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Nearly 900,000 tonnes of jet fuel from Asia are scheduled to arrive in Europe in the coming months, according to trade intelligence company Kpler. The shipments should reduce the risk of shortages, but prices are likely to remain high, said George Shaw, Kpler’s senior insight analyst for distillate markets. “Jet fuel will likely be subject to higher prices, especially as it is deeply linked to the diesel market, which is becoming even tighter and experiencing record prices recently,” Shaw told Euronews. Last week, the average European jet fuel price rose to $207.56 (€176) a barrel, the highest of any region…
Europe’s push to build its own artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is intensifying a debate over whether its electricity system can keep pace. Data-centre electricity consumption across the continent is projected to rise from 96 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2024 to 236 TWh by 2035, according to UK-based energy think tank Ember. Europe needs more data centres to expand its AI capacity, but they add further demand to already strained electricity grids. That power crunch is, in turn, making it harder to connect and build new facilities. But some startups in Europe are pitching ways to tackle the region’s power crunch. Euronews…
It’s unclear how that would work since the one base mentioned in the agreement was closed by the U.S. in the 1950s and the other is a small Danish installation that currently houses sled dogs. It depends on what the Pentagon would want to use the bases for, but most likely projects are new air defense and radar installations, which would come with large construction costs. Nothing in the agreement specifies cost-sharing mechanisms between the three parties to the deal. The Pentagon didn’t respond to a request for comment. Who won? At the start of this year, Denmark faced the…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2•Updated 8:31 On today’s show: Sasha Vakulina breaks down the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York as Washington steps up efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Trump told the UN that he expects the war to end sooner than many people think. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs speaks exclusively to Euronews’ Angela Skujins about the nitty-gritty of a sanctions saga that gripped Brussels and ultimately led to two Russian businessmen being removed from the EU’s blacklist. Shona Murray reports on a deal signed by the US, Denmark and Greenland to…
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, has changed appearance after heavy rains in northern Chile. Vast stretches of land that are normally parched have been carpeted with violet and white blossoms in a natural phenomenon known as the “flowering desert”. Under the Atacama’s soil, seeds and bulbs from around 200 different species lie dormant for long periods, waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Rainfall linked to the El Niño climate phenomenon has allowed many of them to bloom. The result has transformed parts of the desert landscape and drawn large numbers of visitors, who stop…
Oil prices fell on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said American and Iranian representatives had held talks at the United Nations. Brent crude, the international benchmark, was trading at $98.41 a barrel in the morning in Europe. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate cost $95.21 a barrel for next month delivery. Brent has repeatedly risen above $100 since the Middle East war began in February. The three-hour meeting was “very good” and “very productive”, Trump told reporters during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said another meeting was planned soon. His comments came hours after he told the…
As the summer sun has now set, Google searches for “October holiday” have skyrocketed, reaching 80,000 in the past month and marking a 28% month-on-month increase. But where might these searches lead travellers to? Villa holiday company Solmar Villas analysed 105 destinations to find where delivers best on great weather – including the likelihood of rain, alongside affordable flight fares across October and November. In its study of the best destinations for autumn sun in Europe, Cyprus dominates the top of the list. The Mediterranean island takes the top four spots, thanks to its sunny weather, which usually sits between…
That final comment will please Starmer, who welcomed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Britain after Trump berated him in the Oval Office. But it also shows how far his relationship with Trump fell after his initial attempts to please the president in early 2025. Burnham had the benefit of a fresh start, and ahead of his first meeting with Trump, British officials insisted he would take a less fawning approach than his predecessor. He could afford to do so, they said, because Trump’s presidency is almost at the midway point and there is less to lose. Yet there were similarities…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The European Commission will not extend its November 1 deadline for phasing out Chinese-made power inverters from EU-funded energy projects, despite calls from investors and the renewable energy industry for more time. Industry groups and institutional investors had hoped Brussels would delay the deadline amid concerns over the availability and cost of alternatives. But EU officials told Euronews the Commission intends to stick to its timetable. From November 1, projects connected or due to be connected to the EU electricity grid will have to exclude high-risk suppliers or progressively switch to inverters from suppliers…
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on the planet, has been transformed in appearance after intense rainfall in northern Chile. Vast swathes of usually parched ground have been carpeted with purple and white flowers in a natural phenomenon known as the “desierto florido”, or “flowering desert”. Beneath the soil of Atacama, seeds and bulbs from around 200 different species lie dormant for long periods, waiting for the conditions they need to germinate. The rainfall linked to the El Niño climate phenomenon has enabled many of them to bloom. The result has transformed parts of the desert landscape and…