News from the 27 EU member countries
The Venezuela quakes have thrown thousands of families already surviving on the edge into a desperate scramble for food and shelter. With homes destroyed and livelihoods wiped out overnight, relief efforts are racing against a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday demanding the removal of undocumented migrants, but the day organizers had billed as a deadline passed with far less violence than feared. Around 47 arrests were made nationally as police kept a heavy presence in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Pretoria.
From fresh diplomatic tensions in Eastern Europe to a surprise economic announcement out of Brussels, it’s been a packed morning. Here’s everything you need to know heading into the afternoon of June 24th, 2026.
Foreign criminal networks from Nigeria, Albania, and beyond are reshaping Italy’s organized crime landscape in ways prosecutors say they’ve never seen before. Italy’s mafia problem isn’t going away — it’s just changing hands.
The Dutch royal family celebrated a remarkable double on Saturday as both the Netherlands and Curacao won at the World Cup on the same day. It’s a once-in-a-generation moment for a kingdom spread across 5,000 miles of Atlantic Ocean.
The EU’s landmark migration pact is now in force, but most member states are struggling to meet implementation deadlines. Questions are mounting over whether the bloc’s biggest asylum overhaul in decades can deliver on its promises.
Belgium were seconds from a shock World Cup 2026 defeat before Lois Openda’s 94th-minute header rescued a 2-2 draw against Egypt in a stunning Group G opener at SoFi Stadium. Omar Marmoush and Mostafa Mohamed had put the Pharaohs in control, but Romelu Lukaku and Openda dragged the Red Devils back from the brink.
Berlin composer Stephan Graf von Bothmer performed a live 34-piece orchestral score during Germany’s 4–1 World Cup win over Curaçao on 14 June. The unusual cultural experiment drew both baffled crowds and unexpected converts inside the Olympiastadion.
NASA has unveiled the four astronauts who’ll venture to the Moon aboard Artemis II, though their feet won’t touch lunar soil. The 2025 mission marks humanity’s first crewed journey beyond Earth orbit in over 50 years.
Thousands took to the streets across France this weekend after an 11-year-old girl was found dead in a Paris suburb. The suspect had been reported to authorities months earlier, intensifying anger at the government’s handling of repeat offenders.
