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Published on 04/09/2026 – 13:26 GMT+2•Updated 13:29 Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two women off the coast of northern Cyprus, bringing the death toll from last week’s ferry accident to 12, officials said. A FiloJet ferry was sailing from Kyrenia in Cyprus to Taşucu in Turkey on 30 August when it began taking on water around 6 km off the Cypriot coast before capsizing. The vessel had 259 passengers and eight crew members on board when it went down, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. In a post on X on Friday, Ünal Üstel, the prime minister of…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will ask Europeans to repay the American aid provided to Ukraine under the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden. Trump has long demanded that Europeans shoulder more of the cost of Western support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which began more than four years ago. “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was given to Ukraine and NATO, free of charge, that Europe would have paid for – If they were only asked, but we will be asking for that money, though somewhat belatedly!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The…
In a ruling from Washington’s own attempt to break up Google, Judge Leonie Brinkema, of the Federal District of Eastern Virginia, rejected the DoJ’s request for a forced divestiture of parts of its business. That decision leaves the EU alone, at a time of transatlantic discord, in advocating that the online advertising giant break itself up. “It’s obvious that the European Commission has been holding out for a decision in the parallel U.S. case, even if it has the authority to act independently and should have done so long ago,” Max von Thun, Europe director at the Open Markets Institute…
Spain is pushing the European Commission to treat climate adaptation as a core economic and security priority, arguing that Europe can no longer rely on reactive measures as extreme weather becomes more frequent and costly, according to two documents seen by Euronews. Madrid’s plea comes as Brussels is preparing a climate resilience strategy, due by the end of the year, which Spain argues should have more teeth, after a dramatic summer marked by heatwaves, wildfires and drought. At the same time, Spain is hoping to influence the ongoing negotiations on the next EU multi-annual budget covering 2028-2034, and is proposing…
“At the bars it was obviously the central topic of conversation, but I don’t think anyone predicted that this morning Orr and Jukes would resign,” the second business dinner attendee said. “The assumption was they would try and brush off and basically fight back, say it’s a hoax etc.” By breakfast there was clarity. Ed Sumner, now indisputably Farage’s most senior communications adviser, spent his birthday morning confirming Jukes and Orr had “stepped down” pending an internal investigation. “The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice. No further comment will be…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 16:51 Brazil’s EU ambassador, Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, told Euronews on Friday that an inspection of Brazilian meat was unnecessary, and signalled that “all options are on the table” for Brazil to respond if the EU ban remains in place. The European Commission’s decision came into force this week, after Brazil was removed from a list of countries complying with EU food safety rules over its use of antibiotics to stimulate animal growth. The EU ban prompted anger from the Brazilian government on Thursday, which threatened to adopt countermeasures. “There wasn’t a…
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A Russian drone attack on Friday afternoon struck the central Kyiv headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine, the state’s top counterintelligence agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attack “directly” targeted the office of Oleksandr Poklad, the acting head of the SBU, Zelenskyy wrote on his Telegram channel. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko separately said that nine people had been injured in a fire following a drone strike “on a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district,” where the SBU headquarters are located. Zelenskyy said on Telegram that he spoke with Poklad after the attack, while Ukrainian Pravda reported that he was…
French minister for European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad, told Euronews he’s “quite confident” the French electorate will reject extremism, and won’t elect a far-right candidate to replace President Emmanuel Macron in next year’s election. His comments come days after an Elabe poll for BFMTV/La Tribune Dimanche showed Le Pen dwarfing all other candidates; predicting her to win between 34% and 35.5% of first-round votes. Le Pen, the president of the far-right National Rally party, was cleared to stand in July despite an appeals court upholding an embezzlement conviction against her. “We still have a long way to go before the election,…
By Greta Ruffino & Euronews Published on 04/09/2026 – 21:47 GMT+2 Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is celebrating in Bari four years in government, marking the longest-serving government in the history of the Italian Republic. On 4 September, her government reached 1,413 days in office, becoming the longest-serving single administration in the history of the Italian Republic and surpassing the 1,412-day record set by Silvio Berlusconi’s second government. Speaking to supporters, Meloni presented the longevity record as evidence of the stability and cohesion of her right-wing coalition. “It is no coincidence that the three longest-serving governments in the history of the Italian Republic are…