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Published on 09/10/2026 – 18:25 GMT+2 On 5 October, a group used makeshift stairs to enter Latvia. While the Baltic country of two million has faced irregular migration from Belarus since 2021, the latest incident was particularly aggressive. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The group of 20 migrants was led by “armed, masked escorts openly threatening Latvian soldiers,” Latvia’s Interior Minister, Jānis Dombrava, told Euronews. In the following hours, border surveillance equipment was damaged, reducing Latvia’s “ability to detect and respond to further incursions.” “The combination of armed intimidation and targeted sabotage raises the risk of a violent confrontation and tests both our…
French S&D MEP Emma Rafowicz says Emmanuel Macron’s government is “completely irresponsible” in its handling of the ongoing student protests in France. Rafowicz argues that most of the violence comes “from the police side” and says young people are “mobilising quite well”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT She accuses the government of “looking to the other side” and hoping the protests will dissipate during the holidays. Rafowicz also describes French schools as being “in shambles”, citing falling ceilings and food that fails to meet quality standards. The MEP says this reflects “a disrespect for the young people”.
Published on 09/10/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2•Updated 8:32 On today’s show: Emma Rafowicz, French Socialist MEP, discusses the student protests that culminated in a mass gathering at the Place de la Bastille, after Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared “the Bastille has been retaken”, and whether France is heading for a debt crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Helen Clark, former New Zealand prime minister and outgoing chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, joins the show as more than 1,000 delegates from over 50 countries gather in Brussels amid pressure on energy security and the scramble for critical raw materials. Yulia Klymenko, member of the Ukrainian…
France’s simmering student anger: French students’ rage shows no signs of abating, as thousands took to the streets again yesterday in protest over conditions in public schools, including long school days, overcrowding and teacher absences. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT La colère: Images emerged yesterday of Paris’s Place de la Bastille overflowing with demonstrators, with tensions reportedly boiling over into clashes with police by the evening. Euronews’ France correspondent Estelle Nilsson-Julien writes from Paris that the mood is tense, with protesters expressing continued indignation at a lack of decisive action from the government. That’s despite authorities seemingly changing tack after an initial response…
Published on 09/10/2026 – 6:28 GMT+2 On Thursday, social media were flooded with claims about alleged planned attacks on schools. Among pupils and parents, screenshots and recordings have been circulating, warning of a so-called “bloody Friday”, said to fall on Friday 9 October. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The reports appeared after a series of serious incidents in schools in the Mazovia region. On Wednesday, a 19-year-old attacked nine people with a knife at a school in Ostrołęka. The following day in Leszczydole-Nowinach, a 15-year-old former pupil attacked three people, where a 37-year-old school employee died from her injuries. Boosted police presence in…
By Patrick Drews & Euronews Published on 07/10/2026 – 16:13 GMT+2•Updated 18:14 Following the arrest of former BND chief August Hanning on Tuesday in what has turned out to be Germany’s biggest espionage scandal, his long-standing confidant and former head of cabinet Manfred D has now also been taken into custody. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Federal prosecutors accuse both men of having used state secrets over many years to support private consulting activities and foreign interests, a crime that constitutes treason. Manfred D, 64, has been charged with aiding and abetting and remains in pre-trial detention, while Hanning is being brought before an investigating judge,…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2•Updated 15:11 On today’s show: EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has arrived in Beijing for a crucial two-day visit seeking to rebalance EU-China trade relations, which have become increasingly lopsided in the past decade. Jorge Liboreiro explains the high stakes of this trip, which comes just days before the October EU summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Estelle Nilsson-Julien reports from Paris on the student protests in France, as they brace for another major day on the streets after trade unions joined demonstrations that drew more than 250,000 people across the country on Tuesday. US Secretary of State…
Touchdown in Beijing: EU Trade Chief Maroš Šefčovič landed in China yesterday with a crucial task in hand: secure commitments from the Chinese to rebalance the trading relationship. The stakes couldn’t be higher, my colleague Peggy Corlin writes in this morning. The EU faces a record €1 billion-a-day trade deficit with Beijing, with low-cost Chinese imports threatening entire sectors of EU industry. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Curbing Chinese imports: Brussels is pushing for product quotas that could curb Chinese imports into the EU, but Beijing has already rejected so-called “voluntary export restrictions” on EVs. The European Commission must also find a way…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 21:48 GMT+2 Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has won a legal challenge over police searches of his royal residences after officers admitted the warrants were “unlawful”, a High Court judge revealed on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The court must still decide whether police can keep items seized during the searches. Both the judge and police said the investigation is ongoing. Judge Nicholas Hilliard revealed on Thursday that police had acknowledged “the search warrants were unlawful”. However, he stressed that “the fact that the search warrants were quashed does not bring an investigation to an end”, adding that Thames…
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the hard left France Unbowed party took to X on Thursday to declare the Bastille had been “retaken”, after students staged demonstrations across the country — including a major rally at Paris’ infamous Place de la Bastille. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Thursday’s major protests were part of the student-led movement which began on 17 September in the suburbs of Paris, before gradually developing into a broader campaign addressing issues including long school days, overcrowded schools, teacher absences. The mass gathering which took place at the place de la Bastille started off peacefully, but clashes with the police later…