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Published on 09/07/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2 Firefighters in Edinburgh are tackling a large blaze at an old department store on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service received reports of a fire within the building at around 2:50 am on Thursday morning, a spokesperson for the service said in a statement. The spokesperson said crews worked to contain and extinguish the flames in the morning and were now focused on dampening hotspots. “Operations Control mobilised six appliances and two height appliances plus supporting resources to the scene,” they said, adding that firefighters were expected to remain at the…
Updated: 09/07/2026 – 17:47 GMT+2 Images shared by the Lithuanian Presidency show a revolver given by Turkey’s Erdogan to every NATO leader as a parting gift after the summit in Ankara. Each leader received a box containing a revolver engraved with their name, six bullets and a note exempting the weapons from export control. … More
There is a “window of opportunity” to push for a new mechanism for EU joint borrowing, as the bloc seeks to strengthen the euro’s international role, Spanish Finance Minister Carlos Cuerpo told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With the United States resuming hostilities with Iran on Wednesday, the implications for Europe have returned to the top of the EU’s agenda. Against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, the search for safe assets has become an increasing priority. In parallel, the EU is building up to give the euro an international role as a global reserve currency. “We think there’s a good window…
Portuguese rapper 18 Karat was deported by plane from Germany to Portugal, his country of origin, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and his family has already been informed of his whereabouts. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “He managed to get in touch with his family this morning [Wednesday] and tell them the time and place of his arrival,” said the musician’s lawyer, Lisa Grüter, quoted by German daily Die Zeit (source in Portuguese). The deportation was confirmed to German news agency dpa by the authorities in the city of Dortmund, where the 40-year-old rapper moved with his family as a youngster.…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 20:00 GMT+2•Updated 20:20 Christine Lagarde has welcomed the Spanish government’s proposal for joint borrowing, telling Euronews it marks the start of a discussion based on merit rather than “over my dead body” positions, as tough talks on the next European budget get underway. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It’s great that a country like Spain, for instance, makes a proposal and puts it on the table for debate. Now it’s for the others to say, ‘this part we like, this part we don’t like’, and how that can be addressed. I think it’s good to move forward,” she told…
Veteran politician Andy Burnham has taken another step towards becoming the UK’s next prime minister, after the majority of Labour MPs nominated him to replace Keir Starmer. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The 56-year-old’s Labour leadership bid was backed by 322 Labour MPs on Thursday and he remains the only person to publicly declare themselves a candidate to replace Starmer, who announced he was quitting last month. Burnham appeared on course to be crowned Labour leader unchallenged on the first day of nominations. If Burnham reaches at least 323 nominations then it would no longer be mathematically possible for another challenger to get…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 20:03 GMT+2•Updated 20:19 The digital euro will complement, not replace, cash, and the goal is not to trace payments, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told Euronews in an exclusive interview, rejecting claims that the project is designed to monitor citizens. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Parliament approved its negotiating mandate on Thursday, bringing the legislation a step closer to adoption by the end of 2026 after months of stalled talks. The proposal initially faced criticism from members of the European Parliament, who argued that the digital euro could undermine privacy and eventually diminish the role of…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 Belgium’s drug problem is centered on one word: Antwerp. Europe’s second biggest port has become one of Europe’s main entry points for drugs from Latin America. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last year alone, Belgian authorities seized 55 tons of cocaine – but officials openly admit that much larger quantities likely get through, often in hidden shipments of bananas, frozen food or timber. Has Belgium lost control of the drug issue? Does Belgium risk evolving into a “narco-state”, as one senior Antwerp judge warned recently? Is Belgium at the frontline of an unwinnable European battle against the…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 18:07 GMT+2 EU finance ministers are expected to approve Hungary’s revised National Recovery Plan on Friday at the ECOFIN meeting, paving the way for Budapest to withdraw €10 billion in post-pandemic recovery funds once it fulfils all remaining conditions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For years, a large share of the recovery and cohesion funds earmarked for Hungary has been withheld by Brussels over concerns about systemic corruption risks. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who won a landslide victory in April’s elections, campaigned on a pledge to unlock the frozen EU funds, and has since struck a political agreement…
By Nikos Papandreou MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, PASOK-KINAL (Greece) Published on 09/07/2026 – 18:12 GMT+2•Updated 18:27 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. When my European Parliament colleagues and I visited Egypt, last week, we were delighted to strengthen our ties to a country with which we have a close and strategic partnership. Our connection is stronger than ever – underpinned by a €7.4 billion package, and underscored by last October’s first leaders’ summit –…