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Published on 17/10/2026 – 19:29 GMT+2•Updated 20:52 Protesters in Brussels and Liege clashed with police on Saturday as a series of rallies turned violent across parts of Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Video footage circulating on social media shows police firing water cannons and tear gas in an effort to break up people taking part in cost-of-living protests in the capital. In Brussels, officers fired tear gas against youths throwing bottles and other projectiles in the Bourse district, a journalist for the AFP news agency said, whilst water cannons were also reportedly used against smaller groups of demonstrators in the eastern city…

Published on 17/10/2026 – 20:11 GMT+2•Updated 20:47 Students and other protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Education in Tirana on Saturday as anti-government demonstrations entered their fifth consecutive day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The protests, which have spread to cities across Albania, intensified after high school and university students joined a broader movement calling for Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation over allegations of corruption. The students are also demanding better education, greater financial support and improved job opportunities. The wider movement has been fuelled in part by opposition to a controversial luxury tourism development linked to Jared Kushner, US President Donald…

Published on 17/10/2026 – 21:59 GMT+2 Police and protesters clashed violently in Paris and other French cities on Saturday as half a million people marched against soaring inflation, with one demonstrator’s hand blown off, multiple blazes set and dozens of shops stripped bare by looters. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The widespread unrest follows weeks of student protests and deepens political uncertainty in France as it readies for elections in six months’ time to replace President Emmanuel Macron. “No room for violence in our Republic. Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be…

A fire engulfed the historic town hall in Limoges, central France, after a group set the 143-year-old building alight amid unrest following nationwide cost-of-living protests. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Local prefect Maurice Barate said the roof had collapsed onto the lower floors, except for the west wing, and that around two-thirds of the building’s exterior had already disappeared. The blaze followed demonstrations that escalated into violence in several French cities on Saturday. The extent of the damage to the town hall was still being assessed.

Published on 17/10/2026 – 20:14 GMT+2•Updated 20:32 Romanian F-16 fighter jets shot down two drones over the Black Sea in the latest drone incident impacting the southeastern European nation, authorities said on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Defence Minister Radu Miruta said the first drone had entered Romanian airspace at around 17:59 and was shot down “within two minutes,” 25 km south-east of the town of Sulina. “The second drone, in the same area, was engaged and shot down at 18:05, five minutes after entering national airspace, 20 km east of Sulina,” Miruta said. According to a Defence Ministry press release, two…

Euronews’ crew were assaulted by looters and rioters in Paris near the Place de la Republique on Saturday as they were covering the ongoing joint major protests organised by the so-called ‘Yellow Vests’ and student-led groups. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The crew was headed to another location from Place de la Republique – where the protests were being staged. Shortly into their journey, they were confronted by masked looters robbing the nearby Intermarché Express supermarket on 14 Place Jacques Bonsergent, which diverges from Place de la Republique, and filmed it. “We were standing on Boulevard de Magenta, not far from a supermarket…

France’s ‘yellow vest movement’ – comprised of a group of trade unions and citizens – have organised a major nationwide protest on Saturday to voice their objection to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and rising fuel prices gripping the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to Euronews, a representative of the movement revealed that the protest was arranged in part to support the student-led mass protests which have rocked the country in recent weeks, demanding the government revamp the education system, increase in school funding and access to resources as well as modernise classrooms and institutions. “We are here to help them, because…

Thomas Byrne, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, said EU countries had moved “closer together” in their efforts to reach an agreement on the bloc’s long-term budget. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Despite tensions at the latest European Council meeting, Byrne believes EU leaders will manage to reach an agreement on the long-term budget by Christmas, as they had originally committed to do. However, divisions remain between countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and the Nordic states, which are pushing for deeper cuts, and a group of southern and eastern European countries, including Spain and the Baltic states, which want…

Published on 17/10/2026 – 12:15 GMT+2•Updated 12:18 Pope Leo XIV has been cleared for discharge from hospital following surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, the Vatican announced on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Following the doctors’ assessment this morning, Pope Leo XIV will be discharged today from Gemelli Hospital, where he was hospitalised for surgery on his right lung,” a statement from the Vatican press office said. “He will leave the hospital in the early afternoon and return to the Vatican. Tomorrow, he will lead the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment,” it added. Doctors said…

Published on 16/10/2026 – 9:16 GMT+2 Disruptions and cancelled flights were reported on Friday morning at many Italian airports due to faults in the data transmission network that supports air traffic control services, the national air navigation service provider Enav has announced. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “From 6:00, in view of the steady increase in air traffic and the persistence of the faults, in order to continue guaranteeing the highest level of operational safety, flow management measures have been introduced, which mean a temporary reduction in the capacity to handle aircraft in Italian airspace”, reads the statement issued in the morning, which…