This week we bring you a melange of our usual Panorama, this time on electric vehicles, and a fact-checking piece on EU farming.

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The world waits to see if Trump's sanctions on Russian oil might finally turn the tide in Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

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Rising rents and the high cost of borrowing are continuing to reduce access to affordable housing across Europe, with young people and key workers hit the hardest.

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At Halloween, it's not just creepy clowns handing out balloons: it's also one of the many hybrid threats facing Europe right now.

This week's episode looks into the growing pressure exerted on the European Union through hybrid threats, from cyberattacks to helium balloons…

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Brussels' ‘Defence Readiness Roadmap’ sets out concrete milestones for achieving defence readiness by 2030. Because, says Ursula von der Leyen, the Commission chief, “only what gets measured gets done”.

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Instead of agreeing on some concrete climate proposals, last month’s meeting of European environment ministers came to a close with a number of key decisions kicked on down the road.

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Last weekend, a small nation state of great symbolic importance went to the polls. The outcome of the election has left Europe beaming and Moscow with egg on its face.

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Is the widely publicized killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk in the United States a sign of a new ideological era? Our fact-checking team also examines the truth behind some of the most widespread claims about renewable energy use in Europe.

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Brussels is on the brink of unveiling a new strategy for a high-speed rail network connecting major cities right across the EU.

In other news, Europe’s eastern flank has experienced multiple Russian drone incursions.

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Commission president von der Leyen’s 2025 State of the Union speech was a pivotal moment of this plenary week – and her comments on Gaza a pivotal moment of the speech. Tune in to listen to our broadcasters' coverage.

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