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Published on 07/09/2026 – 11:29 GMT+2 The UK government branded hundreds of demonstrators as “thuggish” after they blocked roads in an attempt to prevent asylum seekers leaving Portsmouth on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The protest came after around 140 migrants arrived by small boat, as tensions over Channel crossings continue to mount. “We condemn the intimidating and thuggish behaviour we saw in Portsmouth last night,” a spokesperson for the UK’s Home Office, said in a statement. “The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy but it must never cross a line into disorder.” Footage showed demonstrators, many dressed in…
Published on 07/09/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2 Belgian prosecutors have detained a Chinese-Belgian national in connection with an espionage investigation linked to China, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office has announced. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The suspect was detained in May, as he was about to board a flight to Beijing, though authorities disclosed the arrest only now. Prosecutors are investigating charges of espionage, participation in a criminal organisation, misuse of company assets and unlawful disclosure of trade secrets in connection with Belgian semiconductor company BELGAN BV, which went bankrupt in 2024, leaving 400 employees without jobs. According to prosecutors, the 52-year-old suspect held a…
Many people walking the streets of Lisbon will be greeted by an unusual sight: an ambulance riddled with bullets, completely out of action. The story of the vehicle, now on display in the heart of the Portuguese capital, goes back to 2022 during a rescue operation in Kharkiv, Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “A medical team was called out to rescue a woman injured in a bombing. After they had entered the building to rescue her, this ambulance came under fire,” Roman Grymalyuk, president of the Portuguese-Ukrainian association ORANTA, tells Euronews. For this Portuguese-Ukrainian citizen, although the vehicle stands as evidence of…
The radical-right Alternative for Germany’s landslide victory in the Saxony-Anhalt region election may be the first real crack in the power structure that has held European politics together since the Second World War. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Sunday, Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a resounding victory in the eastern German region, taking 43.8% of the vote. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which leads the governing coalition in Berlin, collapsed to 17.2%, while its junior coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD), managed just 9.3%. For the first time since the Nazi period, a German region could be led by a…
Published on 07/09/2026 – 21:52 GMT+2•Updated 21:58 Staff at the Eiffel Tower staged a walkout on Monday, forcing the closure of the iconic Parisian landmark after female employees were said to have been moved out of sight during the visit of a Hindu religious group. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The row began after the visit of around 100 people linked to the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Hindu movement, which inaugurated a new temple in France over the weekend. Diane Davoine, a union representative, told French TV that female workers had been “moved away from their workstations as the delegation passed…
Published on 07/09/2026 – 20:31 GMT+2•Updated 20:36 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan remain “private citizens” and are not to be considered working royals following their move back to the UK, according to a letter from King Charles III. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children – Archie and Lilibet – made the switch back from California last month, after having left for the Golden State in 2020 amid a bitter royal family feud. The letter, shared by the Lord Chamberlain on behalf of the King, said that the couple will also not be able…
France’s National Rally party reacted to the victory of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party with a noticeable silence on Monday, a move that reflects its complicated ties to the party. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella — who are respectively campaigning to be France’s next president and prime minister — made no mention of the AfD after the party took 43.8% of votes in Saxony-Anhalt’s elections, racing ahead of Christian Democratic Union, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, which secured 17.2%. Meanwhile, the Reconquête party — which is positioned further to the right than the National Rally and…
Published on 07/09/2026 – 16:26 GMT+2•Updated 17:15 The European Union will invest an additional €200 million in Greenland over the next two years to deepen economic ties and extract raw materials, Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday during an official visit to the vast Arctic island. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We know that the Arctic has become one of the places where the tectonic plates of geopolitics collide, so we have a direct stake in what happens here,” the president of the European Commission said in Nuuk. The financial package aims to expand the bloc’s presence in the semi-autonomous territory, which…
By Rafael Salido & Euronews Published on 07/09/2026 – 17:43 GMT+2•Updated 17:49 Spain’s Audiencia Nacional court has ordered a criminal investigation into the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in Ceuta in July. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In her ruling, investigating judge María Tardón said there were grounds to believe that “criminal conduct allegedly committed abroad had seriously undermined Spain’s territorial integrity, using the mass entry into the country to do so.” The decision comes after the judge ruled that the National Court had jurisdiction to investigate alleged crimes against territorial integrity, negligent homicide, and criminal organisation, in line with the criteria set out…
In Berlin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz appeared before the press on Monday, together with the CDU’s lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, Sven Schulze. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Yesterday’s result has changed not only Saxony-Anhalt, but Germany as a whole,” Merz said following Sunday’s state election results. “We are all profoundly shocked. We did not expect it to turn out like this.” The far-right, anti-immigration AfD party won the election by a landslide, taking 43.8% of the vote. The CDU came in a distant second with 17.2%. Compared with the 2021 state election, the AfD more than doubled its vote share, while the CDU…