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Published on 08/06/2026 – 19:03 GMT+2 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned major technology companies they must introduce safeguards to stop children from sending or receiving explicit images, or face new legislation within months. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at London Tech Week on Monday, Starmer said firms operating in the UK would be required to implement device-level controls to block nude content involving minors. “Today I’m calling on tech companies operating in this country to introduce device controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images,” he said. “This is not an impossible challenge.” Under the proposals, companies…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 7:58 GMT+2•Updated 11:27 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports on the meeting between the leaders of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ukraine. Euronews’ Jane Witherspoon reports live from Yerevan on Armenia’s elections. Interviews with Edi Rama, Albanian Prime Minister, and Hervé Lecoq, UNIFIL’s Deputy Head of Mission and Director of Division for Political and Civil Affairs. Euronews’ María Muñoz Morillo reports from Madrid on Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain. Explainer by Jakub Janas: The FIFA World Cup and the fascinating numbers behind it. When and where to watch Europe Today?…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 17:49 GMT+2 Former France international football player Lassana Diarra has agreed a settlement with FIFA and the Belgian Football Association, ending a protracted legal dispute over football transfer rules, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The deal concludes proceedings tied to Diarra’s €65 million damages claim, which followed a landmark judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that found elements of FIFA’s regulations incompatible with EU law. FIFA told AFP that “following the comprehensive agreement they reached, Mr. Lassana Diarra and FIFA have settled all legal proceedings between…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 16:29 GMT+2 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticised an open letter that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, labelling it rude and saying guns will do the talking. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergey Lavrov specifically pointed out on Monday that Moscow is unhappy that the letter was “circulated around the world”, claiming that “polite people do not behave this way”. Lavrov also claimed that for the Kremlin it “indicates that Ukraine has no interest in negotiation,” despite Kyiv’s numerous attempts to initiate talks with Moscow. Russia’s foreign minister echoed Putin’s earlier statement that…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 15:39 GMT+2 Seven EU countries have urged Brussels to resist any rollback of CO2 standards for cars and vans, arguing that weakening emissions rules would endanger Europe’s climate objectives, economic competitiveness and energy security, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The plea from Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden comes after EU leaders, last December, eased a proposed European Commission ban on the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines by 2035 in response to pressure from several governments and automakers. Instead, the EU executive proposed a 90% reduction…

Hervé Lecoq, UNIFIL’s deputy head of mission, believes a peace process between Israel and Hezbollah is “very complicated”. Yet he insists UNIFIL cannot “force an agreement”, saying any breakthrough depends on the political will of both parties.

Pope Leo XIV denounced the “scourge” of sexual violence by Catholic clergy on Monday and called for a “culture of care” in the Church ahead of an expected private meeting with victims in Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Faced with this scourge, the ecclesial community is called to respond with listening, truth, justice, reparation and an ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care,” the pope told a gathering of Spanish bishops. “Every wounded person must be able to find sincere listening, welcome, protection and real paths to healing,” he said. Spanish media said the pope would speak later…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 The two-year transition phase of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum ends on June 12. National governments will soon implement new European rules on migration and asylum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pact establishes a unified and stricter framework for migration, asylum, border management, and integration. It aims to create a fairer, more consistent, and secure approach to managing migration across the bloc. The measures strengthen external borders, set common asylum procedures, guarantee burden-sharing among member states, and establish international partnerships to fight illegal migration. In January, the Commission presented the European Asylum and Migration…

More and more of us are using AI chatbots in our daily lives, whether it’s to ask for advice, help us with work, or conduct research. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But what happens when these chatbots start pushing disinformation and conspiracy theories? That’s what information reliability rating platform NewsGuard discovered in a recent study. It’s well-known that you should be careful when using AI chatbots because they often make factual errors, but NewsGuard found that one called “Uncensored AI” is being deliberately used by popular conservative social media accounts to spread outlandish claims and appear credible. Uncensored AI markets itself as different…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 8:40 GMT+2•Updated 08/06/2026 – 10:11 GMT+2 Your reporter is excited to watch the games, even though my own team failed to qualify and saved me from the inevitable heartbreak. I have got some fascinating numbers for you to check out, just in case your team did not qualify either. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT FIFA proudly projects a 30 billion dollar cash injection for the host nations. Yet analysts warn the impact will be practically invisible. For an economic giant like the US, it is a drop in the ocean, with most hotels reporting bookings way below forecasts. The…