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Andy Burnham will become the next leader of Britain’s governing party Friday, before replacing Keir Starmer as British prime minister early next week. At a special conference in London, the Makerfield MP — who returned to parliament last month after nine years as Greater Manchester mayor — will be elected unopposed as Labour’s next leader. No other Labour MP received the required nominations after an overwhelming majority of the parliamentary party endorsed Burnham’s candidacy, which comes after months of turmoil for the historically-unpopular Starmer. After failing to win the Labour leadership twice, Burnham will now enter Downing Street on Monday. Burnham has spoken about rewiring the state and bringing hope back into politics — and now has a sizable…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 10:08 GMT+2 Andy Burnham is set to be announced as the Labour Party’s new leader on Friday. The Makerfield MP is scheduled to be unveiled at a special press conference before taking over as the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday. Burnham was left with a clear path to Downing Street after his last potential leadership rival ruled out challenging last week. He received 379 nominations from Labour MPs for the party leadership out of a possible 403. Burnham is expected to deliver a speech on Friday where he will reportedly pledge to…
We’re past the halfway mark of 2026, and the Euronews Culture team are taking a look back at the music highlights that have captured our ears (and hearts) this year. There’s been so much to enjoy, from soulful delights to politically conscious Irish hip-hop via the triumphant return of rock veterans still giving it socks into their 80s. The output this year has been so strong that whittling our list down to 20 entries hasn’t been easy. Still, without further ado, here is our countdown to the best album of the year so far. 20) Death Cab For Cutie –…
At the outset of the Iran war and resulting spike in energy costs, a gang of 10 countries led by Poland and Italy used the sensitive moment to demand major changes to the ETS. Initially, they were seen as a fringe band of nations who hadn’t taken decarbonization seriously enough, but their demands have begun to rope in more influential voices. Just days ago, a similar group of 10 doubled down and issued a new letter to von der Leyen and pressured the Commission to weaken the ETS, in a clear sign they’re willing to be a blocking minority in…
First, a scoop: My colleague Vincenzo Genovese reports that US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner called for a radical overhaul of financial support for Gaza while addressing a closed-door meeting of the Palestine Donor Group in Brussels, in which European and Arab delegates pledged a nearly €900-million recovery package. Speaking via video last week, Kushner dismissed the Gaza aid initiatives carried out so far as “designed step by step by NGOs and terrorists”, and called for a fundamental shift in approach to “turn the tide”, according to people familiar with the content of the private talks consulted by Euronews.…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 8:31 GMT+2•Updated 8:34 Japan’s parliament on Friday approved a bill to revise the country’s Imperial House Law, which sets out the line of succession to the Japanese imperial throne. The changes will allow the imperial family to adopt male distant relatives over the age of 15 and for their future sons to become eligible to take the throne. It also enables princesses to keep their royal status after marrying outside of the family. A ban on female emperors remains in place, however, despite the popularity of Emperor Naruhito’s 24-year-old daughter, Princess Aiko, and concerns over the…
By Una Hajdari with AP Published on 17/07/2026 – 8:23 GMT+2 SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket came within a second of blasting off on a test flight Thursday, but some of the engines failed to ignite, triggering a launch abort amid billowing clouds of smoke and vapour. Elon Musk, the company’s founder and CEO, said two engines will be replaced “to be confident of a good flight” before sending Starship from Texas on a space-skimming journey halfway around the world. It will be the 13th flight for Starship, which at 124 metres tall with 33 main engines is the world’s biggest and most powerful…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 8:16 GMT+2 What were you up to when you were nine years old? The odds are you weren’t curating your very own museum exhibition, unlike Anderson Taylor, who has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the youngest male museum curator in the world. At just nine years and 340 days old, this dinosaur-loving schoolboy from Cambridge, Illinois, US, opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum on 10 August 2024, being its sole owner and curator. The museum features fossils, minerals, artifacts, natural specimens and educational displays. “When I went to Scotland, I went to the…
Grace Pritchard will be the No.10 director of news, as well as the prime minister’s spokesperson. She became a spokesperson for Burnham during his by-election campaign while on loan from Ed Miliband’s team of special advisers. She was given a permanent job in Team Burnham after impressing during the successful bid to get him back into parliament. John Stevens is staying on as press secretary. The former political journalist — who worked at the Mirror and Daily Mail — knows both officials, and the Lobby of Westminster reporters well. Tom Wells, a civil servant, is expected to stay on as…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:09 On today’s show: Euronews’ Aadel Haleem brings us the latest from the Middle East after six consecutive days of US strikes and Iranian retaliation, as both sides abandon their June ceasefire understanding and regional tensions continue to rise. Toby Gregory reports from the Horn of Africa, where EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas visited Ethiopia and Djibouti to strengthen the bloc’s security partnerships and support EU naval operations in the Red Sea. Angela Skujins previews the European Commission’s annual Rule of Law Report, assessing democracy, judicial independence and media freedom across the European…