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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa and with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung celebrated the signing of new a digital trade agreement at a ceremony in Brussels on Wednesday. The event marked the EU and South Korea’s 11th summit, with everything from security and defence to trade on the agenda. “Korea is one of Europe’s closest partners in the Indo-Pacific region and on the global stage,” von der Leyen said. “In today’s uncertain world, stable and trusted partnerships like ours are more precious than ever.” The trio released a joint statement extolling the value…
Updated: 10/06/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this June 10th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Sous les feux croisés des oppositions, des magistrats et des Français en colère, le ministre de la Justice joue un numéro d’équilibriste pour ne pas céder aux appels à la démission. Peut-il tenir ? Quelles pourraient être les conséquences pour son avenir politique ? Anthony Lattier en discute avec Elisa Bertholomey et Sarah Paillou dans Playbook Paris, le podcast de POLITICO.
President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he feared for trust in France’s institutions after a botched investigation into the main suspect in an 11-year-old girl’s likely murder triggered public outrage. The body of the girl, named as Lyhanna, was found last week after she went missing on 29 May in the southwestern town of Fleurance. The suspect, a 41-year-old father of a school friend of the victim, had twice before been formally accused of raping a child, but investigations had been dropped or had stalled. “It is trust in our institutions that is at stake,” Macron told a cabinet meeting,…
Riot police used tear gas and heavy deployments to disperse crowds, while some demonstrators threw objects and set small fires in the streets. Residents fear the centre could expose local communities to Ebola, even though Kenya has recorded no confirmed cases. The unrest has become a significant political and public health controversy in the East African nation. The dispute has continued despite a Kenyan High Court order suspending construction and banning the arrival of foreign patients pending a legal challenge filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog group. Protesters argue the agreement lacked transparency and public…
Release the files! This has been going on long enough, and it’s high time that the powerful were held accountable for their lies. The conspiracy must be exposed, and the truth needs to be given to the people. The Trump administration may have declassified more than 160 military archive files related to UFOs (or UAPs – “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon”) three weeks ago, but releasing some grainy surveillance videos as a means of distraction is not what the public demand. Much as you try to bury it, the truth is out there, and Fox Mulder’s quest remains prescient to this day.…
History repeats? This focus on defending Protestant turf from outsiders dates to Act I, Scene I of the Northern Ireland conflict. Those “Troubles” ignited in Belfast in August 1969 with loyalist attacks on Irish nationalist households, driving out thousands of Catholics to create exclusively Protestant areas — a sectarian map still starkly in evidence today. Near spots where Catholics were burned from their homes two generations ago, 40-foot-high walls dubbed “peace lines” demarcate working-class districts into, on one side of the fortifications, Catholic neighborhoods marked with the green, white and orange of the Irish tricolor and, on the other side,…
However, the initiative is likely to run into obstacles, including capitals being cautious about giving Brussels a say over procurement, U.S. resistance to losing key arms sales in Europe, and the need to develop and build equipment at speed to deter Russia. The European Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank, last week said the Commission must launch a short-term procurement drive focused on delivering these capabilities immediately where possible, paired with a medium-term industrial strategy to develop more complex technologies. “If development does not start now, Europe will still be dependent on American systems in the mid-2030s,” it stated…
Published on 10/06/2026 – 15:14 GMT+2 Kyiv used Ukrainian-made Flamingo missiles to strike a Russian military facility which supplies Moscow forces with components for drones and missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Wednesday. “We continue to apply Ukrainian long-range sanctions against Russian military facilities and the oil industry,” Zelenskyy said on X as he shared the video purporting to show a missile flying toward its target and plumes of smoke rising over Russian facilities. “In particular, last night Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingos struck a military plant in Cheboksary that supplies the occupier’s army with components for drones and missiles.” Cheboksary is…
By Alexis Caraco with AP Published on 10/06/2026 – 14:12 GMT+2 More than 1,200 emergency personnel, supported by international teams from Japan and Australia, were deployed across the disaster zone as search crews continued inspecting damaged buildings for possible survivors. Although only four people remained officially listed as missing, authorities said heavily damaged structures still required thorough examination. General Santos, a city of more than 700,000 people, was among the worst affected areas. Collapsing buildings and falling debris caused at least 13 deaths, while thousands of homes, schools, hospitals and public facilities suffered damage. Initial assessments indicated that more than 3,100 houses had…