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The European Union and United States signed an agreement Friday to coordinate on the supply of critical minerals needed for key industries including defence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a Strategic Partnership for Critical Minerals in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington. Rubio stated ahead of the signing that the awareness and commitment to the European Union shows “the importance of supply chains and critical minerals to the success of our economies, and to our national security.” Rubio highlighted that the…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 7:55 GMT+2•Updated 10:12 On today’s show hosted by Mared Gwyn: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Top story: Euronews’ Jorge Liboreiro reports live from Cyprus on the EU Summit there, where EU leaders are discussing energy, defence, and Middle East. Interview with former EU Council president Charles Michel and Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal. Explainer by Jakub Janas: Could a team that failed to qualify still play at the 2026 World Cup? When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo live on TV and Euronews’ website…

EU leaders vowed to boost security and economic ties with Middle East partners and push for a diplomatic end to the Iran war, after talks in Cyprus focusing on the fallout from the conflict. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Leaders from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan as well as the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, were in Nicosia to meet their European Union counterparts on the sidelines of an EU summit. “The current situation clearly underscores how closely Europe’s security is linked with that of the Middle East, and how vital our cooperation on security and defence has become,” European Council…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 19:50 GMT+2•Updated 19:53 Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz won’t attempt to defend his French Open title due to an injury to his right wrist. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Alcaraz posted on X on Friday that he would also not play in the preceding Italian Open in Rome, where he also won last year. No. 2-ranked Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his first-round win and withdrew the day after. He pulled out of this week’s Madrid Open and attended the Laureus World Sports Awards in the Spanish capital on Monday wearing a wrist support.…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 18:15 GMT+2 Four men charged with an arson attack on London ambulances owned by a Jewish charity appeared in a UK court for the first time on Friday, when the judge set a trial date. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The 23 March attack in Golders Green, north London, destroyed four vehicles parked near a synagogue and has been followed by a spate of similar incidents, mainly targeting venues in the capital linked to Israel or Jewish people. London police have arrested 25 people over the attacks and said they are investigating whether those involved were paid proxies. The…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 13:40 GMT+2 Posts shared on X feature what appears to be a BBC News report of an interview with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy from his office in Kyiv. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the background of the footage, a painting is visible, identified as Nature morte aux cerises, or “Still Life with Cherries” in English, by the French artist Paul Cézanne. The posts suggested that the painting, recently stolen in Italy, has somehow found its way onto the wall of Ukraine’s presidency. It is true that “Still Life with Cherries” was among three works stolen on the night of…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 13:44 GMT+2 A letter is circulating in the European Parliament warning of the concentration that might result from the system of quotas allocation contained in the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement and the potential for major South American agricultural firms to abuse it. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The document, sent to EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen and Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, comes as the agreement is set to enter provisional force in a week (1 May), despite warnings from European farmers over unfair competition from Latin American imports. “In markets that are already highly concentrated, particularly in Brazil, there is…

There is no inherent contradiction between the European Union’s mutual assistance clause and NATO’s collective defence, High Representative Kaja Kallas told Euronews as Washington ramps up criticism against the transatlantic alliance over the war in Iran. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Article 42.7 of the EU treaties allows a member state under “armed aggression” to request assistance from the other member states, which can take various forms, such as military, economic, diplomatic and medical aid. Article 5 of NATO is worded differently. It says an armed attack against one ally “shall be considered an attack against them all” and explicitly mentions military force…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 14:44 GMT+2 A senior Swedish diplomat serving as special envoy to Syria was charged on Friday with unauthorised possession of classified documents which could have jeopardised Sweden’s national security in the hands of a foreign power, prosecutors said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “This concerns highly-classified information that the defendant has unlawfully handled by taking home and then keeping the documents containing classified information in his residence and holiday home,” prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said in a statement. The diplomat gained access to the classified information “through his previous duties, but which he then took with him without authorisation and…

The instrumentalisation of vetoes undermines the democratic principles of the European Union as it hijacks the interests of 26 in the name of one single holdout, High Representative Kaja Kallas told Euronews in an exclusive interview. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Kallas was reflecting on the end of Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in uninterrupted power, during which the Hungarian prime minister frequently frustrated his fellow leaders with his near-constant, overlapping vetoes. “We have to be clear that, actually, the EU treaties do not foresee the veto. The treaties are based on unanimity — that everybody agrees,” Kallas told Euronews in an interview recorded…