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Published on 21/06/2026 – 16:09 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weighing up the current “political realities” amid reports that he is set to step down next week, the UK’s business secretary has said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, Peter Kyle said Starmer was “taking the time to think through what the political realities are today compared to last week”. “We will find a way for this to be, whatever unfolds, a functional process,” Kyle added. The Observer reported on Saturday that Starmer is expected to announce his resignation on Monday while laying out…

Published on 20/06/2026 – 15:22 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 US President Donald Trump doubled down on his comments on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, saying she asked him “over and over” for a photo when the pair met at the G7 summit in France earlier this week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Following the summit, Trump told an Italian journalist that he “felt sorry for Meloni” after she “begged me to take a picture with her”. Meloni hit back in a video posted to social media on Friday, branding Trump’s claims as “completely made up” and insisting that neither she nor Italy begs…

The Commission has given rapid approval to the document submitted by the new government, which could be the key to unlocking €10 billion in recovery funds.

‘Countries that emerge strongest from the next phase of the transition will be those with diversified energy systems that remain secure, affordable and sustainable in a more uncertain world’ writes Roberto Bocca from World Economic Forum’s Centre for Energy and Materials in an OpEd for Euronews.

Published on 17/06/2026 – 17:08 GMT+2 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will head to Washington next week as allies seek to smooth over transatlantic tensions ahead of NATO’s annual summit in July, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT European-led efforts to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran agreement to end hostilities are expected to feature prominently in the discussions. “The restoration of free passage through the Strait of Hormuz would be a massive step forward,” Rutte told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. “I know that many Allies, through the initiative led by…

Prosecutor Ida Annerstedt told the AFP news agency at the start of the trial in April that the woman had “a serious fear” of her husband.

Published on 15/06/2026 – 16:58 GMT+2 The Czech cabinet has signed off on legislation that would end licence fee funding for the country’s public broadcasters, replacing it with direct state budget financing — a shift that journalists, media freedom groups and tens of thousands of citizens say puts editorial independence at risk. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bill, approved on Monday, affects Czech TV and Czech Radio, which would instead receive fixed annual sums broadly in line with the licence fee revenues they collected between 2008 and 2024 — before a previous centre-right administration increased them last year. Culture Minister Oto Klempir,…

The alpine resort of Évian-les-Bains, better known for its mineral water than its geopolitics, will become the temporary centre of global diplomacy from Monday as leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies gather for their annual summit. The 52nd G7 meeting runs until Wednesday on the French shore of Lake Geneva. By most assessments, it arrives at one of the most fraught moments in recent memory. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Donald Trump is expected to fly to France late Sunday, immediately after watching a mixed-martial arts bout on the White House South Lawn — a fight that falls on his 80th…

Thousands of people travelled from far and wide to celebrate King Charles III’s official birthday parade, dubbed the ‘Trooping the Colour,’ in London on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The monarch was joined by his wife, Queen Camila, as they greeted the crowds in a horse and carriage. Then, from the balcony of Buckingham palace, the Royal Family gathered to watch the military flyover of Buckingham Palace where four fighter jets left a trail of red, blue and white vapour in honour of the British crown. Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, did not attend the parade.…

Kelly Clements tells Euronews that any planned changes to EU protections for Ukrainian refugees should be carried out “very gradually”, as some EU capitals push for excluding military-age men from the scheme.