A Russian artist well-known for satirising President Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in eastern Poland, officials said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “An investigation is being conducted…into the murder of a 44-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation…known in the media as Semyon Skrepetsky,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in…

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to adopt the EU-US deal struck last summer by US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The final greenlight needed to implement the agreement comes as Trump threatened on Monday to impose tariffs on…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 13:19 GMT+2•Updated 13:29 US President Donald Trump said Benjamin Netanyahu must be “responsible about Lebanon” and let Syria “handle Hezbollah” in comments to reporters at the G7 summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT His remarks came during a bilateral meeting with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, a…

The plan, unanimously adopted, aims to systematically dismantle drug-related organised crime. To do this, it asks major EU ports to form alliances and coordinate more closely in tackling organised crime. It will also target trafficking finances and introduce blanket bans on certain chemicals used to produce synthetic drugs. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

After years of negotiations between EU member states, the new Pact on Migration and Asylum has finally come online. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The package, adopted in May 2024 and which officially entered into force on 12 June, is designed to strengthen border procedures and reform the bloc’s asylum system. The regulation…

Updated: 16/06/2026 – 9:25 GMT+2 Iran outmanoeuvred US President Donald Trump “like a violin” in negotiations, walking away with far better terms after sensing his desperation for a deal to end the war, former National Security Adviser John Bolton told Euronews. … More

Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities overnight into Monday, killing at least 11 people and setting Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral on fire. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The wave of attacks came as news of a US-Iran deal started to open a path to peace in the Middle…

Published on 15/06/2026 – 16:44 GMT+2•Updated 16:49 Ukraine and Moldova open the first phase of negotiations on joining the European Union in Luxembourg on Monday, ending a two-year political deadlock driven by the former Hungarian government’s opposition to opening talks with Kyiv. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It is a historic milestone for…

Published on 15/06/2026 – 18:19 GMT+2•Updated 18:53 A London court convicted two men on Monday of plotting a series of arson attacks on properties linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, orchestrated by a mysterious Russian-speaking figure who remains unidentified and uncharged. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Roman Lavrynovych, 22, a Ukrainian national,…

Published on 15/06/2026 – 19:27 GMT+2•Updated 19:34 The European Union has been unable to reach unanimous agreement on imposing sanctions against Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir, the bloc’s top diplomat confirmed on Monday, even as a growing number of member states push for punitive measures against the far-right…