Author: Euronews

Thick smoke from wildfires in Indonesia turned the skies over Palangkaraya a striking yellow and orange on Thursday 15 October, reducing visibility to just a few dozen metres. Aerial footage shows the capital of Central Kalimantan province almost disappearing beneath the haze, with the Talawang roundabout and a nearby statue barely visible. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hundreds of kilometres away, Singapore was also blanketed in smoke, leaving its iconic Marina Bay Sands complex almost indistinguishable against the skyline. Roads, bridges and passing vehicles were shrouded in the dense haze. The pollution comes from fires that have been burning across Indonesia for months,…

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares tells Euronews the upcoming election on November 29 pits a ‘progressive majority’ against rightwing forces that want to remove fundamental rights. Albares sees elements of foreign interference, saying “they want to divide and weaken Europeans”. He also discusses Madrid’s position ahead of an EU leaders summit on Thursday, advocating to use the Russian frozen assets to finance Ukraine after Brussels shelved the idea in 2025. He spoke on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT

Published on 13/10/2026 – 16:43 GMT+2 After much anticipation, Apple have launched a new product that marks a decisive moment for the company as it pushes into the smart home. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Called the “HomeView,” it resembles an iPad that lives in your house and has a 7-inch Retina display mounted on an oval base with speakers. The home hub, as it has been referred to colloquially online and in the media, is supposed to be switched on at all times and will be a way for users to connect with Siri. It can recognise up to six different household…

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Alexus Grynkewich has unveiled a new defence strategy aimed at ensuring that any attack on an alliance member proves “utterly futile”, as countries on NATO’s eastern flank face sabotage, arson and drone incursions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Grynkewich said the strategy, known as the ‘Theory of War,’ was designed to deny adversaries the ability to penetrate NATO territory and sustain an attack. “If attacked, we are ready to fight tonight,” Grynkewich told the audience to loud applause. “We will continue to prepare and rehearse each and every day, so we…

Published on 11/10/2026 – 16:34 GMT+2•Updated 17:01 US President Donald Trump said in a brief statement Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on his Truth Social network, without further details. Zelenskyy says he wasn’t informed of the energy ceasefire. “It was news for me. But if Russians agree to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine will agree”, Zelenskyy told Axios. There was no immediate confirmation from Russia…

The head of India’s “cockroach movement” has been detained as hundreds of protesters descended on New Delhi on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The demonstration is the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The movement is demanding the election commissioner’s resignation. Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders were detained before disembarking from a flight in the capital, the group said. It said in a statement they had been taken to “an undisclosed location”. “They’re being denied access to their lawyers and…

Published on 09/10/2026 – 16:14 GMT+2 The United Nations (UN) said on Friday it was monitoring protests by high school students across France “with concern”, as nationwide demonstrations entered their fifth consecutive day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We are following with concern incidents related to the student protests and high school blockades in France, some of which have turned violent,” said Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson for the UN human rights agency. Nearly 7,000 people, of whom 86 percent are minors, have been taken into police custody since mid-September, according to France’s Justice Ministry. The students, mostly aged between 15 and 18, are protesting…

Published on 08/10/2026 – 16:33 GMT+2 Europe could face a gas shortfall of 12% to 15% of demand if a severe cold snap hits this winter, according to a report published on Thursday by the EU’s gas transmission operators. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The warning comes as the bloc enters winter with gas storage facilities just 72% full as of October 1, down from 83% at the same point last year, following what the report describes as a “challenging injection season”. The winter supply outlook, published by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG), examines two scenarios that assume…

EU candidate countries have raised concerns that new safeguards designed to prevent democratic backsliding after accession could leave them with second-class membership – or give existing member states a powerful tool to exert political pressure. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The concerns follow proposed measures unveiled by the European Commission on Tuesday, including a 15-year probationary period during which new members could lose voting rights if they commit a serious breach of EU values and rules. “We are counting on the European Union to ensure that the accession process remains ambitious, credible and predictable, and reflects the progress that Ukraine continues to make,”…

Lithuania has taken a step towards removing a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons from its territory, bringing the Baltic state closer to the legal position of its neighbours as European allies debate how to strengthen NATO’s deterrence in the face of Russia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, voted 106-18, with six abstentions, on Tuesday to advance a constitutional amendment removing a provision that bars weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases from Lithuanian territory. The change still requires a second vote after a constitutionally mandated three-month waiting period. At least 94 of the Seimas’ 141 members must…