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Updated: 29/06/2026 – 19:48 GMT+2 Carlo Buontempo, Copernicus Climate Change service director, says heatwaves have become “more intense, lasting longer and starting earlier in the season” in Europe as the continent “is warming faster than the global average”. … More
Once considered an unnecessary luxury across much of Europe, air conditioning has become one of the continent’s most politically charged household appliances after nearly two weeks of extreme and deadly temperatures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For decades, Europe distinguished itself from hotter parts of the world by relying on thick masonry buildings, shutters, tree-lined streets and mild summers. Air conditioning remained relatively uncommon, particularly in northern and western Europe but climate change could alter that reality. Summers that once brought occasional discomfort now routinely produce prolonged periods above 35°C, with urban neighbourhoods experiencing 41°C temperatures due to the “heat island” effect. A…
Published on 29/06/2026 – 19:13 GMT+2 A light aircraft crashed in the municipality of Tomblaine, near Nancy, on Sunday 28 June 2026. Just minutes after taking off at around 11 am, a Pilatus PC-6 plunged almost vertically before coming down near a cycle path in a residential area close to the airport. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 11 dead All eleven people on board were killed. According to the prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Yves Séguy, the aircraft “was carrying out parachute jump exercises when it suffered a malfunction that clearly caused the crash.” It then “fell almost vertically, on the very edge of a…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Having access to a reliable supply of affordable, nutritious food may be something many Euronews readers take for granted. But with war and extreme weather linked to climate change disrupting food production, supply chains and harvests, food is becoming more expensive and, with future shocks and a growing global population, could become less abundant. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The meat we produce and eat in the continent is especially vulnerable, as it relies heavily on a supply chain dependent…
Amid record-breaking temperatures, the European Commission has declined to take a stance on the increasingly contentious debate over air conditioning, saying it is not the role of the EU executive to dictate consumers’ choices. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT About 20% of European households have AC units installed, compared to 90% or more in the United States, Japan and South Korea. The glaring lack of cooling systems has become a political lightning rod after a brutal heatwave killed at least 1,300 Europeans and prompted a desperate search for makeshift solutions to make daily life tolerable. “We know most residential buildings and apartments in…
Andy Burnham has used his first major policy speech as Labour leadership frontrunner to promise the biggest shake-up of political power in modern British history, pledging to hand sweeping new authority to local leaders and relocate part of the prime minister’s office to Manchester. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at the People’s History Museum in the city where he spent nine years as mayor, Burnham laid out a 10-year plan to revive a UK economy he described as stuck in a rut since the 2008 financial crash. “Growth cannot be ordered from the top down. Indeed, it can only be nurtured from…
Five people were killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Two people were arrested, including the suspected shooter. There were also injuries, police said, but they did not give a figure. Police said the shooting took place in the facility on Dankersstrasse, a street south of the town centre. Two suspects were arrested, one of whom is believed to have fired the shots. Police said they were working to establish the background to the shooting and what exactly happened. Germany’s gun laws are more restrictive…
Published on 29/06/2026 – 13:44 GMT+2 Ukraine was braced on Monday for an “intense” spike in temperatures over the coming days, with an eastward-moving heatwave set to heap pressure on the country’s struggling power grid. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russian drone and missile attacks have decimated Ukraine’s energy network since Moscow invaded in February 2022, causing tens of billions of euros worth of damage and leading to frequent power outages in the coldest and hottest parts of the year. Grid operators in at least five regions, from Ivano-Frankivsk in the west to Zaporizhzhia on the front line in the south, announced temporary…
Osama Rizvi, founder of Rizvi Insights, said tanker traffic will continue through the Strait of Hormuz as “it serves two sides”. He argued that for the US, the cost of “inaction clearly outweighs” the cost of action if tensions with Iran continue to escalate.
With the resignation of Keir Starmer, the UK is set to have its seventh prime minister in 10 years. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This is a far cry from a country that was once touted for its ability to produce stable and long-lasting governments compared to other European nations, due to its first-past-the-post voting system, the principle of parliamentary sovereignty and its evolutionary tradition of governance. Since 2016, the political turmoil and polarisation that followed the Brexit referendum, frequent scandals in the previous right-wing Conservative government, and an ailing economy have meant that not a single British prime minister has managed to…