British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has abruptly fired the U.K.’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, following the release of emails revealing he had closer ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein than were previously known.The string of emails, released by The Sun newspaper on Wednesday, showed Mandelson expressing sympathy…

Published on 11/09/2025 – 14:51 GMT+2 MEPs voted this week to exempt more than 90% of small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) from the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) — a tax imposed on imports — amid European Parliament plans to simplify existing sustainability laws. The CBAM is an import duty based on the estimated…

A cell of just nine square metres with no toilet can hold up to three prisoners. Sometimes, one of them has to sleep on the floor due to a lack of space. This is common in Belgium, a country that has been struggling with serious prison overcrowding for years, as…

Late insertion of food and farm issues on the agenda of an EU delegation landing in New Delhi today suggests the talks on a future trade deal between the pair are now very advanced, according to sources in Brussels. Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen has joined Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič in…

In the 24-years since a group of 19 members of the al Qaeda terrorist group boarded and hijacked four flights in a series of attacks on the U.S. that killed 2,977 people, the infamous network remains the “most dangerous terrorist group” in the world today, warned one expert.Though terrorist groups…

Users online are sounding the alarm over a set of measures outlined in the European Commission’s proposal to combat child sexual abuse online. The measures, if approved, would allow governments and private messaging companies to scan users’ messages to prevent the circulation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and to…

Hungary and Slovakia will be increasingly pressured to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports as the EU and US begin to collaborate to target Russia’s war economy, an analyst has told Euronews. The two central European nations are the last remaining importers of Russian pipeline oil. “The [EU] goal of…

World leaders on Wednesday reacted to the news that conservative media personality and co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, 31, a husband and father of two, was killed during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump confirmed in a social media post that Kirk, who was hospitalized…

French police arrested hundreds of protesters Wednesday as “Block Everything” demonstrations erupted across the country, with crowds shutting down roads, lighting fires and clashing with authorities. The government’s interior ministry announced 295 arrests in the first hours of what was a planned day of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron, budget…

A pamphlet pictured in several viral social media posts claims to show a Russian institute advising the wives of soldiers to refrain from denouncing domestic abuse. The contents of the pamphlet, translated from Russian to English by Euronews’ verification team, advises women not to publicise their suffering on social media,…