Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Hope for change clouded by climate realities
The agreement, signed in Paris on 12 December 2015, was considered historic but a decade on, the planet is still warming at too great a rate. Read more at Read…
‘Commission systematically rapes European law,’ Orbán says on Russian assets freeze
The Hungarian prime minister strongly condemned a move by the EU to indefinitely immobilise Russian Central Bank assets, widely seen as a way of circumventing a Hungarian veto. Read more…
‘Let’s prove them wrong’: Spanish economy minister responds to US criticism
Spanish Economy Minister says Europeans must stay united and keep focused on integration after the Trump administration said the continent’s economy is suffocating under excessive regulation and weak leadership. Read…
Gaza doctor murdered Israeli hostage by injecting air into her veins, father claims
Nineteen-year-old Noa Marciano was one of 251 people taken as hostages back to Gaza in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Read more at Read More
France struggles to contain cattle lumpy skin disease as farmers’ protests spread
Strict culling rules ignite nationwide anger as cases of the deadly outbreak of lumpy skin disease, which cannot be passed on to humans, surge in the southwest of the country…
Zelenskyy debunks Russia’s claim it occupied Kupyansk with in-person visit
The Ukrainian president published a video Friday from Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, visiting Ukrainian positions less than 2 kilometres away from Russian troops and well within the range of Moscow’s…
Latest news bulletin | December 12th, 2025 – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 12th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. Read more at…
New video shows Gaza hostages celebrating Hanukkah before their deaths
New footage shows six hostages celebrating Hanukkah in a Gaza tunnel before being killed by Hamas. Their families hope to highlight that they should have returned alive. Read more at…
EU dismisses Russia’s lawsuit against Euroclear as ‘speculative’ and groundless
As the EU rushes to approve a reparations loan for Ukraine, the Russian Central Bank has launched a lawsuit against Euroclear, the institution that holds €185 billion of its assets.…
Why does Russia want Ukraine’s Donbas?
Moscow continues to insist that it wants Kyiv to withdraw its forces from Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, which Ukraine has been fiercely defending since 2014. What is there, and why…