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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is meeting US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to address his resentment with European allies over their refusal to join the Iran war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With the crunch NATO leaders’ summit coming in July, sources tell Euronews Rutte will be on a charm offensive, armed with details of record defence spending across the alliance in response to Trump’s exacting demands that Europeans pay more toward their own security. He’ll also point to positive activity in the US jobs market as defence production increases to meet new demand from Europe and Canada.…
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has given his clearest signal yet that inspectors will gain access to Iran’s uranium enrichment sites, pushing back against contradictory statements from both Washington and Tehran that have muddied the terms of last week’s landmark ceasefire deal. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at a press conference at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Wednesday, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the memorandum of understanding signed by both presidents leaves no room for ambiguity. “I can understand political statements, they are part of the reality, but the fundamental thing I would…
Published on 24/06/2026 – 9:18 GMT+2 Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman says Tehran has emerged from the war in a much stronger position that the US, who initiated the conflict on 28 February with US–Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian military and government sites that broguht about the assassination of Iranian officials and its leader Ali Khamenei. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to Euronews, the seasoned diplomat who led the team that negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, welcomed the current talks between Washington and Tehran but warned that major uncertainties remain over any potential deal. “What is really occurring…
Published on 24/06/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports from Berlin as the leaders of Europe’s five leading military powers meet to coordinate support for Ukraine, strengthen European security and discuss further sanctions against Russia. Euronews’ Méabh McMahon speaks to Wendy Sherman, the chief US negotiator behind the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, about the prospects for a lasting deal between Washington and Tehran. Euronews’ Ekbal Zein reports from Beirut on the fragile ceasefire in southern Lebanon as Israel continues operations against Hezbollah despite ongoing US-Iran negotiations. Euronews’ Christina Thykjaer joins us from Madrid as…
Published on 24/06/2026 – 5:30 GMT+2 A problem with a communications system forced Germany’s railway network to halt all trains late on Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded across the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Trains were held at stations and would-be travellers stood in long lines at information desks as they tried to figure out how to get to their destinations. The main national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, said shortly before 1 am local time — nearly two-and-a-half hours after it first reported the outage — that the problem had been resolved and service was resuming “step by step.” The company said there…
Published on 23/06/2026 – 15:51 GMT+2•Updated 16:36 An intensifying public row between Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy undermines political unity and plays directly into Russia’s hands, the European Commission has warned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If there’s something we have learned over the past five years (of) facing this unprovoked war in Ukraine is that unity is our strongest tool, and that anything that undermines that unity, including disputes, in this case, between a member state and Ukraine, is not helpful,” Paula Pinho, the Commission’s chief spokesperson, told journalists on Tuesday. “There is only one happy observer in…
By Euronews with AFP Published on 23/06/2026 – 19:59 GMT+2 Two whales were killed off the coast of Iceland overnight Sunday, two days after commercial hunting resumed, local media and animal rights activists reported Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The kill ends a two-year pause and marks the first catches since 2023. Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported that two fin whales were killed. The fin whale is the second largest animal on Earth after the blue whale. Before the vessels set off on Friday, a protester had attached himself to one of the masts in the port of Reykjavik, but climbed down and was escorted…
On Tuesday, Météo France is forecasting exceptionally high temperatures, both during the day and at night. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Night-time lows will not fall below 18 to 24 degrees across most of the country. In the daytime, they will rise to 40, and even 42 degrees in the west. Fifty-four départements have been placed on red heatwave alert (covering much of the western half of the country up to Burgundy) and 35 other départements are on orange heatwave alert. In total, more than 90% of the French population is exposed to extreme, exceptional heat. The heat is disrupting transport: several TGV…
Officials from the European Commission and 15 member states discreetly met with a Taliban delegation on Tuesday in an attempt to speed up the deportation of Afghan migrants to the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The meeting in Brussels, whose details and venue were not disclosed, was harshly criticised by progressive lawmakers and civil society organisations for liaising with an authoritarian regime that regularly violates human rights. The gathering was co-chaired by Sweden, one of the countries with the largest Afghan population per capita. It was held outside the Commission’s institutional premises and took place on a strictly technical level because of…
Published on 23/06/2026 – 16:23 GMT+2 A railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne “no longer exists,” Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) said on Tuesday, describing it as the “first one” to be eliminated in occupied Crimea. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Sorry, but we have an official urgent announcement: the railway bridge across the North Crimean Canal in Crimea no longer exists. The first one’s gone,” the SOF wrote in a statement posted on Threads. The SOF later posted footage that appears to be the attack on the bridge. “It formed part of a transport corridor used…