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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has at last presented his government’s Defence Investment Plan, a spending programme that aims to ensure Britain’s military future by raising defence investments to £80 billion (€92.8 billion) a year by 2029. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Building and buying stealth fighter jets, submarines and warheads are all on the menu, with £5 billion (€5.8 million) allocated solely for the development of drones, a move Starmer hailed as “the largest ever UK investment in this technology”. “We will build an army that is ten times more lethal, with attack drones flying alongside our Apache helicopters, a new fleet…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2 Nine people linked to a pornography business will stand trial in the Czech Republic on human trafficking charges after prosecutors accused them of promising young women false modelling opportunities before coercing them into appearing in pornographic films. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The defendants face up to 12 years in prison if convicted, according to Prague city prosecutors. “The accused include people organising the Czech Casting project, as well as people ensuring finances, casting production and agreements,” prosecutor’s office spokesman Aleš Cimbala said. He added that photographers, camera operators and actors were also among those charged. The…
A planned “MiGs for drones” deal between Poland and Ukraine has collapsed, with Warsaw’s Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz accusing Kyiv of backing out of a promise to share drone technology in exchange for Polish fighter jets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Kosiniak-Kamysz, Warsaw offered Kyiv a “very fair, partnership-based approach: MiGs in exchange for drones.” “The Ukrainians initially accepted it but did not follow through, so there are no MiGs for Ukraine because there are no drones or drone capabilities for Poland,” he added. Polish defence minister admitted that Ukraine possesses both advanced military drone capabilities and extensive operational expertise to…
After a brutal heatwave that claimed around 1,300 lives in Europe and with a second one approaching at the beginning of July, climate politics are becoming more polarised than ever. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Unveiled in 2019, the European Green Deal is built on the premise of consuming less energy, burning fewer fossil fuels and making Europe’s homes more efficient in an effort to prevent future warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Yet Brussels’ vision was shaped largely by winter, prioritising how to keep Europeans warm while cutting reliance on imported gas. Then came the heat. As Europeans struggled through scorching…
At least four people have been trapped after a four-storey block of flats collapsed in central Athens on Tuesday, the Greek fire brigade said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Emergency services have been deployed to the scene to help with the search and rescue operation and footage shown on local media showed workers walking in the rubble looking for signs of life. It is not immediately clear why the block in the Petralona neighbourhood, which housed seven apartments, collapsed. Construction work was reportedly under way in the building next door, local media reported. This is a developing story and our journalists are working…
By Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky, Member of the European Parliament, Vice Chair of the Greens/EFA Group Published on 30/06/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Artificial intelligence started as an invention, continued as a business model, and ended up this spring as a weapon of mass destruction. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Since Anthropic – a leading developer of AI platforms and competitor of ChatGPT or Gemini-producers introduced its most powerful model Mythos – the world has become unsafer. Mythos is capable of hacking sensitive…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 12:27 GMT+2 The EU has allocated import quotas for steel to its trading partners on Tuesday in an attempt to fight growing overcapacity from foreign producers. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The measure comes amid rising tensions between the EU and china China, where most of the global steel surplus originates. Seeking to shield its market from global overcapacity, EU legislators agreed last April to increase existing tariff-free steel quotas to 18.3 million tonnes per year while doubling tariffs beyond those quotas to 50 percent The EU’s closest allies, such as the UK, Switzerland and Ukraine, are concerned that…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 12:53 GMT+2 The UK’s outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday that Britain would spend almost £300 billion (€348 billion) over the next four years to modernise its armed forces amid rising threats. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Starmer, expected to leave office next month after losing the support of Labour MPs, announced that the overall defence budget would increase by £15 billion (€17 billion) over the next four years to almost £300 billion, as he launched his long-awaited 10-year Defence Investment Plan. “Last year I made the decision in the national interest to reprioritise aid spending towards…
By Simon Ormiston Published on 30/06/2026 – 11:49 GMT+2 Morocco’s dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over the Netherlands at the World Cup sparked jubilant celebrations in the Dutch city of The Hague overnight, before clashes with police led to a series of arrests. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The last-32 tie in Monterrey finished 1-1 after extra time before Morocco prevailed in a tense shoot-out. After missed penalties by both teams, PSV Eindhoven forward Ismael Saibari calmly converted the decisive spot kick to send the Atlas Lions into the last 16, where they will face co-host Canada. The Hague, home to one of the Netherlands’…
Feliks the eagles journey resembles a Hollywood movie script, with kidnappers, smugglers and clandestine border crossings. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The year-old eastern imperial eagle from Serbia started flying in August and later set off on his first migratory flight toward the Middle East, only to be captured by poachers, sold illegally and retrieved in a daring cross-border mission. While Feliks returned home safely last week, his ordeal highlighted both the widespread practice of profit-driven, illegal animal trade and an unfaltering struggle by animal protection groups to counter it. “It’s getting worse year after year, season after season, day after day,” said…