European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, flanked by Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, speaks to media after nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2025. DENIS BALIBOUSE / REUTERS European powers on […]
Grapes in the Champagne region. NICOLAS THIBAUT / PHOTONONSTOP French prosecutors on Thursday, June 19, requested two years behind bars for an employer in the champagne sector accused of human trafficking, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest. More than 50 mostly undocumented migrant harvesters lived in accommodation […]
Britain on Friday, June 20, withdrew its embassy staff from Iran, following in the footsteps of other European nations as well as Australia and New Zealand amid the conflict with Israel. “Due to the current security situation, we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw our UK staff from Iran,” the Foreign Ministry said […]
Guy Savoy, in Paris, March 16, 2023. MATHIEU ZAZZO/PASCO At 9 am, inside his Paris restaurant, the air was already filled with delicious aromas. Dressed in a spotless jacket, he sipped lemonade, carefully choosing his words to describe his profession. Just below, on two floors, dozens of cooks, pastry chefs and apprentices bustled in front […]
A child plays in a fountain in London, as a heatwave passes through the capital, June 20, 2025. KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP British health officials are warning people across the country to take precautions when out in the sun as the United Kingdom bakes under its first heat wave of the year. Temperatures are expected […]
In front of a closed stand in the Israeli pavilion at the Paris Air Show on June 14, 2025. SIMONE PEROLARI FOR « LE MONDE » Two people loading coffee machines onto a cart were all that remained at the stand reserved by Israeli defense firm UVision at the Paris Air Show as it prepared to open […]
Smoke continues to rise two days after an Israeli airstrike on an oil storage facility in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, June 16, 2025. VAHID SALEMI / AP Sanaz, a teacher living in Paris whose name has been changed at her request, has not heard from her family in Iran since Wednesday, June 18. “The messages […]
At a coal storage site in Binzhou, China, on May 9, 2025. STR / AFP Scientists have been repeating it for years: The top priority in the fight against climate change should be to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rather than relying on methods to absorb CO2 once it is in the atmosphere. A study published […]
Activists celebrate after Britain’s parliament voted in favour of a bill to legalize assisted dying, London, Britain, June 20, 2025. ISABEL INFANTES / REUTERS Britain took a historic step in support of legalized euthanasia on Friday, June 20, when MPs backed contentious legislation that would introduce assisted dying for terminally ill people. After four hours […]
Find all articles in “The Transatlantic Divorce” series here. In the recent history of relations between Europe and the United States, two dates stand out: February 24, 2022, and February 24, 2025. The first marked the return of war to Europe, which united the two main partners of the Western community against Russia. The second sealed […]
