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With the trade war with the US heating back up, Canada’s Prime minister Mark Carney has delivered another pledge to deepen his country’s economic and security partnership with the EU. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT His statement came after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington collapsed last week, with Canada accusing the US of interfering in its sovereignty by demanding French-language concessions. In retaliation, US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that on 1 January 2027, tariffs on cars and trucks will be increased to 50%. “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” he wrote. “They do 95% of their business with…

Leonardo has set up a new company in Kyiv with the aim of moving into the frontier of drone warfare, whose epicentre is now Ukraine, and of reaping the hoped-for benefits for European production and defence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Italian arms manufacturer has in recent months created Leonardo Ukraine, a company wholly owned by the group, according to the daily newspaper Milano Finanza. (source in Italian) At the Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom in July, the company’s chief executive, Lorenzo Mariani, explained how Ukraine has “acquired an operational experience without equal during the conflict” and that it was therefore…

Published on 26/08/2026 – 11:40 GMT+2 An employee at Frankfurt Airport has died of malaria, a spokesperson for the facility’s operator Fraport said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A further five employees at the airport also contracted the infectious disease and are receiving medical treatment. The cause of the infections is believed to be a mosquito that travelled by plane from a malaria-endemic area to Germany, likely in July. Fraport says its focus is now on information and prevention. Employees are being advised to see a doctor if they experience any malaria-like symptoms and to tell medics they work at the…

Published on 26/08/2026 – 9:18 GMT+2•Updated 9:21 A baker in Bavaria who says he had to spend €15,000 on new scales after a row with a customer over half a loaf of bread has made headlines across Germany. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The dispute took place in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, a town north of Munich, where baker Matthias Breitner has for decades sold half loaves to customers who do not want to buy a whole one. The dispute started by email As first reported by Bild and RTL, the row began when a customer emailed to complain after weighing a half…

The EU is increasing maritime defence spending as threats to its ports, undersea cables and offshore infrastructure grow. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 90 percent of EU trade, energy supplies and internet data move by sea. This exposes the bloc to hybrid and cyber attacks, border tensions and infrastructure sabotage, including from Russia. Brussels updated its Maritime Security Strategy in March 2023 and funding followed. EU countries spent €343 billion on defence in 2024, up 19 percent year-on-year. Equipment procurement jumped 39 percent. Spending hit a record €392 billion in 2025, much of it through the €150 billion SAFE fund under the EU’s…

Published on 25/08/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2•Updated 19:27 Three people have been arrested after Slovak police said they thwarted a planned arson attack on a drone manufacturer’s production facility in eastern Slovakia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement posted to Facebook on Tuesday, police said two individuals were detained in Slovakia while a third person was arrested by German authorities after a European arrest warrant was issued. They are suspected of preparing the attack “as accomplices on someone else’s instructions.” None of those arrested were Slovak nationals, the force said, adding that it had acted on information provided by Slovak intelligence. It…

Published on 25/08/2026 – 17:01 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in Moscow on an unannounced trip on Tuesday, according to US media outlets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT CBS News reported that Ratcliffe was in the Russian capital, citing sources familiar with the situation. Neither Washington nor Moscow have confirmed Ratcliffe’s presence, and it was not immediately clear who the US spy chief was expected to meet or what would be discussed. News of the visit came after a US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport earlier in the day. Flight-tracking data showed…

Published on 25/08/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2 A group of EU officials will travel to China in the coming days to advance trade talks, as Brussels seeks to narrow a record €1 billion-a-day trade deficit with Beijing, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission hopes the technical discussions will deliver “tangible” results by October, when EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is expected to travel to China. However, talks launched by the Commission and Beijing in June have become strained in recent weeks after China barred companies from providing information to Brussels in investigations under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, the EU’s…

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and the liberal Renew Europe group urged the European Commission on Tuesday to consider freezing €770 million in EU funds earmarked for Romania. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seen by Euronews, the leaders of the two groups, Manfred Weber and Valérie Hayer, called for money from the EU’s post-pandemic Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to be withheld, arguing that it could “inadvertently contribute to undermining Romanian democracy.” At the heart of their concerns is a disputed law that they say could target liberal leader and Timișoara Mayor…

Published on 25/08/2026 – 9:45 GMT+2 French schools will add questions on sexual and gender-based violence to an annual questionnaire completed by millions of pupils, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Geffray said he expected the survey to produce “seismic results” because of the scale of the problem. Around 10 million pupils, from the final year of pre-school through to the end of secondary education, will be asked about sexual or gender-based violence they may have experienced, Geffray told several French regional newspapers. “One child in 10 is a victim of sexual violence in France,” he said.…