Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, on February 02, 2026.

Demonstrators in central Paris protesting France’s membership in the European Union tear down the EU flag in a symbolic act of defiance.

Brussels is no longer seen by many Italian citizens as a vehicle for diplomatic cooperation and well-being, but has become associated with US and Israeli interests and war.

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has condemned the European Union’s move to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization, saying the force remains on the frontline of confronting the “state terrorism” of the United States and Israel.

With more reactions over the EU’s recent decision regarding the IRGC, one senior Iranian official says Western governments are distorting the concept of terrorism by such moves.

Iran’s Army has condemned the European Union’s move to add the country’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to its so-called terrorist list as “shameful” and “irresponsible”.

EU foreign ministers fail to call for de-escalation as US President Donald Trump threatens an illegal war with the Islamic Republic of Iran.