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Trial into deadliest migrant Channel crossing begins in France
Published on 08/09/2026 – 9:05 GMT+2 Fourteen defendants go on trial in France on Tuesday over a 2021 Channel crossing that killed 31 people, including a seven-year-old, in the worst small-boat disaster involving migrants in those waters. Prosecutors allege…
Live – AfD’s win piles pressure on Merz as Ukraine scrambles to fund the war
Published on 08/09/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2 Laura Fleischmann reports live from Berlin, a day on from the AfD’s landslide in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt election and as pressure builds on Chancellor Merz. Interviews with Béla Anda, communications expert and former German…
Alternative for Germany’s victory, Chancellor Merz’s nightmare
No alternative: With voters turning out in droves, preliminary end results from Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt ballot show the AfD securing 43.8% of the vote, representing 39 seats of the 83-member state parliament. Although this is short of an outright majority…
Can the new EU rules save you hundreds on broken appliances?
Eurostat estimates that consumer goods thrown away prematurely generate close to 35 million tonnes of waste annually across the EU. Although most discard their devices when broken, a Eurobarometer survey showed that 77 percent of Europeans would prefer…
Russian, Ukrainian forces continue to fight despite US mediation
Published on 08/09/2026 – 4:47 GMT+2 Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the expiration of a three-day halt in attacks for a visit to the Ukrainian capital by US envoys, as “Russian forces attacked Boryspil and Fastiv districts with drones,” the State…
Video. Farmers know ‘cash is limited’, says EU agriculture chief
Europe is recovering after a summer of heatwaves and droughts that have devastated crops and left many farmers facing huge financial losses. To help farmers cope, the European Commission is urging member states to make use of “flexibilities” in the EU’s farm…
Anti-migrant protests are ‘wake-up call’ for UK government
Published on 07/09/2026 – 11:29 GMT+2 The UK government branded hundreds of demonstrators as “thuggish” after they blocked roads in an attempt to prevent asylum seekers leaving Portsmouth on Sunday. The protest came after around 140 migrants arrived by small…
Former researcher detained in Belgium accused of spying for China
Published on 07/09/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2 Belgian prosecutors have detained a Chinese-Belgian national in connection with an espionage investigation linked to China, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office has announced. The suspect was detained in May, as he was about…
Bullet-riddled Ukrainian ambulance displayed in Lisbon
Many people walking the streets of Lisbon will be greeted by an unusual sight: an ambulance riddled with bullets, completely out of action. The story of the vehicle, now on display in the heart of the Portuguese capital, goes back to 2022 during a rescue…
Germany’s far-right surge rattles Europe’s political foundations
The radical-right Alternative for Germany’s landslide victory in the Saxony-Anhalt region election may be the first real crack in the power structure that has held European politics together since the Second World War. On Sunday, Alternative for Germany (AfD)…