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Published on 06/03/2026 – 7:39 GMT+1•Updated 8:07 On today’s show: Exclusive interviews with Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, and Johan Forssell, Sweden’s Migration Minister. Euronews correspondents in Doha and Baku, Aadel Haleem and Nadira Tudor, report on the war in Iran, which enters its seventh day today. Our Sasha Vakulina fills us in on Zelenskyy’s decision to send drone interception experts to the Middle East. Jakub Janas explains how artificial intelligence is being used in armed conflicts. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our…
7:48 GMT+1 Israeli army launches wave of attacks on southern Beirut Israeli air forces carried out 26 strikes on the Dahieh neighbourhood in southern Beirut in the early hours of Friday, targeting what it claimed was Hezbollah infrastructure. It comes after Israel warned a day prior that the Iran-backed Lebanon-based group will “face the consequences” choosing to join the war in support of Tehran, stressing that any threat on Israel or its people will not be tolerated. “Among the targets were an executive council’s command centre and a facility storing UAVs used for attacks against Israel,” announced the IDF in…
Media reports that the US military used Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude during operations targeting leaders in Venezuela and Iran are raising new questions about how quickly artificial intelligence (AI) is being integrated into warfare. American media reported that Claude was used to help facilitate a January operation that led to the capture of Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro. Similar reports later emerged that the chatbot was also used during preparations for an operation targeting Iran’s deceased supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Experts say the incidents offer a rare glimpse into how advanced AI systems may already be supporting US…
While arts and culture has always been a great reason to book a flight, travelling in search of unique food and drink offerings is on the rise, too, as is astrotourism. If you pick the right destination, there’s no reason to choose between them – which is exactly what Bavaria is proposing. The biggest state in Germany, Bavaria has a big offer of “everything”, Claudia Mitchell, Partner and Network Manager at Bayern Tourismus Marketing told Euronews Travel at the ITB Berlin travel trade show. “It has everything from nature, to culture, to cities, to quaint villages,” she said. “Plus, there’s…
This weekend, fans of high octane sports will watching Melbourne’s Albert Park as it transforms into a winding street circuit for the Australian Grand Prix. The new season of Formula One (F1) is here, not only with a set of highly anticipated regulation changes but also a shiny new streaming deal with Apple TV — the latest sign of the sport’s growing media presence. F1 announced its partnership with Apple TV last October, and the five-year agreement makes the streaming platform the sport’s exclusive broadcast partner in the United States. For F1, the deal broadens its reach during a crucial…
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The US Navy early Friday said it has sunk more than thirty Iranian ships thus far, including an Iranian drone carrier at sea that it struck late Thursday in its unrelenting campaign against the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. US Admiral Brad Cooper, the chief of Central Command and commander of US forces in the Middle East, described the Iranian carrier stuck at sea as “roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier.” “And as we speak, it’s on fire,” Cooper told reporters. Under cover of darkness Friday morning, B-2 stealth bombers dropped dozens of 2,000 pound “penetrator”…
Strikes hit public transport across Germany in late February. The dispute has since been resolved, as Deutsche Bahn and the GDL train drivers’ union reached a deal on pay. But how much do tram, bus and train drivers actually earn in Germany? According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), skilled bus and tram drivers earn around €3,638 gross per month on average as of April 2025. Drivers in the railway sector earn notably more — skilled train and locomotive drivers take home an average of up to €4,600 gross monthly. Gross earnings are pre-tax and before social security deductions. Bus,…
Wirtschaftswende auf dem Prüfstand: Kanzler Friedrich Merz trifft heute auf der Internationalen Handwerksmesse in München eine Art „Verbandsquartett“. Er ist zum Gespräch mit den Spitzen der Verbände aus Industrie, Arbeitgebern, Handel und Gewerbe sowie dem Handwerk verabredet. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert das Standing des Kanzlers bei den Verbandschefs und die harten Erwartungen der Industrie, während der Frust über aufgeschobene Reformen im Mittelstand wächst. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview dazu: Handwerkspräsident Jörg Dittrich über „brennende Hütten“ in den Betrieben und seine klaren Forderungen an den Kanzler vor dem heutigen Spitzengespräch. „Mehr Warken wagen“: Im Bundestag soll heute die angepasste Krankenhausreform das Parlament passieren. Gesundheitsministerin Nina…
The statistics are sobering. Today, one in four European adolescents is overweight or obese, according to the World Health Organization. This is not merely a matter of individual choice or poverty. This trend is driven by a food landscape where ultra-processed, low-nutrient options have become the most accessible and affordable default for almost every family, regardless of socio-economic background. For many children, school meals are the only reliable window of high-quality nutrition in a day otherwise dominated by a broken food system. On the production side, our farmers are protesting for fair incomes, while the climate crisis demands a shift…