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The dark side of social media takes centre stage in this week’s biggest movie release: The Social Reckoning. A dramatisation of the 2021 whistleblower scandal, it tells the story of former Facebook (now Meta) employee Frances Haugen, who leaked documents revealing the company’s prioritisation of profits over public health. At a time when technological anxieties continue to dominate our lives, it’s unlikely to be a comforting watch — but at least there’s solace to be found in a trip back to the 90s at London’s Tate Britain. The museum has put together a nostalgically joyful showcase of the decade’s art…

Decades ago, the world treated global trade as a neutral ground decades ago that helped energy markets in becoming more integrated today as we still see them today. The standard view in policy circles was that trade made countries more secure and stable. Governments therefore now use tariffs and export controls as a chokepoint of power. Today interdependence between countries became a double-edged sword. Europe, for instance, faced this back in 2022, when the Russian gas that it long treated as a reliable commodity became a prominent tool of pressure overnight. Mouza Hasan Almarzooqi, director of the Economic Studies Department,…

Five consecutive days of intense rain and thunderstorms have left flooded land, destroyed roads and serious damage in rural areas across much of Crete, an island counted among the Mediterranean’s most important tourist destinations. Measurements by the National Observatory of Athens illustrate the volume of rain that fell, mainly on the island’s mountainous regions. According to the network of automatic weather stations operated by the Observatory/meteo.gr, 91 millimetres of rain had been recorded by 15:10 on Sunday alone at Xyloskalo, in the Chania region of western Crete, at the entrance to the Samaria Gorge, one of the island’s best-known natural…

Published on 05/10/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:22 On today’s show: Méabh Mc Mahon speaks to the EU’s ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, following a trip to Ukraine by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, during which Russian drones and missiles struck the capital, causing severe damage to Kyiv’s Northern Bridge. Aadel Haleem reports from Doha on the latest developments in the Iran war, after Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister said Washington has replied to Tehran’s proposal to end the conflict and that the response is now under internal review. Charles Michel, the former European Council president, joins the show to analyse the Iran…

Anyone hoping to bet on robots taking over factories, warehouses and homes runs into the awkward fact that shares of the start-ups at the centre of the frenzy cannot be bought on a stock exchange. What is available is a carmaker betting its future on robots, industrial groups for which robots are one business among many and a new breed of listed funds charging handsomely for access. Euronews breaks down the options ordinary investors currently have to gain exposure to robotics, and the risks each one carries. Buying Tesla for the robots Tesla is currently one prominent route. As Elon…

Europe has many charms, and its wide variety of wildlife is certainly among them. Across the continent, travellers can spot everything from flamingos and starlings to deer, seals and golden eagles. Many of them can be spotted from the road, meaning they’re accessible to a majority of tourists. Now, car rental company Avis has ranked Europe’s best wildlife driving routes, taking into consideration the reliability of sightings, proximity to airports, how practical and compact each road trip is, and its popularity online, specifically in terms of Google search volume and appearances on Instagram. Southern England’s New Forest topped the list,…

The vice chair of the European Parliament’s right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists group began gathering signatures Friday to force a vote on asking the EU political-parties watchdog to investigate the European Left Alliance (ELA) for breaching EU values, according to an email seen by POLITICO. The process could ultimately lead to the deregistration and loss of EU funding — effectively a ban — for the ELA. It’s home to Spain’s Podemos, Denmark’s Enhedslisten, Italy’s Left and Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda.  The vote would take place in the plenary session on Oct. 19.  Parliament should take action because the office of…

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In recent years, we’ve seen demonstrations at ports across Europe against the cruise industry over environmental and overtourism concerns. But has the cruise industry unjustly become the poster child for the travel industry’s problems, and can it repair its dirtied reputation? In this episode of The Big Question, Gianni Onorato, CEO of MSC Cruises, sat down with Hannah Brown to discuss how the cruise industry is responding to its biggest criticisms to ensure its survival. How big is the cruise industry? Gianni stressed that while their ships may be big, the cruise industry is not, with this segment making up…

The race for some of the EU’s most coveted diplomatic jobs is under way. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack why this year’s routine EEAS rotation is attracting unusually strong interest from senior Commission officials — and what it says about the mood in Brussels. Then, we head to France, where a wave of student protests is spilling into the presidential campaign, sharpening the contrast between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen and adding to what one government adviser called a “maxi merde” moment for French politics. Plus, Brussels’ revamped Schuman roundabout is becoming a new protest hotspot — close…