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Published on 01/10/2026 – 13:49 GMT+2 In this special live edition of The Ring from the Euronews Defence & Space Summit, Méabh Mc Mahon is joined by a live audience and leading European lawmakers — Belgian centre-right EPP member Wouter Beke and German social democrat Tobias Cremer. Both MEPs engage in a wide-ranging discussion, covering topics from national control and vetoes to the possibility of a European army and a proposed European Security Council. With defence budgets under the microscope, the debate in The Ring goes straight to the heart of the controversy: is the 5% of GDP target a…
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By Doloresz Katanich with AFP Published on 01/10/2026 – 11:56 GMT+2•Updated 12:03 US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday plans for $200bn (€176bn) in South Korean investments in US energy projects, including $54bn (€47.6bn) for a long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Alaska that Seoul said it had not yet agreed to invest in. South Korea had previously agreed to invest $350bn (€308bn) in the United States and increase purchases of US energy under a July 2025 trade deal with Trump that set 15% tariffs on imports from the East Asian nation. Besides the Alaska LNG project and pipeline, the Trump administration announced…
At first glance, humanoid robots look like a field dominated by the big tech corporations: artificial intelligence, cameras, sensors, software. But beneath their casing lies a great deal of traditional industry. Every leg, every arm and every hand contains motors, gearboxes, bearings and sensors — components European companies have been producing for decades. German research is still at the starting point in the race to develop humanoid robots, but industrial suppliers are already far ahead when it comes to specialised parts. Researchers are now asking whether Europe even needs to build humanoid robots itself in order to benefit from a…
Published on 01/10/2026 – 12:42 GMT+2•Updated 12:54 The route between Amsterdam Schiphol and Barcelona El Prat is Europe’s most stressful air route for passengers who are afraid of flying, according to an analysis by AirAdvisor, which also places the Madrid Barajas–London Heathrow connection among the top ten in the ranking. The study takes into account factors such as delays, cancellations, weather conditions and flight duration, but does not assess air safety. “Fear of flying rarely depends on a single factor,” said AirAdvisor chief executive Anton Radchenko, quoted in a statement. “Long waits at the boarding gate, unexpected last-minute cancellations and…
Latvia has detained two of its citizens since June on suspicion of spying for Russia’s military intelligence agency and using a private aircraft to surveil an army base hosting NATO forces, authorities said Thursday. Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) said the two Latvian citizens are suspected of collecting information on the Ādaži base — one of Latvia’s most important military stations and home to NATO’s brigade in the country — as well as military radar systems and the movement of planes. According to the VDD, the pair gathered information for Russia’s GRU military intelligence service. One of the suspects even…
“Let’s go to war!” shouted six-year-old Giorgos at his older cousin, Minas, as the two chased each other with claw-like geranium stalks around the schoolyard on the tiny Greek island of Thymaina. The two boys are the last primary school children on the far-flung eastern Aegean island, 40 kilometres from the Turkish coast. “When I was a boy, the school had nearly 70 children,” 77-year-old Manolis Mitikas, owner of Thymaina’s portside cantina, mused over a game of backgammon. Like the rest of Greece, the former pirate hideout is facing the effects of an ageing population. The education ministry said it…
Actor Bradley Whitford received the 2,858th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on 30 September 2026, joined by his wife Amy Landecker and former West Wing co‑stars Dulé Hill and Martin Sheen. Footage shows Whitford posing with the new honour as Hollywood Chamber of Commerce officials and guests look on, then speaking about his family and what the moment means. The ceremony drew colleagues and fans to the boulevard as Whitford knelt beside the terrazzo marker. He thanked his family for making him feel loved long before luck or fame entered the picture, and said their…
House prices are rising again in Portugal, with the country reaching a new all-time high in September. According to the Idealista price index, (source in Portuguese) prices climbed 7.9% in September compared with the same month last year. On a monthly basis, compared with August, prices also rose by 0.6% nationwide. Based on data from the sales and lettings portal, buying a home cost 3,228 euros per square metre (euros/m2) last month, according to the calculated median value. Vila Real (17.8%), Leiria (17.6%), Beja (14.4%), Faro (14.3%) and Guarda (14.0%) recorded the sharpest increases among district capitals and autonomous regions,…
Published on 01/10/2026 – 12:22 GMT+2 Rogue AI agents attempted to hack US and Canadian government websites, according to non-profit research lab Transluce, with evidence suggesting that Google and OpenAI’s agents were responsible. Two incidents in particular demonstrated aggressive techniques being used to access publicly available data from the US Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection, and Library and Archives Canada, a Canadian federal agency, with both ultimately failing to compromise any data. Transluce reports that the incidents are part of a “broader pattern of automated workflows” attributed to AI agents. “These workflows use aggressive or grey-area techniques to…