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Published on 05/10/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:22 On today’s show: Méabh Mc Mahon speaks to the EU’s ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, following a trip to Ukraine by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, during which Russian drones and missiles struck the capital, causing severe damage to Kyiv’s Northern Bridge. Aadel Haleem reports from Doha on the latest developments in the Iran war, after Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister said Washington has replied to Tehran’s proposal to end the conflict and that the response is now under internal review. Charles Michel, the former European Council president, joins the show to analyse the Iran…

Anyone hoping to bet on robots taking over factories, warehouses and homes runs into the awkward fact that shares of the start-ups at the centre of the frenzy cannot be bought on a stock exchange. What is available is a carmaker betting its future on robots, industrial groups for which robots are one business among many and a new breed of listed funds charging handsomely for access. Euronews breaks down the options ordinary investors currently have to gain exposure to robotics, and the risks each one carries. Buying Tesla for the robots Tesla is currently one prominent route. As Elon…

Europe has many charms, and its wide variety of wildlife is certainly among them. Across the continent, travellers can spot everything from flamingos and starlings to deer, seals and golden eagles. Many of them can be spotted from the road, meaning they’re accessible to a majority of tourists. Now, car rental company Avis has ranked Europe’s best wildlife driving routes, taking into consideration the reliability of sightings, proximity to airports, how practical and compact each road trip is, and its popularity online, specifically in terms of Google search volume and appearances on Instagram. Southern England’s New Forest topped the list,…

The vice chair of the European Parliament’s right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists group began gathering signatures Friday to force a vote on asking the EU political-parties watchdog to investigate the European Left Alliance (ELA) for breaching EU values, according to an email seen by POLITICO. The process could ultimately lead to the deregistration and loss of EU funding — effectively a ban — for the ELA. It’s home to Spain’s Podemos, Denmark’s Enhedslisten, Italy’s Left and Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda.  The vote would take place in the plenary session on Oct. 19.  Parliament should take action because the office of…

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In recent years, we’ve seen demonstrations at ports across Europe against the cruise industry over environmental and overtourism concerns. But has the cruise industry unjustly become the poster child for the travel industry’s problems, and can it repair its dirtied reputation? In this episode of The Big Question, Gianni Onorato, CEO of MSC Cruises, sat down with Hannah Brown to discuss how the cruise industry is responding to its biggest criticisms to ensure its survival. How big is the cruise industry? Gianni stressed that while their ships may be big, the cruise industry is not, with this segment making up…

The race for some of the EU’s most coveted diplomatic jobs is under way. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack why this year’s routine EEAS rotation is attracting unusually strong interest from senior Commission officials — and what it says about the mood in Brussels. Then, we head to France, where a wave of student protests is spilling into the presidential campaign, sharpening the contrast between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen and adding to what one government adviser called a “maxi merde” moment for French politics. Plus, Brussels’ revamped Schuman roundabout is becoming a new protest hotspot — close…

Published on 05/10/2026 – 6:08 GMT+2 Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian Senator and ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff on the 25th of October 5 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday’s presidential vote. The country’s electoral court in the capital Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son to embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro garnered the majority vote needed for an outright win. The court had Bolsonaro with just…

Friedrich Merz reist überraschend am Wochenende nach Kiew, ausgerechnet während massiver russischer Drohnenangriffe. Am heutigen Montag danach werden die Chefs der deutschen Nachrichtendienste wohl deutlich: Wie nah ist der hybride Schattenkrieg bereits in Deutschland angekommen? POLITICO-Reporter Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, welche Botschaften der Kanzler aus der Ukraine mitbringt und was die öffentliche Anhörung des Geheimdienst-Ausschusses über Sabotageakte verraten wird. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview warnt Thüringens SPD-Innenminister Georg Maier vor einer Zunahme russischer Attacken auf die heimische Infrastruktur. Er skizziert, wie sich Deutschland gegen Spionage und Cyberangriffe wappnen muss und ob Betreiber kritischer Anlagen künftig selbst feindliche Drohnen abschießen dürfen. Zurück…

All four broadly back a shift from pragmatic dealmaking inside the Parliament toward more offensive mobilization, gearing up for , and getting lawmakers out of Parliament and onto the streets. POLITICO spoke to all the candidates. The vote takes place on Tuesday, with a press conference scheduled for 6.15 p.m. to announce the winners. Terry Reintke — the continuity candidate Germany’s Reintke has helped lead the group since 2022 and is widely expected to win one of the two co-chair posts. “I’m quite optimistic, quite confident,” she said in an interview. Reintke says she believes the Greens can exert influence through…