Updated: 19/05/2026 – 13:12 GMT+2 European People Party MEP Željana Zovko warned that US “ideological fights” and EU “complex process procedures” could inhibit an EU-US deal from being reached at tonight’s high stakes talks in Strasbourg. Zovko also admitted she is “not so confident this morning”. … More

Published on 19/05/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2 Denmark’s former monarch, 86-year-old Queen Margrethe, has been released from hospital after undergoing an angioplasty procedure last week, the palace said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Her Majesty Queen Margrethe was discharged from Rigshospitalet today and is returning to Fredensborg Palace,” it said in a…

Published on 19/05/2026 – 9:32 GMT+2•Updated 9:58 EU defence chiefs are gathering in Brussels this week to mark 25 years since the creation of the EU Military Committee, originally established in response to the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. But amid the anniversary, the mood has been overshadowed by the…

People in the EU took 8.7 billion rail trips in 2024, amounting to a total of 444.5 billion passenger-kilometres, marking the highest level in years, according to the latest Eurostat figures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Germany and France were the largest overall contributors to rail passenger transport performance, with 109.1 and 107.3…

Published on 19/05/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Last July, Trump and Ursula von der Leyen struck a trade deal in Scotland. The maths looked simple: zero tariffs on US industrial goods against a 15% cap on European exports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It was built to protect a relationship worth almost 1.68 trillion…

Published on 19/05/2026 – 7:50 GMT+2•Updated 8:01 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Interview with Željana Zovko, Member of the European Parliament (European People’s Party), and Sean Clancy, Chair of the EU Military Committee. Explainer by Jakub Janas: What’s happening with the EU–US trade deal? Euronews’ Vincenzo Genovese reports live…

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…