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By Euronews with EBU Published on 21/06/2025 – 22:42 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Andrzej Duda on Saturday clashed publicly over the outcome of the country’s recent presidential election amid reports of vote-counting irregularities. Tusk addressed Duda, President-elect Karol Nawrocki and the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jaroslav Kaczynsky on…
By Euronews with Agency Published on 21/06/2025 – 18:08 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTIranian authorities have detained a European national on accusations of “spying on sensitive areas of the country.” The individual’s nationality has not yet been confirmed.According to Iranian media, the alleged spy was arrested while cycling through a restricted security zone in Markazi Province.The Tasnim…
By Natasha Bowler with AP Published on 21/06/2025 – 15:37 GMT+2•Updated 15:39ADVERTISEMENTSpeaking at the 51st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Turkish leader also warned against a “new Sykes-Picot order” in the Middle East, in reference to a 1916 secret deal between Western powers…
ADVERTISEMENTSummer has arrived in Brussels with a new trend: the doves are out, the hawks are in. After weeks of telegraphing signs towards a diplomatic rapprochement with China, or at least a thaw, Ursula von der Leyen made an abrupt volte face at the G7 summit with a broadside attack…
ADVERTISEMENTIsrael’s actions in the Gaza Strip indicate a breach of the human rights provisions contained in its Association Agreement with the European Union, a highly anticipated review from the bloc’s diplomatic service has found, citing a collection of findings by independent international organisations. The breach stems from Israel’s war on…
Published on 20/06/2025 – 13:53 GMT+2•Updated 15:18ADVERTISEMENTDespite recent efforts to boost European defence production, the bloc remains “highly vulnerable” and heavily reliant on the United States—particularly for major, high-end defence equipment—according to a new analysis by the Brussels-based economic think tank Bruegel. Trade statistics show that the value of weapons imported…
By Euronews with AP Published on 20/06/2025 – 15:05 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTMore countries are evacuating their citizens from the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages on, despite international efforts to find a diplomatic solution.Days of attacks and reprisals by the adversaries have shuttered airspace across the region, severely disrupting commercial flights.…
Published on 20/06/2025 – 14:17 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTPolice in the United Kingdom are searching for suspects and the military is reviewing its security procedures after pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire and damaged two planes with red paint, officials said on Friday.The group Palestine Action said two…
ADVERTISEMENTEurope hopes to use diplomacy to avoid the threat of all-out war in the Middle East, amid fears that the conflict between Israel and Iran could engulf the wider region. On Friday, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, together with the EU foreign policy chief Kaja…
By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 19/06/2025 – 21:31 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTA Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was a sign that more pressure must be put on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, as Moscow intensifies attacks in the war.The drone…