Fact-checkers identified AI-generated photographs and recycled footage spreading alongside genuine images of the Ceuta border crossings, highlighting the growing challenge of visual disinformation during live news events.
Migration policy, the EU-Mercosur trade deal, and a continent-wide housing crisis are converging to define Europe’s political agenda as the new legislative cycle begins.
Ukraine’s push to manufacture Patriot interceptors domestically is stalling, as Washington has yet to convert an apparent initial green light into a formal licence commitment, leaving Kyiv exposed amid intensifying Russian missile strikes.
Spain will push for greater EU solidarity on migration as interior ministers gather to assess the lessons of the Ceuta crisis and discuss potential new European measures expected this autumn.
Faced with a fresh round of tariff threats from the Trump administration, European Union officials are opting for restraint over retaliation — a calculated bet that patience will prove more effective than escalation.
Two helicopter crew members have died in a mid-air collision during firefighting operations as Greece battles multiple simultaneous blazes driven by winds of up to 130 kilometres per hour, with Prime Minister Mitsotakis calling the crisis among the country’s most difficult days.
Restore Britain’s Rupert Lowe has proposed a five-point framework for an alliance with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, in a bid to consolidate Britain’s divided hard-right vote ahead of the next electoral cycle.
Mayor Sadiq Khan has filed legal claims asserting that the Metropolitan Police deliberately steered its procurement process to favour US data firm Palantir, potentially violating public tendering rules.
Bev Craig has been confirmed as the new Mayor of Greater Manchester after Labour held the seat in a special election that required a second-round count, following Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster.
Britain’s new prime minister brings an ideological tradition rarely seen at the top of Westminster politics, raising questions about what a Co-operative-influenced government could mean for the United Kingdom.