What began as a student-led protest over cuts to education spiraled into widespread arson, looting and what the French president called “unrestrained violence” over the weekend. Thousands were arrested and curfews went into effect on Monday. Aidan Stretch reports on what’s fueling the violence and what’s next. What to know about Europe protests after violence, […]
London — The head of Britain’s top domestic spy agency MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, painted a dark picture Tuesday of the changing national security threats facing the U.K. and the world. “We have entered a new era of national security, requiring a new response,” he said in his annual threat update at MI5 headquarters in […]
London and Tel Aviv — The U.K. and Israel appeared Thursday to have narrowly avoided a major diplomatic confrontation, reaching a compromise to allow Britain’s nearly 200-year-old consulate in east Jerusalem to remain open, but under a new name and with a significantly reduced staff. Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a […]
Russia’s foreign minister used his address at the United Nations General Assembly to accuse Europe of blocking efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Both Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks after the deadliest summer since 2022 — the year Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. On Saturday, Russian attacks killed four people across […]
BYD parked a new 4×2 semi-truck at IAA Transportation in Hannover last week and named it the ETT 44. Fleet buyers across Europe now have a long-haul electric option rated for 44-metric-ton combinations, or about 97,000 pounds gross. First customer trucks are scheduled for the second quarter of 2027. Two Blade lithium-iron-phosphate battery packs are […]
Micah Richards believes Chelsea have sold an ‘absolutely amazing’ player (Photo: YouTube) Micah Richards has backed one of the players sold by Chelsea last summer to become ‘one of the top strikers in Europe’. There was great upheaval at Stamford Bridge over the summer as Xabi Alonso rebuilt the squad, with a whopping 20 players […]
Russian strikes killed eight civilians and wounded dozens of other people in Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia. Putin, speaking to reporters at a summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies in India on Friday, said […]
Europe endures its fifth heat wave this summer, 50% of continent in a drought – CBS News Watch CBS News Europe has been sweating through its fifth round of dangerously high temperatures since May. Ramy Inocencio is in London with more. Europe endures its fifth heat wave this summer, 50% of continent in a drought […]
Views of the total solar eclipse from parts of Europe – CBS News Watch CBS News A total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Europe for the first time since 1912. Rob Marciano reports. Views of the total solar eclipse from parts of Europe #Views #total #solar #eclipse #parts #Europe
Europe sees total solar eclipse: “A very grand thing connected to something bigger than yourself” – CBS News Watch CBS News A total solar eclipse turned day into night across a slice of Europe and North America on Wednesday, and put millions in unique contact with the heavens above. Meteorologist Rob Marciano reports from Spain. […]