Published on 07/08/2026 – 15:42 GMT+2 A small village in the province of Burgos will be one of the locations used for the global broadcast of the total solar eclipse on 12 August. NASA has selected Villalibado, a village brought back to life after decades of abandonment, to host one…

The Spanish government has issued an ultimatum to Italy, demanding that it lift border controls imposed on travellers coming from Spain by Sunday, arguing that the measure is “unjust, contrary to the interests of the European Union and discriminatory towards the Spanish population.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT If the measures remain in…

Spanish police said on Friday they had dismantled what they called one of the largest criminal networks involved in smuggling migrants across the Mediterranean, arresting 78 people and seizing 18 high-speed boats. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The network allegedly used the vessels to transport synthetic drugs such as ecstasy from Spain to…

Blue whiting, mackerel and golden redfish could prove more decisive at the ballot box than US President Donald Trump’s expansionist ambitions, Russia’s looming threats or European politicians’ sweet nothings. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Iceland, where the sea shapes the economy, livelihoods and national identity, the most significant crossroads of the last…

Published on 07/08/2026 – 10:35 GMT+2 Russia is considering staging a false-flag attack against critical infrastructure in the Baltics using Ukrainian drones in an attempt to discredit Kyiv and weaken NATO’s backing for Ukraine, Lithuania’s defence minister, Robertas Kaunas, has warned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We are talking about a potential false-flag…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 10:14 GMT+2 Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Both sides have been intensifying their long-range attacks in…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 10:20 GMT+2 Trees age very slowly. The reason is that they constantly renew their tissues: needles or leaves, bark, twigs, trunk and roots are continuously regenerated while older parts gradually die off. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A remarkable fact: while trunk and crown are exposed to wind, weather,…

Images and videos of mass migration into Ceuta, which borders Morocco, quickly spread across social media after tens of thousands of migrants rushed into the Spanish territory last week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mixed in with genuine reports about the crisis, which saw roughly 72,000 people from Morocco cross into Ceuta, was…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 18:17 GMT+2•Updated 19:18 The Ministry of Information of Belarus has designated Euronews’ website as “extremist” media, adding it to its “Republican List of Extremist Materials” following a national court order, according to Belarus-based media outlets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Euronews website will now be restricted in Belarus,…

Italy placed all of its major cities under the highest heat alert on Thursday as a blistering heatwave gripped Europe, setting a national temperature record in Austria, fuelling wildfires in France and disrupting energy and transport systems across the continent. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The extreme weather has pushed temperatures above 40C…