Published on 19/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The urgent need for NATO allies to ramp up weapons production in light of the war in Iran is high on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of military chiefs at NATO HQ in Brussels. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The US army is expending vast quantities of…

Published on 18/05/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 Deepfakes are highly realistic, digitally manipulated visual content. Videos, images and audio are created using sophisticated AI tools, making them indistinguishable from reality. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT New-generation AI tools have made it easier to create illegal sexual content through apps known as “nudifier apps.” They…

Published on 18/05/2026 – 7:58 GMT+2•Updated 16:16 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The latest on the war in Ukraine after a deadly drone strike on Moscow killed four people and injured dozens, in one of the most significant attacks on Russian soil since the start of the full-scale invasion.…

Published on 18/05/2026 – 8:56 GMT+2•Updated 11:11 European Parliament and EU countries are gearing up for the final stretch of the EU-US trade deal negotiation, in crunch talks amid growing pressure from Donald Trump’s administration. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Tuesday at 9 pm, in the Parliament in Strasbourg, lawmakers and diplomats…

Updated: 18/05/2026 – 11:59 GMT+2 Finnish Foreign Trade Minister Ville Tavio expressed “cautious optimism” about the EU-US trade deal, ahead of meetings with fellow EU ministers in Brussels this week. Speaking on Europe Today, he said “our requirement is that the US also respects this deal”. … More

Published on 18/05/2026 – 12:01 GMT+2 The former chief of staff of Ukraine’s President Volodmyr Zelenskyy was released on €2.7million bail on Monday after spending four days in custody as part of a major anti-corruption investigation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bail was reportedly paid by multiple sources after Andriy Yermak said…

Published on 18/05/2026 – 15:29 GMT+2 A former Google executive took over as the BBC’s new director-general on Monday amid proposed job cuts and a $10-billion (€8.5 billion) lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump, arguing that the world now “needs the BBC more than ever.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Matt Brittin,…

As Chinese-made products are flooding the EU market and threatening thousands of jobs, the European Commission is stepping up its work to protect the bloc’s production from the risks of China’s excess production. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move comes as data from Chinese customs showed that, in the first four months…

Published on 18/05/2026 – 15:31 GMT+2•Updated 17:16 The bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has criticised the overwhelmingly male nature of peace negotiation teams, linking it to contemporary diplomacy’s tendency toward short-term results. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “This is a bigger problem we see around the world with different peace talks when…

Experts have so far dismissed reasons to panic over hantavirus, but the deaths caused by the aggressive Andes variant on the MV Hondius cruise ship are raising concerns. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Even though the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has classified the risk as “very low”, the Council…