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Another major day of demonstrations got underway in France on Tuesday, with students and trade unions taking to the streets to protest education conditions and funding as the National Assembly began its debate on the government’s budget proposals for 2027. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Teaching unions told Euronews that they were dissatisfied with the government’s response to concerns over long school days, overcrowded classrooms, run down facilities, and teacher absences. “It is clear that the responses that have been provided are inadequate and do not meet the needs set out,” Elisabeth Allain-Moreno, secretary-general of SE UNSA, a teachers’ union, said. France’s Education…

Published on 13/10/2026 – 12:49 GMT+2•Updated 12:56 Sweden’s Social Democratic party leader Magdalena Andersson said Tuesday she had failed to form a government with the three other parties in the left-wing bloc following last month’s election. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “My overall assessment is that progress has been made, but at the same time, the conditions are currently not in place to form a government that can be tolerated by the parliament,” Andersson told a press conference. She spoke after reporting back to parliament speaker Andreas Norlen, who had tasked her with gauging conditions to form a government after the September 13…

Published on 13/10/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2•Updated 10:16 Euronews nearly doubled its online audience over the past year, bucking a sharp downturn across the world’s biggest news websites, according to new industry figures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The site recorded 44.8 million visits in September, up 99% on the same month last year, according to the UK Press Gazette and is the fastest growing audience for the second month in a row after breaking into the top 50 in July. September’s figures represented the largest year-on-year increase of any site on the list. The rise came against a difficult backdrop for the sector.…

In the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, a total of 358 so-called child marriages have been officially recorded since 2012. Only eight of these forced marriages have so far been legally annulled. According to authorities, the other 350 cases were brought to an end in other ways. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This alarming finding comes from a response by the Baden-Württemberg state government to a minor inquiry submitted by AfD state parliament members Nikolaos Boutakoglou and Emely Knorr. The Tübingen regional authority is responsible for recording the data, the answer came from the Ministry of the Interior. 11-year-old Iraqi girl married off…

The European Security Council would fast-track traditional EU bureaucratic gridlock during security emergencies. Under the proposal, it would rely on what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called a “counter-hybrid playbook” to address grey-zone hostile actions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In her 2026 State of the Union address, she explicitly said that these new mechanisms are meant to be “fully aligned” and “complementary” to NATO rather than replacing it. And speaking at Euronews’ Defence & Space Summit, EU defence chief Andrius Kubilius said the ESC would “not [be] against NATO” but be “exactly the opposite”. “It is how to make Europe…

As an aside, you might notice a new look and feel to our newsletter from today. Good news: you can now also read Europe Today every morning in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But first, some breaking news: Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has said that two more ships have been hit by drones in the Black Sea, one of which sank. Ukraine has blamed previous such attacks on Russia, accusing Moscow of seeking to choke off Kyiv’s vital maritime export route. More. Ukraine under fire: There is little sign of the surprise energy truce announced on…

Published on 12/10/2026 – 16:19 GMT+2 Hundreds of French supermarkets belonging to the Intermarché and Coopérative U chains have fallen victim to a cyberattack targeting their refrigeration systems, the two retail giants said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Around 150 to 200 Intermarché stores were hit, along with nearly 100 Coopérative U outlets, they added. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the cyberattack, which is also thought to have affected other major chains. BFM TV reported that France’s largest supermarket chain, E. Leclerc, had also been targeted, with the hackers managing to trigger the defrost cycle on its refrigeration systems. Contacted by…

Published on 13/10/2026 – 5:15 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump has continued insisting on Monday that an energy ceasefire is indeed in place between Ukraine and Russia, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that Moscow struck his country’s energy sites. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Well, they agreed,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for Ohio. “Because I said, ‘You agree.’ That’s why they agreed. ” Because I said they agree,” he added. When pressed about the attacks by Russia, Trump said, “Well, I’d have to look at it and see, because there’s been violations on both sides.” Drone strike…

Published on 12/10/2026 – 18:30 GMT+2•Updated 18:49 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK’s relationship with Brussels needs to change as he spoke to parliament ahead of next month’s UK-EU summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Burnham told MPs that “sticking with the current status quo is not good enough for Britain” and that a conversation over future relations must be had “if we are serious about promoting growth, controlling immigration, upholding our values and security.” “Worse, it would be a major dereliction of duty” for the government to “turn away” from exploring options for a closer relationship with the European Union,…

Published on 12/10/2026 – 21:51 GMT+2•Updated 21:59 French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that the French navy had intercepted and boarded an oil tanker suspected of being involved in illegal fuel-trafficking activities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The operation took place 450 nautical miles south of the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, according to Macron. “Our French Navy boarded the oil tanker DF Peak, which is suspected of sailing under a false flag and of being involved in illicit fuel-trafficking activities,” he wrote in a post on social media, whilst also sharing video footage appearing to show troops rappelling down…