Seamus Kearney
Europe: Pope's message to Hungary, Erdogan faces tough battle
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the Pope's three-day visit to Hungary, where he delivered a pointed message to the right-wing nationalist leaders on immigration. And… Audio
Europe: Germany's nuclear power gone, Macron signs pension law
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about Germany switching off its last three nuclear power plants as it pushes ahead with promises to become a full user of renewable energy by… Audio
The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
French Fury versus Quiet Kiwis
Paris is a burning rubbish tip as residents protest plans to raise the retirement age to a level that would still be below ours. Why aren't we agitating for change? Audio
Europe: Macron digs in amid protests
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to budge over a plan to raise the pension age, even as demonstrations and strike action… Audio
Europe: Migrant crossing spotlight
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to look at the first face-to-face summit between the French and British leaders in five years, as Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron put the spotlight on… Audio
Europe: Putin tries to reframe Ukraine war, dozens drown off Italy
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to recast the war in Ukraine as a battle for Russia's survival, and just days after Italy… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Seamus joins Kathryn to talk about the pressure on Germany over supplying Ukraine with its advanced Leopard battle tank. France and Germany's leaders have met in attempt to turn the page on months of… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Seamus reports from a national in mourning with the French beaten in the FIFA World Cup final by Argentina in extra time. In what had been described as a clash of the Titans, France was hoping to… Audio
Europe:Arrests over alleged far-right coup plot in Germany
Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the shock in Germany at an alleged plot to overthrow the government and install an ex-member of the royal family of head of state. At least 25 people have… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Can the European Union expect a reset with Britain under new PM Rishi Sunak? Hopes that Northern Ireland would finally get a power-sharing government after months of political deadlock appear to have… Audio
Europe: Italian coalition's cracks, Russian war recruits killed, Slovakia gay bar shooting
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties facing Italy's coalition of far-right and rightwing parties just weeks after winning elections. The death toll from an… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney : Putin escalates Ukraine war with illegal annexations
The Russian President has suffered another humiliating defeat in Ukraine, just a day after he was condemned by the West for escalating the war by declaring the annexation of four eastern Ukrainian… Audio
Europe: EU parliament slams Hungary as 'autocracy'
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Lynn to talk about the pressure building on Hungary to urgently address concerns about its commitment to democracy and the principles on which the EU was… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney - Has the Ukraine war reached the streets of Moscow?
The daughter of a key political ally of the Russian president has been killed in a suspected car bomb attack in Moscow, with her father thought to have been the intended target. If confirmed as being… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Italy will go to the polls for a snap election in September after the government of Mario Draghi - the country's sixth Prime Minister in 10 years - collapsed. Seamus talks to Kathryn about why so much… Audio
Europe: The Uber Files, Brexit hopes and Ukraine's lament for Boris
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at the big media leak out this morning into Uber which reveals the apparent secret help the company received from top EU politicians and how far it went to… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
In what Ukraine describes as provocation as G7 leaders meet in Germany to discuss the impact of Putin's invasion, Russia has bombed Kyiv for the first time in weeks. Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
The French government has welcomed news of a compensation agreement in the row with Australia over the scrapping of a French submarine deal. Australia's new Labour government says it's reached a… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney: Eurovision, Finland's NATO bid, a Brexit-Sinn Fein row
Amid the gloom of war, Ukraine's Eurovision win has lifted spirits, with a decisive win for the Kalush Orchestra, with their entry 'Stefania'. The group has just released the video of their song… Audio