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US-Iran peace deal at risk as EU approves controversial migration law

Published on 02/06/2026 – 7:53 GMT+2•Updated 8:21 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Interviews with Ghassan Hasbani, Lebanese MP and former Deputy Prime Minister, and Charlie Weimers, MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists. Euronews’ Jane Witherspoon breaks down the latest developments in the Middle East. Euronews’ Stefan Grobe reports on…

Can the EU de-risk from China and make its trade sustainable?

EU Commissioners met on Friday, May 29, to debate how to shield European industries from surging Chinese imports. They recognised that “the current state of the trade and investment relationship is not sustainable” and agreed on the need for a de-risking strategy rather than decoupling. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Earlier last week,…

Zelenskyy warns of yet another large scale Russian aerial attack

Published on 02/06/2026 – 21:15 GMT+2 While Ukraine is still recovering after Russia massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing at least 22, Moscow is already preparing the next barrage, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday evening in his regular daily address. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We know from intelligence services that…

Newsletter: A historic, hardline shift in EU migration policy

Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn, holding the newsletter pen again this Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT We start with historic changes to the EU’s migration laws, rubber-stamped late last night by EU negotiators. Our reporter Vincenzo Genovese, who followed the talks, writes that the new rules will allow member states…

Explained: How drone incursions in Europe went from rarity to reality

On Friday, a drone crashed into the top floor of an apartment complex in Galați, a port city in eastern Romania near the Danube River and the Ukrainian border. Two civilians were injured by the collision of the unmanned aerial aircraft, with the roof of the apartment building set alight.…

France detains tanker linked to network accused of moving Russian oil

Published on 02/06/2026 – 17:17 GMT+2 An oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” has arrived in the Bay of Douarnenez in western France on Tuesday under the escort of the French Navy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Tagor was intercepted and boarded in international waters off the coast…

Climate change: How do heatwaves affect pregnancies across Europe?

By&nbspInês Trindade Pereira&nbsp&&nbspvideo by Léo Arnoux Published on 02/06/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2•Updated 9:28 Europe experienced an “unprecedented and historic” heatwave in the last week of May, with temperatures across parts of the continent reaching around 10°C to 15°C above the average for this time of the year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The…

‘I don’t trust any side to stop anything’ – former Lebanese Deputy PM

Published on 02/06/2026 – 12:16 GMT+2•Updated 13:43 Speaking live from Beirut, Ghassan Hasbani said Israeli threats to strike Hezbollah strongholds in the capital’s southern suburbs had been temporarily put on hold following talks involving the Lebanese government and the United States. But he dampened any hopes of a full ceasefire.…

Zelenskyy says US air defence ‘necessary’ after Russian barrage

Published on 02/06/2026 – 12:30 GMT+2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Europe on Tuesday to develop its own air defence systems and urged more support from Washington after Russia’s latest deadly drone and missile barrage. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Europe needs its own anti-ballistic defence so that this war can finally…