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The European Commissioners in charge of the EU’s external action have pushed back against proposed cuts to the budget’s Global Europe instrument, warning that funding must match the bloc’s global ambitions.

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), which represents 45 million members across 41 European countries, is pushing for menopause to be recognised in EU workplace law, arguing that a lack of support is costing women earnings, career opportunities and pension income.

Russian state-owned companies spent more than three times as much on landline telephones in the first eight months this year as in the same period in 2025, as mobile internet shutdowns affecting nearly 80% of the country push ministries and businesses to seek alternatives to disrupted networks.

Italy and the Czech Republic have warned Brussels that the European Union’s industrial base risks lasting damage unless the bloc eases the burden of its green rules, according to a letter seen by Euronews.

Seven member states have called for a fundamental rethink of the European Space Shield, proposing a new space security architecture that centres on protecting EU space systems and leaves capability development to national governments.

Fighting in the north of Ethiopia continued to rage over the weekend, raising fears of a return to a 2020-2022 war in which an estimated 600,000 people died.