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Published on 08/05/2026 – 7:54 GMT+2•Updated 8:12 On today’s show hosted by Mared Gwyn: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Top story: Euronews’ Stefan Grobe on the stalled EU–US trade deal and rising tensions over tariffs, with Trump issuing an ultimatum overnight. Interviews with Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, Nadim Gemayel, Lebanese Member of Parliament, and Wopke Hoekstra, EU Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth. Explainer by Jakub Janas: The EU’s plan to simplify AI rules and ban “nudification” apps to protect citizens. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and…

Across Europe, pride rarely comes from a single source, and the strength of Europeans’ pride varies even more from country to country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Arts and culture, history, food, and politics were among the themes mentioned by respondents in nine EU member states, out of 25 countries, in a Pew Research Centre study asking what makes people proud of their homeland. Where is pride in arts and culture most common? When it comes to pride in cultural heritage, including customs and traditions, national symbols, art and architecture, Italy stands out. About four in 10 Italians say they are proud of…

France’s right-wing TV channel, CNews, suffered a blow live on air after political commentators ridiculed Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of France’s National Assembly, for allegedly featuring on the cover of tabloid magazine “Closer” on 4 May. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, the magazine cover was actually AI-generated. The cover depicts politician Braun-Pivet alongside Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, former minister of education under ex-socialist President François Hollande, besides a title which reads “For them, it’s not a crisis!” “It’s a way for her to say, ‘Look, I’m a bit left-leaning; look, I’m friends with Najat Vallaud-Belkacem’—that’s what it means to Yaël Braun-Pivet,” said one political commentator…

This is the story of a professor of language science who mistook his grandiose dreams for reality. Between an oversized ego and digital stagecraft, this is the tale of an academic hoax that will, for him, be settled in court. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Florent Montaclair, aged 56, is currently the subject of an investigation opened by the Montbéliard public prosecutor’s office (Doubs), concerning several alleged offences, including forgery, use of forged documents, fraud and unlawful assumption of title. The inquiry also extends to checking parts of his academic record, in particular an alleged PhD obtained from an American university whose very…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 22:16 GMT+2•Updated 22:39 The European Union has until 4 July to fully implement its trade deal with the United States or face “much higher tariffs”, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The announcement, which comes amid rising tensions between the EU and the US, postpones a threat made by Trump last Friday when he said tariffs on EU-made cars would be hiked from 15% to 25% sometime this week. “I’ve been waiting patiently for the EU to fulfill their side of…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2•Updated 21:11 The winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections last month, Rumen Radev, was named the country’s new prime minister on Thursday. His landslide win in last month’s parliamentary election raises hopes for a stable government in the Balkan nation, which has seen eight elections in the space of five years. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Radev ran on a ticket focused on fighting corruption and “cleaning up” what he described as Bulgaria’s “oligarchic model”. Radev, who resigned earlier this year as president to participate in the election, is a staunch EU critic, and has campaigned on resuming dialogue…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 19:57 GMT+2 The European Commission insisted on Thursday that “progress” had been made in late-night talks with MEPs and member state officials on implementing last August’s EU-US trade deal, and that the process remained “fully in line with standard legislative practice”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But inside the room, negotiators were far apart on what is still needed. Nine months after the controversial agreement was struck at the Turnberry golf course between Brussels and Washington, the deal remains bogged down in fraught negotiations between MEPs, the Commission and EU member states, with divisions hardening just as Donald Trump…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:26 GMT+2 Ukraine’s top negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks with US officials in Florida on Thursday on how to end the full-scale Russian invasion, Kyiv said on Thursday, amid stalled negotiations during the Iran war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine will hold a series of meetings today with envoys of the President of the United States,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a post on X. Zelenskyy said Kyiv had “defined the key tasks,” which includes discussing a potential prisoner exchange with Russia and security guarantees for…

In light of the worsening energy crises, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has said the EU must step up its transition to alternative energy sources in the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “That means more electrification, more renewables, more heat pumps, more interconnectors between our member states, more nuclear,” Hoskstra said on Euronews’ interview programme The Europe Conversation. “That whole mix is needed.” Starting with the oil crises in the 1970s, Europe has demonstrated its vulnerability given the scarcity of energy sources on the continent, according to Hoekstra. “The lesson is also that, after every previous crisis, we actually should have…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:14 GMT+2 Sweden said on Thursday that it planned to introduce electronic bracelets to monitor children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs, the government’s latest measure aimed at cracking down on deadly gang violence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Authorities would be able to assign the bracelets to children and youths aged 13 and up, the government said, estimating that around 50 to 100 youths would be monitored to ensure they were respecting curfews decided by social services. Criminal gangs in Sweden increasingly recruit children and youths to commit murders and other violent acts, knowing they will…