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Published on 10/09/2026 – 9:51 GMT+2•Updated 10:12 As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Canada for talks with leader Mark Carney, Russia and Ukraine continue to exchange fire. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At least three people were killed in Russian overnight attacks. Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that Moscow attacked Ukraine with 149 drones overnight from Wednesday into Thursday, 128 of which were intercepted. The statement added that they had been launched from Russian cities including Kursk, Millerovo and from the temporarily occupied region of Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea, striking 13 locations. A late Russian attack on a shopping center car park…

One thing is certainly clear from the conversations I’ve had with diplomats in the city’s old town to drone producers in the countryside. The small Baltic nation is preparing — and has been preparing for decades — for Russia’s worst case scenario, while continuing its unwavering support for Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This was made abundantly clear while walking past the Russian embassy in the city centre. The building is located on a 65-metre long street that in 2022 was renamed Ukrainas neatkarības iela, which in English means Ukrainian Independence Street. The embassy itself is surrounded by buildings showing unflattering illustrations…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:23 On today’s show: Maria Tadeo reports live from the Rīga Conference in Latvia, where this year’s focus is squarely on the Russian threat. She interviews Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, whose country borders Russia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sasha Vakulina explains why a drone incursion delayed Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s departure from Moldova. Ukraine’s president’s plane was also almost hit by a drone while taking off for Oslo. Also, interviews with: Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Housing and Energy, on Europe’s housing crisis. Alicia García-Herrero, economist at the Bruegel think tank, on EU-China trade relations. Andrea Renda,…

The European Commission is redirecting internal resources to Moldova’s enlargement process, after Chișinău’s reform pace outstripped the department’s capacity to keep up with it, EU officials told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Moldovan government has pushed through required reforms so quickly that the Commission is now playing catch-up, reallocating existing resources to keep tabs on progress. “Moldova’s impressive record of EU reforms is paying off. I had a good call with new Prime Minister Vasile Tofan during which we discussed the next steps on Moldova’s EU accession path,” Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos wrote on X on Tuesday. The Commission’s enlargement department,…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 6:00 GMT+2 August was the hottest month on record, tied with July 2023, according to data published on Thursday by the European climate observatory Copernicus. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last month, the global average air temperature reached 16.96°C, which is 1.65°C higher than the pre-industrial reference period of 1850–1900. August was the first month since November 2025 to exceed 1.5°C, the limit set by the Paris Agreement on climate change. The extra-polar oceans also broke a record for their average temperature last month, due to global warming, Copernicus points out. The average temperature reached 21.07°C, the highest ever…

An urgent memo from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), declassified on Wednesday and dated 29 July, confirms that the agency was aware, at least 24 hours in advance, of the possibility of a migrant crossing linked to Morocco’s Throne Day celebrations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The memo, declassified by the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office, shows that Morocco’s intelligence services, the DGST and DGED, were warned about several active WhatsApp groups that were “preparing an attempt to enter (…) next Thursday, 30 July”. Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday, in an interview on ‘Mañaneros 360’, that the CNI had failed to effectively anticipate the…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 12:48 GMT+2 The European Union’s General Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the previous Hungarian government that sought to block billions of euros in aid to Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hungary, under the previous government of Viktor Orbán, turned to the European Court of Justice last year to annul a Council decision channelling interest payments from frozen Russian central bank assets to Ukraine via the European Peace Facility (EPF), the EU’s principal military aid instrument. The Orbán government argued that the EPF had breached EU law by disregarding its veto on…

There has been dismay and pledges for action across Europe after it was revealed on Tuesday that maths and reading skills among pupils have declined across the world, largely due to digitalisation and a drop in recreational reading. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The OECD’s latest PISA report, based on a standardised test taken by 15-year-olds, found that student performance across OECD countries reached a record low in maths and reading. Within the EU, pupils in Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, and Bulgaria score below the OECD average in reading, mathematics and science skills. Only Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Austria, Poland and…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:01 GMT+2•Updated 16:04 The Hungarian government has formally notified the European Commission of the reforms it has passed to address the EU’s rule of law concerns, in a move that could unlock €4.2 billion in cohesion funding and restore access to EU programmes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The European Commission has received Hungary’s written notification under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. The notification sets out measures to remedy the situation that led to the adoption of protective measures,” the European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Piotr Serafin, wrote on X on Wednesday. The notification follows…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 European cities will have greater powers to restrict short-term rentals such as Airbnb under EU plans unveiled on Wednesday aimed at tackling rising housing costs in popular tourist destinations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission set out conditions under which local authorities will be able to limit short-term lets as part of its affordable housing package, designed to address what Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera described as a “terrible crisis”. “When the market fails to deliver something as fundamental as an affordable home, public authorities have a responsibility to act”, Ribera said. Short-term rentals are popular…