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Over the weekend, Cuban authorities announced that 32 Cuban nationals had been killed in the US’s raid on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They were serving as bodyguards to President Nicolás Maduro in the military compound from which US special forces seized him. Besides Venezuela itself, Cuba has been hit harder than any other country by Maduro’s removal. Havana lost a key political ally and a pillar of its already troubled economy, and statements from the Trump administration in the raid’s aftermath made it clear that along with Colombia and Greenland, the US could soon target Cuba as well. The presence…
Shortly after US President Donald Trump announced a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela on Saturday, European social media was awash with misleading, AI-generated images of Nicolás Maduro’s capture and videos of Venezuelans celebrating around the world. Across TikTok, Instagram and X, AI-generated or altered images, old footage repurposed as new footage and out-of-context videos proliferated. Many racked up millions of views across platforms, and were shared by public figures, including Trump himself, X owner Elon Musk, the son of the former Brazilian president, Flávio Bolsonaro, and the official account of the Portuguese right-wing Chega party in Portugal. Some experts suggested this…
As the EU population ages and Brussels urges member states to boost private pension schemes, most people in France, Germany, Spain, and Italy believe their country’s state pension system is already unaffordable. However, they also think the current scheme is not generous enough, and do not support many options for revamping it, such as raising the retirement age, according to a YouGov survey. Greece and Italy spend the largest proportion of national income on public pensions among OECD countries, at around 16% of their GDP, according to an OECD report. Austria, France and Portugal followed, committing between 13% and 14%…
Thursday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council, António Costa will be in Jordan’s capital to meet with King Abdullah II during the first ever EU-Jordan summit. “Leaders will also discuss the current global challenges, including the situation in the Middle East, Ukraine, security, trade and migration,” a press release from the European Commission reads. As President of the European Council António Costa has said, Jordan plays “a pivotal role” and is “a strategic partner for the European Union”. This is partly due to the country’s relatively stable political landscape and…
France and the United Kingdom have confirmed their intention to deploy their soldiers on Ukrainian soil after an eventual ceasefire as part of a broader package of security guarantees for Kyiv to avoid a repeat of Russia’s full-scale invasion in the future. The commitment was signed in a formal declaration by French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” in Paris on Tuesday. “I can say that following a ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine and build…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Léa Becquet with AP Published on 06/01/2026 – 20:26 GMT+1 As Ukraine is about to enter a fifth year of full-scale invasion, Kyiv is in the process of reviewing the latest iteration of the US-brokered peace plan first floated last November. Ukraine and the US have reached a broad agreement on security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week, but reports suggest disagreements persist over territorial concessions to Russia, the plan’s most contentious issue. Although European leaders have been largely absent in drafting the document, public opinion across the continent, compiled by YouGov, shows where Europeans stand on the 20-point proposal…
France, Germany and Italy are the three European Union countries experiencing a worsening environment for civil society, according to a report by CIVICUS, the global alliance of civil society organisations and activists. All three member states were downgraded from “narrowed” to “obstructed” — the third-lowest of five possible categories. The annual report tracks the state of freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression in 198 countries and territories, rating them as open, narrowed, obstructed, repressed or closed. Across Europe, the most frequently reported violations include the detention of protesters, disruption of demonstrations, attacks on journalists, use of excessive force and…
After the US raid on Venezuela that resulted in the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro, Trump repeated his intentions to annex Greenland for the US, as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued her strongest rebuke to date, saying his calls to claim the island must stop. Greenland is a semi-autonomous region of Denmark, which is a member of NATO and the European Union. Since returning to power at the start of 2025, Trump has several times called for its annexation, and following the ouster of Maduro he has returned to the idea in public. “We need Greenland for a national…
A deadly fire tore through Le Constellation, a bar in located in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing around 40 people and injuring 119, with the majority being teenagers. As photos and videos of the incident spread online, misleading content and AI-generated images also circulated, prompting false narratives as well as conflicting reports regarding the cause of the fire being an explosion. The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team, has identified multiple videos and images circulating online in the aftermath of the tragedy. The blaze broke out in the early hours of 1 January — turning New…
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for “restraint by all actors” and urged to respect international law in a statement published Sunday night, as the United States remained vague on its future plans for Venezuela after the dramatic ousting of Nicolás Maduro. The statement led by Kallas was supported by 26 out of 27 EU member states, with only Hungary opting out. Budapest is a close ally of US President Donald Trump, who over the weekend described the military operation that brought down Maduro as “brilliant”, and suggested the US would run Venezuela on an interim basis…