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Published on 19/06/2026 – 9:54 GMT+2•Updated 10:32 Israel’s national security minister said “all of Lebanon must burn” after the Israeli military reported that four of its soldiers had been killed in the south of the country. “For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep,” Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote in a post on X. Israel’s military said the soldiers were killed “in combat” when their tank was hit during an operation near Kfar Tebnit. It has named one of the victims as 32-year-old Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, the commander of the 52nd Battalion of the…
Published on 19/06/2026 – 8:54 GMT+2•Updated 9:10 A new award celebrating Europe’s most influential marketing leaders is set to make its debut at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on 22 June, with a shortlist drawn from some of the continent’s biggest and most exciting brands. The European CMO of the Year award, with Euronews among its industry partners, aims to recognise the chief marketing officers excelling at what they do. The shortlist spans 29 names from across the continent – from household giants like LEGO, Ferrari, Coca-Cola and L’Oréal, to newer-wave brands like Klarna, Gymshark and Revolut. “Marketing…
Which brings us neatly (sort of) onto Miroslav Radačovský, who was named Slovakia’s ambassador to Cyprus this week. When he was an MEP in 2024, Radačovský released a live dove from a bag in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (which means the bird has a better attendance record than most EU lawmakers). “I would like to set this dove free as a symbol of peace, to symbolize that Europe needs peace. Let’s let this dove unite all of us,” he said, uniting the bloc by letting a terrified bird shit all over the hemicycle. Radačovský had clearly learned nothing from the pope.…
Published on 19/06/2026 – 9:07 GMT+2 Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has won the key Makerfield by-election in the UK, paving the way for him to mount a leadership challenge to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Labour candidate returns to Westminster having won the Makerfield seat comfortably, securing 24,927 votes, around 55% of the vote. Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon came second with 15,696, followed by Restore Britain’s Rebecca Shepherd with 3,111. The by-election was triggered after the former Makerfield MP Josh Simons stepped down to allow Burnham to take on Starmer, who has been under increasing pressure since Labour’s…
Supporters poured out of Guadalajara’s Estadio Akron waving flags and singing after the final whistle, while thousands gathered at fan zones in Monterrey and Mexico City. The win guarantees Mexico a place in the last 32 and confirms the hosts as Group A leaders with six points from two matches, an important milestone for a team playing in front of home crowds. The decisive moment came in the 50th minute when midfielder Luis Romo capitalised on a defensive mistake involving South Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu and defender Lee Gi-hyuk. Romo calmly converted into an empty net to score the only…
By Johanna Urbancik Published on 19/06/2026 – 9:06 GMT+2 The United States has launched a trade investigation against Germany over drug pricing. According to several media reports, Washington wants to examine whether innovative medicines are systematically under-remunerated on the German market, leaving US patients to shoulder a comparatively high share of research and development costs. The announcement was made on Thursday in a statement from the office of the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, who, according to the Reuters news agency, launched the investigation on suspicion that Germany is paying too little for innovative medicines. “I am particularly concerned by reports…
“Our ambition is to think big and to build a new European architecture capable of addressing the major challenges of the 21st century — and we will certainly need the largest group possible,” he told POLITICO in the interview. Bardella will find out if he is his party’s presidential candidate on July 7, when a French appeals court decides whether to uphold his mentor Marine Le Pen’s convictions for embezzlement and the five-year election ban that comes with it. Polls have him winning the election’s first round, and early polls also show him beating other contenders in the runoff, though…
Published on 19/06/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2 On today’s show: Euronews’ Shona Murray reports from Brussels as EU leaders conclude their summit, with talks dominated by Ukraine, European security and European Council President António Costa’s call to open a diplomatic channel with the Kremlin. Sweden’s Minister for European Union Affairs Jessica Rosencrantz joins Euronews’ Maria Tadeo to discuss Ukraine’s EU membership ambitions and Europe’s response to growing economic pressure from China. Euronews’ Sándor Zsíros brings the latest from Budapest as Hungary’s new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, makes his European Council debut, signalling a shift from Viktor Orbán’s approach to Ukraine and…
Wealth inequality across and within Europe remains stark, as shown by several indicators. According to the European Central Bank’s latest report, published in 2023, the median net wealth of households in the euro area stood at €123,500. However, this ranged from just €2,000 for the bottom 20% of the population to €1.01 million for the top 20%. At the same time, the ranks of the ultra-rich are growing rapidly across the continent. The number of people with at least $30 million (€25.7m) in wealth rose by 26% over the past five years. Knight Frank’s Wealth Report 2026 classifies them as…
Published on 19/06/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The European Commission announced Wednesday that it was joining a new, made-in-Europe alternative social media platform called “W.” The platform, first announced at the World Economic Forum in January, is built on “verified human users, transparency, privacy and free speech.” W, based in Sweden, was built by entrepreneurs in media, technology and artificial intelligence, according to the platform’s website. The platform’s beta version launched this week, with users required to apply for vetting by the “W” team before they can post. Top European officials are using the platform as well, including EU Commission President…