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       Across our brand new web site you will find unique features that provide a range of information to help better track political trends that shape the European Union.

       The Euronews Polls Centre allows users to see the distribution of European Parliament by viewing the selectable Map View feature to compare current and future seats for each EU member. Users can also utilize the Graph View to compare current seats with the Euronews Forecast for 2024, our projection for how seats will be dispersed among the EU Party Groups based on current polling data.

       Use our Euronews Polls Centre interactive map to navigate the continent’s EU members, or use the dropdown bar to select a country. To exit, just click the map or return to “select a country.”

       After selecting a country, you will find three unique features: Euronews Guidebooks, Euronews Polling resources and visualizations, and Euronews Analysis.

       Follow the Euronews Polls Centre Guidebooks to gain a brief introduction of any EU country, its current EU Parliamentary distribution, and how the political situation is evolving ahead of June’s EU election. Guidebooks are a tool to help better understand the basic political nuances of each EU member.

       To get a deeper scope of information and insights, select our Euronews Polls Centre Analysis. Developed by regionally-based specialists in politics, research and polling, our authentic, insider perspective on elections and polling analysis will help readers better grasp the machinations and movements that shape Europe’s elections. Each country will include a fresh outlook on how the latest trends can be interpreted, which way voters are moving and the issues that can be expected to dictate outcome in upcoming elections.

       In our Polls feature users will find an array of resources. In every EU member-state, Euronews developed a proprietary methodology for averaging publicly-released third-party polls—the Euronews Polls Average. Euronews is also thrilled to announce a partnership with Ipsos. Utilizing the extensive reach and scale of Ipsos market research capabilities, the Euronews Polls Centre includes political surveys for 18 EU-member-states with a focus on June’s EU election. Follow the voting intentions and tops issues responses to learn more about the latest voter trends in Europe’s largest nations.

       Finally, the homepage includes the Polls Centre’s most avant-garde feature: the Euronews Forecast Tool. Using the Forecast Tool, you can develop your own structure and distribution for the 2024 EU Parliamentary term. Follow the directions to build your own EU Parliament by selecting seats contributed by each country’s national parties. The template is based on the Euronews Polls Centre Forecast model, but with just a few clicks, users can reshape the EU Parliament with their own predictions for June’s election. By selecting the “coalitions” option, users can construct their own EU Group coalitions, should it look like no single party can build a governing majority.

       Stay up to date on the polls, opinions and political movements that define Europe. Check back in at polls.euronews.com for regular updates and enhancements to Euronews Polls Centre.

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       The new chapter in the thorny relationship between the media and Britain’s royal family has a Russian disinformation angle amidst concerns about King Charles's health.

       Fake news about the death of King Charles III were spread on Monday by Russian pro-Kremlin Telegram channels such as Mash and Readovka, which have millions of followers, and several media outlets such as Sputnik, sanctioned by EU for propaganda.

       A screenshot with a fake statement attributed to the Buckingham Palace was shared as proof. The file was closely modelled on the palace’s announcement of late Queen Elizabeth II's death.

       There were also speculations on the social media platform X, including mentions of flags at half-mast in government buildings, circulating and fuelling the rumours before the fake news went viral.

       Disinformation travelled quickly, reaching other countries even though there was no official confirmation or announcement from the Royal Family.

       After it was reposted in Ukraine, the British Embassy published a statement denying the fake news. "We would like to inform you that the news about the death of King Charles III is fake." The same situation occurred in Azerbaijan.

       Conspiracy theories about the Royal Family have been spreading recently due to the absence of its members from the public because of health issue.

       The Vulture traced the origin of the fake news to the post on a Pakistani outlet from 16 March, it was picked up by X accounts regularly sharing conspiracy theories.

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       A Russian border region plans to evacuate about 9,000 children from the area as it is being continuously shelled by the Ukrainian army, an official said Tuesday.

       According to the governor of Russia’s Belgorod border region, Vyacheslev Gladkov, the children are expected to be relocated further east, away from the Ukraine border.

       The announcement came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin wants to create a buffer zone to help protect border regions from long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids.

       Ukraine has increasingly used its long-range firepower to hit oil refineries and depots deep inside Russia and has sought to unsettle the Russian border regions, putting political pressure on Putin.

       Three people were wounded in an attack Tuesday on the Belgorod region, Gladkov said, including a 14-year-old who had part of a limb amputated.

       His mother was also seriously hurt in the attack.

       Euronews cannot independently verify these claims.