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The Spanish government said on Thursday that it would deploy the army to Ceuta to reinforce security after the crossings, which saw many migrants swim around the border to reach the territory.

With concerns about digital dependency growing fast, the European Commission is pursuing “sovereign” AI infrastructure to become operational by mid-2028.

Near Prahovo in Serbia, relics of the Second World War emerge when river levels are low. On the riverbed lie numerous wrecks of German warships scuttled by their crews in 1944 as they retreated from the Red Army.

A spokesperson for energy company EDF told Euronews that the fire “is not currently affecting operations at Sizewell B power station” but that the company was “continuing to monitor the situation.”

Unsurprisingly, beavers are the much needed firefighter volunteers

Durov, who holds French and UAE passports and has lived outside Russia for years, called the case politically motivated. The Kremlin frequently targets its political enemies on charges of supporting “terrorism” or “extremism”.

https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/28/aerial-footage-shows-wildfires-spreading-across-spains-madrid-region

This seems to have been a global event - some people in my country did a big thing in the capital too.

The only good thing is that end-to-end encrypted messaging services such as Signal are temporarily safe. However, this law fundamentally threatens encryption and citizen safety. There is something you can do about that:

Women working in the EU lose €358 billion a year due to the gender pay gap, amounting to almost €3,900 per person, as several European countries missed the bloc’s Pay Transparency Directive deadline.

Iceland first applied to join the European Union in 2009, in the wake of the collapse of its financial sector, but suspended accession talks in 2015.

The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in public research funding and fired government scientists.

Solar was ahead of coal, gas, nuclear, wind and hydropower.

The fire, which officials described as “very virulent” and of “exceptional scale”, began Sunday afternoon in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest about 60 kilometres south-east of the French capital.

https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:9e6975706094b:0-eu-parliament-passes-chat-control-allowing-private-chat-scans-until-2028/

The European Parliament and EU governments are entering the final phase of negotiations on the digital euro. The most sensitive issues include how fees will be shared and how banks and payment providers will be compensated.

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The Meteo-France weather agency said a new spell of elevated temperatures would hit the country next week, although they are not expected to be extreme like in June.

A recent study underlines the dangers of these worsening highs. It estimates that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths nationally in India.

Europe’s airports and airlines have issued an urgent appeal to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, warning that the rollout of the Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) has reached a “critical point” and is causing severe disruption for millions of travellers during the peak summer season.

China formed policing ties with Vanuatu in 2023 and has donated equipment including drones, patrol boats and vehicles to its police force.

It takes two to negotiate in good faith. Both Iran and the USA need to want peace, external pressure can only go so far in negotiations.

Paving the way for a pilot version of the cash-like payment scheme next year, and fully launching by 2029

Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos, once a senior figure in Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE), to 24 years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme linked to the award of face mask contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court also sentenced his former aide Koldo García to 19 years in prison and businessman Víctor de Aldama to four and a half years.

Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos, once a senior figure in Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE), to 24 years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme linked to the award of face mask contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court also sentenced his former aide Koldo García to 19 years in prison and businessman Víctor de Aldama to four and a half years.

The bust of nearly 3 tonnes is the country’s largest ever and is believed to hold a street value of just shy of €500 million.

The sanctions come a month after US President Donald Trump visited Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at stabilising relations.

Fuck fossil fuels.

Solar fences are gaining ground in Europe, as households continue to invest in renewables amid the war on Iran.

“I don’t know if these are the fundamental principles on which our Europe was built,” Emmanuel Macron said as he strongly criticized the increasingly popular project to build return hubs for rejected asylum seekers.

Peace is right around the corner guys, this time really guys! 35th time’s the charm, right?

It comes as Israel and Lebanon traded a series of strikes overnight and into Friday.

How widely the rule is being implemented across Afghanistan and the scale of its impact were not entirely clear.

Finland dropped decades of military non-alliance to join NATO in April 2023 in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Airlines argue that if the sector is required to comply with stricter compensation and financial rules, ticket prices will inevitably go up

A Yemeni adventurer known online as the “Spider-Man of Yemen” died after falling into a volcanic crater while attempting a climb without safety equipment.

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The circus continues. To everyone having bought flight tickets for summer, brace yourselves.

Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg want stronger safeguards to act faster against democratic and legal breaches in future EU members. The proposal reflects the lessons learned from the Orbán era.

The strongest earthquake to hit the Philippines this year was centered at sea and caused damage in a key coastal city, knocking down power and setting off 1-metre tsunami waves along nearby coasts, officials said.

The leaders “supported the proposal for a direct dialogue between Ukraine and Russia, with active US and European participation, to bring about a ceasefire and support further negotiations”, they said in a joint statement with Zelenskyy.

Council chief calls for the EU’s enlargement rules to be “streamlined” by removing the need for unanimity at each stage of the process in an exclusive Euronews interview, framing the shift towards the Balkans as pivotal for stability.

The EU is betting big on cloud computing and chips to reduce its technological dependence on the US and China, and to re-enter the global tech race. But whether it will succeed and how the two superpowers will react remain open questions.

The EU is betting big on cloud computing and chips to reduce its technological dependence on the US and China, and to re-enter the global tech race. But whether it will succeed and how the two superpowers will react remain open questions.

France has banned the display of Israeli offensive weapons at the 2026 edition of the Eurosatory international defence and security trade fair, the organisers told AFP on Monday.

An investigation by the European Commission said the Chinese e-commerce site had inadequate risk assessments, after investigators found dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers were available on its platform.