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A planned EU-U.K. summit originally scheduled for July 22 was postponed following Starmer’s resignation earlier this month. The embattled Labour Party leader had hoped to announce a major “reset” in relations. However, one of the officials said, the EU intends to get it back on the agenda “as soon as possible” after a new administration is in place so as not to lose momentum. No date has yet been identified, but mid-October is seen as the most likely. The speed reflects an awareness in Brussels that, with Nigel Farage’s Reform party riding high in the polls, locking in mutually beneficial…
The European People’s Party (EPP) has urged Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to significantly recalibrate the bloc’s carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), by allowing more free pollution allowances to heavy industry beyond 2030. Issued in an internal document detailing the EPP’s position and seen by Euronews, the plea comes ahead of the European Commission’s proposal to revise the ETS rules, due on 15 July. The EPP contends that protecting Europe’s manufacturing base has become as important as driving emissions reductions. “The system has achieved these emission reductions in a market-based and economically efficient manner,” reads the document. “Nevertheless,…
Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday. The Ufa refinery is one of Russia’s largest producers of lubricants and is located more than 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine, Zelenskyy said in a post on X. “This is an entirely just response to everything Russia is doing against us. Peace is needed, and this is exactly what Russia’s leadership must realise,” Zelenskyy wrote. “Russia must end its war. And Russia’s leadership has every opportunity to do so. I thank every Ukrainian warrior who ensures our long-range accuracy.” Ukraine…
Andrés Hurtado didn’t go to Seville looking for art. He was there for a short break, and on Saturday, at around 4.30 p.m., in the kind of unforgiving heat that gives no respite, he came across something lying on the pavement that caught his eye for the least artistic of reasons: the frame. “I saw some lads dumping a picture in the street.” And he thought: “What a cool frame.” “To be honest, I didn’t even look at the painting, I just took it up to the hotel with me,” he told the EFE news agency. He carried it off,…
Die AfD rüstet sich für ihren Bundesparteitag am Wochenende, der von massiven Protesten und bis zu 50.000 erwarteten Gegendemonstranten begleitet wird. Die Doppelspitze aus Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla tritt zwar ohne Gegenkandidaten an, muss aber aufgrund interner Machtkämpfe in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Baden-Württemberg und Sachsen mit Dämpfern bei der Wiederwahl rechnen. Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler berichten über die Gründe, warum die beiden Parteichefs teils den Unmut von Landesverbänden auf sich gezogen haben. Dazu blicken die beiden auf zwei wichtige Personalien bei den Wahlen zum Bundesvorstand auf dem Parteitag, und sie sprechen über einen Antrag von Björn Höcke und anderen,…
Updated: 01/07/2026 – 15:06 GMT+2 Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne, said the country’s six-month EU presidency will be a “generational moment” with key priorities, including opening more negotiation clusters with Ukraine and strengthening the EU’s economy. … More
Published on 01/07/2026 – 15:04 GMT+2 Mourners gathered in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday to bury 14 schoolchildren who were killed when the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed late on Tuesday. Police are investigating whether negligence during ongoing construction work caused the collapse that left another eight children hospitalised in stable condition. Residents and preliminary police findings indicate the tutoring centre was operating in an ageing building. Investigators believe the unfinished roof of the second floor may have collapsed because of poor construction. At least two people, including the building owner, were arrested as investigators tried to…
Indie distributor Neon has acquired “Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s starry drama about Sam Altman and OpenAI, after Amazon MGM Studios abruptly dropped the nearly finished film earlier this month. The decision is widely being read as fallout from Amazon’s new $50 billion (€46bn) partnership with the AI company. Artificial stars Andrew Garfield as Altman, with Monica Barbaro as former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, Yura Borisov as co-founder Ilya Sutskever and Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk. Written by SNL alumnus Simon Rich, the film has been billed as “The Social Network” for the AI era — a nod to David…
Europe’s airports and airlines have issued an urgent appeal to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, warning that the rollout of the Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) has reached a “critical point” and is causing severe disruption for millions of travellers during the peak summer season. In an open letter published on 1 July, aviation organisations ACI EUROPE, Airlines for Europe (A4E) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged Brussels to allow Member States to temporarily suspend the digital border system whenever passenger volumes exceed operational capacity. “Today we have reached a critical point,” the organisations wrote. “The current…
“This decision is not a neutral one,” Retailleau told French broadcaster CNEWS. “It is not normal from a democratic standpoint.” Retailleau argued that the May Day festivities, which are generally marked by union demonstrations across France, would play into the hands of the left — especially if the protests turn violent. This year’s demonstrations resulted in 15 arrests, while 72 protesters were detained in clashes with police in 2025. “We can clearly see that May Day — today — rarely passes calmly, so there’s always a build-up of tension, sometimes leading to outbursts,” Retailleau said. “Can you imagine the eve…