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Ukraine’s prime minister is warning of a $20 billion defense funding gap as Russia intensifies its attacks and Kyiv struggles to protect its skies and keep the country running. Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton look at just how much pressure Ukraine is under — from its military finances to farmers struggling to get their grain out. They also unpack the Commission and EU governments’ two-day brainstorming session on how a huge chunk of the next EU budget should work — and who may end up controling it. Plus, the Commission’s attempt to build a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Teams is…
With tariffs, export controls and politics turning trade into a geopolitical lever, the EU seems to be shopping for partners it can count on. Canada, a like-minded economy already tied to the bloc by a free-trade agreement, is pitching itself as one. Ahead of the EU-Canada summit at the end of October, the two sides are discussing a partnership beyond the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Prime Minister Mark Carney proposed exploring an integrated market for financial services, alongside cooperation on payments, strategic minerals, energy, AI, and defence production. Nothing has been agreed on financial passports, mutual recognition of…
By Chaima Chihi & يورونيوز Published on 01/10/2026 – 7:06 GMT+2 When body weight falls, some of the fat stored by the body disappears – but where does that mass actually go? Two researchers from the University of Birmingham explain in an article published in The Conversation that fat loss is linked to a process that begins when the body needs more energy than it gets from food, so it turns to its fat reserves to meet that need. The fat we eat reaches the digestive system, where it is broken down into fatty acids. The body uses part of these fatty acids…
The cost of filling a 50-litre diesel tank now takes 15.4% of Bulgaria’s gross monthly minimum wage, up from 9.9% before the Iran war began, highlighting the growing pressure on workers in Europe’s lowest-paid countries. Fuel prices have risen significantly since the Israeli-US joint attack on Iran resulted in effectively blocking the Strait of Hormuz, an essential route for one-fifth of global oil to pass through. In the EU, average consumer diesel prices rose by 40% between 23 February, before tensions in the Middle East escalated, and 21 September, according to the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin. Rising fuel prices affect…
We’ve seen this film before: “When we talk about procurement in Europe, there are always countries with big economies that think — and maybe that’s true — that they are … going to get a better price if they are going on their own,” Padilla Bernáldez said. “Maybe France and Germany think they are going to calm the United States by going on their own. It doesn’t work like that.” Muddy deals: Yannis Natsis, head of the European Social Insurance Platform, representing payers, agreed that “going it alone is no solution.” “It remains unclear what French patients and taxpayers will…
French security forces detained more than 600 people while dozens of police and gendarmes were wounded as protests that have seen blockades of high schools and violent clashes escalated, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The movement in the lycées, attended by students aged 15 to 18 for their final three years of secondary education in France, has angered the government. Since last week, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year’s heatwaves. The protests started in the Île-de-France region around Paris but have…
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was taken to hospital on Thursday after authorities “failed” to carry out her execution, her lawyers said, with witnesses reporting the convicted murderer was breathing despite two injections intended to kill her. Just hours earlier the US Supreme Court cleared the way for Pike to be the first woman to die by lethal injection in the southern US state of Tennessee in 200 years. Tennessee corrections officials did not publicly confirm the outcome of the execution, which included two injections of pentobarbital. “Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a…
Published on 01/10/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 European air passengers travelling within the EU could soon be entitled to more hand luggage without paying extra, under a major overhaul of passenger rights. The European Parliament and EU member states reached a provisional agreement in June on new air passenger rules – the first major revision of the legislation since 2004. Under the new rules, passengers buying a standard ticket would be entitled to two pieces of hand luggage free of charge. This would include one small personal item, such as a handbag or backpack, which must fit under the seat in…
Ein vermeintliches Sondierungsgespräch wird zum Vorgespräch: Wenn sich SPD und Grüne in Berlin heute mit der Linken treffen, geht es nicht ums künftige gemeinsame Regieren, sondern um rote Linien. Antisemitismus-Vorwürfe und mögliche Clan-Nähe belasten das Verhältnis schwer. Ob unter diesen Vorzeichen überhaupt ein Bündnis möglich ist oder die Parteien in Richtung einer Kenia-Koalition abbiegen, entscheidet sich jetzt. Rixa Fürsen ordnet ein, wie es dabei auch für SPD und Grüne um viel geht. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fällt Volker Beck, ehemaliger Abgeordneter der Grünen und heute Präsident der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft, ein hartes Urteil über die Linkspartei. Er warnt vor Verstrickungen mit Extremisten und…
Published on 01/10/2026 – 6:31 GMT+2 Japan toughened requirements for foreigners wanting to obtain permanent residency on Thursday, as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to tighten immigration controls. Under new rules that will come into effect in stages, foreign residents wishing to stay in Japan permanently will have to prove their annual income is above average and they can carry casual conversations in Japanese. Application fees will also rise 20-fold from Thursday. At one immigration office in central Tokyo, hundreds of people queued, hoping to wrap up procedures before the price spike. “I understand that over-accepting foreigners might…