Even as the United States and Iran appear to have forged a deal to stop their hostilities, the global shipping industry is cautious about resuming operations in the Strait of Hormuz. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sea mines, skyrocketing insurance premiums and a lack of confidence after prolonged military activity in the critical…

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov confirmed that Kyiv is deliberately isolating Crimea from Russian supplies and ultimately from Moscow’s control. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Crimea is being isolated by drones. In the near future, it appears that the Crimean peninsula will turn into an island,” Fedorov said in an interview on Wednesday.…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Forget the dry press releases. Let’s pull up a chair and look at the dishes driving the debate. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT First is Ukraine. Leaders will hear from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, before discussing a major diplomatic milestone: opening the first formal block of EU membership…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 8:05 GMT+2 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews’ Shona Murray reports from Brussels as NATO defence ministers meet to prepare for next month’s summit in Ankara, with Ukraine, defence spending and transatlantic security high on the agenda. Attention then turns to the European Council, where EU…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 21:18 GMT+2 Finland’s parliament voted to lift a total ban on nuclear weapons on Wednesday, to bring the country in line with NATO’s deterrence policy after joining the alliance in 2023. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bill will permit nuclear weapons to be brought, transported, supplied, or possessed…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 21:44 GMT+2 The UN food aid agency, which has been hit hard by steep European and US funding cuts, on Wednesday welcomed an $800 million (€695 million) contribution from the United States. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The World Food Programme in a statement said the funds would support…

The dispute between US tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and the public broadcaster ZDF is causing a major stir across Germany. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In its coverage of last week’s anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, an edition of “ZDFheute live” said that Musk had called for “a migrant hunt” in his social media…

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly appealed to Kyiv’s Western allies for additional air defence systems. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to publicly available information, Ukraine has so far been promised or supplied with around eight Patriot air defence systems.…

Ukraine has secured significant new pledges of support from world leaders at the G7 summit in France, bolstering its defences and diplomatic leverage against Russia after months of fractious transatlantic debate. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Brussels for the EU summit from Evian-les-Bains armed with commitments to strengthen Ukraine’s…

Germany and Poland signed a new defence agreement on Wednesday, putting aside their complicated past to strengthen European military cooperation amid heightened tensions with Russia and growing uncertainty over US engagement in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Relations between the two neighbours in recent years have become more pragmatic in the wake…