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Germany expands border controls to curb irregular migration • FRANCE 24 English

Germany is expanding border controls with all nine of its neighbouring countries in an attempt to curb irregular migration. the steps come in response to rising support for…

More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

More rivers in central Europe spilled their banks on Monday in flooding that has killed at least 10 people from Poland to Romania and left many towns submerged…

UK PM Starmer to meet Italy’s Meloni for illegal immigration talks • FRANCE 24 English

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was due to meet Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday to discuss tackling illegal immigration, a day after another Channel migrant…

Britain and Italy agree to deepen security cooperation, says UK’s Starmer • FRANCE 24 English

Britain and Italy agreed to deepen their security cooperation through NATO exercises, naval operations and defence initiatives, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said after a meeting with Italian…

Central Europe braces for more flooding as death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday, as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in…

Germany reintroduces border checks to curb migration, experts question long-term impact

Germany reintroduced temporary checks at borders with countries including France and the Netherlands on Monday as part of efforts to combat irregular migration and cross-border crime. Germany’s coalition…

Bombshell as France’s EU commissioner Breton quits, criticises von der Leyen • FRANCE 24 English

Thierry Breton of France abruptly resigned from the European Commission on Monday and was replaced by Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne as his country’s candidate for the next EU…

‘Oil giants should pay for damage’, asserts Greenpeace campaigner amid deadly floods across Europe

Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, ravaging parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. This same weather system that…

Putin orders Russian army to expand by 180,000 soldiers to become 1.5 million-strong • FRANCE 24

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to increase by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million soldiers, the third time he has expanded…

Von der Leyen names European Commission’s new top team • FRANCE 24 English

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday named Spain’s Teresa Ribera as the bloc’s next antitrust commissioner while Estonia’s Kaja Kallas will be in charge of…