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“Let us be clear: FIFA’s decision to change the rule on red card suspension mid-tournament is a disgrace and perversion of justice,” said Renew MEP Barry Andrews, who wrote the letter. “Once again, we’ve seen Infantino and FIFA surrender to the demands of the Trump administration.” Despite Balogun taking part, the U.S. lost to a fired-up Belgium team, whose players mocked the U.S. President’s dancing after scoring their fourth goal in a 4-1 demolition of the host nation. The lawmakers argue that since FIFA imposes its ethics rules on the 27 member associations, they are similarly “bound by FIFA’s code…
US President Donald Trump offered NATO allies an unexpected warm embrace as they wrapped up a key summit on Wednesday after earlier lashing out at them over their response to his war on Iran. It was an abrupt swing from antagonism to affection within the space of a few short hours, illustrating the wide range of emotions exhibited by the mercurial US leader. “It was amazing, actually. The unity in that room was incredible, really a love, it was sort of pretty wild,” Trump told reporters after the closed-door meeting of 32 leaders at the NATO summit in the Turkish…
Published on 08/07/2026 – 21:09 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would use his old Air Force One plane to leave Turkey after a NATO summit, sending his new Qatari-gifted jet on ahead to the UK. Trump said on his Truth Social network he was sending the new jet to Mildenhall airbase so that service members would have a “chance to tour the Aircraft.” “Everybody is so excited, and we thought that they should be the first. For old time’s sake, we’ll be taking the former Air Force One, from Turkey,” Trump added. But the switch from…
The export ban followed several days of Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure. The timing is not great for Europe. Diesel markets have remained tight since March due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz amid the war in Iran. Russia is the world’s second-largest diesel exporter, and while the EU no longer imports Russian diesel directly because of sanctions, a squeeze on Russian exports is likely to ripple through global markets by increasing competition for fuel from elsewhere. That could sustain pressure on fuel costs for diesel-intensive industries on the continent. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces…
For two years, farmers’ anger has been spilling over into protests across Europe, amid frustration over high operational costs, stringent green rules, and new European Union trade deals that farmers say put their livelihoods at risk. Now, the challenges they face seem to be multiplying. In this episode of The Ring, Euronews’ weekly debate show, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Ciaran Mulloly of the Renew Europe group and Pekka Toveri of the European People’s Party (EPP) go head-to-head on how the EU can continue to protect farmers in a more complex geopolitical climate. For Ciaran Mulloly, the current level…
This year’s Peace March marks the 22nd time the march has been held since the commemoration of the genocide on 11 July 1995. Marchers from Bosnia, Herzegovina and abroad came to participate and will have history lessons along the 100 km route with medical aid, food, water and accommodation in camps provided. The march begins near Nezuk in Tuzla Canton and lasts for three days. The end destination is the village of Potočari near Srebrenica, the location of the memorial grounds and cemetery for the Srebrenica genocide.
The mechanism allows border authorities, in exceptional cases, to temporarily suspend the collection of travelers’ fingerprints and facial scans to ease congestion, while still registering everyone entering and leaving the Schengen area. In the letter, ministers also request written guarantees from the Commission on this issue before the current flexibility expires. Commission spokesperson Markus Lammert said the Commission welcomed the countries’ “explicit commitment” to the full implementation of the EES and to the systematic registration of all non-EU travelers. He reiterated that the legislation already includes built-in flexibilities, including the possibility of suspending biometric data collection over the summer, and…
By Jeroen Lenaers MEP (EPP, NL) is a member of the European Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs. Published on 08/07/2026 – 17:53 GMT+2•Updated 17:59 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The EU has just raised the bar globally for child sexual abuse legislation that centers the experiences of survivors and safeguards access to justice. After two years of intense negotiations, the European Council and the European Parliament just made history in the fight against child sexual abuse in Europe by…
Venezuela’s government called for the release of frozen assets on Wednesday to help raise funds for the country’s recovery from last month’s twin earthquakes that killed at least 3,600 people. “We call upon all countries currently holding blocked funds belonging to Venezuela to initiate a plan to release these funds so that they can be used for recovery efforts,” Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto told a meeting of UN officials and partners. “There are accounts belonging to the Venezuelan state in various parts of the world that have been frozen as a result of illegal sanctions.” Gil referenced gold held…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirms growth of 0.5% for Italy both this year and in 2027. The figures are set out in the World Economic Outlook published on Wednesday. They are “modest but expected” levels, noted the Fund’s deputy director of research, Petya Koeva Brooks. “The investments planned under the NRRP (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) continue to support economic activity. At the same time, higher energy and food prices and elevated uncertainty are weighing on household consumption,” Brooks said. As for inflation, “the forecast has been revised upwards, partly because of greater dependence on energy imports, and we…