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Taiwan may feel distant to most Europeans, but a Chinese takeover of the island would send shockwaves from Washington to Tokyo, Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister François Chih-chung Wu told Euronews Next. “If China attacks Taiwan, France, Europe, the United States, and Japan will all be affected. Taiwan will be in a terrible situation — but so will you,” he warned. The deputy minister pushed back on China’s claim over Taiwan as part of its territory since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. Beijing has never ruled out using force to bring the self-governing island under its control…
Bei Friedrich Merz treffen heute die Koalitionsspitzen auf die Chefs der Wirtschaftsverbände und Gewerkschaften, um über die Reformbaustellen bei Rente, Gesundheit und Steuern zu verhandeln. Rasmus Buchsteiner liefert Eindrücke vom Wannsee vorab. Inklusive des Frotzelns zwischen Markus Söder und Lars Klingbeil um die Frage, wer die wahre Arbeiterpartei ist, und er dämpft zugleich die Erwartungen an eine gemeinsame Kommunikationsstrategie. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert der SPD-Bundestagsabgeordnete Jan Dieren vom linken Flügel der Fraktion, den inhaltlichen Mut nicht dem bloßen Einigungszwang zu opfern. Bei den Grünen steht die größte Urabstimmung der Parteigeschichte an. Es geht um eine tiefgreifende Satzungsreform zur Professionalisierung. Jan Alexander…
LONDON — Rupert Lowe denies there’s anything personal about his drive to make Restore Britain a nationwide force — and squeeze his rival Nigel Farage from the right. But there are plenty of reasons to suspect deep rancor between the pair plays a part. “I don’t work with people who try and send me to prison for nothing. Would you?” Lowe said in a blustery phone call with POLITICO this week — as he ruled out the chance of a pact to unite the fragmented British right. All eyes are on next week’s Makerfield by-election in which Farage’s Reform hopes to…
Published on 10/06/2026 – 5:08 GMT+2 Kuwait’s military said Wednesday its air defences were engaging “hostile aerial targets”, as the United States and Iran traded attacks after the downing of an American helicopter. “The General Staff of the Army announces that Kuwaiti air defence systems are currently engaging hostile aerial targets in accordance with established operational procedures,” the Kuwaiti army posted on X, without specifying their origin. Iran had said it targeted the nation to retaliate over American airstrikes earlier Wednesday morning, also claiming attacks targeting Bahrain and Jordan. Tehran had vowed to respond after the US launched airstrikes on…
The incoming EU deal will “give impetus” to those plans, Cyprus’ Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides told reporters in the run-up to a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers last week, saying that he expects more countries, including his own, to start discussing the topic. “Now that we’ve got the legal basis, we believe that we’ll get some flesh on the bones in the coming months,” he added. Ioannides said the “general idea” is to set up return hubs “maybe in Africa or Asia” but “not close to European borders.” Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria and Greece have had regular discussions…
By Euronews Published on 09/06/2026 – 22:25 GMT+2 Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will pilot Artemis III**,** NASA confirmed on Tuesday, one of the key missions to prepare a human crew to return to the moon for the first time since 1972. Parmitano’s inclusion underlines the central role played by Europe in the new phase of space exploration. The mission, currently scheduled for the second half of 2027, will not head directly to the Moon. It will instead be an experimental flight in low-Earth orbit, designed to test key procedures and technologies, in particular those related to docking between NASA’s Orion capsule…
LONDON — The United Kingdom will have to slash public sector spending to finance defense, causing “pain and great difficulty” for the ruling Labour Party, a former NATO chief and senior party official warned on Tuesday. George Robertson — a former U.K. defence secretary who co-wrote last year’s Britain’s Strategic Defence Review and is now in the House of Lords — warned Labour MPs that Britain’s military spending promises and its NATO commitments must “come from domestic budgets.” Speaking at the Defence Strategic Communications Conference in London, Robertson said there is “no other way” defense can be funded as there…
Cars loaded with mattresses, luggage, household items and pets clogged the coastal highway, with many families heading towards Saida and other areas further north. The evacuation reflects mounting concern over the security situation in one of Lebanon’s largest southern cities, where recent strikes have already caused deaths, injuries and significant damage. The movement of civilians comes as regional tensions continue to rise after renewed exchanges of fire involving Israel, Hezbollah and Iran. Religious leaders in Tyre’s historic Christian quarter called for urgent international action after Israeli warnings expanded to areas previously spared from bombardment. According to Lebanese authorities, the latest…
The two Gulf leaders were asked to join talks next Tuesday to secure and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic. Renewed strikes between Israel and Iran, as well as U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to respond to Tehran’s shooting down of an American helicopter, have fueled fears of renewed hostilities. However, Trump said earlier Tuesday that a deal to end the war was within reach. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is also joining the talks as a partner nation of this year’s G7. G7 leaders, including Trump, are to meet at the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains for a summit…
The US’s ongoing withdrawal of key military assets from Europe will cost €500 billion to replace, European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius said on Tuesday, warning that the bloc must work together and start producing the “big items” it needs to defend itself – or suffer the consequences. “We have big defence industrial challenges at the moment for the European Union,” he said at a public event in Brussels. “German experts just recently calculated that it will cost around €500 billion for Europeans to build those strategic enablers and to replace American strategic enablers now located on the European continent.”…