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Why the EU is betting on prevention in its new wildfire strategy
More than 434,976 hectares have burned across the EU so far, according to the July 30th data from the European Forest Fires Information System (EFFIS). In 2025, more than one million hectares burned, making it the worst wildfire season since records began…
German brigade key to deterring Russia, Lithuanian FM tells Euronews
“We are not interested in having the extension of Russia on our borders for many reasons,” Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said of neighbouring Belarus. Those concerns are part of the reason for the Bundeswehr’s first permanently stationed combat…
Europe’s biggest debates – Migration, Mercosur and housing on The Ring
From border management and asylum rules to integration and the rights of people living in Europe without legal status, migration continues to raise difficult questions for policymakers. Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Socialists & Democrats) and…
Woman arrested after four stabbed in London’s Covent Garden
Published on 05/08/2026 – 16:23 GMT+2 London’s Metropolitan Police have arrested a 47-year-old woman after four people were stabbed in Covent Garden on Wednesday. In a statement, the force said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in the capital’s…
Moroccan prosecutors charge 25 over Ceuta migrant crossings
Moroccan prosecutors have charged 25 people in connection with last Thursday’s mass crossing of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. The charges include organising illegal border crossings, transporting passengers without a license, overcrowding…
Ukraine’s former ambassador to US faces anti-corruption probe
Published on 05/08/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2 Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s former ambassador to the US, is under investigation in an anti-corruption case, with the High Anti-Corruption Court holding a hearing on the matter in Kyiv on Wednesday. Ukraine’s state…
€1 million lottery ticket recovered among 6 tonnes of rubbish in Italy
After two days of searching, a winning €1 million lottery ticket that had been mistakenly thrown away was recovered intact amid six tonnes of rubbish on Tuesday in Bitonto, near Bari in southern Italy’s Puglia region. Roberto Nicola Toscano, the director of…
Pope Leo XIV to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November
Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from 6-17 November, the Vatican said on Wednesday, in a return to the continent where the pontiff spent decades as a missionary. The pope, who was born Robert Francis Prevost in the US city of Chicago, lived…
Ukraine failed to shoot down any Russian missiles in overnight strikes
Published on 05/08/2026 – 12:47 GMT+2 Ukraine was unable to shoot down a single Russian missile during an overnight attack that left at least 17 people dead in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to a daily air force report published on Wednesday. The…
Flights at German airport disrupted after suspect objects sighted
Flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway, police said Wednesday. Several flights, including one passenger plane…