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However, the European and British envoys used their speaking time to push back strongly against the minister’s account, voicing outrage over what Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called the “brutal repression” of protests. “The ambassadors forcefully expressed their concerns” during the Monday meeting, a spokesperson for France’s foreign ministry said in a statement. The closed-door meeting in Tehran was part of a piecemeal but escalating European response to the crackdown on protests, in which at least 2,571 people have been killed, according to the U.S.-based HRANA rights group. Speaking to journalists in India, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Islamic…
City services lifted a partial ban on salt spreading until noon to limit falls. The forecast had warned of a rough stretch and hospitals felt it quickly. From midnight to midday, Vienna Rescue treated 65 people after slips on ice, with injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones. The cold also reached the Danube. Ice was broken in Vienna harbour to protect wintering cruise ships and keep routes open. The icebreaker MS Eisvogel, rarely used in recent mild winters, returned to service. With temperatures near minus six degrees, ice can reach ten centimetres in a day, putting the ageing vessel…
“We are not in a position to move the agreement to a vote today,” lead trade lawmaker Karin Karlsbro, of the liberal Renew Europe, told POLITICO, adding that clarity from the U.S. on Greenland was essential. Discussions will continue next Wednesday, the chair of the international trade committee, Bernd Lange, told POLITICO as he left the room. Political groups are divided over what to do in response to Trump’s threats to annex European territory. The Socialists and Democrats, of which Lange is a member, are leaning toward freezing the vote on the trade agreement. “One camp is more like, OK,…
By Euronews Published on 14/01/2026 – 11:42 GMT+1 Iranian judicial authorities have informed a prisoner’s family that his death sentence will be carried out Wednesday, less than a week after his arrest, according to human rights organisation Hengau. Erfan Soltani, 26, was detained at his home in Fardis on 8 January. Four days later, authorities notified his family a death sentence had been issued and confirmed. Soltani is currently held in Qazl-Hisar prison in Karaj, according to unconfirmed reports. Judicial authorities ordered his family to visit the prison Tuesday to meet him. The timing has raised concerns this would be a…
Published on 14/01/2026 – 11:01 GMT+1 Ever since the series finale of Stranger Things dropped on Netflix, fans have been divided between accepting a satisfactory finale or grabbing their pitchforks and crying foul. Some thought that a secret episode – dubbed ‘Conformity Gate’ – existed and would drop on 7 January. That turned out to be wishful thinking, spawned out of frustration that the controversial finale felt unrewarding, riddled with plot holes and let the show down. Now, even more backlash is being levelled against the show, as eagle-eyed viewers have noticed some suspicious open browsers in the Season 5…
The threats from climate change, such as more intense heat waves and rising sea levels, increase with every tenth of a degree of warming. Scientists also warn that passing 1.5C risks triggering so-called tipping points, from rainforest diebacks to ocean circulation collapse, that bring about irreversible and extreme climatic changes. In theory, the world could return to 1.5C after crossing it by using technology to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a scenario known as “overshoot.” This technology, however, is not yet available at the scale required. “With the 1.5C in the terms of the Paris Agreement…
By Euronews Parsi Published on 14/01/2026 – 10:53 GMT+1 The death toll in Iran’s protests could reach thousands as the regime deliberately cuts communications to hide the scale of killings, MEP Hannah Neumann told Euronews, while expressing concern over contradictory messages from US President Donald Trump. Neumann, a German European lawmaker from the Greens group who leads the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with Iran, told Euronews in an interview that images emerging from Iran with delays of one or two days show body bags stacked together and people queuing at cemeteries to identify family members. “I fear we will be…
Planting new trees now could be the key to offsetting heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere – and reducing flood risks from climate-fuelled extreme weather. It’s made the creation of woodland a key focus for many governments around the world, including the UK. Ahead of the COP30 summit last year, the country launched a £1 billion (around €1.5 billion) investment in tree planting. The EU has also committed to substantially increasing tree coverage, pledging to plant an additional three billion trees by 2030 as part of its Biodiversity and Forest Strategies. But, how much progress has actually been made, and why…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Another day and another U-turn — what does the climbdown on digital ID say about the credibility and authority of the prime minister? Sam and Anne also get you up to speed on another government idea that you’ll have heard a lot about before — rail investment in the north of England. Can links between big cities ever be improved, and why is the chancellor trying to whip up excitement like it’s not been mentioned before?
Europe is shifting into defence mode. From warnings of a possible clash with Russia to calls for hundreds of thousands of troops, EU leaders say the threat is real and growing. Brussels has introduced its most ambitious military plan to date, called Readiness 2030. The plan includes substantial new funding and aims to improve the speed at which troops can be moved across Europe. But is the EU actually ready for war? Can Europe defend its borders if tensions escalate? Will cutting red tape and upgrading infrastructure be enough to move armies in time? And as Brussels pours billions into…