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Top stories from across Europe: breaking news, analysis and what matters today.

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This small kamikaze helicopter defends Ukraine from Shahed drones

Russia’s long-range attacks on Ukraine usually involve a combination of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. The drones…

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UK: Labour leadership battle? Ministers reportedly urge Keir Starmer to step down

Reports from British media say that Ministers from inside Keir Starmer's government are privately asking the PM to step down. One …

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Italian tourist dies in Dominican Republic resort blaze

Around 1,690 tourists were evacuated from a luxury resort in the village of Bayahibe after a fire broke out.

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'Like a fridge': French cave homes offer lucky few respite from heat

Millions in France are grappling with scorching heat, but Jean-Luc Eclercy-Deterpigny is not worried as his living room inside a f…

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Would the EU take Britain back?

A decade after the Brexit referendum, the UK is experiencing a form of "divorce regret" with surveys showing most Britons now beli…

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Inside Germany: 'Doobie Scoot Canoe' and the joys of German engineering

From viral pop to vintage trains and where you drink your morning coffee, here's what we're talking about this week at The Local.

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'Neither I nor Italy ever beg': Meloni hits back at Trump claim that she begged for a photo

Italy and the United States have plunged into a diplomatic spat on Friday, after Donald Trump told Italian media that its prime mi…

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France swelters in heatwave as temperatures look set to hit 40C

Nearly two-thirds of France is now under an orange heatwave alert as people battle extreme temperatures across the country.

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Andros AI, heritage and tourism: The technology transforming the visitor experience in Greece

Andros AI is the first AI tour guide created for a Greek destination. It is essentially a chat service where visitors can ask anyt…

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French presidential frontrunner Jordan Bardella vows to win 2027 polls and shift course in the EU

Jordan Bardella, leader of France's far-right National Rally, said he would like to "put the Commission and the EU back at the ser…

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USA sail through to World Cup knockout stages as Scotland falter against Morocco

Mauricio Pochettino's side are now guaranteed to finish top of Group D. They beat Paraguay 4-1 in their opening fixture.

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On the Agenda: What's happening in Denmark next week

Midsummer week with Sankthans celebrations, cliff diving, and some of the most highly anticipated music festivals. Here’s what’s o…

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Inside Sweden: How a room full of immigrants made me feel at home in Sweden

The Local's Mandy Pipher connects with her fellow immigrants to Sweden over football and rounds up our top stories of the week.

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Inside Spain: How schools aren't equipped to deal with the early heat

In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how a group of teachers has set up a temperature-monitoring platform which exposes how man…

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Inside Italy: How I learned to stop fighting the long Italian summer

With Florence under a red alert as temperatures head for 40C this weekend, The Local Italy's editor Clare Speak looks at how chang…

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Inside France: Versailles Treaty II, heatwaves and pop-up art

From the power of the canicule and the country's best music festival, via the troubled history of Versailles treaties, Inside Fran…

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'It's a lifestyle!': Museum of Youth Culture pays tribute to the bold beauty of British subcultures

A celebration of the magic and messiness of misspent youth, this museum is for every teenager that once scrawled RAWR on their wri…

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German court jails man over online 'death lists' of politicians

A German court on Friday handed a three-year jail term to a man who published online "death sentences" with calls to kill politici…

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French mountain lodges worry over strained water supply

No spring, no river, no lake: "Every litre counts" at French mountain lodges where water is scarce but visitor numbers are booming…

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Switzerland eyes ban on Nazi symbols

The Swiss government on Friday submitted a draft law to ban public displays of the swastika, Hitler salute and other Nazi signs, a…

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France issues 'red' heatwave alert as temperatures climb across Western Europe

Western Europe is sweltering under a punishing heatwave with France issuing a red heatwave alert across more than a third of the c…

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16 dead and 12 injured following Israeli strikes, Lebanon's civil defence agency says

It comes less than a day after US officials said Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah had agreed to a renewed cease…

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Driver dies and nine people are in critical condition after two trains collide in the UK

More than 20 ambulances, six air ambulances and specialist hazardous area response teams attended the scene in southeast England.

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'It belongs to all of us': How the High Seas Treaty is shaping global waters

The High Seas Treaty entered into force in January 2026. Euronews Earth spoke to the High Seas Alliance's Nathalie Rey about what …