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To find a more cost-effective solution and strengthen collaboration, NATO is turning to industry for ways to counter unmanned systems. Earlier this week, the second AIRCOM Industry Day took place at Germany’s Ramstein Air Base, bringing together representatives from European arms manufacturers and the military. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A drone crashing into a house in Romania, another violating Lithuanian airspace, and Munich Airport suspending operations for several hours following a suspected sighting: unmanned systems, and how to counter them, have become an increasingly acute threat for NATO. If a drone is detected violating NATO airspace, the operation known as “Eastern Sentry”…
By Alice Galliott Published on 04/07/2026 – 6:38 GMT+2 The world’s largest digital camera has begun a decade-long mission to map the southern night sky from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Perched atop Cerro Pachón, the camera is about the size of a small car and weighs around 3,000 kilograms. Over the next 10 years, it will capture around 700 to 800 images every night, creating an unprecedented survey of the universe. Phil Marshall, Deputy Director of Operations at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, said the project will allow scientists to “cover the whole of the…
By Sertac Aktan & Euronews with AFP Published on 03/07/2026 – 5:25 GMT+2•Updated 6:10 United States President Donald Trump said Thursday it is “ridiculous” for the United States to continue its “one-sided” relationship with NATO, less than a week before a NATO summit in Ankara. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “They were not there for us!!!” and Washington’s relationship with NATO “is not reciprocal.” Trump has repeatedly lashed out at European allies over their response to the war in Iran. Trump also insists he wants Europe to take the lead role for its own defence, and Washington has already moved to…
Published on 03/07/2026 – 8:14 GMT+2•Updated 9:45 Ukraine’s emergency services announced on Friday that they had recovered three more bodies following Russia’s massive overnight attack on Kyiv earlier this week, bringing the death toll to 30. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Wednesday night into Thursday morning, Russian forces launched a wave of missile and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital, reportedly hitting more than 20 sites across the city and injuring more than 90 people in what the local mayor described as Moscow’s “most massive attack” on Kyiv. Ukraine’s air force said the attack included 570 air attack assets, including four Zircon…
But first: Brace yourselves because temperatures are set to creep up again in the coming days across many parts of Europe. As my colleague Marta Pacheco reports, it’s forcing officials in Brussels to rethink the bloc’s climate policies, with a pivot from mitigation to adaptation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Meet me in Cork: Today, the College of European Commissioners, led by President Ursula von der Leyen, will meet their Irish government counterparts in Cork, my colleague Jorge Liboreiro reports from the ground. It’s the traditional visit that marks the start of a new rotating presidency. Cork, it must be noted, is the…
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Alexander De Croo said on Thursday that the European Union’s long-term budget can balance defence and aid spending to ensure that Europe’s neighbourhoods are safe, as they are “two sides of the same coin.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We see more military spending, and we totally understand that in the current circumstances,” he said. “But if you want that military spending to be as effective as possible, you will also have to invest in preventing that conflict from arising.” A stable neighbourhood means economic growth, democracy and peace, De Croo, also a former prime minister of…
Pro-Russian social media users have shared fake images they claim show evidence that photographers were preparing in advance to capture a strike on one of Ukraine’s most important religious sites. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The posts allege that the presence of the camera crews on nearby rooftops shows that the attack on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was staged by Ukraine. The monastic complex was hit between 14 and 15 June, when Russia fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Authorities said that five people were killed and residential areas were hit when missiles struck and damaged both the UNESCO-listed…
Hundreds of shoppers queued outside Lidl supermarkets across France on Thursday after the retailer announced the sale of 200,000 fans and portable air conditioners, triggering long lines, scuffles and police intervention at several stores. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Outside a Lidl store in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, around 200 people waited for up to two hours before opening, with police monitoring the crowds as demand grew. Social media videos showed chaotic scenes as customers rushed into stores in a bid to secure the discounted cooling appliances. In Nanterre, west of Paris, the entrance door of a Lidl supermarket was damaged as crowds pushed…
Published on 03/07/2026 – 14:52 GMT+2 European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is weighing the possibility of playing a role in the upcoming French elections, which could lead her to leave her post early, she told French newspaper Les Échos on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Lagarde did not specify the role she has in mind, but said she is not currently planning to run as a candidate, and would instead prefer to contribute to and shape the electoral debate. “I believe that a European voice needs to be heard in the French presidential debate,” Lagarde said, adding that it would be…
Published on 03/07/2026 – 20:43 GMT+2 Two Romanians previously convicted of a knife attack on an Iranian journalist outside his London home “on behalf of” Iran were jailed on Friday for 12 and eight years respectively. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT George Stana, 25, and Nandito Badea, 21, were found guilty last month of wounding with intent over the 2024 stabbing of Pouria Zeraati, a news presenter for Persian-language outlet Iran International. The duo had denied the charge but were convicted by a jury after a trial. Sentencing them at London’s Old Bailey court, judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said the evidence “overwhelmingly points” to…