2025-06-12

Europe News

EU long-term budget: Is health funding on the chopping block?

As new priorities demand greater resources, the health sector risks significant cuts in the upcoming long-term EU budget.

12/06/2025

Space

ESA considering freezing or axing missions amid NASA budget cuts

he European Space Agency isn’t ruling out the cancellation or freezing of some space exploration programmes if budget cuts to NASA are passed by the US Congress.

12/06/2025

Egypt

Egypt stops activists marching to Gaza to draw attention to aid crisis

Egypt says its side of the Rafah crossing remains open, but access to the Strip has been blocked since Israel seized the Palestinian side as part of its war with Hamas.

12/06/2025

Football Now

2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Football’s most ambitious tournament ever

In partnership with Media City

The expanded FIFA Club World Cup brings together 32 teams from all confederations.

12/06/2025

Spain

Spain's PM apologises after top aide implicated in corruption scandal

A police report leaked to the media on Wednesday identified party secretary Santos Cerdán as responsible for handling illegal commission payments linked to public contracts.

12/06/2025

Tech News

Multi-million pilot project leads Uzbekistan's digital transformation

A new generation of data centres is emerging – designed not just to handle the demands of AI, but to do it sustainably. And one of the boldest experiments is unfolding in an unexpected place: Uzbekistan.

12/06/2025

Economy

Irish government rejects motion to stop sale of Israeli bonds

The decision to reject the bill comes after a similar, unsuccessful motion was put forward by the Sinn Féin party last month.

12/06/2025

Europe News

Italy not liable for Libyan coastguard actions in migrant boat sinking

Since 2017, Italy has supplied Libya with funding, vessels and training as part of an agreement to slow the numbers of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

12/06/2025

Iran

Israel's strikes against Iran: A political manoeuvre or all-out war?

Iran maintains its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful and geared to civilian use but Israel claims previous Iranian deception means a military response is the only way to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.

12/06/2025

Health news

Climate scientists hit back on Trump plan to nix air pollution rules

More than a dozen climate scientists said the Trump administration’s assertions were factually incorrect.

12/06/2025

Business

Euroviews. Same game, different rules: Net zero without breaking the bank

Historically, Europe has been a cradle of innovation, pioneering many industrial and scientific breakthroughs. We have to restore this spirit, E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum writes.

12/06/2025

Europe News

Battle over NGO financing heats up again in Brussels

Three right-wing political groups seek to re-table a proposal to establish an investigative committee at the European Parliament, as Transparency International files a complaint against MEPs leaking sensitive NGO contracts to the press.

12/06/2025

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | June 12th – Evening

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

12/06/2025

Europe News

How can the EU respond to companies moving their production elsewhere?

MEPs are calling on the European Parliament to take action against industrial relocations after the BSH Domestic Appliances group announced the closure of a 650-employee factory in Spain.

12/06/2025

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Military show draws crowds as US Army prepares for parade

Hundreds gathered at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall near Washington on Wednesday to watch soldiers perform ahead of the US Army’s 250th anniversary celebration.

12/06/2025

wellbeing

Want to live a long and happy life? Try trusting others, study says

People who tend to trust each other and institutions report higher levels of well-being, a new study has found.

12/06/2025

Europe News

Gunman planned Austrian school shooting that killed 10, police say

A 21-year-old in Graz planned and executed a deadly school shooting, killing 10 and injuring 11. A farewell letter and non-functional pipe bomb were found at his home.

12/06/2025

The Europe Conversation

European Commissioner Maria L Albuquerque advocates for investing in savings with risk

In an interview with Euronews, Maria Luís Albuquerque, the European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Union of Savings and Investments, argued that consumers should invest in medium- and long-term financial products and advocates for the advantages of mergers in European banking.

12/06/2025

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Wind-powered beach beasts of the Netherlands go on show in Delft

A new exhibition in Delft explores the evolution of Theo Jansen’s strandbeesten – strange, wind-powered creatures that walk along the Dutch coastline each summer.

12/06/2025

Europe in Motion

The best European countries for women to work and live in in 2025

Three Nordic countries top the list for women to work and live in, while two southern European countries are at the bottom, according to a recent study.

12/06/2025

Experiences

New night train to connect 100 European cities by 2035

A new company is launching sleeper trains with entirely private rooms.

12/06/2025

Travel News

Why airlines are less likely to lose your luggage this summer

Mishandled baggage still costs airlines an average of $5 billion (€4.3 billion) each year.

12/06/2025

Nature

One-third of forest lost this century is gone for good, analysis finds

The new data provides a more detailed picture than ever before on the local, regional and global causes of tree cover loss.

12/06/2025

Europe News

Number of women in top jobs drops third year in row, WEF report says

The global gender gap overall has narrowed to 68.8%, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report said.

12/06/2025

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No survivors after Air India plane crashes into residential area

An Air India plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport crashed during takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing all 244 people on board, police confirmed.

12/06/2025

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Marines undergo training as military presence grows in Los Angeles

Around 700 Marines remain in civil disturbance training at a naval base in Orange County as military presence grows amid protests against President Trump’s immigration policies.

12/06/2025

Europe News

Ukraine and Russia exchange more prisoners of war under Istanbul deal

Ukraine and Russia carried out another exchange of prisoners of war as agreed in the 2 June Istanbul talks. Kyiv has not revealed how many Ukrainian defenders have been exchanged at each stage, saying only that the Thursday swap focused on severely wounded soldiers.

12/06/2025

Green News

EU court upholds ban on deep-sea fishing in Atlantic

Experts say the ruling is likely to have a positive impact on other legal cases on bottom trawling happening across the EU.

12/06/2025

EuroVerify

Can AI chatbots speak in their own 'secret' language?

Online videos are imitating Gibberlink, a technology which does exist, but which is not a "secret language", its founder told EuroVerify.

12/06/2025

Art

Deep Time II: French artists work underground with no links to world

For the second edition of 'Deep Time', a group of artists will spend nearly two weeks in a cave deep underground at Lombrives in south-eastern France. Their aim is to create a work being cut off entirely from the outside world and all notions of time.

12/06/2025