Europe Today
Top stories from across Europe: breaking news, analysis and what matters today.
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Poor show: Ecuador win, Germany disappoint, Neuer blunders
The German national team lost 2–1 to Ecuador in New York. Ecuador must win; Germany is already through.
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Israel declassifies Entebbe raid documents on eve of 50th anniversary
Secret documents reveal Israeli officials privately weighed negotiations before ordering the daring 1976 Uganda hostage rescue ope…
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Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east
Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress The numbe…
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'Living in a warming world requires practical solutions that save lives, don't harm our environment'
As Europe confronts increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves, the conversation around climate adaptation is shifting from envir…
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'Help, we are trapped': Venezuela earthquake victims turn to Euronews' TikTok to beg for rescue"
Lack of resources and patchy telecoms have driven many Venezuelans to despair. In this context, outlets’ social networks, includin…
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New Europol report delves into EU's most threatening criminal networks
The EU's law enforcement agency stresses criminal networks exploit vunerabilities in financial systems and digital infrastructure,…
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‘Very worried’: Rome airports could suspend new EES border checks over fears of summer travel chaos
There have already been calls to put the system on hold and airports requiring extra security to manage queues.
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Brexit Britain and the roots of its discontent | Letters
Readers respond to an article by Rafael Behr in which he reflects on the ‘curse of Brexit’ and the reasons for Keir Starmer’s fall…
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To heal itself, the UK must face up to why it voted to leave the EU | Letters
We are watching Britain lose itself in imperial nostalgia and self-delusion, writes Prof Berthold Schoene. And Ian Arnott remember…
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EU countries move to revive temporary message-scanning regime, but it could backfire
The proposed detection regime for child sexual abuse material was rejected by the European Parliament in March, and reviving it co…
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France heatwave: baby dies in A&E, fourth child death this week
An 18-month-old baby died after being found unconscious with hyperthermia in a car on 23 June in Marseille, apparently forgotten b…
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Volkswagen reportedly weighing more large-scale job cuts
Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen is considering cutting tens of thousands more jobs worldwide and shuttering up to four plants…
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Spanish Word of the Day: Cariño
Here’s an essential Spanish word to know and understand in a country renowned for its affectionate people.
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Fact check: Throwing cold water on heatwave disinformation as Europe swelters
An outdated air-conditioning law, a viral health myth about sleeping with the fan on, and the age-old climate change hoax allegati…
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Fact check: throwing cold water on heat wave disinformation
An outdated air-conditioning law, a viral health myth about sleeping with the fan on and the age-old climate change hoax allegatio…
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Home Heroes and Japanese Stars Shine in Qingdao
The Qingdao Grand Prix opened with memorable performances as home favourite Wenna Zhuang delighted the local fans. Hayato Kondo cl…
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EU energy ministers secure greater role in bloc's future power grid after rows with Brussels
The EU's Cypriot Presidency has successfully reached an agreement among EU countries that paves the way for talks between the Euro…
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France heatwave: homeless people on the front line against the heat
With 61 departments still on red heatwave alert, people sleeping rough are among the most exposed. In Marseille, outreach teams st…
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‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave
As temperatures soar across Europe, cities are struggling to adapt, further exacerbating socioeconomic divisions The heatwave affl…
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Majority of foreign residents in Austria want citizenship, survey finds
More than two thirds of foreign residents living in Austria want to naturalise, a new survey suggests. However there are strict ba…
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Farm workers wilt in sweltering Italian shanty town
From sun-scorched fields of crops to the corrugated iron shacks of a sprawling shanty town, there is no escaping the heat for migr…
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'Operation Purgatory': Magyar moves to demolish Orban system
The new Hungarian government is moving swiftly to dismantle the system of former PM Viktor Orban. The focus is on fighting corrupt…
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Israel releases classified documents detailing 1976 Entebbe raid to free more than 100 hostages
Israel has released documents detailing the 1976 Operation Entebbe, a daring raid to rescue more than 100 hostages from an airport…
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'Seven Sleepers Day': Why June 27th determines the summer weather in Germany
In Germany, many believe that the weather on June 27th is a sign of what's to come for the next seven weeks. Where does the idea c…