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Published on 03/06/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2 A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank branch and a school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said on Wednesday. The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel,” the Bakersfield Police Department said in a statement. The standoff ended about 12 hours after police were called to the building, police said. All the hostages are free and none was harmed, police said. The incident in downtown Bakersfield began on Tuesday afternoon when officers responded to a call…
Published on 03/06/2026 – 17:08 GMT+2 France, Italy and Spain have jointly proposed new rules aimed at easing cross-border banking operations and cutting red tape across the bloc, according to a document seen by Euronews. The three countries submitted their proposals as an input to the European Commission, which is expected to publish a report on the competitiveness of the banking sector on 15 July. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made competitiveness a central plank of the EU’s agenda. As part of that push, the Commission is planning a reform of the European banking sector, with a…
The General Court of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s “gatekeeper” designation for Facebook Marketplace, finding that the EU executive failed to adequately justify the designation. The court’s ruling, issued on Wednesday in Luxembourg, annuls, in part, a September 2023 decision by the Commission designating Meta as a gatekeeper — a decision the Big Tech company challenged specifically regarding Messenger and Marketplace. What does the decision mean? In the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), “gatekeeping” refers to control over the entry point businesses must pass through to reach customers online. For example, if you are a small business trying…
De l’avis général, Edouard Philippe a réussi le premier coup de la campagne en recevant le soutien de l’ancienne ministre Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. Vraiment ? Anthony Lattier s’interroge avec Pauline de Saint Remy de l’importance (ou non) des ralliements dans la bataille du bloc central.
Published on 03/06/2026 – 17:25 GMT+2 The European Commission confirmed to Euronews on Wednesday that EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will meet his Chinese counterpart, trade envoy Li Chenggang, on the sidelines of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris on Thursday. The visit comes as EU-China relations remain strained, with Brussels seeking to crack down on Chinese overcapacity and tackle a record-high €359.9 billion trade deficit with Beijing. After the EU unveiled the so-called Industrial Accelerator Act and the Cybersecurity Act which could exclude Chinese companies from the EU market, China threatened retaliation, fuelling fears of a trade war between…
Another MEP with knowledge of the matter, granted anonymity to speak about confidential proceedings, said: “There seems to be a clear understanding between the EPP, S&D and Renew when it comes to MEPs who are politically exposed across different groups. In several cases, the evidence appears rather weak, yet the same standard is not always applied. Unfortunately, we’ve seen similar situations in the past.” “Increasingly, JURI [the legal affairs committee] risks looking more like a place where political deals are struck behind closed doors than a committee that carefully examines the merits of each dossier. Too often, decisions seem to…
Published on 03/06/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2 Violence erupted in Paris following PSG’s victory against Arsenal in the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May, which saw the French side beat their English competitors on penalties. More than 890 people were arrested in connection with the celebrations, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France Inter. Paris’ Public Prosecutor’s Office said 225 adults and 87 minors were taken into police custody on the night of Saturday into Sunday, whilst three people died: two men who fell into the River Seine and a third who was killed in a motorcycle accident. Scores…
Published on 03/06/2026 – 16:25 GMT+2 A fire ripped through a hotel in New Delhi on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, police and local media said. The fire broke out in the morning at Flourish Stay, a bed-and-breakfast in a congested neighbourhood in the south of the city, Delhi Police said in a statement. “It is with profound sorrow that 21 persons have been declared dead in this tragic incident,” police said. Several of those killed were foreigners, mainly from Central Asia and Africa, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting unnamed…
Up to 1.3 million jobs across the EU are at risk because of the ongoing war in the Middle East, European Commissioner for jobs Roxana Mînzatu said on Wednesday. The warning came during the presentation of the 2026 Spring Semester Package, a bi-annual publication by the EU executive that provides guidance to the 27 member states on the bloc’s economic priorities. “Due to the war in the Middle East, up to 1.3 million jobs are at risk, particularly in energy-intensive industries,” Mînzatu said at a press conference. “Let me also underline that increased energy costs will have a particular negative…
Eine aktuelle Analyse des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte kommt zu dem Schluss, dass die AfD eine Gefahr für Menschen mit Behinderung darstellt. Pauline von Petzold und Frederik Schindler arbeiten die Studie durch und beleuchten grenzüberschreitende Aussagen von Björn Höcke und Maximilian Krah. Zudem sprechen sie mit dem behindertenpolitischen Sprecher der Fraktion, Jan Feser, über Vorwürfe der Ausgrenzung und Entmenschlichung. Das Internationale Wirtschaftsforum in Russland hat begonnen, und vier prominente AfD-Politiker sitzen auf den Panels. Schindler und von Pezold besprechen unter anderem, warum die Bundesspitze rund um Alice Weidel die Reise diesmal ohne Restriktionen gewähren lässt. Trotz Unvereinbarkeitsbeschluss der Parteispitze haben…