France and Germany said on Monday they had agreed to abandon a joint fighter jet programme due to disagreements between the companies involved, in a blow to European efforts to boost defence cooperation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme was launched in 2017 to replace France’s Rafale…

Published on 09/06/2026 – 5:27 GMT+2 Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, was suspended from his duties late on Monday after the court’s oversight body referred him for disciplinary proceedings over allegations of sexual misconduct. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Khan is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with a…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 7:54 GMT+2 The Italian coastguard has said it recovered 10 bodies after a shipwreck of a migrant boat off Malta. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The vessel, which departed from the Libyan coast…was sailing with approximately 60 people on board,” it said in a statement late on Sunday. “According…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 The two-year transition phase of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum ends on June 12. National governments will soon implement new European rules on migration and asylum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pact establishes a unified and stricter framework for migration, asylum, border management, and…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 8:40 GMT+2•Updated 08/06/2026 – 10:11 GMT+2 Your reporter is excited to watch the games, even though my own team failed to qualify and saved me from the inevitable heartbreak. I have got some fascinating numbers for you to check out, just in case your team did…

​Good morning, Brussels. Angela Skujins here on newsletter duties. Roughly 24-hours ago we saw two lightning rod elections – one in Kosovo and one in Armenia — with candidates bristling against Russian influence and communities weighing whether to get closer to the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This newsletter is all…

Ireland is under fire over its continued sales of alumina to Russia, raising concerns that the country might be indirectly helping Moscow fuel its war machine against Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sold as white powder, alumina is the raw material used to produce aluminium, a lightweight metal commonly found in weapons…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 16:29 GMT+2 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticised an open letter that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, labelling it rude and saying guns will do the talking. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergey Lavrov specifically pointed out on Monday that Moscow is unhappy…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 19:03 GMT+2 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned major technology companies they must introduce safeguards to stop children from sending or receiving explicit images, or face new legislation within months. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at London Tech Week on Monday, Starmer said firms operating in the…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 17:49 GMT+2 Former France international football player Lassana Diarra has agreed a settlement with FIFA and the Belgian Football Association, ending a protracted legal dispute over football transfer rules, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The deal concludes proceedings tied to Diarra’s…