On Tuesday, Météo France is forecasting exceptionally high temperatures, both during the day and at night. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Night-time lows will not fall below 18 to 24 degrees across most of the country. In the daytime, they will rise to 40, and even 42 degrees in the west. Fifty-four départements…

Officials from the European Commission and 15 member states discreetly met with a Taliban delegation on Tuesday in an attempt to speed up the deportation of Afghan migrants to the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The meeting in Brussels, whose details and venue were not disclosed, was harshly criticised by progressive lawmakers…

Israel is increasingly becoming a flashpoint for clashes over who dictates the EU’s foreign policy between the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, and the rest of the Commission, undermining its overall coherence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Monday, Euronews revealed that Dubravka Šuica, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, was travelling to…

Published on 23/06/2026 – 16:23 GMT+2 A railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne “no longer exists,” Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) said on Tuesday, describing it as the “first one” to be eliminated in occupied Crimea. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Sorry, but we have an official…

Published on 23/06/2026 – 14:59 GMT+2 The president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has appealed to the country’s Constitutional court amid a dispute over his participation in the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Pavel, who served in the Czech armed forces for more than three decades, took…

Published on 23/06/2026 – 14:00 GMT+2 The Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday that Europe is “becoming a major threat to international peace and security” by providing military support to Ukraine, and claimed that the US was no longer trying to be an “objective mediator” to broker an end to…

Published on 23/06/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2 Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has begun a strategic visit to Brussels as Astana seeks a much deeper strategic partnership with the European Union, positioning itself as a reliable supplier of energy and critical raw materials while offering new opportunities in AI, logistics and green…

Published on 23/06/2026 – 10:50 GMT+2 Seven people were injured on Monday when they were run over by a car on the terrace of a bar in Frigiliana (Málaga), according to the Andalusian 112 emergency service. Local media report that among the injured were at least two children, aged 5…

The EU Transparency Directive is Europe’s latest effort to guarantee equal pay for equal work between men and women using transparency and stronger enforcement. The Commission proposed it in 2023 under the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 to close the ongoing gender pay gap. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The directive lifts the secrecy…

Good morning Brussels. Angela Skujins here holding the newsletter pen for your Tuesday. Brace yourselves for 32 degrees of heat. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On today’s menu: 10-years of Brexit, who pays for return hubs and confirmation of Commissioner Šuica’s trip to the Middle East. A decade on. A day after Britons…