Author: Euronews

John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital on Tuesday for meetings, in what appears to be his first visit to Russia as CIA director.

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Russian forces also carried out a number of attacks on Ukraine’s railway network on Sunday as Ukrainians prep for the country’s Independence Day.

Published on 22/08/2026 – 17:09 GMT+2•Updated 17:16 Polish authorities have launched mesaures to deal with malicious food-delivery pranks after persistent harassment and threats issued via bogus orders for meals to be paid for on delivery began to resurface. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Officers from the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC), under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Szczecin, say they have detained a man suspected of organising the scheme. The 23 year old suspect faces up to eight years in prison for stalking, identity fraud, and causing massive financial harm to local restaurants by ordering hundreds of unpaid meals…

Italy has been battered by a severe weather front, with violent storms, gale-force winds and intense lightning, hitting Liguria, Lombardy and northern Tuscany, causing floods and damage.

Morocco is set to benefit from increased funding for border control and migration management following the Ceuta crisis at the end of July, as part of a long-awaited partnership agreement with Brussels, EU officials have told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU is set to finalise a deal for a strategic and comprehensive partnership with Morocco by the end of the year, similar to the one the European Commission concluded with Egypt in 2024, which included a €7.4 billion financial and investment package to boost the country’s economy, manage migration, and secure regional stability. The deal with Rabat had been in…

The Party of European Socialists (PES) is heading towards an internal showdown as divisions among national delegations over migration policy deepen in the wake of the Ceuta crisis, in which over 72,000 people illegally crossed into the Spanish enclave from Morocco at the end of July. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT During the crisis, Denmark’s centre-left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen joined Italy, Germany, Finland and Sweden in criticising Pedro Sánchez’s government over its handling of the situation. “These are violent images from Ceuta. We will not accept a repeat of 2015,” Frederiksen told Danish news agency Ritzau at the time. “It goes without…

The measures tighten restrictions on trade and technology that could support Belarus’s military and industrial capabilities.

Published on 17/08/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2 Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party has vowed to scrap benefits for foreign nationals as part of a proposed overhaul of the nation’s welfare system. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The policy would include European Union citizens with settled status in the UK, meaning renewed negotiations would need to take place over the UK’s Brexit withdrawal agreement. Outlining the plan in a speech on Monday, Robert Jenrick, Reform’s economics spokesperson and Member of Parliament for Newark, pledged to put an end to what he called the “foreign welfare ripoff.” “The British taxpayer is acting as the welfare state…

Long-range attacks have been stepped up as talks between the two countries remain stagnant.