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Published on 08/05/2026 – 10:08 GMT+2 Partial results on Friday from local elections in England showed big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right Reform UK. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The votes are widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted since he was elected less than two years ago. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, won hundreds of local council seats in working-class areas in England’s north that were once solid Labour turf. The picture will change throughout Friday as results come in from the majority of local councils, including…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2 It was a bold move by Giorgia Meloni. This week, the Italian Prime Minister posted an AI-generated image of herself in underwear, a picture that had already been circulating on social media. It was intended as a warning: if this can happen to a head of government, it can happen to anyone. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, the European Union has already been working to tackle deep fakes. So what exactly is changing? On Thursday, the EU reached a deal to ban so-called “nudification” apps — the tools used to create non-consensual sexually explicit images and…

On 8 May 1945, Nazi Germany’s armed forces – the Wehrmacht – surrendered unconditionally, marking the end of World War II in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eighty-one years later, a development that at first seems paradoxical is becoming increasingly visible: growing numbers of descendants of Holocaust survivors from Israel, the US and across the world are now applying for German citizenship. Many had already begun the process before, but the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 have once again changed the reasons driving many of these applications. At the same time, applicants continue to face significant bureaucratic hurdles, such…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 7:54 GMT+2•Updated 8:12 On today’s show hosted by Mared Gwyn: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Top story: Euronews’ Stefan Grobe on the stalled EU–US trade deal and rising tensions over tariffs, with Trump issuing an ultimatum overnight. Interviews with Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, Nadim Gemayel, Lebanese Member of Parliament, and Wopke Hoekstra, EU Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth. Explainer by Jakub Janas: The EU’s plan to simplify AI rules and ban “nudification” apps to protect citizens. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and…

Across Europe, pride rarely comes from a single source, and the strength of Europeans’ pride varies even more from country to country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Arts and culture, history, food, and politics were among the themes mentioned by respondents in nine EU member states, out of 25 countries, in a Pew Research Centre study asking what makes people proud of their homeland. Where is pride in arts and culture most common? When it comes to pride in cultural heritage, including customs and traditions, national symbols, art and architecture, Italy stands out. About four in 10 Italians say they are proud of…

France’s right-wing TV channel, CNews, suffered a blow live on air after political commentators ridiculed Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of France’s National Assembly, for allegedly featuring on the cover of tabloid magazine “Closer” on 4 May. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, the magazine cover was actually AI-generated. The cover depicts politician Braun-Pivet alongside Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, former minister of education under ex-socialist President François Hollande, besides a title which reads “For them, it’s not a crisis!” “It’s a way for her to say, ‘Look, I’m a bit left-leaning; look, I’m friends with Najat Vallaud-Belkacem’—that’s what it means to Yaël Braun-Pivet,” said one political commentator…

This is the story of a professor of language science who mistook his grandiose dreams for reality. Between an oversized ego and digital stagecraft, this is the tale of an academic hoax that will, for him, be settled in court. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Florent Montaclair, aged 56, is currently the subject of an investigation opened by the Montbéliard public prosecutor’s office (Doubs), concerning several alleged offences, including forgery, use of forged documents, fraud and unlawful assumption of title. The inquiry also extends to checking parts of his academic record, in particular an alleged PhD obtained from an American university whose very…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 22:16 GMT+2•Updated 22:39 The European Union has until 4 July to fully implement its trade deal with the United States or face “much higher tariffs”, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The announcement, which comes amid rising tensions between the EU and the US, postpones a threat made by Trump last Friday when he said tariffs on EU-made cars would be hiked from 15% to 25% sometime this week. “I’ve been waiting patiently for the EU to fulfill their side of…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2•Updated 21:11 The winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections last month, Rumen Radev, was named the country’s new prime minister on Thursday. His landslide win in last month’s parliamentary election raises hopes for a stable government in the Balkan nation, which has seen eight elections in the space of five years. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Radev ran on a ticket focused on fighting corruption and “cleaning up” what he described as Bulgaria’s “oligarchic model”. Radev, who resigned earlier this year as president to participate in the election, is a staunch EU critic, and has campaigned on resuming dialogue…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 19:57 GMT+2 The European Commission insisted on Thursday that “progress” had been made in late-night talks with MEPs and member state officials on implementing last August’s EU-US trade deal, and that the process remained “fully in line with standard legislative practice”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But inside the room, negotiators were far apart on what is still needed. Nine months after the controversial agreement was struck at the Turnberry golf course between Brussels and Washington, the deal remains bogged down in fraught negotiations between MEPs, the Commission and EU member states, with divisions hardening just as Donald Trump…