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Published on 12/10/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:03 Sasha Vakulina analyses Donald Trump’s announcement of an immediate energy ceasefire, what has been agreed, and what his call for Ukraine to replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about US–Ukraine relations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Maria Tadeo reports from the Warsaw Security Forum, where Zelenskyy addresses delegates as he seeks to shore up European support. Interview with Baiba Braže, Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister, as Europe’s eastern flank is facing another moment of heightened tension amid growing concerns over Russian drones, airspace violations and a broader campaign of hybrid pressure against NATO. Laila Humairah reports from Doha, Qatar,…
By Franziska Müller Published on 11/10/2026 – 16:23 GMT+2•Updated 18:18 Around 2,000 cubic metres of rock broke away from the Hochvogel mountain in the Allgäu Alps in June. Now researchers are warning that another major collapse could be imminent, potentially sending up to 400,000 cubic metres crashing down the mountainside. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The summit itself is at risk of breaking apart, with a fissure that has existed since the 19th century steadily widening. Records suggest the crack was once about shoulder-width, but the gap is now several metres across. Scientists have been monitoring the hotspot for twelve years, initially on field…
Multiple power plants in Ukraine were struck by Russia hours after US President Donald Trump claimed an ‘energy ceasefire’ between the two countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A power plant in Kyiv was hit by a drone, leading to power outages in the capital, followed by strikes on Kharkiv’s energy infrastructure. Earlier, Donald Trump said that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on his Truth Social network, without giving further details.…
Published on 11/10/2026 – 17:41 GMT+2 Flash floods hit central Nepal on Sunday, sweeping away houses and leaving at least five people missing, officials said, weeks after devastating flooding that killed hundreds. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Videos circulating online showed a dark, debris-filled river surging through the hills in Gorkha district. “What we know is that a dry landslide had blocked the river and then it burst to cause the flood”, said national disaster agency chief Dharam Raj Uprety. Some 45 houses were swept away, with the flood also damaging three hydropower projects and four bridges. According to the disaster agency, at…
Published on 11/10/2026 – 18:05 GMT+2 The eviction operations carried out by the state security forces began shortly after 8:00 am on the Guano beach in Ceuta, where around 400 migrants were still present following the wave of illegal immigration from Morocco that brought more than 70,000 people at the end of July. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The operation was made up largely of officers from the National Police, the Spanish riot units, immigration staff and members of the Civil Guard and local police. The procedure was similar to the two previous clearances on Tarajal and Trampolín beaches. The migrants were grouped…
Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday through the Belgian capital Brussels to the EU’s headquarters to demand greater action to combat climate change ahead of a major UN summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Record heatwaves across Europe this month have raised concerns about the impact that man-made climate change is having on the continent. Delegates from around the globe will gather in the Turkish resort town of Antalya next month for the annual COP gathering. But expectations are low that the meeting will yield any major breakthroughs, as the United States under Donald Trump has disengaged from the process and momentum…
By Euronews Published on 11/10/2026 – 20:27 GMT+2•Updated 20:49 One round was enough. French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann has won the primary of the French social-democratic camp, taking 66.17% of the vote in the first round of a contest that drew 120,787 voters, the organisers announced. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The leader of the Place publique party is far ahead of Socialist Party chief Olivier Faure, who secured 14% of the vote. Ségolène Royal, a prominent Socialist figure and former presidential candidate in 2007, who had hoped to spring a surprise, finished third with less than 8% of the vote. The two other candidates,…
Three weeks into France’s student protests, questions are mounting over whether the demonstrations will fizzle out or evolve into a broader social movement. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The protests and school blockades began in Paris’s suburbs in mid-September, before rapidly spreading nationwide. Dramatic images of students climbing the iconic column at Paris’ Place de la Bastille on Thursday managed to capture audiences worldwide. The scenes carried historical weight given that the square stands on the site of the former Bastille fortress and state prison, stormed by Parisians on 14 July 1789 in a defining moment of the French Revolution. After its demolition,…
Europe paid around €7.88 billion for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Arctic energy project in the first nine months of 2026 despite Brussels’ efforts to phase out gas from Moscow, according to the campaign group Urgewald. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The figures, compiled by Urgewald using data from the market intelligence firm Kpler, expose just how reliant the EU remains on Russian energy, with a record of 12.18 million tonnes reaching European ports between January and September this year. The EU has been trying to wean itself off Russian energy for a while, and this year introduced a number of measures…
US President Donald Trump said it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not tried sufficiently to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for Tennessee on Saturday. The statement was welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic negotiator, who called Trump’s remarks as “iconic and historic”. “President Trump joins the many who…