Europe is one of the world’s biggest tourist destinations, but record visitor numbers are putting growing pressure on the places people call home. From Barcelona to Lisbon, and Amsterdam to Athens, cities are struggling to balance the economic benefits of tourism with overcrowding, rising rents and a shrinking supply of…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 22:00 GMT+2•Updated 22:03 The Right Livelihood Award, often called the alternative Nobel Prize, has this year honoured women and women-led organisations who, in the jury’s words, confront some of the world’s most deeply entrenched power structures: authoritarian rule, patriarchal violence and unregulated artificial intelligence development. ADVERTISEMENT…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 21:19 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday there were “strong indications” that Iran was involved in suspicious activity near a UK airbase used by the US military, which sparked a major security alert. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “There are strong indications that Iran played a…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 19:28 GMT+2 The UK’s Home Office said on Wednesday that its year-old deal with France to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats had ended. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The government’s pilot with France to remove asylum seekers in exchange for an equal number of legal migrants…

For years, Ukrainians have lived with a war raging not only along the front line, but above their heads. In Kyiv, the battle in the sky has become part of daily life, measured in air-raid alerts, the sound of air defence and the explosions that follow. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT t an…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 16:13 GMT+2•Updated 16:44 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told Euronews there is no immediate threat to the alliance’s territory, adding that he does not take Russia’s nuclear threats seriously because Moscow could never win a confrontation with NATO. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We have prepared for this,…

The United States has urged European countries to release more emergency oil reserves to curb soaring energy prices, as Washington announced it would put another 40 million barrels onto the market. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “While the United States and Japan are delivering on their commitments, several European member countries have released…

A migrant in a wheelchair, with serious injuries to his ankles, arms and torso, says he was pushed by soldiers from a height of more than six metres. When Amnesty International spoke to him in Ceuta, he complained that he had not even been given an X-ray and had only…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 14:17 GMT+2 The Bulgarian parliament passed a law on Wednesday aiming to better protect journalists, activists and others from abusive lawsuits designed to censor or intimidate critics. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In doing so, Bulgaria has gone beyond the minimum European Union requirement in a bid to protect…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 13:08 GMT+2 The UK could “go all the way” and rejoin the European Union, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said, as his government prepares to weigh a range of options for redefining the country’s relationship with the bloc. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to the BBC a…