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Russia’s hybrid attacks across Europe — cyberattacks, sabotage, drone incursions — have been ramping up in recent months. But European governments are quietly preparing for something much worse. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss how EU ambassadors have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss what to do if a potential Russian hybrid attack were to result in mass casualties. Next, Britain’s minister in charge of relations with Europe, Hamish Falconer, is making his first official visit to the European Parliament. Zoya was able to catch him on the phone to ask him more about EU-U.K. relations…

Published on 07/10/2026 – 6:05 GMT+2 Spain’s government approved urgent measures to tackle the housing crisis on Tuesday after violence erupted in Barcelona and tens of thousands took to the streets demanding a quick resolution. The angry protests followed nationwide demonstrations over the weekend. All were triggered by the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal from her Madrid home last month. The approved steps were similar to those Parliament rejected last week. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s coalition government lacked a majority and suffered a bruising legislative defeat when right-wing opposition parties voted down emergency decrees to address the housing…

“We’re very uncomfortable about [the] emergency security protocol,” the diplomat said. “We already have mechanisms in place. If there is a crisis, we have the Integrated Political Response (IPCR) that worked very well during the pandemic and other crises.” Putin doesn’t care Established under the scope of the Lisbon Treaty, the IPCR allows the holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, at the request of an affected country, to call emergency meetings involving experts from NATO, the U.N., or other international bodies. In the event of a major hybrid attack, the onus remains on the affected country to decide on the…

Published on 06/10/2026 – 16:07 GMT+2•Updated 22:30 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said she would take “all appropriate steps” against an MEP who sparked protests and criticism from fellow lawmakers in Strasbourg on Monday after throwing an Israeli flag to the floor. Although Metsola did not name the MEP, the lawmaker was identified as Rima Hassan. Her office confirmed that she had removed an Israeli flag during an exhibition commemorating the victims of the 7 October 2023 terrorist attack in Israel. According to parliamentary sources, she confronted Israeli artist Yaron Bob, who created the exhibition, accusing him of presenting a…

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Published on 06/10/2026 – 16:17 GMT+2 Representatives from the European Commission and member states plan to discuss the suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Siberia, Russia, as national authorities scramble to get a clear picture of the situation. A meeting of the Health Security Committee, which evaluates serious cross-border health threats, will take place on Wednesday morning in Brussels. The meeting was already scheduled, but the item has been added to the running order. “I can confirm the incident in Russia will be on the agenda of the Health Security Committee,” a Commission spokesperson told Euronews. The case revolves around…

The Commission put forth on Tuesday a comprehensive proposal that includes institutional “safeguards” that could strip new member states of voting rights up to 15 years after they joined the EU. The proposed measure is meant to avoid that regime change in a new EU country disrupts the EU decision-making process, and is accompanied by new suggestions on how to bring candidate countries closer to the Union. “I was criticised heavily when I first mentioned that I don’t want to see new Trojan horses in the European Union. This was still before the elections in Hungary. Today I can say…

Lithuania has taken a step towards removing a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons from its territory, bringing the Baltic state closer to the legal position of its neighbours as European allies debate how to strengthen NATO’s deterrence in the face of Russia. The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, voted 106-18, with six abstentions, on Tuesday to advance a constitutional amendment removing a provision that bars weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases from Lithuanian territory. The change still requires a second vote after a constitutionally mandated three-month waiting period. At least 94 of the Seimas’ 141 members must back it…

The task force will undertake work spanning financial services, energy infrastructure, transportation, agriculture and emergency services, per the charter, and will work with the Pentagon, the Justice Department, the Homeland Security Department and the Federal Trade Commission to outline its recommendations. The document also calls out two risk areas that have come under increased scrutiny in recent months: biosecurity and threats to the water supply. OpenAI recently threw its weight behind a slate of bills aimed at preventing AI models from exacerbating the threat of biological weapons, and rival lab Anthropic disclosed several incidents in which scientists in foreign countries…

In recent days, Ragozin said Russia is compelled to respond to assumed Western provocation with “brute force” on a podcast hosted by Aaron Maté of the Grayzone, a U.S.-based news outlet that is skeptical of Western support for Ukraine. “They always consider themselves as the underdogs and as the side that is being under constant pressure from the West, encroaching on its sphere of influence, on its strategic interests. It compels them to respond to hybrid actions, to clandestine actions, to sort of invisible actions that change the landscape in the former Soviet Union,” added Ragozin, in remarks that stirred…