The Today Radio news team brings you the latest headlines for Thursday, 18 April. The Grand Duchess and the Queen are visiting the organisation 'Child Focus' in Brussels, which is dedicated to the search for missing children and the fight against the sexual exploitation of minors. After a joint lunch, the Grand Ducal couple will then return to Luxembourg. A rise in bankruptcies has led to significant job losses in Luxembourg, totaling 1, across the same period.
This degree of job loss, in a single quarter, has not been witnessed in the Grand Duchy since The debate was triggered by a petition. The Minister of Health emphasised that the ban should not be "just a sentence somewhere in a text", but the right of women to decide for themselves should be significantly strengthened.
EU leaders, meeting in Brussels, said that everything should be done now to contribute to stability in the Middle East and to prevent an escalation. They also repeated a clear plea for a quick ceasefire in the Gaza war. After the meeting, Prime Minister Luc Frieden emphasised in an interview with RTL that anti-aircraft missiles and general ammunition were necessary for Ukraine to defend itself.
Yesterday, a Russian strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernigiv killed 18 people and wounded around 20, as Kyiv sounds the alarm over shortages in its air defence capabilities. Officials said several multi-storey buildings were hit by three missiles. However it failed to win a complete majority. This means weeks of political talks to follow, with no guarantee that a coalition will result.
The two German clubs must both play at home in the semi-finals. The first semi final is in Munich on April 30th and the second on 1 May in Paris. Tonight sees the return matches in the Europa League. Liverpool is playing Atalanta Bergamo. Leverkusen are in London with a advantage over West Ham. Marseille play Benfica and Rome is playing C Milan. All matches are at 9pm. This revered race was won in by Tadej Pogacar but the event saw all the top contenders caught out in a peloton split engineered by the lashing rain.
