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Israel stunned and hobbled Iran last week when it pulled off an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision.Guided by spies and artificial intelligence (AI), the Israeli military unleashed a nighttime fusillade of warplanes and armed drones that it smuggled into Iran to quickly incapacitate many of its air defences and missile systems.With greater freedom to fly over Iran, Israel bombarded key nuclear sites and killed top generals and scientists. By the time Iran mustered a response hours later, its ability to retaliate — already weakened by past Israeli strikes — was greatly…
The ministry said the number of migrants on the boats was up 42 percent this year compared to 2024 partially due to favorable weather conditions, an influx of nationals from the Horn of Africa and the evolving methods of smugglers. It added that while there hadn’t been an increase in the absolute number of boats or a decrease in the proportion of boats intercepted, the average number of passengers on each boat had gone up. British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has repeatedly called for tougher action from France after images of authorities watching boats set off for England without any…
Authorities raised the volcano’s alert status to its highest level and widened the exclusion zone to 8 kilometres from the crater. The eruption, one of several in recent months, produced over 50 seismic events in just two hours, far above the daily average.Footage captured towering mushroom-shaped ash plumes, visible from cities up to 150 kilometres away.No casualties have been reported, but residents have been warned of potential flash floods and falling ash.The eruption follows a deadly event last November that killed nine people.
The comments came a day after Trump said that U.S. patience with Iran was “wearing thin” and called for the country to surrender. Trump also said that the U.S. could easily eliminate Khamenei but was currently choosing not to. “We know exactly where the so-called “Supreme Leader” is hiding,” Trump wrote on social media. “He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.” Trump recently rejected a plan from Israel to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader, as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to intensify. Iran’s…
By Shona Murray & Maïa de La Baume Published on 18/06/2025 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 15:19The EU is unlikely to suspend its association agreement with Israel in the context of its current conflict with Iran, sources familiar with the issue have told Euronews.Last month a majority of the EU foreign ministers backed a Dutch proposal to review the bloc’s ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza.The EU’s diplomatic corps, the External Action Service (EEAS), has been reviewing the bloc’s wide-ranging trade and cooperation agreement with Israel over its military offensive in Gaza and the West Bank as well as its blocking of food,…
The EU has summoned Moscow’s ambassador to Brussels to explain an assault on a European diplomat in Russia. A diplomat with the European External Action Service was attacked on May 26 in Vladivostok, an eastern Russian city near the North Korean border, where she was on official business, Der Spiegel reported Tuesday. “We can confirm that a member of our staff was assaulted in the early hours of Monday, May 26, in Vladivostok,” European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper said Wednesday. “We condemn any violence against EU diplomats. They must be able to carry out their duties free from fear and…
Published on 18/06/2025 – 14:10 GMT+2Russia poses a direct threat to the European Union and its massive defence spending shows that the Kremlin has a “long-term plan for long-term aggression”, the EU’s foreign policy chief warned on Wednesday. Kaja Kallas said that Russia was violating the bloc’s airspace, attacking its pipelines, undersea cables and electricity grids, and recruiting criminals to carry out sabotage. The EU and several member states have repeatedly accused Russia of conducting sabotage campaigns in the West. The Kremlin has strongly denied such allegations.Kallas noted that Russia is already spending more on defence than the EU’s 27…
“This decision is an important step to maintaining and restoring ties with millions of Ukrainians around the world,” Oleksiy Chernyshov, minister for national unity, wrote on Facebook. The bill was introduced to the parliament by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last August. The government now needs to draft a list of countries whose citizens will be eligible for dual Ukrainian citizenship. The law also simplifies procedures for children born to Ukrainian parents abroad and Ukrainians who obtain an additional citizenship through marriage. As for foreigners who want Ukrainian citizenship, they will have to pass a test proving knowledge of the Ukrainian language,…
On Tuesday, Bardella again fueled speculation over a growing rivalry with Le Pen, when he appeared to favor an early presidential election. “In reality, only a presidential election, even an early one, would enable us to emerge from the current democratic crisis,” said Bardella on French radio. But an early presidential election would de facto exclude Le Pen, who currently cannot run for public office, and who has already lost a local mandate. While French President Emmanuel Macron has categorically denied he could resign and trigger an early presidential election before the end of his mandate in 2027, political opponents…
Published on 18/06/2025 – 10:51 GMT+2Indonesian police have arrested three Australian men on suspicion of murder over the fatal shooting of another Australian on the resort island of Bali. Zivan Radmanovic — a 32-year-old from Melbourne — was killed just after midnight local time (6 pm CET) on 13 June at a villa near Munggu Beach in Bali’s Badung district, local authorities said. A second man — 34-year-old Sanar Ghanim from Melbourne — was left seriously injured in the attack.”Three suspects have been arrested along with several pieces of evidence allegedly used to carry out the shooting,” Bali police chief…