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A German serial killer already in prison for the murders of three children went on trial in France on Tuesday over the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old boy during a school trip in 2004. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Martin Ney, dubbed “the man in black”, has been charged with murder and kidnapping over the disappearance of Jonathan Coulom at a school holiday camp in western France. The boy’s bed was empty when his roommates woke up in a dormitory at the seaside camp in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins. More than a month later Jonathan’s body was found weighed down by a concrete block in…
A viral X post claiming that Eurovision’s 2026 contest was secretly “fixed” in Finland’s favour spread widely in the days leading up to this year’s final in Vienna. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The post, which initially circulated on TikTok, amassed more than 1 million views and presented itself as testimony from a Eurovision “security guard.” “I can freely say through a secret account that the winner is picked,” the viral post said, alleging that Finland had offered organisers of the competition around €16 million to secure victory. However, this claim later unravelled during the final itself when Finland — tipped as a…
Published on 19/05/2026 – 14:10 GMT+2 “For three centuries, we were in (the) shadow of Russian Empire. And I’m here to say, Europe, we are back,” Ukrainian human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk declared as she received the European Order of Merit in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Visibly emotional, Matviichuk said Ukraine is “returning home to European values.” “We are paying the highest price for this.” The head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, Matviichuk is among the first European Order of Merit laureates. She has been recognised…
Updated: 19/05/2026 – 13:12 GMT+2 European People Party MEP Željana Zovko warned that US “ideological fights” and EU “complex process procedures” could inhibit an EU-US deal from being reached at tonight’s high stakes talks in Strasbourg. Zovko also admitted she is “not so confident this morning”. … More
The European Union is increasingly accepting the idea of speaking directly with Russia to bring the full-scale invasion of Ukraine to an end. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The internal reassessment intensified after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, frustrated by the White House’s all-consuming focus on the Middle East, publicly urged Europeans to appoint a designated envoy for the peace negotiations. “It is important for it to have a strong voice and presence in this process, and it is worth determining who will represent Europe specifically,” Zelenskyy said on Sunday after speaking with António Costa, the president of the European Council. But whoever gets…
Finnish divers have recovered the bodies of two of the four remaining Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, an official said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bodies were located on Monday, when searches resumed after being suspended following the death of a local military diver during a perilous mission to try to reach them. Five Italian divers went missing on Thursday, with one of the bodies recovered earlier. The plan is to recover the remaining two bodies on Wednesday. The announcement that two bodies were recovered on Tuesday was made by presidential…
Published on 19/05/2026 – 9:23 GMT+2•Updated 9:27 Russia has high expectations for President Vladimir Putin’s trip to China this week, with the Kremlin saying both sides will use the visit to further develop their “privileged partnership”. Putin is due to begin his official visit to Beijing shortly after US President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While Moscow has officially said the visit will focus on strengthening Russia and China’s “strategic partnership”, the timing points to a broader geopolitical agenda — and to China’s growing diplomatic leverage. Trump visited Beijing less than a week ago, but despite high…
Published on 19/05/2026 – 9:32 GMT+2 EU defence chiefs are gathering in Brussels this week to mark 25 years since the creation of the EU Military Committee, originally established in response to the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. But amid the anniversary, the mood has been overshadowed by the ongoing war in Ukraine and rising instability in the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today, the Chair of the EU Military Committee, General Seán Clancy, described the moment as “a time for reflection more than celebration,” alluding to the rapid evolution of Europe’s security and…
On 7 May, co-legislators agreed to ban “nudifier apps” under the Digital Omnibus on AI. These controversial tools can generate AI-created sexual images or videos that “undress” individuals without consent, raising concerns over privacy and ethical use of technology. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT New-generation AI makes the creation of synthetic content increasingly affordable and realistic. About 8 million deepfakes were online in 2025, with 90 per cent of online content set to be AI-generated by 2026, the European Parliament Research Service found. So far, EU law has addressed deepfakes indirectly by treating them as violations of privacy and transparency, sparking calls for…
Published on 18/05/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 Deepfakes are highly realistic, digitally manipulated visual content. Videos, images and audio are created using sophisticated AI tools, making them indistinguishable from reality. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT New-generation AI tools have made it easier to create illegal sexual content through apps known as “nudifier apps.” They use generative AI to create fake nude images of real people without their consent, leveraging a database of online images to produce realistic but unauthorised content. One in three deepfake tools can create free, non-consensual pornographic material in under 25 minutes. Deepfake pornography accounts for 98 per cent of all…