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Published on 18/05/2026 – 7:58 GMT+2•Updated 8:01 Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party suffered a bruising defeat in Andalusia’s regional elections. Europe Today’s Europe Editor Maria Tadeo analyses what the result could mean for Spain, Brussels and Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Also on today’s show: The latest on the war in Ukraine after a deadly drone strike on Moscow killed four people and injured dozens, in one of the most significant attacks on Russian soil since the start of the full-scale invasion. The World Health Organisation declares a global health emergency over an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as world…
The count has only just begun and the figures are still preliminary, but the Sigma Dos exit poll for ‘Canal Sur’ already points to a clear winner: Juanma Moreno would again secure an absolute majority in Andalusia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The PP would take between 56 and 59 seats, roughly matching the 58 they held in the outgoing parliament and above the 55 needed for an absolute majority. If confirmed, Moreno would govern alone for another four years, without having to sit down to negotiate with anyone. The PSOE, led in Andalusia by María Jesús Montero, by contrast, is failing to…
Published on 17/05/2026 – 20:38 GMT+2 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Sweden on Sunday, the second stop of a tour through Europe that also includes the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Gothenburg, Modi met with his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson and European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen at the European Business Round Table for Industry to meet with European and Indian business leaders. “This will also deepen investment linkages between India and Europe,” Modi said in a post on X ahead of the event. Von der Leyen reiterated the commitment to the EU-India trade agreement,…
Investigators have ruled out that terrorism was at play after a man drove a car into crowd in the Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The driver, a 31-year-old Italian man of Moroccan heritage, hit several people before crashing into a shop window, colliding head-on with a woman. Four people were in critical condition following the incident, authorities said. The driver, an economics graduate born in 1995 who was not known to the police, went through a spell of “psychological disturbance” in 2022, city prefect Fabrizia Triolo said at a news conference on Saturday. “He…
Published on 17/05/2026 – 13:15 GMT+2 Former British health secretary Wes Streeting has labelled the UK’s decision to leave the European Union a “catastrophic mistake” as he launches his bid to become the country’s next prime minister. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Streeting, who quit his Cabinet position earlier this month, has openly called for Keir Starmer to resign as leader, and told reporters on Saturday that he would stand in any leadership race. Speaking at the Labour Party’s Progress conference, Streeting also took aim at Brexit. “At the core are three big important choices we have to make as a country that…
A huge police presence was deployed in London on Saturday two manage two opposing rallies, as well as football fans gathering for the FA Cup Final. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tens of thousands attended a demonstration organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, while another several thousand people gathered to commemorate Nakba Day, which marks the expulsion of some 700,000 Palestinians during the creation of Israel in 1948. Mustering in west London and ending with speeches near Piccadilly, it combined with an anti-fascism march organised by the Stand Up to Racism group. Armoured vehicles, police horses, dogs, drones and helicopters were deployed along…
Published on 16/05/2026 – 20:19 GMT+2 Several people were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians in the city centre of Modena, in northern Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eight people were injured, four of them critically, Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told Italian TV. He said a woman pinned against a shop window may require the amputation of both legs. Of the critically injured, two people have been transferred to the Maggiore Hospital in Bologna and two to the hospital in Modena. The driver was identified as a 31-year-old Italian citizen of Moroccan origin, living in the province of Modena, with no previous…
Spain’s National Police have led an international operation against the theft of high-end watches, which has culminated in the arrest of 12 people in Naples, in southern Italy. Those detained are part of criminal groups specialising in violently attacking tourists in some of Spain’s main tourist hotspots. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The operation, carried out in cooperation with the Italian authorities and coordinated by Europol, forms part of a wider investigation that has already led to the arrest of 31 people in different European countries, underlining the cross-border nature of this type of crime. Highly organised, specialist gangs According to the investigation,…
By Sonja Issel & Sonja Issel Published on 16/05/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2 After several days of uncertainty, it is now clear: the dead whale that became stranded off a Danish island is indeed the humpback whale Timmy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This has been confirmed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Ritzau news agency. Broadcaster TV 2 was among those to report the news. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Environment Minister Till Backhaus has also now confirmed the whale’s death. According to the Danish nature conservation authority Miljøstyrelsen, a GPS transmitter was found on the carcass. This clearly confirms that it is the same whale…
Published on 16/05/2026 – 15:08 GMT+2•Updated 15:17 A tragedy unfolded in the night between Friday and Saturday on the island of Lampedusa, where a newborn migrant baby girl just a few weeks old died of hypothermia immediately after disembarking and while being rushed to the island’s outpatient clinic. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At 4.30 a.m., after being rescued by the V1307 patrol boat of the Guardia di Finanza, 55 people from Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone landed at Favarolo pier. Among them were seven women and six minors. The baby girl, whose condition immediately appeared critical, was…