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By Alessio Dell’Anna & Léa Becquet with AP Published on 06/01/2026 – 20:26 GMT+1 As Ukraine is about to enter a fifth year of full-scale invasion, Kyiv is in the process of reviewing the latest iteration of the US-brokered peace plan first floated last November. Ukraine and the US have reached a broad agreement on security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week, but reports suggest disagreements persist over territorial concessions to Russia, the plan’s most contentious issue. Although European leaders have been largely absent in drafting the document, public opinion across the continent, compiled by YouGov, shows where Europeans stand on the 20-point proposal…
Published on 06/01/2026 – 20:26 GMT+1 Freezing temperatures plunged swathes of Europe into a second day of travel chaos on Tuesday, with six people dying in weather-related accidents during the continent’s bitterest cold snap so far this winter. Since the mercury dropped on Monday, five people have died in France and one woman in Bosnia as heavy snow and rain sparked floods and power outages across the Balkans. With the chill making roads perilous, three people died in accidents linked to black ice in southwestern France on Monday morning, authorities said, while a taxi driver died in hospital on Monday…
Published on 06/01/2026 – 19:11 GMT+1 A curfew was imposed on a key border city in Nepal after protests between Hindu and Muslim groups following the vandalism of a mosque at the weekend, officials said on Tuesday. The curfew orders issued by the Parsa District Administration said that no one will be allowed in the streets of the southern city of Birgunj and all gatherings and demonstrations are banned. The notice also warned that violators could be shot by security forces. Armed soldiers and police officers were Birgunj, located 130 kilometres south of the capital Kathmandu, which is the key…
Morgan Stanley plans to launch ETFs tied to the price of Bitcoin and Solana, the first and sixth-largest crypto assets by market capitalisation respectively, according to a Form S-1 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is the first time one of the ten largest US banks by total assets has formally moved to offer crypto ETFs. An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a basket of assets that trades on a stock exchange like a share, giving investors easy exposure to an index, sector or commodity without owning it directly. Many investors favour gaining crypto exposure via ETFs…
“We have worked together with the Americans on counter-narcotics for many years, but in a different way,” Brekelmans said. “When we see drug smuggling, we try to arrest and prosecute those responsible. Not by shooting ships.” The move was first reported by the Dutch daily Trouw. The decision marks a break with past practice. For years, the Netherlands, which controls six islands in the Caribbean, cooperated closely with the United States and other partners in the region, including through the Joint Interagency Task Force South. Dutch defense forces and the coast guard worked with U.S. counterparts on surveillance, interdiction, arrests…
German federal prosecutors on Tuesday launched an investigation on terrorism charges into an arson attack on high-voltage cables that caused a power blackout impacting 45,000 Berlin households. The service said it was probing the January 3 attack — claimed online by a far-left extremist group — on charges including “membership in a terrorist organisation, sabotage, arson and disruption of public services”. The attack on Saturday morning severed several high-voltage cables crossing the Teltow Canal in the Lichterfelde district, leaving around 25,500 households still without power on Tuesday. Berlin’s governing mayor Kai Wegner said repairs to the 300 metres of damaged…
PARIS — Europe and the U.S. stand ready to commit to “legally binding” security guarantees to support Ukraine in the event of a peace settlement with Russia, according to a draft statement seen by POLITICO. The plan, which needs to be approved by Washington and leaders who gathered in Paris on Tuesday, sets out security guarantees that would include participation in U.S.-led ceasefire monitoring, long-term support for the Ukrainian army, the deployment of a multinational force in Ukraine in case of a peace settlement, and commitments to support Ukraine should there be a future Russian attack. If agreed, this statement…
By Prof Dr Sven Biscop, acting director-general, Egmont Institute Published on 06/01/2026 – 17:48 GMT+1 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. US President Franklin D Roosevelt was sincere in his altruism. Of course, the US is at the centre of the international order of which, in 1944-45, he laid the foundation, not least in the economic sphere. But most other states saw their interests served as well, and so they accepted that the US, as the strongest of the great powers and ultimate guarantor…
The pair are expected to discuss Ukraine alongside other topics at their latest meeting, according to three British officials and one U.S. official familiar with their plans, not authorized to speak on the record. Lammy, Britain’s former foreign secretary, has developed a friendship with the American vice-president. It saw Vance and his family stay with Lammy during a holiday to the U.K. last summer. The two men have bonded over their difficult upbringings as well as their faith, with Lammy attending Mass in Washington at the vice-president’s invitation in March 2025. Lammy was moved from the post of U.K. foreign…