 11 judges from the International Criminal Court, including a French magistrate who green-lighted an ICC arrest…
In Tbilisi, demonstrators gathered outside parliament, turning the holiday into a moment of political expression as well as worship. The protests have continued for more than a year, sparked by the government’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union. Many protesters say the move distances Georgia from Europe and draws it closer to Russia’s influence. Some attended Christmas Mass wrapped in Georgian and EU flags, linking faith with calls for EU integration. The demonstrations began in November 2024 after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the halt in accession talks. Since then, the ruling Georgian Dream party has tightened…
Shortly after US President Donald Trump announced a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela on Saturday, European social media was awash with misleading, AI-generated images of Nicolás Maduro’s capture and videos of Venezuelans celebrating around the world. Across TikTok, Instagram and X, AI-generated or altered images, old footage repurposed as new footage and out-of-context videos proliferated. Many racked up millions of views across platforms, and were shared by public figures, including Trump himself, X owner Elon Musk, the son of the former Brazilian president, Flávio Bolsonaro, and the official account of the Portuguese right-wing Chega party in Portugal. Some experts suggested this…
Western Europe was dealing with more snow and ice on Wednesday and Storm Goretti, the first named storm of the year, hits the continent’s Atlantic coast. Around 100 flights were cancelled at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday morning because of snowfall and fierce cold and a further 40 at the French capital’s Orly airport, France’s transport minister said. The disruption had been predicted late on Tuesday, with Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot telling CNews television he was “hoping the situation returns to normal this afternoon.” All public bus services in Paris and the surrounding suburbs were also suspended due…
Published on 07/01/2026 – 10:51 GMT+1 Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency spy who was sentenced to life in prison for selling secrets to Moscow costing the lives of a dozen double agents, died in prison on Monday, US authorities said. He was 84, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Ames worked as a counterintelligence analyst for the CIA for 31 years and, along with his wife Rosario, was convicted of selling information to the Soviet Union between 1985 and 1993, compromising secret missions and costing lives in exchange for more than $2.5 million (€2.1 million). Ames had been head…
Published on 07/01/2026 – 9:25 GMT+1 Scientists warn that it is “only a matter of time” until Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome starts to melt away – as heat-trapping emissions continue to bake the planet. The huge 500 metre thick ice cap is roughly the same size as Luxembourg, covering around 2,500 square kilometres. Its demise would unleash catastrophic consequences around the world, capable of pushing sea level rise by up to 73 centimetres. To put this in perspective, Copernicus states that for every centimetre of sea level rise, around six million more people are exposed to coastal flooding. Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome…
Three things from Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy to start your political day. What the government is having to deal with: the unpredictability of Donald Trump. Just as Britain signs up to troops in Ukraine if there’s a peace deal, it’s having to use its best diplomatic language on what the president is thinking about Greenland. What the government wants to deal with: publishing the road safety strategy, which is something every driver will have a view on. What some government sources are thinking: Sam’s got a story about whether AI is to blame for a massive rise in the…