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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…
Published on 23/06/2026 – 14:59 GMT+2 The president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has appealed to the country’s Constitutional court amid a dispute over his participation in the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Pavel, who served in the Czech armed forces for more than three decades, took office in March 2023 and has attended every NATO summit since then. But Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced on Monday that Pavel would not be included in a delegation travelling to Turkey in July, with only the PM and defence and foreign ministers set to go. Babiš, the leader…
Spain issued a strong warning that one of the EU’s flagship environmental funds risks losing its impact if it is absorbed into broader funding structures as negotiations over the multi-annual budget intensify, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the document circulated ahead of environment ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 25, Spain called on EU countries to examine how the LIFE environmental fund — the bloc’s main funding instrument for climate and environmental action — can be safeguarded in the EU’s next long-term budget for 2028–2034. “The proposal to integrate the LIFE programme into broader financial…
Published on 23/06/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2 Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has begun a strategic visit to Brussels as Astana seeks a much deeper strategic partnership with the European Union, positioning itself as a reliable supplier of energy and critical raw materials while offering new opportunities in AI, logistics and green technologies. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We are in the heart of Eurasia. We border Russia, we border China, but we would like very much to strengthen our mutually beneficial ties with the European Union,” Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the EU Roman Vassilenko told Euronews in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, expressing his country’s…
Published on 23/06/2026 – 10:50 GMT+2 Seven people were injured on Monday when they were run over by a car on the terrace of a bar in Frigiliana (Málaga), according to the Andalusian 112 emergency service. Local media report that among the injured were at least two children, aged 5 and 14. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The alert came in at 19:30, when several witnesses phoned 112 to report that a car had ploughed into several customers sitting on the bar’s terrace. The coordination centre dispatched staff from the Emergency Health Centre, the local police and the fire brigade, who ultimately did…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & video by Léa Becquet Published on 23/06/2026 – 9:55 GMT+2 Few things could have better symbolically marked 10 years since the Brexit vote — and the chaos that followed — than the departure of yet another British prime minister. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sir Keir Starmer is the sixth to leave office since the 23 June 2016 referendum, a vote that reshaped UK politics and sent shockwaves across Europe. A decade of political bitterness and turmoil followed, leaving both of the UK’s traditional heavyweight parties badly scarred. The centre-left Labour Party is struggling to find its footing after winning the 2024…
The EU Transparency Directive is Europe’s latest effort to guarantee equal pay for equal work between men and women using transparency and stronger enforcement. The Commission proposed it in 2023 under the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 to close the ongoing gender pay gap. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The directive lifts the secrecy around salaries. In practice, postings and interviews must now include the pay range; workers can request average pay data for colleagues doing the same job broken down by gender. Employers can no longer ask candidates about their salary history. By making pay visible, the directive empowers workers, particularly women, to…