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Activists demand higher taxes for super-rich outside EU Parliament
The protest was orchestrated by three major charities and visited by several prominent MEPs.
Charities Avaaz, WeMove and Oxfam were joined by several young activists to highlight wealth inequality outside the European Parliament in Brussels.
Protesters used an inflatable jet in order to draw attention to the lavish lifestyles of the super-rich.
According to a report from Oxfam published in April this year, EU governments are losing out on €286.5 billion in revenue annually due to their failure to adequately tax the rich.
The amount equals out to roughly €33 million per hour.
Julian Desiderio, a policy advisor on tax and inequality at Oxfam Belgium told Euronews, “If we are able to have a wealth tax on the super-rich, we can have funds to help save our planet. Funds to help communities affected by the climate disaster, including farmers”.
Several MEPs from the Greens, the Left and the Socialists & Democrats party visited the protest.
Private jets that belong to the super wealthy makeup for a significant imbalance in carbon emissions. According to Oxfam, a person from the richest 1 percent emits on average 14 times more carbon (CO2) than a person in the bottom 50 percent.
The activists, seemingly aware of this connection, held signs saying, “Time to Land, Taxes on the Super-Rich”.
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First Round of U.S.-Iran Talks End, Mediators Say
The first round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran in Switzerland ended with a “roadmap” to reach a final deal within 60 days, Pakistani and Qatari mediators said.
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Can we turn over a new leaf? Can we change relations in the Middle East permanently? Or, do we go back to doing things the old way, which is not our preference, but is certainly very much something that can happen. Thank you all for being here.
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June 22, 2026
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The U.S. military on Sunday announced a lethal strike on another vessel in the Caribbean carrying alleged narco-traffickers, killing two people.
The U.S. Southern Command said it conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” at the direction of the leader of the Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan of the Marine Corps.
The military claimed, citing intelligence, that the vessel “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”
ALLEGED NARCO-TERRORISTS KILLED AS US FORCES STRIKE SUSPECTED DRUG-TRAFFICKING VESSEL IN CARIBBEAN
A U.S. military strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on June 21, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command)
There were six male survivors in addition to the two men killed in the strike.
“Following the engagement, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors,” the military said.
This is the latest attack that the Trump administration has said was launched in an attempt to eliminate alleged narco-terrorists, with the death toll in these strikes carried out since September sitting at more than 200.
The military claimed, citing intelligence, that the vessel “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” (U.S. Southern Command)
The Pentagon has refused to release the identities of those killed in the strikes since last fall or provide evidence of drugs on board.
The administration has been scrutinized in recent months over the strikes by Democrats and even some Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has raised concerns about killing people without due process and the possibility of killing innocent people.
RAND PAUL SAYS GOP COLLEAGUES ‘DON’T GIVE A S‑‑T ABOUT THESE PEOPLE IN THE BOATS’: THEY ‘SAY THEY’RE PRO-LIFE’
The Pentagon has refused to release the identities of those killed in the strikes since last fall or provide evidence of drugs on board. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
“I look at my colleagues who say they’re pro-life, and they value God’s inspiration in life, but they don’t give a s‑‑- about these people in the boats,” Paul said in January. “Are they terrible people in the boats? I don’t know. They’re probably poor people in Venezuela and Colombia.”
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The senator previously cited Coast Guard statistics that show a significant percentage of boats boarded on suspicion of drug trafficking are innocent.
The attacks have also been denounced by human rights groups as “extrajudicial killings.”
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