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‘Full-on summer heat’: western Europe braces for unusually high temperatures

Portugal, Spain, France and UK expected to exceed 30C on Friday and into next week, with new May records predicted

The Guardian - UK · May 22

‘Exceptionally high’ temperatures to hit parts of Europe. Which city can cope the best?

Experts warn that European cities are “calibrated to the old calendar", meaning they’re struggling to adapt to soaring spring temperatures.

Euronews · May 22

Electoral reform and reversing Brexit: they’re more connected than you might think

Labour’s emerging leadership contest is reopening the EU debate. But if we want to rejoin, Britain needs a more European voting system first, says former senior adviser to the Labour party, Tom Baldwin

The Guardian - UK · May 22

Is public opinion in favour of granting Europe’s undocumented migrants legal status?

In April 2026, Spain launched a new regularisation programme for undocumented migrants, which is estimated to benefit more than 500,000 people. At the end of 2025, Germany concluded a regularisation campaign launched in 2023, for which more than 80,000 people applied. These recent examples to which we could add the…

The Conversation · May 22

Sunderland vs Chelsea: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

The Blues are still yet to confirm their place in Europe next term

Evening Standard · May 22

EU economy chief certain the bloc will not return to Russian gas or oil as energy crisis bites

Exclusive: European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis said Russia is milking the crisis in the Middle East for energy profits – and the EU will not ease on its sanction regime for cheaper oil or gas flows.

Euronews · May 22

US concerned Russian campaign against Baltics could ‘spark into something bigger’, says Rubio – as it happened

The US secretary of state said the US is monitoring Russian allegations against the Baltics

The Guardian - UK · May 22

Hunger and overcrowding in Europe's prisons: where does your country stand?

Some countries spend millions trying to address the crisis, yet prisons continue to suffer from poor hygiene, inadequate medical care, and inhumane living conditions.

Euronews · May 22

Tesla Drops One-Time Purchase For Full Self-Driving In Europe

Just two European countries have approved the use of FSD (Supervised) so far. To use it, new buyers will have to pay a monthly fee.

InsideEVs · May 22

Newsletter: EU makes its trade play in Mexico

As top European Union officials travel to Mexico on Friday to finalise a revived EU-Mexico trade deal, NATO foreign ministers will meet for a second day in Sweden to try to decipher Washington’s increasingly confusing military posture in Europe.

Euronews · May 22