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Among the areas being considered for closer cooperation are semiconductors, quantum technologies, biotechnology, artificial intelligence and space. In the waiting room Von der Leyen touches down in Albania for talks on Wednesday as part of her tour of the Western Balkans. She’ll also visit Kosovo and North Macedonia, which will miss out on an expedited pathway to join the EU under the new plan, and will use her visit to demand economic benefits of closer alignment. “Gradual integration should be tangible for our citizens and businesses,” Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, told POLITICO. “We want greater access to the EU…
Published on 30/09/2026 – 11:18 GMT+2 Russian strikes killed at least four people in and around Ukraine’s capital on Wednesday, authorities said, in a barrage of attacks which hit the city’s energy infrastructure and cut power. Heavy explosions rang out across Kyiv throughout a night of almost continuous air alerts warning people to take cover in bomb shelters from ballistic and cruise missiles backed up by drones. Kyiv, home to some 3 million people, has faced several nights of sustained aerial barrages, as well as increasing daytime strikes in an escalation of the more than four-and-a-half-year-long war. In Moscow, Russia’s…
Flooding and damage have been reported in parts of Mexico after Hurricane Polo made landfall as a Category 3 storm. Aerial footage shows streets submerged under water, while ground images show residents clearing fallen branches and debris from their properties. Several buildings were also damaged, including roofs that collapsed under the impact of the storm. Polo is the latest major storm to hit Mexico during an active hurricane season, with the storm bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds to affected areas.
The most powerful people in tech walked out of a White House summit with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday having promised to keep their own creations in check. Trump said the executives, among them Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, had signed a “morally binding” commitment to build safeguards into artificial intelligence (AI). The pact carries no legal force and sets out no clear penalties for breaking it. “They’re going to police themselves,” Trump told reporters after the meeting. The lunch brought together 31 guests, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,…
Presented by EFPIA By CLAUDIA CHIAPPA with DOMINIC GIANNINI Want to receive this newsletter straight to your inbox? Sign up here to receive the reporting and intel from the Gastein Health Forum. — Don’t shy away from regulating food, alcohol and tobacco to tackle Europe’s biggest threat to society — chronic diseases — says the head of Austria’s food and drugs agency. — An expert panel in Germany hands down a proposal to reward pharmaceutical companies that invest in Germany through clinical trials or manufacturing. — One MEP remains unconvinced on a critical patent proposal on the table for the…
Defence in focus in downtown Brussels: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Bulgarian Prime Minister Ruman Radev and European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius are among the headline guests at Euronews’ Defence and Space Summit, taking place today at Brussels’ Albert Hall. Europe on alert: The summit comes as Ukraine heads into its fifth wartime winter and European officials warn of escalating Russian hybrid warfare, including sabotage, arson, and frequent drone incursions. Just yesterday, Estonia accused Russia of carrying out an arson attack in August against a major drone manufacturer, prompting the NATO alliance to vow not to let the…
Published on 30/09/2026 – 10:16 GMT+2 A commercial plane traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the plane’s two pilots and everyone on board was safe. The plane landed in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in the kingdom. The FlyDubai plane transmitted an emergency alert shortly after take-off, according to publicly available flight tracking information. A regional official briefed on…
Some of Deutsche Börse’s trading venues would remain under regional supervision following Germany’s lobbying efforts in Brussels to retain those supervisory powers, two people familiar with the negotiations told Euronews. The Irish government, currently chairing the discussions among the member states, has inserted the carve-out within the latest compromise text, the sources said. The move could weaken the proposed reform or delay an agreement in Brussels on capital markets integration, a flagship legislative package that the bloc has placed at the centre of its mandate to enhance Europe’s global economic competitiveness. Overcoming fragmentation is one of the goals of the…
If you are a science nerd and a Marvel fan, you might have noticed that gene therapy, a promising medical approach to treat diseases by targeting their genetic causes, made an appearance in the latest iteration of the arachnid superhero franchise, Spider-Man: Brand New Day. In this film, Peter Parker or Spider-Man feels weird. His DNA mutates, and his spider side starts taking over, providing him with new and sometimes difficult-to-control powers. To manage them, Parker resorts to RNA interference, a real-world gene therapy technique that silences specific gene activity. But how does gene therapy work? And what are its…
A lot has been said about the prime minister’s first speech as leader at the Labour Party conference. But what didn’t Andy Burnham say? Have the public understood the new PM’s big policy offer? And why was there nothing substantial on welfare reform? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the headline polling on the Burnham speech – whether the public back his triple lock “adjustment” to fix social care and whether the numbers add up. The duo also focus on why the prime minister has turned to Reddit to get his message across – in a bid to beat the…