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Published on 20/09/2026 – 8:27 GMT+2•Updated 10:15 Ed Sheeran opened a concert on Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage at an earlier show. Sheeran began the concert alone on stage with no opener, but was joined by other musicians later in the show. Sheeran said he wants his music and shows to be about unity and humanity, not politics. But he said that while the attacks in Israel of 7 October, 2023, were horrific, what is happening in…
Welcome back to this newsletter, written en route from Strasbourg to Brussels, after a week of parliamentary coverage. In case you missed it, Mark Carney stole the show and Canada is our new associate BFF, whatever that means. It’s easy to be cynical about the Canadian Prime Minister, but anyone who makes an intellectual effort citing Goethe on a Thursday morning gets my attention amid the sea of poor orators that populate the annual State of the Union (the EU’s, to be clear). Carney chose his references deliberately, reaching for Faust right off the bat. One can only hope the…
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed attacks had been carried out against infrastructure facilities in and around Moscow. “Our long-range responses had a very significant impact in the Moscow region last night. One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and the aggressor’s logistics facility were hit,” he said on X. Russian voters have been heading to the polls this weekend in the first parliamentary elections since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party is expected to retain its dominance in the parliament and present the win as proof of public support for…
Published on 20/09/2026 – 11:16 GMT+2•Updated 11:27 French President Emmanuel Macron hailed France’s relationship with Canada during a trip to Saint Pierre and Miquelon this weekend. Macron is visiting the French overseas collectivity from 19 to 21 September and is due to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney there on Sunday. Speaking to reporters from the archipelago, which sits just off the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Macron said the goal of the visit was to help the territory “turn a new page” and gently pushed back on suggestions that the trip was intended to make a statement.…
Published on 20/09/2026 – 9:30 GMT+2•Updated 9:33 Reporters from three major news organisations were denied access to the White House on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.” The media outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, have previously been targeted by the Republican president, particularly CNN, who Trump kicks his antics up a notch, regularly mocking their reporters and lambasting their authenticity. The actions were a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage…
Published on 20/09/2026 – 10:07 GMT+2•Updated 10:09 North Korea on Sunday carried out a launch of a “suspected ballistic missile,” the Japanese Prime Minister’s office said, while South Korea’s military reported that Pyongyang had fired an “unidentified projectile” into the East Sea. It comes after North Korea this week rejected a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog against its nuclear programme. A spokesperson for the country’s Foreign Ministry said the International Atomic Energy Agency’s resolution had “no effect on the DPRK’s position as a nuclear weapons state.” In August, Trump told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had “57…
Published on 20/09/2026 – 9:11 GMT+2 The US military said its forces struck a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Saturday, killing four people. “Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean,” US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a statement shared on social media. It added that “confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking.” The post also contained video footage of what appeared to be the strike, showing a moving boat followed by a large explosion. The US has moved to clamp down…
Last week, we looked at all the new airline routes connecting Europe to Canada. Now we thought it was time to look slightly further south – more specifically, at Central and South America. According to the World Tourism Barometer by UN Tourism, both regions saw growth in 2025, with South America up 7% and Central America up 5% year on year. Destinations in the Americas seeing a big uptick in visitors include Brazil, up a mega 37%, and Guyana, up 24%. While many airlines offer routes from Europe to these countries via the US, there are still some options for…
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.