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Pope Leo XIV calls for national unity on first day in Spain

The arrival at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport shortly after half past ten in the morning marked the official start of a trip that will run until 12 June and take in Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is the first apostolic visit by Leo XIV to Spain…

Von der Leyen: Drone explosion shows Russian threat increasing

Published on 05/06/2026 – 13:17 GMT+2•Updated 13:25 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered her solidarity with Romania after a maritime drone exploded in the country’s eastern port of Constanța on Friday morning, a week after a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in Galați. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

‘We are fanatics of the EU,’ Albania’s Edi Rama tells Euronews

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama believes accession to the European Union is the only path forward for his country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We are fanatics. We are not like the others. We are the fanatics of the EU faith,” Rama said on Euronews’ flagship programme The Europe Conversation, on the sidelines…

Mali jails French diplomat for 20 years for espionage, sources say

Published on 05/06/2026 – 20:24 GMT+2 A court in Mali has handed a 20-year jail term to an official at the French embassy accused of being a spy and “undermining state security,” judicial sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The sentence is a new blow to…

US VP Vance slams UK’s ‘enraging’ handling of student murder

Published on 05/06/2026 – 19:30 GMT+2 US Vice President JD Vance condemned Britain’s handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man on Friday, linking it to what he said was civilisational decline caused by mass migration. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Henry Nowak died the same way a civilisation…

UK prime minister says Russia could attack NATO within four years

Published on 05/06/2026 – 19:01 GMT+2 Russia could attack a NATO country within four years according to western intelligence assessments, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He made the comments as he pledged his government would publish a long-delayed defence investment plan before next month’s NATO…

Zelenskyy to meet Macron, Merz and Starmer on Sunday, France says

Published on 05/06/2026 – 17:20 GMT+2 The leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on Sunday to discuss putting pressure on Russia as it suffers military setbacks in the invasion of its neighbour, the French presidency said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Space: air leak, NASA issues ISS alert

By&nbspEuronews Published on 05/06/2026 – 17:07 GMT+2 NASA is reported to have ordered astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to be ready to evacuate because of ‘air leaks’. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT International media, including the Daily Mail, report that the US space agency has instructed the crew to prepare for…

Macron blasts ‘unacceptable’ lapses over girl’s suspected murderer

France’s President Emmanuel Macron condemned “unacceptable” lapses within the judicial system on Friday over an 11-year-old girl’s killing, after it emerged that the main suspect was previously accused of sexually abusing children. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A girl, named in the press only as Lyhanna, went missing on 29 May near the…