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“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…
Boats carried participants to the centre of the river before they jumped into the water and swam back to shore. The water temperature was around 2°C, with air temperatures falling to minus 5°C. Swimmers stayed in the river for about ten minutes as rescue teams watched from nearby boats. Wearing crowns, three of the swimmers symbolised the biblical magi, while others followed in a long line toward the riverbank. Polar swimming has a long history in the Czech Republic and is seen as both a test of endurance and a social ritual. Similar winter swims take place every year in…
The coalition collapse came as two lawmakers and the finance minister left the BSW parliamentary group over policy disagreements. That caused the coalition, which had only a two-vote surplus, to lose its majority in the state parliament. “This breakdown means that the basis for cooperation in a coalition no longer exists,” Woidke told reporters on Tuesday. The workings within government had become “overshadowed by constant disputes within the BSW,” he added. The BSW was founded in 2024 by Sahra Wagenknecht, a longtime icon of hard-left politics in Germany. The party merges elements of hard-left and hard-right politics — an…
Greece marked Epiphany on Tuesday with the traditional blessing of the waters, a ritual observed across the country each year on January 6. In the port city of Piraeus, dozens of young men plunged into the cold sea after an Orthodox priest threw a wooden cross into the harbour. The diver who retrieves it is believed to receive good fortune for the year ahead. The ceremony followed a Divine Liturgy and a short procession to the waterfront. Families and onlookers gathered despite water temperatures of around 10 to 15°C. Similar rites took place in coastal towns, rivers and lakes throughout…
Published on 06/01/2026 – 14:44 GMT+1 •Updated 14:44 One of US President Donald Trump’s senior aides has ramped up Washington’s threat to take over Greenland, stating on Monday that no one would militarily challenge the United States over the future of the autonomous Danish territory. In an interview with CNN, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said it was Washington’s “formal position … that Greenland should be part of the US”. His comments followed the US president’s renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to come under Washington’s control in the aftermath of the weekend military…
The statement was signed by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof tweeted afterward that the Netherlands “fully supports” the statement. The show of support for Denmark comes after Trump doubled down on his claims to the Danish-held territory following a U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller questioned Copenhagen’s claim over the territory, but declined to…