A blue wave has crashed into the United States. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Scottish fans — back at the World Cup after 28 years thanks to a dominant qualifying campaign — are turning out in huge numbers on the East Coast. Flight bookings from the UK to host cities such as Boston…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 9:33 GMT+2 As the 2026 World Cup gets underway, FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces an unprecedented ethics backlash over his open alignment with the White House, a high-profile visa scandal blocking Africa’s top referee, and vital hydration breaks being turned into TV advertisement slots. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It’s the final day of crunch G7 talks on the shores of Lake Geneva, where Euronews’s Angela Skujins and Maria Tadeo continue to report from the ground – and where leaders overnight coalesced around a rare joint stance on the war…

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a strategic asset, promising economic prosperity and military dominance to those who master it. But as G7 leaders gather in France for the third day of their summit to discuss AI, fears of a potential American “kill switch” have rarely felt more real. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 6:22 GMT+2 Germany and Poland were set to sign a new defence agreement Wednesday, putting aside their complicated past to strengthen European military cooperation at a time of heightened tension with Russia and growing uncertainty over US engagement in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Relations between the two…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes to bring Russia’s war in Ukraine to an end before next winter or at least secure a ceasefire by then, as he warned that Moscow shows no genuine willingness to negotiate. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking after discussions with G7 leaders, Zelenskyy said there…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 16:03 GMT+2•Updated 16:04 The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to lift the immunity of the Italian MEP Fulvio Martusciello, who is part of an investigation by Belgian prosecutors on alleged corruption and illicit lobbying by Chinese tech company Huawei. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the secret-ballot vote on…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2 Belarus leader Aliaksandr Lukashenka said his country poses no military threat to Ukraine and claimed his earlier statements were only in response to what Lukashenka said were threats from Kyiv to Minsk. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If (Ukrainian President) Volodymyr Oleksandrovych (Zelenskyy) was offended, I apologise…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 21:10 GMT+2•Updated 21:11 Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Moscow had hoped for divisions and a “spat” between G7 leaders and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the summit in Evian instead demonstrated their unity. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Yatsenyuk joined Euronews’s Special report on the G7 summit on Tuesday…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 17:37 GMT+2•Updated 19:46 Russia said on Tuesday that one of its warships had fired warning shots at a British-flagged yacht in the English Channel after it made a “dangerous approach.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “In order to attract the attention of the yacht’s crew, signal flares were fired…