Updated: 07/06/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech in Normandy to warn European leaders about migration, saying that “boats and men” arriving on southern European shores posed a challenge that governments could no longer ignore. … More

Published on 07/06/2026 – 9:11 GMT+2•Updated 9:31 US forces shot down two Iranian attack drones threatening international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Earlier today, US forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that…

Welcome back. When I launched this newsletter, I promised you zeitgeist, so here’s the zeitgeist — I am filing this at ungodly hours, from a flat in Tivat, on the coast of Montenegro, on five hours’ sleep, praying for no typos and my keyboard on fire. But oh boy how…

The arrival at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport shortly after half past ten in the morning marked the official start of a trip that will run until 12 June and take in Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is the first apostolic visit by Leo XIV to Spain…

Published on 05/06/2026 – 13:17 GMT+2•Updated 13:25 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered her solidarity with Romania after a maritime drone exploded in the country’s eastern port of Constanța on Friday morning, a week after a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in Galați. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama believes accession to the European Union is the only path forward for his country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We are fanatics. We are not like the others. We are the fanatics of the EU faith,” Rama said on Euronews’ flagship programme The Europe Conversation, on the sidelines…

Published on 05/06/2026 – 20:24 GMT+2 A court in Mali has handed a 20-year jail term to an official at the French embassy accused of being a spy and “undermining state security,” judicial sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The sentence is a new blow to…

Published on 05/06/2026 – 19:30 GMT+2 US Vice President JD Vance condemned Britain’s handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man on Friday, linking it to what he said was civilisational decline caused by mass migration. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Henry Nowak died the same way a civilisation…

Published on 05/06/2026 – 19:01 GMT+2 Russia could attack a NATO country within four years according to western intelligence assessments, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He made the comments as he pledged his government would publish a long-delayed defence investment plan before next month’s NATO…

Published on 05/06/2026 – 17:20 GMT+2 The leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on Sunday to discuss putting pressure on Russia as it suffers military setbacks in the invasion of its neighbour, the French presidency said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…