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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 of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the coming to power of a liberal government in Poland in 2023. “We are not forgetting the past,” Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said in Warsaw during a press conference with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius. “But the politics of the future,…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 The European Union likes to see itself as an economic superpower — a market of 450 million consumers, home to some of the world’s biggest companies and the largest trading bloc on the planet. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But in an increasingly competitive global economy, Europe is facing uncomfortable questions about whether it is keeping pace with rivals such as the United States and China. Growth in the EU remains sluggish, entire industries are under pressure, and businesses complain about high energy costs, excessive regulation and a lack of investment. At the same time, Washington is…

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 “life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries.” The Rome-based WFP said earlier this month it was facing a deep shortfall in its funding at a time of acute need. The agency received $10 billion (€8.6 billion) in…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 22:57 GMT+2 One of Europe’s biggest technology and startup events, VivaTech, is underway in the French capital, with AI at the top of the agenda. Around 200,000 visitors, including one of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, alongside ViveTech regular, French President Emmanuel Macron. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Out on the show floor, Euronews has been asking visitors the same two questions: which technology worries them most, and which one excites them most. The answer to both, more often than not, is artificial intelligence. “Oh, definitely AI,” said one student from Morocco. Spanish tech worker…

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 posts about Northern Ireland. On Monday, Musk called ZDF’s characterisation of his words a “terrible lie” and said he was pursuing legal action against the broadcaster, which has since removed the contested passage. On 9 June, Musk shared a post by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson in which Robinson, following…

On stage, the French president was beaming. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As the G7 summit drew to a close on Wednesday after three days of high-stakes diplomacy, Emmanuel Macron hailed what he called an “objectively successful” gathering, pointing to a joint declaration endorsed by all leaders — including US President Donald Trump. In the weeks leading up to the gathering, there had been widespread speculation that President Trump might skip the summit altogether or leave early. French diplomats also worried about potential clashes, diplomatic missteps and a lack of unity that could have rendered the G7 format useless on the global stage.…

Leaders of the world’s richest economies, plus several partner countries, flocked to Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the most pressing global issues, from the war in Ukraine to a fragile truce in the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The most repeated word on the lips of diplomats has been “convergence,” as they expressed relief that the high-level conference unfolded far more smoothly than the previous summit, and that U.S. President Donald Trump proved cooperative. Euronews breaks down the most significant takeaways from the G7 summit, cutting through the noise surrounding the latest international developments. United for Ukraine Ukraine may be the G7’s…

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 air defences and intensify pressure on Moscow in an effort to push the Kremlin into direct talks with Kyiv. “The G7 Summit in France delivered important results for Ukraine. Most importantly, we agreed on additional strengthening of Ukraine’s air defence,” Zelenskyy said on X. “Our partners will ensure support for…

Former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero defended his “decency and honesty” on Wednesday after making an unprecedented court appearance on suspected influence peddling, the latest corruption affair threatening the leftist government. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The investigation into the Socialist titan comes as a string of graft probes into Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s family and former top political allies have threatened to topple his minority coalition. Clashes with US President Donald Trump and virulent criticism of Israel have made Sánchez a global progressive star but the scandals have eroded the domestic standing of one of Europe’s few remaining Socialist leaders.…

Published on 17/06/2026 – 17:18 GMT+2•Updated 17:19 A bus carrying a children’s football team from Belarus in Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders both Ukraine and Belarus, was hit by a drone on Wednesday, according to Russian officials. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Local authorities said a woman who accompanied the team was killed. Russia’s healthcare ministry reported that seven people, including five children, have been wounded. Moscow immediately blamed Ukraine for what it claimed was a Ukrainian drone strike. Photos from a Belarusian TV channel showed a grey bus with shrapnel holes on one side, with some of the windows blown out. The…