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Cold calling is coming to an end in France, with one consumer group calling the ban a "small revolution".
Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.
The service will enable rail travel from Portugal to Lapland - what is believed to be the longest train journey in Europe.
Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan, one of the world's most wanted men, has spent his first night in custody in Ireland after being extradited from Dubai.
Russia's only liberal, anti-war party will not be able to take part in next month's parliamentary elections, a Moscow court rules.
Russian officials say another 75 people were injured by the attack - one of the deadliest Ukrainian drone attacks since Moscow's full-scale invasion.
Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions, as wildfires continue to ravage western Europe.
The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai.
Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appeared in court and was charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation after being extradited from Dubai.
Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.
Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years.
The government is trying to attribute blame for the unprecedented fires which tore through the country last month.
Lawmakers and police officers had to intervene after Alliance party MP Time Kadrijaj hurled at least four eggs towards Kosovo's acting prime minister Albin Kurti.
Italy introduced border controls following an influx of about 78,000 migrants from Morocco into the neighbouring Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
Feliks the eagle was abducted as he first flew the nest in Serbia and wound up in the Middle East with poachers who demanded a ransom.
Pakistan says an attack on any of the three will amount to an attack against all, amid conflict in the Middle East.
The group moved synthetic drugs from Spain to Algeria, then used the return journey to smuggle migrants and weapons.
The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.
The Norwegian Football Federation calls for Fifa president Gianni Infantino to resign after he attempted to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
The BBC has seen evidence from previous cases that Russian-linked proxies not only handled drones and explosives, but also delivered them to Germany.
Sharif Ahmadzai has been charged with killing Elisabeth Ross, who was found dead in a suitcase in Athens in July.
Blackened ships and smashed docks mark Russia's recent surge of attacks on Ukraine's coastline.
Trump's volatile trade policy has thrown the world economy into chaos, and put some US prices up.
The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.
The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.
The incident has sparked concern in Europe while Spain also faces a challenge in balancing its relations with neighbouring Morocco and Algeria.
Ukrainian drones have hit several retail warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries in a matter of days.
Aggression against recruitment officers has become increasingly threatening, police say.
Some said they had seen the sites of Israeli bombardment, others said they had heard the sound of explosions.
Eight children have been admitted to hospital as officials scramble to find the root of the outbreak.
Some receive threatening messages or phone-calls, others say their relatives are visited by authorities back home.
A series of corruption scandals in the prime minister's Socialist party makes his position vulnerable.
The 81-year-old man and his car got stuck on the way down, before a crane lifted the car away.
It's the latest twist in a cat-and-mouse confrontation between the government and Hungary's LGBTQ community.
Suzanne Ripton lived in London and Leeds after moving to England following World War Two.
Three people are accused of exploiting dozens of workers in the heart of champagne country.
The Irish National Lottery says the winning ticket was sold by a retailer in County Cork.
The spat threatens to split society, affect elections and harm peace with neighbouring Azerbaijan.
A cruise missile slammed into an ordinary residential block early on Tuesday, likely travelling at about 500mph.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office said eight people had been detained over alleged misuse of funds.
Man, 22, and two relatives charged after setting up surgery and performing complex operations for two years, police say.
They are being launched from new sites and in new ways - out of reach of French police.
Ukrainian officials say a drone smashed into the building, leaving a number of people dead and wounded.
The longer Israel's military operation goes on, the greater the realisation that Russia has much to lose.
Etienne Davignon, 92, is accused of involvement in the detention of Patrice Lumumba before he was killed in 1961.
Spain and Portugal were disconnected from Europe's electricity grid for hours in April, causing chaos.
The Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez are due to tie the knot next week - as activists say Venice is being turned into an "asset" for the rich and famous.
No 10 says G7 allies back the measures - but Donald Trump indicates the US will not impose more sanctions now.
Despite the war, Ukraine has developed of the most advanced systems for digital government services.
Kyiv says it received 1,245 bodies on Monday, while Moscow says 78 of its dead soldiers were repatriated.
Hostility towards tourists in Spain grows as locals complain of being forced out of their own cities.
Dmitriy Kurashov is the first Russian soldier to stand trial in Ukraine over a battlefield execution.
Most dads in the UK get two weeks of leave when their baby is born - but new fathers in many other countries get more.
France's Emmanuel Macron is visiting Greenland to hold talks on North Atlantic and Arctic security, climate change and critical minerals.
The 'Van Gogh' chair is an artwork by Nicola Bolla made out of thousands of Swarovski crystals.
Parents and governments are left reeling and at a loss how to protect schools from random, deadly violence.
The Serbian project, led by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, has run into opposition and scandal.
It is not yet known why a 21-year-old Austrian man committed a shooting that left 10 people dead.
The BBC's Bethany Bell visited the scene in Graz, after ten people were killed in a school shooting.
Video verified by the BBC shows students being evacuated from the school in the city of Graz.
The 37-year-old woman and two-year-old child are the first fatalities from last week's attack.
Instead, US Vice President JD Vance shocked delegates by roundly attacking Washington's allies, accusing them of censorship.
The Ukraine president suggests Europe can no longer rely on the US to come to its defence.
Locals who knew Andrew and Dawn Searle describe their shock - this is a difficult moment for a rural community in the glare of a criminal investigation.
Donald Trump's phone call with Putin has shocked both Ukraine's president Zelensky and allies alike, but is it enough to start peace talks?
Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in India, in March 2017.
Wearing bikinis and going shirtless may soon be banned in the city, as it fights against badly behaved tourists.
The Pope has had bronchitis symptoms for several days leading to other officials reading his speeches.
A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove at a group of people and injured at least 28, German police say.
Trump and Putin want to make a deal. But Ukrainians question how life after a ceasefire will work.
The BBC's Frank Gardner says Nato's unity is badly dented with decisions over Ukraine set to be discussed in Munich.
They were convicted of a plot threatening to leak hundreds of personal photos, videos and medical records.
Many world leaders, including Ukraine's President Zelensky, are finding the world is more uncertain under new US leadership.
A look from the police cordon in Munich, after a car drove at a group of people, injuring at least 28.
After a frenetic 24 hours of US declarations, there is a tangible sense that Europe's leaders have been surprised.
Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” under a Trump presidency.
There are concerns the unrest has damaged community relations and tensions have spilled over into politics too.
Protesters stormed parliament and are calling for the president to resign over a Russian investment bill.
Spain's under-fire regional leader Carlos Mazón defies calls for his resignation after last month's deadly floods.
Human rights groups have called for a review of how countries are chosen to host the COP climate summits.
Some fans attending the game in Paris jeer the Israeli anthem played at the start of the game.
Makers of a new generation of European electric aircraft are struggling to raise money.
Experts say some of the stones in the piece are a match with the original diamonds central to a royal scandal.
Government officials reportedly ask for no bananas to be present ahead of official visits.
Floods and torrential rain have not gone away and residents hail stories of heroism as the clean-up continues.
Marine Le Pen would be banned from standing for president again at the next election if convicted.
Thousands of police are deployed in Paris to ensure security at a France-Israel football international.
Audrey F tells a court how a 13-year-old student's lie to her parents led to Samuel Paty's murder.
Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones warning of an "extreme risk of rainfall".
Russia is launching mass drone strikes on Ukraine. Maria, 14, was one of the latest victims.
Maria Kolesnikova, jailed for her part in mass political protests in 2020, was allowed to see her father.
Parties agree 23 February vote after chancellor torpedoed the coalition government by sacking finance minister.
A tram is vandalised in new rioting in Amsterdam, days after the attacks on Israeli football fans.
A court throws out a ruling that the gas and oil giant cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
Ukraine's president says the incursion is limiting the forces Moscow can deploy inside his country.
The leaders' discussions also focused on the Middle East and the problems caused by migration in Europe.
A general election in the Republic of Ireland has officially been called for Friday 29 November.
Building the link to western Europe has become more urgent as the Baltics see Russia as a threat.
The fatal stabbing of a Hungarian teenager, killed shortly after she gave birth, has baffled police for 15 years.
People are angry at the authorities' handling of floods which killed more than 200 people.
The Russian president says he was impressed by Trump's reaction to the first assassination attempt against him.
Europe’s most powerful economy is left rudderless, when EU leaders are nervous about a new Trump presidency.
Deputy PM admits former Soviet state was until recently a 'highly corrupt country' - but insists things are changing fast.
Video shows a flooded terminal inside El Prat airport and partially submerged cars on a highway.
Towns and villages cut off and homes are almost submerged by flash floods in central Bosnia-Herzegovina.
How the Ukranian studio between an anticipated video game kept going when Russia invaded.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visits Brussels, pledging a relationship re-set after Brexit wrangling.
For more than two years Russia has been trying to take this city as it advances in eastern Ukraine.
Mark Rutte slammed the Kremlin's "reckless and irresponsible" rhetoric but downplayed Russia's nuclear threats.
A Chinese woman has been arrested on suspicion of passing on information about Leipzig/Halle airport.
The prominent human rights lawyer campaigned to legalise euthanasia in Hungarian and European courts.
If found guilty, the French presidential hopeful could be ineligible to run for office for up to 10 years.
Austria's Freedom Party under Herbert Kickl is on course to win the vote, projections say.
Ukraine's president met Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden as he bid for Western help to end the war.
Relatives of victims of the Bosnian war hope the initiative will help find the remains of their loved ones.
Belgium's King Philippe levelled direct criticism at the pontiff, saying it had "taken far too long for the cries to be heard and acknowledged".
Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer dies after suffering a serious head injury at the Road and Para-cycling World Championships in Switzerland.
The last-minute meeting comes amid Trump's increasing criticism of US funding for the war in Ukraine.
The Maltese-flagged Ruby will be in contact with HM Coastguard as it travels through UK waters.
Russia's leader says strikes by a non-nuclear state aided by a nuclear power can be considered a joint attack
The 52-year-old is said to be playing a key role in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis, where over 6000 people have been killed.
The Irish Defence Forces have 382 personnel serving between the United Nations missions in the region.
Inflation and debt are among the reasons Lumi and Pyry are being sent home eight years early.
The Moroccan suspect was released from detention after serving five years for raping a student.
A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
Kyiv is hoping for a strong show of support from the US leader before he leaves the White House.
The area around Pisa has been battered by heavy rains, which are set to continue until Wednesday.
Sweden's security service says 15,000 messages were sent after several Quran-burning incidents.
The daytime attack using guided bombs wounds another 31 people in the north-eastern Ukrainian city.
Swiss police arrest several people after the controversial pod is used for the first time.
A small group of Ukrainian soldiers found themselves encircled in the village of Komyshivka.
Russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled.
Veterans watched the jump, at Ginkel Heath near the Dutch town of Ede, to commemorate Operation Market Garden.
A dissident freed by Russia in the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War vows to return to the country.
Footage shot from the road shows a massive blast and huge plume of smoke in Tikhoretsk.
Migrants who arrived since 2015 say they feel unwelcome in Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany is gaining support.
More than 70,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine - volunteers now make up the highest number of deaths.
People climbed on roofs and buildings collapsed as Storm Boris battered northern Italy.
The tomb of one of France’s best-loved early poets has been discovered during restoration work in Notre-Dame.
Ryan Routh had an "unhealthy" fixation on the war, despite being rejected by Ukraine’s International Legion.
Emergency services have been deployed to rescue and evacuate residents stranded by floods.
The roots of Putinism were already evident after the massacre of 334 people in a school in Russia in 2004.
The Russian leader's visit to the ICC-member state is seen as a show of defiance against the Hague.
Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore over 11 days.
Thousands of children returned to school just hours after a barrage of missiles was fired at the city.
The German Chancellor called the results of Sunday's state elections "worrying" and "bitter".
As Kyiv fights on home soil and in Russia, Nick Beake speaks to recruits being sent to the battlefield.
Germany's anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany is on course for victory in Thuringia.
The regional head accused Moscow of targeting civilians after a supermarket and sports complex were hit.
The helicopter was carrying 22 people, most of them tourists, when it disappeared from radar on Saturday.
Air travellers who hoped the era of "tiny toiletries" was nearly over are facing fresh disappointment.
Your day-by-day guide to what is happening when - and who to watch out for - at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party is expected to perform strongly in Saxony and Thuringia.
Zhanna Nemtsova says her suspicions were confirmed when Spanish reporter Pablo González returned to Moscow in a prisoner swap.
The Norwegian princess has tied the knot with Durek Verrett in a union that has divided the public.
Russia is poised to assault Pokrovsk, a crucial supply and reinforcement hub for Ukraine's frontline troops.
The move came four days after an F-16 fighter jet from Nato allies went down during a Russian barrage.
The far-right Alternative for Germany is set to do very well in state elections in the east.
The arrest of Telegram’s chief executive in France has ignited a debate about moderation on his app.
The strikes, which left at least six others dead, also hit a 12-storey building in the north-eastern city.
Moscow says it has "no worries" about the visit, which is expected to happen next week.
The Russian mercenaries were helping Burkina Faso fight Islamist insurgents, who recently staged a huge attack.
Police arrest a man wanted in Italy for decades for a kidnapping carried out by the Red Brigades.
Norwegian Princess Martha Louise is set to wed Durek Verrett in a three-day ceremony among the fjords.
A proposed voting reform had sparked deadly protests in the French overseas territory in May.
Third seed Carlos Alcaraz suffers a seismic second-round exit at the US Open with a thumping defeat by unseeded Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.
Online jail records say Artem Chigvintsev was booked into a Californian county jail on Thursday.
It is the first deportation of convicted Afghan offenders since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
Pokrovsk is a major logistics hub with a railway station and lies at the intersection of important roads.
He has been placed under formal investigation as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, French prosecutors say.
Telegram is one of the world's most popular apps where groups of up to 200,000 users can exchange messages.
Western technology and finance are helping Ukraine carry out hundreds of long-range strikes inside Russia.
Bonded by fate, thriving by purpose: Meet the power couple of African para table tennis.
Aerial footage shows lava spewing into the air in the region south of the country's capital - Reykjavik.
The grim discoveries come two days after the Bayesian sank in a freak storm off Sicily.
Travellers will have to pay €7 for a visa waiver every three years or until their passport expires.
The gunman is said to have shot the employees and then himself at a school in Sanski Most, north-western Bosnia.
Recaldo Thomas, an experienced and respected sailing chef, was saving money to restore his late parents' house.
Divers trained to work in small spaces are flown in but strong winds are making conditions harder.
The 19-year-old describes his arrest, surviving Russian jail and being part of the recent prisoner swap.
Ukrainian forces continue their incursion into Russia's Kursk region, claiming destruction of a second bridge.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Aleksin finds out how Russians are reacting to Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region.
Once described as the most beautiful man in the movies, Delon had become a virtual recluse with his children trading public insults.
As a hot war rages between Russia and Ukraine, there are fears Europe has slipped into a new Cold War.
Ukrainians say the foray into Kursk brings tactical advantages - and opens the door to ending the war.
Ukraine destroys a bridge over the river Seym as it continues its incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
Officials have warned of possible attacks as Germany supports Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Sweden's public health agency records what it says is the first case of a contagious new variant of mpox outside the African continent.
Ksenia Karelina was found guilty of treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says his troops have captured 100 Russian soldiers since the morning.
A criminal case has been opened against the man, who could face up to five years in prison.
Ukraine's incursion into Kursk raises questions about Mr Putin's ability to keep Russia safe.
The suspect, a Ukrainian diving instructor, had gone when Polish police tried to arrest him in July.
The region's governor says daily shelling from Ukraine is making life "extremely difficult".
As Russian forces make slow progress in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's military stages a surprise cross-border attack.
The singer's latest music video is alleged to have been partly filmed in an ecologically-sensitive area.
Milder winds and extensive efforts by the emergency services have helped bring the blaze under control.
As protests against uncontrolled tourism hit Spain and Italy there are fears Wales could be at risk of "over-tourism".
It's been a week since the start of the country's largest and most significant incursion into Russia since the war began.
Kyiv needs to decide whether to keep its forces in Russia to exert maximum pressure on Moscow or withdraw now.
Ukrainian troops who entered Russia's Kursk this past week say they took the Russians by surprise.
The mosaic depicting dolphins and fish is likely to have been commissioned by someone wealthy.
The BBC's Jessica Parker is at the scene in Greece where large wildfires continue to blaze in Athens.
A 50-year-old man was killed following a three-hour stand-off in a town on the Mediterranean island.
Both sides say there has been no detected radiation spike at the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant.
The BBC has verified the footage, which was shared on social media by someone who was later detained.
The 39-year-old says he was having a "bad day" when he came face to face with Mette Frederiksen.
Gardaí (Irish police) investigate a threat of violence against Simon Harris posted on Instagram.
Paris 2024 organisers cancel training for open water swimming on Tuesday because of pollution in the River Seine.
Most Russian athletes are not allowed to compete in Paris due to their country's war in Ukraine.
His joy at his release in the prisoner swap is marred by thoughts of Russian detainees still in jail.
Kyiv has been accused of helping plan an ambush on Malian soldiers and the Russian mercenaries fighting alongside them.
The French swimmer's medals have helped distract the nation from its political crisis, Parisians say.
The arrival marks a crucial milestone in boosting the capabilities of Ukraine's air force, which largely relies on old Soviet-era jets.
With dissent snuffed out at home, Russia intensifies attacks on opponents seeking refuge in the West.
Ukraine's military said it destroyed the Rostov-on-Don attack submarine in a missiles attack on Friday.
Bucharest has lifted a moratorium on bear hunting as their population soars. Will hunting help?
France set up an Olympic men's football semi-final with Egypt by beating Argentina 1-0 in the quarter-finals.
The sites affected include the Irish Parliament and the Irish president's official residence.
Eight Russian prisoners were released in the swap, including spies, agents and a convicted assassin.
Hotels and restaurants are dropping prices after unexpected quietness in the city during the Olympics.
The unusual case is prompting speculation Mr Krieger may be part of a swap involving prisoners in Germany and Russia
At least 7,000 animals have already been culled, as the authorities try to contain a highly contagious infection.
Police sources told local media the 28-year-old was found acting suspiciously near a railway site.
Trans people from Russia say years of pressure coupled with new laws are making them leave the country.
The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the River Seine past lively performers on bridges, banks and rooftops in an ambitious take on an opening ceremony.
France's interior minister vows the attackers will be arrested fast, but does not say who was to blame.
Rail company SNCF says 800,000 passengers have been affected by disruptions to train services.
There is tight security for the opening ceremony, but saboteurs struck rail lines miles outside the city.
Russia intends to destroy dozens of US-built warplanes as soon as they arrive in Ukraine.
'Games wide open' is the motto for this year's Paris Olympics, which officially begin on Friday with the opening ceremony.
Swiss authorities decide to fence off pastures from tourists in search of the perfect picture.
Several athetes have complained about the amount of food available, specifically eggs and grilled meats, according to French media.
Football star Alexia Putellas is gunning for an Olympic gold medal to add to her long list of honours.
On the front line, drones are killing hundreds every day - showing the world a new kind of high-tech war.
The crew of the Argos Georgia took to life rafts when it started taking on water on Monday.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has signed an order renaming Europe Square Eurasia Square.
At least four flights have been diverted to nearby airports while police deal with activists.
It comes after France's leftist coalition proposed a little-known civil servant as prime minister.
France is chosen to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, providing it provides financial guarantees.
A huge security operation is under way, with street closures and anti-drone squads across the city.
It comes just days before the games get under way with an opening ceremony in central Paris on Friday.
The singer is in Paris as speculation swirls the "queen of ballads" will perform at the opening ceremony.
In December 2022, the singer revealed she had been battling Stiff Person's Syndrome (SPS) and cancelled all of her upcoming shows.
A retired civil servant is jailed for sending six devices to the Spanish PM and other figures.
Paris 2024 promises to halve the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016. How will it happen and what challenges must be tackled?
The 24-seater boat will take the Olympic torch down a section of the River Marne on Sunday.
Activists say spiralling housing costs are due to properties being bought by foreigners - or rented over the summer.
Many flights have been grounded, with huge queues and delays at airports all over the world.
The Ukrainian leader tells the BBC in an exclusive interview that he is willing to work with anyone who is in power in the US.
Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as the President of the European Commission following a secret ballot among MEPs.
Seven people have died, including three children, in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday.
The reputation of the revered anti-poverty campaigner Abbé Pierre, who died in 2007, has been tarnished by sex assault allegations.
Berlin says a G7 scheme to raise $50bn from interest on frozen Russian assets will ensure other funding.
Despite Ursula von der Leyen's efforts to secure support, the outcome of today's vote remains uncertain.
Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to host around 45 European leaders at a summit near Oxford on Thursday.
Relatives of the 298 victims on board the plane join memorial services to mark the anniversary.
Thomas Brückner, who was 49, was behind a massive club hit that reached number one in the UK in 2003.
Chelsea begin disciplinary proceedings against midfielder Enzo Fernandez over a video on social media that the French FA said included a racist chant.
The photos spark angry reactions from social media users, some of whom call for the woman's arrest.
Jesse Owens and Luz Long's embrace has become a defining image of Olympic sportsmanship, but it came with consequences.
Swedish police are investigating the deaths of two men in Malmo as a suspected double murder.
President Macron accepts Gabriel Attal's resignation but asks him to stay as caretaker PM.
Gibraltar's FA complains about "provocative and insulting behaviour" by members of the squad.
The move comes after sales and distribution of its products were banned by the Biden administration.
The workers were promised a better future. But they were made to work long hours and paid poorly.
Football often divides opinion - but everyone is united to hail Spain's Euro 2024 success as fully deserved.
The team's teenage prodigy took Spanish fans by surprise, but his success has helped unite a divided country in confidence.
Foreign Minister Sikorski says of the proposal, included in a defence agreement, "at this stage this is an idea".
German political figures respond to a reported plot against Rheinmetall chief Armin Papperger.
He later corrected himself, saying his gaffe was because he's 'so focused on beating Putin'.
The missiles will be deployed periodically from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War.
Smoke is billowing from the spire of Our Lady of the Assumption cathedral in Rouen, northern France.
Victims' loved ones say "lies" are still being told, almost 30 years after 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were killed.
Members also set out plans for more military aid for the Ukrainian army, including F-16 fighter jets.
The former first lady of France is accused of hiding evidence and associating with wrongdoers to commit fraud.
World leaders gathered in Washington for the alliance's 75th anniversary as President Biden pledged additional aid to Ukraine.
A Moscow court issues an arrest warrant in absentia for the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Olivier Faure of the left-wing New Popular Front is the first leader to throw his hat in the ring.
Marine Le Pen has not yet commented on the probe, announced two days after her party came third in France's legislative election.
A children's hospital in Kyiv was hit when Russia launched a wave of missile strikes on Monday.
The prosecution of a director and a playwright has sent shockwaves through the artistic community.
Two people were killed at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital after an intense Russian barrage, officials say.
The city hopes to offset the "environmental burden" of tourism with rewards for eco-friendly travellers.
France's president asks his prime minister to remain in post "to ensure the country's stability".
There are mixed emotions in the southwestern French city after the far right's surprise defeat.
The historic weapons are classed as national treasures and France has banned their export.
With the champagne on ice, they thought they were on the brink of victory - but it didn't happen.
Voters have turned out in large number to produce a shock result, writes the BBC's Hugh Schofield.
Whatever the result of France's election, its impact will be seismic, says Europe editor Katya Adler.
Anna Ardin accused Julian Assange of sexual assault - but is pleased he has been freed from jail.
Russia continues to pummel energy sites across Ukraine, plunging the country into extended blackouts.
Robert Fico gave a speech in Bratislava seven weeks after being wounded in an assassination attempt.
Four million stray dogs roam Turkey. But getting them off the streets is proving contentious.
Russia is pummelling Ukraine's energy grid, forcing Ukrainians to live and work by torch light.
Viktor Orban's self-styled "peace mission" was heavily criticised by EU leaders and by Ukraine.
The interior minister says 51 candidates and activists have been targeted ahead of Sunday's election.
National Rally is in pole position for a historic election victory and stands at the gates of power.
The right-wing National Rally is projected to top the first vote - but all is still to play for.
Gunmen opened fire on guests at a venue in Thionville, north-east France killing a man in his 30s.
Police say a man who climbed on to the roof of the stadium during the Euro 2024 match between Germany and Denmark "wanted to take good photos".
The Ukrainian president says more missiles and air defences are needed after a Russian strike kills seven.
Jan and Els sought medical intervention to end their lives after 50 happy years of marriage.
France's election campaign is over, and voters appear ready to hand National Rally victory.
Another five have reportedly been injured following the crash about 80km east of Bratislava.
The Italian leader has made it clear she resents having been left out of a deal to divide up the EU's top jobs.
The far-right ex-leader warns the French president will not be able to send troops to Ukraine.
After the BBC saw a girl die in a small boat off France, we found the man who arranged the deadly trip.
Authorities in Almería say concerts did not exceed 65dB, but the animals' vet tells the BBC prior warnings were ignored.
Shares in the US-based electric truck and SUV maker jumped by almost 50% after the announcement.
Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov are wanted for their role in attacks on civilians targets.
Russia's former defence minister and the chief of general staff are accused of ordering attacks on civilians in Ukraine.
Lt-Gen Yuriy Sodol, from his post after public criticism about excessive casualties and accusations of incompetence.
Gay marriage is illegal in Ukraine. Activists hope the LGBT troops at the front can change minds.
Daniela Klette had been on the run for more than 30 years, before her arrest in Berlin this year.
Russia says four people were killed and around 150 more injured in Ukrainian strikes on a beach on Sunday.
Unidentified gunmen in the southern Russian republic kill six policemen and wound 12 officers.
Moscow has effectively replaced the mercenary group's influence in Africa and Ukraine, experts say.
Authorities are still looking for Jay Slater, who vanished in a mountainous area of the island on Monday.
The airbase, named after a 19th Century Romanian politician, is set to be Nato's biggest in Europe.
Thirteen people have been arrested after the fire ripped through a pine forest on the island of Hydra.
Cathal Crotty was given a fully suspended sentence after beating a woman in a random street attack.
Several people are wounded after Russia targeted Ukraine's energy network for a second time this week.
Four Hinduja family members were given prison sentences ranging from four to four-and-a-half years.
Cathal Crotty was given a fully suspended sentence after beating a woman in a random street attack.
Units fighting Chasiv Yar say Russia is launching "mass frontal attacks" on the key strategic town.
The veteran footballer received stitches to his head after an armed robbery at his villa in northern Italy.
The Russian president said it would be a "big mistake" if Seoul sent lethal weapons to Kyiv.
Residents of Mr Macron's hometown have turned their back on him ahead of France's snap elections.
Government says Moscow's influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk to US infrastructure.
The country is reeling from two stabbings in the northern city of Oulu, which authorities say were racially motivated.
An Indian farmhand near Rome died after his employer left him on the side of the road following a serious workplace accident.
Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over chanting between fans at the Croatia and Albania match on Wednesday.
The Iberian lynx is now classed as "vulnerable" as numbers surge due to conservation efforts.
Katrin Göring-Eckardt said her post which praised the team's diversity was badly phrased.
Putin's Vietnam trip is being interpreted as displaying the support Russia still enjoys in the region.
The far right could win parliamentary elections called by President Macron on 30 June and 7 July.
A number of England fans at Euro 2024 were filmed singing a controversial chant referencing German casualties in World War Two.
Gordon Black was sentenced for threatening to kill his girlfriend and theft, state media report.
A group of 50 people has decided to distribute heiress Marlene Engelhorn's fortune to various charitable organisations.
It comes after the local and European elections, which saw the Green Party lose both of its MEP seats.
The charges all relate to the Hinduja family's practice of importing servants from India.
Aid workers describe saving dozens of migrants from a shipwreck that left 10 dead off the Italian coast.
A BBC investigation found the coastguard had caused dozens of deaths over three years, according to witnesses.
A number of foreigners have gone missing as Greece suffers its earliest heatwave on record.
Russia's president is due to meet Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, his first visit to North Korea since 2000.
Russia accuses the Wall Street Journal reporter of collecting "secret information" on behalf of the CIA.
The footballer says the upcoming French election is an important moment for his country.
The footballer says the upcoming French election is an important moment for his country.
More than 40 people are alleged to have died as a result of Greek coastguard actions, BBC analysis reveals.
Public transport, cafes and supermarkets are now off limits to men trying to avoid being enlisted.
The remarks come as Ukraine's president hails international support at a summit in Switzerland.
At least two prison staff are freed after being taken hostage at a pre-trial detention centre.
A new film follows a boy as he tries to square a controversial practice with his family's hopes for him.
Hamid Noury has returned to Tehran in exchange for two Swedish citizens detained by Iran.
There are reports of tensions over the wording of the final statement from this year's summit.
One of Switzerland's leading museums took the decision after new guidelines were introduced on stolen art.
The hosts Switzerland hope the talks will bring progress towards peace, but Russia is not attending.
France's left-wing parties say they have united to take on National Rally in snap elections.
Local officials say the 59-year-old did not return after setting out on a hike on Tuesday.
Other big names, including Whoopi Goldberg and Conan O'Brien, were also present at the audience.
The vocal powerhouse tells the BBC about her devastating health battle and her comeback plans.
Russia has accused the journalist of collecting "secret information" on behalf of the CIA, charges the US denies.
PM Giorgia Meloni will welcome other world leaders to Puglia after election success for her party.
Kyiv says some of its power stations, battered by Russian bombardments, might never come back online.
Hardy burst on to the music scene in 1962, inspiring the likes of Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan.
Brussels is widely expected to introduce tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles coming to Europe.
The French leader lost to the far right then called an election, in one of many big stories across the EU.
The hard right made gains in many parts of the EU - but will they really be able to influence policy?
Calling a snap election is a huge surprise for France, and a huge risk for President Macron.
The 27-country election is coming to a close today as first results expected later this evening.
Europeans in 20 countries go to the polls, on the final day of voting for the European Parliament.
Rights groups warn of state paranoia as experts on hypersonics, the science behind ultrafast missiles, have been jailed.
The assault took place on a square in central Copenhagen where a man walked up to her and hit her.
The US president also made a speech defending democracy at the site where US rangers stormed a Nazi stronghold on D-Day.
As 27 EU countries vote over four days, exit polls suggest a narrow defeat for the Dutch far right.
Joe Biden says democracies are under threat, adding autocrats were "watching happens in Ukraine".
The King marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, saying free nations must oppose tyranny.
The eurozone is the second major economy to cut its main lending rate this week after Canada.
Novak Djokovic says he will do his best to return to the court "as soon as possible" after undergoing surgery on a knee injury.
Russia’s economy has been cut off from the global financial system - but it is still growing. Why?
Colourful events are taking place to commemorate D-Day, but the ongoing conflict in Ukraine casts a shadow of war over Europe.
Why parties on the left are heading for a lacklustre performance in European elections.
The Russian president has been criticising the West's delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine.
Robert Fico describes man who shot him as an "opposition activist" and blames "anti-government media".
A man is under investigation after being badly burned in an explosion in his hotel room near Paris.
Some 373 million voters can take part in the 6-9 June vote across the EU's 27 countries.
The former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre says it is a "serious" ransomware attack.
The American acquitted of Meredith Kercher's murder will not go to prison, having already served time.
Watch and follow live as events take place across northern France and the UK to remember the Normandy landings.
Voters demanded action against climate change in 2019 elections, but resistance has since broken out.
Gabriel Attal burst on to a broadcast featuring his party’s lead EU election candidate Valérie Hayer.
Flood waters are continuing to rise in parts of southern Germany, and are now spreading down the Danube to Austria and Hungary.
Donald Tusk is urging Poles to vote for his coalition, to best protect against Russian aggression.
Craig Lang is facing charges in the double homicide and armed robbery of a Florida couple.
France forward Kylian Mbappe says it is a "dream come true" as his long-awaited move to Real Madrid is confirmed on Monday evening.
Officials believe Moscow could be behind a stunt in which coffins filled with plaster were left near the Eiffel Tower.
Children taking part in an event at the park are among the injured, according to local media.
Deep in Putin's Russia, Ivanovo's George Orwell library is still lending books on totalitarianism.
Both countries are trying to dissuade others from attending the upcoming event, Ukraine's president says.
Rosario Lonegro was forced to enact his own funeral in a bid to strip him of his sexual proclivities.
Estonia is pouring money and weapons into Ukraine’s war effort to try to push back the Russians.
The attacker stabbed several people including a policeman, before being shot by an officer.
The 18-year-old Chechen wanted to attack a football stadium in Saint-Étienne, officials say.
Russia accuses Nato and the US of "provoking a new level of tension" over the use of Western-supplied weapons.
The US rapper was due back in the Dutch city for another concert, a week after being arrested there.
Robert Fico is moved to Bratislava, more than two weeks after he was gravely wounded in a small central town.
The US give Ukraine permission to use US-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region.
Eurostar said there was a technical problem with UK Border Force e-gates at Gare du Nord.
Several Western allies have signalled they are open to Ukraine using their weapons against Russia.
With the far right set to gain in European elections, is the extreme becoming mainstream in Italy?
Under a Kremlin-backed scheme, comics praising the invasion of Ukraine and glorifying Russian soldiers are being distributed to schools across Russia.
A popular tourist resort was evacuated after a 2.5km-long fissure opened up, which may be “growing”.
Grindavik's mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area.
Two years of war takes its toll on Ukraine's younger generations, both physically and emotionally.
Europe's Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.
The Ukrainian president says his US counterpart's absence would "only be applauded by Putin".
The composure Ukrainians show in the face of Russian attacks cannot conceal the dangers Kyiv faces in the summer ahead.
The Pope was speaking at a meeting of bishops on whether gay men should be allowed to become priests.
Mr Zelenksy said there needed to be "tangible coercion of Russia" into peace by Kyiv's allies.
Caravaggio's Ecce Homo nearly escaped attention, having initially been attributed to another 17th Century artist.
The mayor and fortune teller are both being kept in prison under judicial investigation.
Marian Keyes talks about staying sober, managing depression and Irish storytelling at the Hay Festival.
Dublin Airport says the Boeing 787-9 dreamliner experienced turbulence while airborne over Turkey.
High-tech drones help Ukraine's defenders - but they say they need more support from allies.
Far-right parties are on the rise and could become a powerful force in the European Parliament.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said over 200 people could have been inside the home improvement shop.
Seven people have now died in a week of violence sparked by controversial voting reforms.
Rescuers search the ruins after a restaurant collapsed on the Spanish island, killing four people and injuring 16.
Russia's president seems to be acting on the late Wagner chief's warnings, but in his own time.
France's president says reinforcements will stay "as long as necessary", as he visits the Pacific territory.
Finland and the Baltic states react to a Russian proposal to redraw sea borders dating back 40 years.
A top far-right German politician says he will pull back from campaigning for the EU elections.
Israel says the move will not create peace in the region and is playing into Hamas's hands.
Experts say Ukraine is now making significant progress in its long struggle against corruption.
Argentina's president Javier Milei made the remarks at a far-right political rally in Madrid.
Martial law and a desire for stability keeps the Ukrainian leader in power without new elections.
Charity says lack of work to improve access to Paris's Metro ahead of Games is "scandalous".
Investigators are probing whether the suspect was part of a group who "incited and supported each other”, a minister says.
Hundreds of French gendarmes are trying to secure the road from Nouméa to the airport, officials say.
A controversial new law is dividing Georgia and risks pulling the nation back to the instability that scarred its post-Soviet independence.
It comes as a man charged with attempting to murder Robert Fico arrived in court on Saturday.
Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end, speaking after a hammer attack outside his home.
Moscow continues to make military gains in the Kharkiv region as Ukraine struggles with resources.
On the 50th anniversary, BBC News NI speaks to those affected by 1974 bombs which killed 33 people.
The new president referred to her country as "Macedonia", re-igniting a decades-long name dispute with Greece.
The protests which erupted on Monday have so far injured hundreds of people and killed five.
The man was armed with a knife and a metallic tool and was shot by an officer after he threatened the police.
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China was a show of strength, but in reality he needs Beijing's support for his war in Ukraine.
Russia's president says he is not after Ukraine's second-largest city - but wants to create a "security zone".
Emergency services used dinghies to rescue people from their homes, after a storm brought heavy rain and wind.
The BBC's Jonathan Beale joins Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv as they try to shore up a weakened frontline.
Petr Bystron is accused of received money from Russia in return for influence, which he denies.
The PM is known for his ability to reinvent his political career in the face of major setbacks.
Many are pointing to the ultra-violence that has become hallmark of the country's drugs underworld.
The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding.
French media say an inmate escaped during the attack in which three other officers were also injured.
Nikolai Patrushev, 72, is replaced as head of Russia's Security Council by Sergei Shoigu.
A court in Austria rules the notorious criminal no longer poses a danger given his ill health.
Protesters are against a law being discussed in France to increase eligibility to vote in New Caledonia.
Lorenzo Prendini tells the BBC he had official permits allowing him to take the samples out of Turkey.
The US secretary of state is in Kyiv as weapons from a new American aid package arrive at the front line.
Events off screen could be as dramatic as those in the selection of star-studded film premieres.
The EBU says it "regrets" that some countries "didn’t respect the spirit" of the contest in Sweden.
The EBU says it "regrets" that some countries "didn’t respect the spirit" of the contest in Sweden.
The two circular livestream video portals visually connect New York and Dublin in real-time.
Ukraine is concerned about what could happen if Russian troops get within artillery range of Kharkiv.
Steve Rosenberg considers possible reasons behind Sergei Shoigu's replacement in the middle of a war.
Banning the EU flag from Eurovision was a gift to "the enemies of Europe", the commission's vice-president said
Vladimir Putin has begun his fifth term in office by nominating an economist as the country's new minister of defence.
The ruling means intelligence services can now monitor the communications of the far-right party.
Thousands have gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi to protest the bill they say is Russian-inspired.
The BBC's Jonathan Beale meets front-line soldiers battling Russia's new incursion in north-east Ukraine.
Swiss singer Nemo becomes the first non-binary artist to win Eurovision with their song, The Code.
Opponents fear the government's bill will silence critics ahead of parliamentary elections later this year.
Evacuations are under way in the Kharkiv area as fighting continues after Friday's surprise incursions.
The singer, Joost Klein, had been among the favourites to win the contest in Malmö, Sweden.
The attempt came during an attack on a town in the northeastern Kharkiv region, says the military.
Novak Djokovic is hit on the head by a water bottle as he signs autographs after his win at the Italian Open.
France striker Kylian Mbappe says he will leave Paris St-Germain at the end of the season.
No reason was given for Serhiy Rud's dismissal. He has led the president's security detail since 2019.
The authorities are on high alert in the Swedish city as tensions over Gaza spill out into the streets.
Russia's leader marks Victory Day by making clear the country's military is always on combat alert.
John McFall is studying whether it's possible for someone with a physical disability to go to space.
EU ambassadors have agreed in principle to use the profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.
Berlin ex-mayor and senator Franziska Giffey was hit on the head and neck as she visited a library in Berlin.
A BBC investigation uncovers links between opposition AfD party figures and extremist networks.
The attacks come as Ukraine marks a major national holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Serbia has been deepening its relationship with China while continuing talks to join the EU.
Some of the contest's most outlandish songs sail into the final, but there are tears for Australia.
Two Ukrainian security officials are held over a Russian plot to assassinate the president, Ukraine says.
The suspected gas poisoning at a Sicilian sewage plant is the latest in a series of fatal accidents.
The sergeant, who was held on 2 May, is accused of stealing from a woman, reports the BBC's partner CBS.
Russia's president is sworn in for another six years, with no checks and balances on his power.
Russia will hold tactical nuclear weapons drills in response to recent comments by France and the UK, the Kremlin said.
Austria's capital marks the bicentenary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with a series of grand performances.
Xi Jinping is on his first visit to Europe in five years - and it feels much like a charm offensive.
The governor of the border region says 35 people were also injured when a drone strike hit minibuses.
The man in his 20s was found with a nail through each hand in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Matthias Ecke was seriously injured after being kicked and hit in a suspected politically-motivated attack.
The idea of butter-free patisseries appeals to some but horrifies dairy farmers and traditionalists.
Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history.
A missile that crashed in Kharkiv shows the surprising scale at which Pyongyang's weapons are used.
A row breaks out after Spain's transport minister suggests Argentina's president has taken drugs.
The celebration of pop is set to take place amid protests at Israel's involvement in the competition.
UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron says it is up to Ukraine to decide how to use British arms.
TCD issues fine over loss of income as a result of recent blockades of a tourist attraction.
Governments are failing to protect journalism from political attacks, according to Reporters Without Borders.
The Russians are said to be sharing a wing of Niger's main airport, but not mingling with US troops.
Officials say the measures will be in place until Israel allows an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid.
Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen claim a 2-0 first-leg victory at Roma to take command of their Europa League semi-final and stretch their unbeaten run to 47 matches.
Experts say Russia has been jamming GPS signals in certain European regions, leading to disruption for civilian aircraft.
The state department says Moscow has used a World War One-era weapon to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops.
Some 400 million voters can take part in the 6-9 June vote across the EU's 27 countries.
Lidiia Lomikovska describes how she made the journey in her slippers with a plank of wood for support.
The display seeks to energise Russians ahead of the country's victory day celebrations on 9 May.
Ahmed Alhashimi spoke to the BBC after daughter Sara died when the family tried to make it to the UK in a small boat last week.
Fabrice Leggeri is not without controversy, having resigned as head of the EU's border agency in 2022.
There are reports of injuries and arrests, as protesters clash with riot police in the capital, Tbilisi.
A gang of scammers stole almost a million euros pretending to be relatives in distress, police say.
Nicaragua accused Germany of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel.
The EU says Facebook and Instagram have not done enough to combat "malicious actors'" political ads.
Julius Kivimäki threatened thousands of patients he would publish details of their therapy sessions.
Five people are killed in an attack on a private university in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa.
The Riverdance performance at Eurovision 30 years ago was credited with changing Irish dancing.
The toxic atmosphere is unlikely to disappear after Pedro Sánchez decides to stay in post.
French actor Gérard Depardieu is summoned to a police station in Paris, local media report.
Last week, Pedro Sánchez denounced what he called a "harassment campaign" against his wife.
England number eight Billy Vunipola is arrested in Spain following an alleged incident in a bar in the early hours of Sunday morning.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reignited a row by suggesting making amends for past "crimes".
Oleksandr Syrskyi says Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from positions in eastern Donetsk.
Taoiseach asks justice minister to bring forward legislation so asylum seekers can be returned to the UK.
Six arrests in quick succession show Germany is being targeted by spies but also that it is fighting back.
More than 12,000 people rally to urge the prime minister to stay in office as he decides whether to resign.
Activists say the woman gave birth alone in a forested area at the border with Belarus.
Marcus, 16, says he fled a life as a child soldier in South Sudan and hopes to study in the UK.
The man went near the animal on an ice floe near the world's northernmost settlement in Svalbard.
The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs.
Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday.
Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday.
Hungary is attempting to be a world power in manufacturing electric vehicle batteries, despite locals' reservations.
It comes after a Ukraine-linked business in London was targeted in a suspected arson attack.
They are thought to have caught the norovirus at a festival marquee in Stuttgart last weekend.
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother deny allegations of rape and human trafficking.
The US Secretary of State was speaking to the BBC at the end of a three-day trip to China.
From Thursday visitors making a trip to the famous city at peak times will be charged a trial entrance fee.
Thousands of Georgians have been protesting against a new bill that they claim will crush dissent.
Director Paola Cortellesi on the cry for change in Italy's chart-topping There's Still Tomorrow.
After weeks of Russian advances, there are three areas where Ukraine could now strengthen its defences.
Prospective migrants trying to reach the UK from France say smuggling operations are continuing after Tuesday's tragedy.
Ethnic Armenians who lost their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh worry Azerbaijan plans another war.
The BBC's Andrew Harding, in France, witnesses people clambering aboard a small boat bound for the UK.
The feature, which pays users to go on TikTok, could be temporarily suspended as early as Thursday.
The historic 17th Century building in Denmark's capital was engulfed in flames on Tuesday.
One of the Danish capital's most historic buildings has been engulfed in a raging fire.
A scuffle erupted in Georgia's parliament as the leader of the opposition punched an MP.
France joins several other European countries that are trying to stop children using e-cigarettes.
Vladimir Putin met Kim Jong Un at a space centre during a brief and highly scrutinised visit to Russia.
Ten missiles and three unmanned boats were used to attack the home of Russia's Black Sea fleet, Moscow says.
Nine months into an effective blockade, a humanitarian aid lorry enters Nagorno-Karabakh.
A report commissioned by Catholic Church uncovers nearly 1,000 cases dating back to the 1950s.
The two leaders could meet at the Vostochny space centre in Russia's far east, according to reports.
Russia needs weapons. N Korea has weapons. It's a match made in the geo-political realities of 2023.
The Ukraine war has put Russia's nervous neighbours on high alert, reports Europe editor Katya Adler.
Mark Dickey is brought out after getting trapped in the Morca Cave for more than a week when he fell ill.
The charge - which will apply to all visitors aged over 14 - is designed to tackle soaring tourism.
UK officials say Moscow fired at the ship in Odesa port, with the attack stopped by air defences.
French prosecutors have opened an investigation following the incident in Bordeaux at the weekend.
It is thought unlikely ex-Pakistan international Khalid Latif will serve any time in jail.
The man died after allegedly being pushed off the vessel by crew members, sparking outrage in Greece.
A forensic anthropologist tries to put names to the last 1,000 unidentified dead of a Bosnian War genocide.
Consensus seemed far away, but India managed to bring together nations with starkly divergent views.
Luis Rubiales resigns as president of the Spanish Football Federation following criticism for kissing Jenni Hermoso after the Women's World Cup final.
A beatification Mass is held for the family of nine, who were executed by Nazis for protecting Jews.
Gen Mark Milley tells Laura Kuenssberg the autumn weather will make Ukraine's manoeuvres much harder.
Ukraine's capital is showered in debris from intercepted Russian drones, city officials say.
Rescuers try to reach hundreds of people trapped by floods in Greece where seven people have died.
A senior Ukrainian official says this enabled Russian attacks and accuses him of "committing evil".
A Spanish prosecutor files a complaint with its high court against suspended football federation president Luis Rubiales for sexual assault.
Many taking part in early polling have been asked to vote in the presence of armed Russian soldiers.
Attacks on Danube River ports have intensified recently, destroying large amounts of grain.
Mark Dickey has been stuck in the Morca Cave since Saturday after suffering gastrointestinal bleeding.
Michael O'Leary declared the cream pies delicious after wiping himself down in Brussels.
German and Israeli officials condemn the Palestinian leader's remarks about the mass murder of Jews.
Rescuers are searching for the couple after torrential rains swept away their holiday home.
President Zelensky, who blamed Russia for the attack, said those killed were "people who did nothing wrong".
The intelligence officer is accused of passing state secrets about the Ukraine war to Russia.
Flooding caused by heavy rain leads to at least 10 deaths in Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.
A Russian attack on port facilities in the Izmail area killed one person, the local governor says.
In 18 months of war, Ukraine has learnt new ways to integrate technology into the modern battlefield.
The star of Mission: Impossible and Manon des Sources reveals the alleged abuse in a new documentary.
Dozens of girls are sent home after turning up at school wearing the now-banned abaya robe.
The 10-year-old climbed on to a tree after his family's car was swept into a river by deadly floods.
The divisive director is met by cheers and positive reviews, but also loud protests on the red carpet.
Cuban officials say a human trafficking ring is recruiting Cubans to fight in the war in Ukraine.
The protesters chanted "no rape culture" as they attempted to get on to the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival.
North Korea's leader will discuss supplying weapons for Russia to use in Ukraine, US media report.
Spain's men's players condemn the "unacceptable behaviour" of national federation president Luis Rubiales.
But the Romanian foreign ministry rejects Kyiv's version of events, saying it didn't happen.
Mr Scholz shared a photo of himself wearing an eye-patch on X, saying it "looks worse than it is".
Israel's foreign ministry says six citizens were arrested on suspicion of raping a British tourist.
Police arrest three people and detain 10 after a violent protest sparked by the burning of a Quran.
The man due to take over from Oleksii Reznikov is a leading member of the Crimean Tatar community.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Oleksii Reznikov, saying "new approaches" were needed.
Kyiv says its troops are gaining momentum in what continues to be a lengthy and bloody counter-offensive.
Clubbers hold street party protesting against plan to flatten 20 venues in path of ring road extension
Russian diplomacy is no longer about co-operation but "putting Westerners in their place", say ex-Kremlin insiders.
Ihor Kolomoisky is accused of fraud and is the latest target of Ukraine's anti-corruption drive.
Russia's military bloggers are reaping the rewards of a growing advertising market on Telegram.
The US praise comes as Kyiv admits the fighting against strong Russian defensive lines is tough.
A bear named Amarena is killed in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear.
The Algerian coastguard reportedly shot at four French-Moroccan tourists who strayed into Algerian waters.
Ukraine's military intelligence chief says two planes were damaged and two destroyed in Tuesday's attack.
The Nobel Foundation says it advocates dialogue but a critic suggests it is being "incredibly naive".
England manager Sarina Wiegman dedicates her Uefa Women's Coach of the Year award to Spain, as Fifa president Gianni Infantino says their success had been "spoiled".
The BBC's Will Vernon finds resignation, patriotism and nervousness on the streets of Moscow.
The mother of Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales is hospitalised after going on hunger strike in protest at the treatment of her son, a local priest says.
Ukraine claims to have liberated the village of Robotyne, which could lead to a push towards Crimea.
The BBC’s Quentin Sommervillle witnesses Russia's increasingly sophisticated drone attacks.
Azerbaijan's nine-month blockade of disputed territory Nagorno-Karabakh takes its toll on residents.
An unconfirmed Russian media report says four transport planes have been damaged at Pskov airport.
It is the first time that ex-US Marine Paul Whelan is seen on video since his conviction in Russia.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend instead, Mr Putin told Mr Modi in a phone call.
Ukraine will not disclose its death count, but the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville witnesses the mounting toll.
Spain's top criminal court opens a preliminary investigation into the country's football federation president Luis Rubiales after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips.
Engineers are trying to find and fix the technical fault on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
France's president praises the diplomat for staying put despite being told to go by Niger's junta.
The mother of Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales goes on a hunger strike because of the "inhuman hunt" against her son.
Genetic analysis of the bodies was carried out following Wednesday's crash, Russian officials say.
Andrii Pilshchykov won fame taking part in dogfights over Kyiv during the early phase of Russia's invasion.
Spain's Women's World Cup-winning head coach Jorge Vilda has called the moment Luis Rubiales kissed squad member Jennifer Hermoso "inappropriate and unacceptable".
The Spanish FA's president kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips has sparked a national conversation.
Spain's entire coaching staff from their Women's World Cup win, except for head coach Jorge Vilda, have resigned over the Luis Rubiales row.
The presidential decree is aimed at employees of Wagner and other private military contractors.
Luis Rubiales, president of Spain's football federation, is provisionally suspended by world governing body Fifa.
Protesters rallied at the Spanish Football Federation HQ to demand the resignation of Luis Rubiales after he kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips.
The Rubiales affair appears to feed into broader social changes in Spanish society over recent years.
Jenni Hermoso says she did not consent to be kissed by Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales - as 81 players say they will not play for Spain until he leaves.
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine other people are presumed to have died in the crash.
Ministers propose the ban after a series of Quran burnings led to uproar in Muslim countries.
Luis Rubiales refuses to step down as president of the Spanish football federation following his behaviour at the Women's World Cup final.
Fears over Mali's future are growing - it relies on Wagner for security but the group's leader is now believed to be dead.
A minister denounces "arsonist scum" for fires that have destroyed forests and killed dozens.
Nineteen large platforms have to start complying with new rules as soon as Friday or risk big fines.
World football's governing body opens disciplinary proceedings against Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales.
The Russian president says the Wagner group boss was a "talented person" who made "serious mistakes".
If Yevgeny Prigozhin's reported death is revenge, it sends a message to Russians, writes Steve Rosenberg.
The death of Sinead O'Connor, who stayed in one former laundry as a teen, has prompted renewed interest.
After his failed rebellion, most Russians were probably surprised this hadn't happened sooner.
Ever since he led a mutinous march on Moscow in late June, some speculated Yevgeny Prigozhin's days were numbered.
For decades Russia's Vladimir Putin relied on Yevgeny Prigozhin's services, until he staged a mutiny.
Sergei Surovikin was head of aerospace forces but has not been since a failed mutiny in June.
The bodies of 18 males were found in a forest in northern Greece where fires have burned for days.
Three civilians aged 63 to 88 were 'sitting on a bench' in eastern Ukraine when shells hit.
A guide and seven others had embarked on the underground tour despite a forecast of heavy rain.
Initial reports suggest those who died in a forested area of Dadia may have been migrants.
Authorities say two other drones were intercepted over Bryansk, near the Ukrainian border.
The clip suggests Prigozhin is in Africa, where Wagner is thought to have thousands of fighters.
Officials warn that high temperatures and strong winds on Tuesday could see more devastating fires.
Luis Rubiales is criticised by a Spanish government minister for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain's Women's World Cup victory.
Kyiv is accused of attacking the transport hub in Kursk - and also the Rostov and Moscow regions.
The unmanned craft span out control before its planned landing on the Moon's south pole.
A Russian missile strike hits the heart of the northern city of Chernihiv, Ukraine says.
How animals' accounts have been bringing Ukrainians hope and even practical advice at a time of war.
US-made jets in Denmark and the Netherlands can be sent to Ukraine when its pilots are fully trained.
In a unique act of diplomacy, Italy's prime minister tells her government to settle the unpaid bill.
Those on the list include Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer and BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness.
The cleric's local diocese says it is investigating the incident in the city of Velikiye Luki.
Around 1,000 attempts to view sites were made, but no crime was committed, Cologne's archdiocese says.
Sebastian Kurz denies accusations of lying to a committee probing corruption in state appointments.
Russian officials say air defences shot down the drone and its debris landed on the city's Expo Center.
Over long distances and with powerful explosive payloads, Ukraine's water drones are proving highly effective.
The teenager. The prospect. The bolter. The late substitute. At Moscow 2013, an unfunded, unlikely quartet ended a 29-year wait for a British female sprint medal at a major championships.
War time rules are making it tougher for Ukrainians to pick where or if to go to university.
Former prisoners of war tell the BBC they were abused by Russian guards inside a detention facility.
Three Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying in the UK for Russia face trial for "fake passports".
Ukrainian officials have blamed Russia for air strikes near the country's border with Poland.
The Bank of Russia raises rates sharply in an attempt to boost the currency and lower inflation.
Fire engulfs an area of 600 sq m (6,460 sq ft) in Makhachkala, in the southern region of Dagestan.
Madagascan chief-of-staff and a French associate arrested in London after meeting with mine company.
Ukrainians share experiences of visiting families and friends back home, amidst daily danger alerts.
The bridge that connects Russia to occupied Crimea has been attacked at least twice before.
A rescue operation by the British and French coastguards has rescued around 50 people, authorities said.
The charity ReSex is providing guidance for wounded soldiers looking for help with their sex lives.
Footage has emerged appearing to show Kristin Harila’s team climbing over Mohammed Hassan on Pakistan's K2.
Officials took cash and cryptocurrency and helped people to leave Ukraine, President Zelensky says.
Victims' families are distraught that Russian prisoners released to fight in Ukraine are reoffending.
The damaged facility reportedly manufactures night vision devices and binoculars for the Russian military.
Two others are feared dead after the blaze at a lodging hosting people with learning disabilities.
Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors tell local media.
Mohamed Bendriss may have died after being hit by a police weapon during the unrest earlier this summer.
The potential one-off tax on the profits banks earn from higher interest rates has seen shares plummet.
Russia says Ukrainian scammers tricked elderly Russians into setting fire to army recruitment centres.
Tuesday's Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb is postponed after a fan is stabbed to death on the eve of the game.
Temperatures in excess of 40C are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
President Zelensky said the Russian attacks had struck an "ordinary residential building".
The woman was discovered at a flat in eastern France after contacting police in her native Germany.
Officials allege the suspect passed information to Russia about the Ukrainian president's movements.
Giacomo Chiapparini was buried when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the Lombardy region on Sunday.
The body of María Fernanda Sánchez was found in a canal in Berlin two weeks after she disappeared.
Families of Belarusian political prisoners say loved ones are being denied any outside contact.
Promoting a Covid conspiracy theory, the Irish Light's editor accuses the mum of "massive fraud".
The Italian coastguard recovered the bodies of a one-year-old baby and a woman from the Ivory Coast.
Sweden progress to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup thanks to a penalty shootout win over the USA.
Largely destroyed by Russian forces, Mariupol is now portrayed by Moscow as a desirable city.
Vincenzo La Porta has been on the run for 11 years but was tracked down to Corfu by police.
People have been reportedly killed and wounded in the strike in north-eastern Ukraine, says the president.
The attack is the second in as many days involving sea drones, Ukrainian security sources tell the BBC.
Anna Netrebko was dropped by the Met Opera last year after refusing to denounce Russia's president.
As Russia increases the age limit for conscription, we speak to men afraid of being called up to Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have advanced, at most, about 10 miles in two key areas. Is the counter-offensive working?
The opposition leader is found guilty of further offences by a court at a behind closed doors hearing.
The controversial influencer faces rape and human trafficking charges, which he denies.
Writing in the Washington Post, President Mohamed Bazoum says he is writing "as a hostage".
Scientists have found a strain of bacteria which they believe could prevent spread of the disease.
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny could see decades added to his time behind bars.
The crippled Fremantle Highway is towed into Eemshaven after fire ravaged the ship for a week.
The July attack led Moscow to restrict the passage of ships through and flights over the Kerch Strait.
Giorgia Meloni is taking action against Brian Molko over comments at a concert in Turin last month.
The policeman has been detained since a 22-year-old man was disfigured in Marseille last month.
A Ukrainian family, who said a tearful goodbye at a crowded railway station, finally come together again.
A report this year said at least 4,815 children in Portugal were abused by members of the clergy.
A grain silo has been damaged and fires have broken out in the Odesa region, local officials say.
Women in the Ukrainian military describe their battles against Russia and sexism within their ranks.
Two men in suits and a woman wearing a dress target a store in a street full of luxury jewellery shops.
It comes amid growing anti-French sentiment, with its embassy recently coming under attack.
The country's birth rate has fallen 28% since Russia invaded, official statistics indicate.
The building in Russia's capital was targeted in a similar attack on Sunday, the mayor says.
Supporters of the military who seized power in Niger last week have been showing their support for Russia.
At least six people, including a 10-year-old girl, die in the Ukrainian president's home city of Kryvyi Rih.
The BBC is given exclusive access to a team of elite Ukrainian snipers on night raids near Bakhmut.
The Danish government is exploring banning protests destroying holy texts over security concerns.
Eight of the victims died when trees fell on their campsite near a lake in Mari El region.
Russian officials say one person has been injured after two drones crashed into offices
Kyiv and Moscow have previously said they will not negotiate without certain preconditions.
Water bombers have become a cornerstone of the fight – but flying them requires courage and skill.
Some Russian mercenaries are near the city of Grodno, close to Poland and Lithuania, Mr Morawiecki says.
Nine people are injured and the top floor of an apartment block is almost completely destroyed.
Ukraine will now mark Christmas Day on 25 December - the latest step to distance itself from Russia.
Egypt's leader says it is "essential" the deal allowing Kyiv to export produce be revived.
Residents escape by boat and the air force evacuates fighter planes as an ammunition depot explodes.
Meanwhile at the summit, Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready to send free grain exports to Africa.
Residents suspect most of the blazes blighting their stunning region are intentionally lit.
Ukraine's armed forces say they are solidifying positions after an advance east of Zaporizhzhia.
The European Central Bank raises rates for the ninth time in a row in an effort to control prices.
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan is disqualified from the World Fencing Championships for refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova.
The security service says Sweden's image has been harmed abroad and security at home has worsened.
The energy supplier's profits reach nearly £1bn after it is allowed to make more money from household bills.
The tour comes amid accusations that Pyongyang is supplying Russia with arms for the Ukraine war.
Russia's president is hosting a summit of African leaders in a bid to increase Moscow's influence.
Moscow is accused of "unfriendly actions" in the latest escalation of long-running tensions.
The Nothing Compares 2 U singer sold millions of albums and was praised for her activism.
One person died as fire took hold of the ship as it burned off the Dutch island of Ameland.
The three children of film legend Alain Delon have made formal complaints about his former assistant.
Maps, satellite images and before and after pictures show the extent of wildfires across Greece.
Wildfires have claimed most lives in Algeria, but blazes are also widespread in Greece and Italy.
Six of the 10 suspects are convicted of terrorist murder for the twin bombings that killed 32 people.
The Greek air force pilots had been responding to a wildfire near Platanistos on the island of Evia.
Torrential rain and hailstorms have caused damage in the northern regions while Sicily battles extensive wildfires.
Large crowds protest in Iraq and Yemen after the acts of a far-right group in Copenhagen.
As tourists evacuate, the wildfires have come at great personal cost to the Greek island's residents.
Charlotte Gainsbourg says she feels bereft as thousands say goodbye to her mother, singer Jane Birkin.
The climate activist was on trial for disobeying a police order to leave the protest in Malmö last month.
Spain faces political deadlock after Sunday's vote - here are four things we learned from the snap poll.
The attacks targeted grain for export along the Danube just across from the Nato member state.
The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of being behind an attack that damaged at least two buildings.
Russia is hammering Ukraine's port city of Odesa after quitting the grain deal. What happens now?
Popular Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo narrowly wins but is held back by left-wing parties.
The Cornetto maker says it will comply with Russian law to permit staff to be conscripted.
Tourists left in limbo after wildfires spreading across the Greek island forced thousands to flee hotels.
Greece's fire service apologised for "a mess", but said the situation could worsen due to the weather.
Odesa's regional governor said 14 people were hospitalised in the blasts, including four children.
An Iranian-German businessman on death row may have made his last phone call, his daughter fears.
Officials warn this could be Greece's hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures hitting 45C.
A key player in Russia's Ukraine landgrab in 2014, he has bitterly criticised the flagging campaign.
The detention of Ernest Moret was found to be at odds with the rights to freedom of expression and protest.
Vadym Prystaiko had recently criticised the Ukrainian leader's response to a row over military aid.
Italy and Paris St-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his partner were targeted at their home.
The search is intensifying for a suspected wild animal in the southern outskirts of Berlin.
"Putin is the ultimate apostle of payback," William Burns told the Aspen Security Forum.
It comes months after young British men were urged not to hold bachelor parties in the Dutch capital.
The White House says the controversial weapons are having an impact on Russian formations.
The ambassador is told to leave amid protests that began over the burning of a Quran in Stockholm.
Hundreds of people have stormed Sweden’s embassy in Iraq to protest a planned burning of the Quran.
Russia announces it will treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets.
Catalans weigh up possible outcomes of Sunday's poll and its impact on the independence movement.
This is the first video evidence of Prigozhin's whereabouts since last month's armed mutiny.
Hugo Carvajal, a close ally of late President Hugo Chávez, faces drug trafficking charges in the US.
Hampered by hostile new regulations, firms that promised instant grocery deliveries are leaving France.
The announcement ends months of speculation over the Russian president's planned visit.
Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff is accused of a "provocative action" serving as propaganda for militants.
Fiona Scott Morton pulls out of the EU role of Chief Competition Economist amid a storm of criticism.
Many are silently appalled to see Russian forces pulverising Ukrainian cities, Sir Richard Moore says.
The incident comes days after an attack on the Kerch Bridge that links occupied Crimea to Russia.
Documents show the ex-PM was told Ukraine's accession would help combat Russian expansionism.
The bill is central to the prime minister's pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.
The brothers who founded the Dutch electric bike-maker said they were unable to save the firm.
Climate change means places like Murcia in Spain and Phoenix, Arizona are only getting hotter.
Gen Syrskyi, overseeing the renewed push in the east, says quick success is practically impossible.
Moscow accuses Ukraine of attacking its huge sea bridge with drones, killing two people.
Two separate blazes are tearing through the country as it suffers the effects of a scorching Mediterranean heatwave.
After months of threats to not renew the deal, Moscow has officially announced it will come to a de facto end.
Novak Djokovic has been fined 8,000 US dollars (£6,117) for smashing his racquet against a net post in the Wimbledon men's final.
The memorandum of understanding includes $118m to stop smuggling and return irregular migrants.
Russian-installed officials have told people to find other routes into the occupied Ukrainian peninsula.
Under a new order, the Danone and Carslberg units have been put in "temporary management" of the state.
Carlos Alcaraz wins the Wimbledon men's singles title for the first time by ending Novak Djokovic's recent dominance with a stunning victory.
The English-French star, who rose to fame alongside Serge Gainsbourg, has died in Paris, French media reports.
The blaze on Spain's La Palma has destroyed some 4,500 hectares of land since Saturday.
The heatwave that brought temperatures above 40C across the Mediterranean will intensify next week.
Health warnings for Rome and elsewhere come as extreme weather scorches southern and central Europe.
The country's most popular tourist attraction will stay closed between noon and 5pm in the 40C-plus heat.
People in countries including Italy and Spain are struggling to cope with soaring temperatures.
A senior MP says Sergei Surovikin is "not reachable", amid speculation about his fate since the June mutiny.
President Zelensky wants assurances Ukraine will join Nato after the war, but members chose strategic caution.
An inflatable boat sank after those on board waited 10 hours for help last month in Gran Canaria.
Young Italians object to the acquittal of a school caretaker who admitted groping a teenage student.
The exiled Czech-French writer used satire to explore totalitarianism and the human condition.
In a bid to tackle fast fashion, consumers will get a discount worth up to €25 (£21) per repair.
A suspect has been arrested after Stanislav Rzhitsky was gunned down in the Russian city of Krasnodar.
Riikka Purra admits making the comments in 2008, while the PM vows no tolerance of racism.
The alliance says Kyiv can join "when conditions are met" as President Zelensky criticises "absurd" delay.
A report suggests they are using sharp metal deterrents like humans do - to keep pests away.
After 200 years of neutrality, Sweden is set to join the alliance, but plenty of questions remain.
It is the first time the former Late Late Show presenter has spoken since the controversy began.
Nato is split over inviting Ukraine to join the alliance. Ukraine fears what happens if they don't.
The Nato chief says President Erdogan will drop opposition to Sweden becoming the alliance's 32nd member.
Around 200 people including children are thought to be on board the ship, which set off from Senegal.
The meeting in Moscow took place days after last month's failed rebellion, the Kremlin says.
The prospect of Russian Wagner mercenaries moving to Belarus causes concern across the Polish border.
Ukraine's leader seeks to heal a deep historical wound with his Polish counterpart at a church service.
The US president is facing criticism over his decision to send the controversial weapons to Ukraine.
Washington is supplying the weapons to Kyiv, but they are outlawed in more than 100 countries.
Another five people were wounded in the Russian shelling in the Donetsk town, authorities say.
The island became a symbol of Ukraine's resistance after troops there defied a Russian order to surrender.
The weapons have a record of killing civilians - and the president said sending them was a difficult decision.
The four-party coalition has collapsed because of disagreements about asylum policies - media reports.
The White House defends the move, while acknowledging that such unexploded ordnance can harm civilians.
This hideous weapon is banned by more than 100 countries - so the move will likely draw intense criticism.
A union for European air traffic controllers says it could strike in a row over staffing and pay.
The coastal city is to host next year's song contest after Loreen's victory in Liverpool.
Ford has made the Fiesta since 1976 but is modifying its Cologne plant to produce more electric vehicles.
Switzerland and Austria are the latest of 19 countries to join the plan to protect Europe's skies.
The fire was contained to one room but many of the residents suffered smoke inhalation.
Will Russia's defences shatter or hold firm? The BBC gets the view from Ukrainian soldiers on the front-line.
The Belarusian leader tells the BBC groups like Wagner must be watched closely to stop rebellions.
Alexander Lukashenko says Prigozhin, who led a short-lived mutiny in Russia, is in St Petersburg.
Another 32 people, including a child, are injured in attack on the western Ukrainian city.
Europe launched its last Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana on Wednesday, carrying two military communications satellites.
BBC News understands a deal has been negotiated over UK association with the Horizon programme.
The BBC’s analysis editor assesses claims about the security of the Zaporizhzhia power station.
Eduard Babaryko was detained while running his father's presidential election campaign in 2020.
Columns and a stone tablet showing the Ten Commandments are discovered at a weir in the River Isar.
Secondary schools are being asked to restrict devices to try and improve students' learning.
Crippling fuel shortages on the Caribbean island present opportunities for Russian companies.
In one of Marseille's most deprived neighbourhoods, residents say local despair fuels riots.
Two babies were reportedly among the injured after a missile strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
Yelena Milashina has had threats from Chechnya's leader before. Now her fingers are reported broken.
Russia's president was speaking at a global summit for the first time since last month's Wagner mutiny.
Russia's defence ministry says five Ukrainian drones were shot down in the Moscow region.
A mayor in one of France's poorest areas wants the state to take tougher measures against rioters.
Yolande Knell is near the camp where Israeli forces and armed Palestinian militants are fighting.
French mayors denounce "extreme violence" of the protests which swept the country for almost a week.
President Macron is fervently hoping the protesters give up and go home soon. For so many reasons.
Russia has mined vast swathes of Ukrainian territory its holds, inflicting casualties as Kyiv advances.
Victoria Amelina, an award-winning writer, was in a pizza restaurant that was hit by a Russian missile.
For more than 80 years the identities of three girls captured in an iconic photograph were unknown.
One of Nahel's relatives says the riots do not honour Nahel's death, and the family want them to stop.
Russians have told the BBC they feared Wagner could unleash the violent tactics it uses in Ukraine on them.
Widespread unrest continues in France for a fifth night over killing of a teenage boy by police.
The firm is still shipping gas from Siberia despite its promise to withdraw from the Russian energy market.
"It's good to have an enemy," says George Birnbaum, one of the godfathers of modern populism.
William J Burns says dissatisfaction with the conflict in Russia is a valuable recruiting tool.
The town of Nanterre is shaken by nights of rioting after 17-year-old Nahel was shot by police.
The Russian president has popped up on TV screens multiple times since last weekend's dramatic events - but to what end?
The man was denied entry to Chisinau airport and then shot two officials, authorities say.
At a crisis meeting, France's president condemns three nights of riots as "unjustifiable".
France is bracing for a third night of violence after 17-year-old Nahel M was shot dead by police.
President Emmanuel Macron angered French police unions by criticising the shooting of a 17-year-old boy.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield looks at the questions around the police killing of 17-year-old Nahel.
His words followed the shooting of a 17-year-old who failed to obey traffic police in the Paris region.
Senior officials suggest the Russian leader cannot survive a catastrophic loss of authority.
A 17-year-old is shot dead near Paris in broad daylight after failing to obey traffic police.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a Russian mutiny, arrives in Belarus and his men are offered a military base.
At least three people are killed and 22 injured in the strike on Kramatorsk, the governor says.
Rupert Stadler is given a suspended term and a fine for fraud and negligence over Dieselgate.
The UK and EU pact is being seen as a step towards better relations over financial services.
The UN says more than 800 people have been arbitrarily detained, with evidence of widespread torture.
Activists are celebrating a ruling by the Spanish region to enforce an equality law on going topless.
It comes as Ukraine's president says the country's counter-offensive is making advances on all fronts.
Russia's president says the organisers of the march on Moscow will be "brought to justice".
Wagner troops fume at their leader's decision to halt his march on Moscow in furious online posts.
The Kremlin initially said charges against Prigozhin would be dropped in a deal to end his rebellion.
Vladimir Putin's mixed messages on the Wagner mutiny have been raising eyebrows and changing perceptions of him.
Nine others were injured when the ride at a Stockholm amusement park partly derailed, witnesses say.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set for a convincing victory in Greece's second election in two months.
The Wagner mutiny was years in the making, as Russia's system of competing powers finally collapsed.
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken says an attempted rebellion was a "direct challenge" to President Putin.
What happens to Wagner? What will Putin do next? And how will it affect war in Ukraine? Key questions answered.
Russia's president relies on a small but deeply loyal group of people when he makes key decisions.
President Putin says Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has betrayed Russia with his call to mutiny.
The mercenary boss has openly challenged the military leadership in a defining moment for Russians.
The Russian leader vowed to punish Yevgeny Prigozhin after his Wagner forces seized a key Russian city.
Yevgeny Prigozhin claims Vladimir Putin and the country have been deceived by Sergei Shoigu.
It will deal with implementing the Windsor Framework and is made up of UK and EU senior officials.
Residents of a Ukrainian town devastated by floods when a dam collapsed describe life without water.
Kenya felt it was best to sign a bilateral trade deal, despite claims that it undermined regional unity.
Could a cyber-attack on a Russian technology company provide a rare insight into a Western hack?
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin accepts "not everything was perfect" for fans after criticism about the Champions League final in Istanbul.
Fights in open-air pools have led to calls for better security at the popular summer bathing spots.
The bridge linking the peninsula to Kherson in the south was hit by British missiles, say officials.
Turkey is expected to reverse some of the unorthodox economic policies of President Erdogan.
Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, BBC analysis reveals the changes in the surrounding area.
Steve Rosenberg looks at how discussion of the use of nuclear weapons has crept into Russian media.
Speaking to the BBC, Ukraine's leader stresses that the counter-offensive is not a Hollywood movie.
The World Bank says many years of financial support are needed as London hosts a major conference.
Many migrants leave from Tunisia by boat to reach Europe, but the consequences can be tragic.
French officials say the searches are part of two earlier preliminary corruption investigations.
Andrew Tate and his brother charged in Romania over human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
A wave of air attacks is reported on Kyiv and other cities - but no-one is injured, officials say.
Airbus has been testing new automated technology that it says has the potential to improve flight safety.
More than 40 big European firms pledge to hire and train 250,000 Ukrainian and other refugees.
Two international matches, New Zealand v Qatar and Republic of Ireland U21 v Kuwait U22, are abandoned on Monday following allegations of racial abuse.
Alexei Navalny's trial was held miles from Moscow - a sign the authorities want to avoid publicity.
The deal between the Indian carrier and Airbus is the largest single order by any commercial airline.
Moldova's president welcomed the decision, saying the party posed a 'threat to the constitutional order'.
Nine men have appeared in court in connection with last week's migrant boat disaster in Greece.
The competition is a major event in the classical music calendar and has been running since 1983.
Quentin Sommerville joins troops pushing eastward from a recaptured village in Donetsk.
The BBC finds evidence an overcrowded fishing vessel was not moving for at least seven hours before it capsized.
Same-sex relationships are not legally recognised in Poland and gay couples cannot adopt children.
Cyril Ramaphosa and other African leaders met the Ukrainian and Russian presidents in their peace bid.
Hundreds of buildings in western France are declared uninhabitable following the rare earthquake.
A group of women strip off for a session of sweating and soul-bearing in this candid documentary.
The Ngonnso statue was looted from Cameroon in 1902 and has been on display in a Berlin museum.
Russia's leader says the move is to remind anyone "thinking of inflicting a strategic defeat on us".
A series of reports suggest the migrant boat went down after it was tied to a coastguard vessel.
Relatives are desperately searching for those believed to have been on a migrant boat that sank on 14 June.
The 30-year-old is suspected of killing a woman by throwing her from a hill near Neuschwanstein castle.
Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off Greece say as many as 750 people may have been on board.
A number of women have alleged they were recruited for sex with singer Till Lindemann at concerts.
The BBC goes to a Nato air exercise to see the challenges in training Ukrainians on F-16 fighters.
Chechen commander and MP Adam Delimkhanov's whereabouts are unknown, but colleagues say he is alive.
Officials says a missile fired by a Russian warship in the Black Sea hit a food warehouse in the city.
Police disband a gang which stashed surfboards full of cocaine and sent them from Uruguay to Europe.
At least 59 people drown after their fishing vessel capsized off the coast of southern Greece.
Gen Valery Zaluzhny is Ukraine's handpicked army boss and mastermind of the unlikely successes over Russia.
The Austrian mother is being investigated for attempted murder and torture of her 12-year-old son.
An indictment against the controversial influencer could be issued later this month, marking the start of a trial.
Italians say goodbye to the four-time PM and ask who will lead his party and run his businesses.
Neskuchne in Donetsk region saw the heaviest fighting according to the battalion which liberated it.
The suspect is accused of targeting French HR managers he held responsible for wrecking his career.
The Home Office says 616 people crossed the Channel on Sunday - the highest daily number this year.
The three-time prime minister leaves an indelible stamp on his country and on the European continent as a whole.
Eleven-year-old Solaine Thornton was shot dead while playing on a swing in her garden on Saturday.
If Kyiv can split Russian troops in the south and hold ground, its push will have achieved its aims.
The four-time prime minister bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations.
The girl was playing on a swing in her garden when a neighbour shot her through a hedge.
AC Milan have paid tribute to "unforgettable" former owner Silvio Berlusconi following his death at the age of 86 on Monday.
The former Italian PM, well known for a colourful private life, has died at the age of 86.
Lieutenant Dmitry Mishov packed a rucksack and headed through the woods to seek asylum in Lithuania.
The villages in the Donetsk region would represent the first major gains of Kyiv's new advance.
Michael Travis Leake has been accused of selling drugs to young people, but denies the charges.
Hundreds of people have been trapped on the Russia-held eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
It appears to be the latest in a public falling out between the Wagner boss and Russian officials.
Residents share memories of their city, before its destruction in Russia's full-scale invasion.
Dragos Tigau made a racist comment at a meeting in April but has only now been disciplined.
Ukraine's president refused to say which stage the counter-offensive against Russian forces was in.
Four children and two adults were attacked in a park in France's Alpine region on Thursday.
Frank Schneider, a former spy, faces a maximum of 40 years in prison for his role in a crypto scam.
It's been talked of for months, now it looks like Ukraine is finally launching its plan to recapture land.
Catholic pilgrim Henri said he simply followed his instincts when confronting the Annecy attacker.
The French president has visited Annecy, where four children were wounded in a knife attack.
Russian shelling kills at least one person as residents flee floods caused by the Ukraine dam breach.
The long-term consequences for agriculture will be severe in one of Ukraine's most fertile areas.
The three-hour operation at a Roman hospital was completed without complications, says the Vatican.
Many are trapped in their homes downstream from the breached dam and water levels are still rising.
Around 40,000 people need to be evacuated, says Ukraine, after a collapse released a torrent of water.
The BBC’s analysis editor looks at what we know about the Ukraine dam collapse at Nova Kakhovka.
Moscow says it inflicted 3,700 casualties on Kyiv on Monday, but Yevgeny Prigozhin calls the claim "absurd".
Ukrainian military sources say a series of small-scale operations are under way, including in Bakhmut.
In a video posted online, the officer says he fired on a Wagner vehicle because he dislikes the group.
Moscow claims to have killed 250 Ukrainian troops, but this has not been independently verified.
Thousands of Ukrainians are moving back to towns close to the front line, despite the dangers.
They say they will hand the men over to Ukraine, after accusing a Russian official of failing to meet them.
Politicians including main opposition leader Donald Tusk led crowds calling for a change of direction.
Five of those hurt are children, of whom three are in a serious condition, a Ukrainian official says.
A trickle of Russians leaving became a stream after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022.
Intelligence officers from Italy and Israel are among the four people who drowned on 28 May.
Roma coach Jose Mourinho is charged by Uefa for using insulting or abusive language against a match official at Wednesday's Europa League final.
Two Austrians and a Danish citizen are released a week after Belgium freed a jailed Iranian diplomat.
Officials say two women died in Ukrainian shelling, as anti-Putin fighters claim another cross-border raid.
Lina E's conviction has angered Germany's far left, but the right is furious she is free pending appeal.
Max Verstappen set the pace in a first practice session that gave little insight into the true competitive picture at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Referees' body PGMOL says it is appalled by the "unjustified and abhorrent" abuse directed at Anthony Taylor by supporters at Budapest Airport following Wednesday's Europa League final.
The talks attended by Russia in South Africa are clouded by allegations of war crimes in Ukraine.
A 16th Century Italian painting looted by the Nazis has been returned to Poland from Japan.
This is the influencer's first TV interview with a major broadcaster while under house arrest.
The defence ministry claims it has also thwarted attempts by Kyiv to "invade" the Belgorod region.
Pristina and Belgrade trade blame after ethnic Albanian mayors were elected in ethnic Serb areas.
Officials in Ukraine's capital say a child, her mother and another woman died in the missile strike.
Peter Henrikson uses medieval techniques to create the new roof for the fire-ravaged structure.
Footage of potential human rights abuses may be lost after platforms delete it, the BBC has found.
Novak Djokovic has stood by the political message he wrote on a camera lens about Kosovo, saying it is an issue he "stands for".
Jovica Stanišic and Franko Simatovic trained death squads accused of ethnic cleansing, the Hague says.
The museum said a video released by the ruling PiS party is an insult to the camp's victims.
Tara Reade accused President Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, an allegation he denies.
Russia is taking Ukrainian children. Their mothers are travelling into enemy territory to save them.
Ukraine denies involvement, after some drones fall on an exclusive western suburb used by the elite.
Two Italian intelligence agents and a former member of Israel's security forces are among four victims.
The president's supporters celebrate long into the night after he secures five more years in power.
Voters in the strategic Nato country opted for a seasoned autocrat - rather than an untested democrat.
Italy's fire service said 19 people were rescued but it was still searching for some people reported to be missing.
The Ukrainian president thanks his air force, after most of the Russian drones were shot down.
One man is killed as Ukraine's capital is hit by a record 54 drones launched by Russia.
Officers used water cannon to try to disperse the crowds at the Extinction Rebellion protest
Bayern Munich win an 11th successive Bundesliga title as they overhaul Borussia Dortmund on the final day of the season.
Elina Svitolina donates prize money to children in her Ukrainian homeland after beating Russia's Anna Blinkova to win Strasbourg title.
"You can run but you can't hide," commissioner Thierry Breton warns Twitter over upcoming rules.
The expulsions follow increasingly strained relations between Russia and Germany over Ukraine.
Oleksiy Danilov tells the BBC that Kyiv has an "historic opportunity" to strike a major blow to Russia.
At least two people were killed and more than 30 injured in the attack in the city of Dnipro.
A court has temporarily frozen an order to euthanise JJ4, saying it needs more evidence.
The Russian mercenary group could be using African states to procure weapons for Ukraine, US says.
President Erdogan is tipped to win Turkey's presidential vote after a deeply divisive election.
Turks are at a historic turning point, facing dramatically different visions of their country.
Cars are at the heart of the culture wars and anger at road-blocking tactics has led to armed raids.
Protesters call for the resignation of top officials in the wake of two mass shootings.
Civilians are hurt in Kyiv, and one man dies in Odesa, where a Red Cross warehouse is hit, officials say.
Yevgeny Prigozhin seemingly U-turns on his threat to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Investigators claim a man, who allegedly detonated the bomb remotely, was working for Ukraine.
The 86-year-old is still in hospital after suffering from a lung infection linked to his leukaemia.
The UN watchdog warns of "the threat of a severe nuclear accident" at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia plant.
Zakhar Prilepin is injured and his driver killed in a car bomb attack in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Rights groups warn the chemical is "notorious for the severity of the injuries it causes".
His statement came after he posted a video among dead fighters, asking Russia for more ammunition.
At least eight people are killed and several more injured in villages south of Belgrade.
At first glance things may seem normal - until you look closer, says the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
The air force says the drone went out of control and was destroyed to avoid "undesirable circumstances".
Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out the alleged attack on Wednesday with Washington's support.
Italy's foreign minister pulls out of a trip to Paris amid criticism from the French government.
After a 13-year-old opens fire on his class, mourners leave tributes to the murdered children.
The Turkish president's main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, vows greater freedom if he wins the election.
The Ukrainian president is in western Europe amid speculation over Wednesday's drone attack on the Kremlin.
Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to kill President Putin in a drone attack, which Ukraine denies.
Ukraine denies having anything to do with an apparent drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow.
A 14-year-old schoolboy is arrested after at least nine killed at an elementary school in Belgrade.
The traditional Immortal Regiment procession will move online due to security concerns, authorities say.
A documentary reports Russian naval ships were located near the site of the Nord Stream explosions.
Scotland Yard says he was detained after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into palace grounds.
More than 1,600 are still missing more than 20 years after the period of ethnic violence ended.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi is suspended for two weeks by Paris St-Germain for missing training to travel to Saudi Arabia without the club's permission.
The governor of Bryansk says the derailment, the second in two days, was caused by an explosive device.
Will continental Europe's first world snooker champion inspire younger generations to take up the sport?
The puppy is meant to "carry on the legacy" of a Mexican search dog that died after Turkey's quake.
Russia has suffered more than 100,000 causalities in the battle for Bakhmut, the White House says.
Almost 300 people are arrested across France in clashes with demonstrators angry at pension reforms.
One person dies and dozens more are injured in Russia's second pre-dawn attack in three days.
The pontiff addressed up to 100,000 people, including Hungary's nationalist PM Viktor Orban.
Video shows suspects making a getaway on motorbikes from the city's flagship Bulgari store.
Napoli are forced to wait for their first Serie A title in 33 years after a 1-1 draw with Salernitana at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
A man in Portugal reportedly shot three people before killing himself in a feud related to pigeons.
A combative media, a colonial past and rebellious children. Can other royal families help the UK's new monarch?
The animal was a popular attraction, but euthanised in August out of public safety concerns.
The Turkish leader holds a rally in the opposition stronghold of Izmir after falling ill on Tuesday.
Bruce Springsteen and Steven Spielberg joined the ex-US president for dinner in the Catalan capital.
Flames engulf the facility in Russian-held Sevastopol, a day after a wave of strikes across Ukraine.
"It's beautiful," said the educator, who was forced to resign after students were shown the masterpiece.
The Dutch man, 41, could be fined more than $100,000 by a court if he tries to donate again.
Paris metro drivers stop work in support of a colleague, after a passenger was dragged to her death.
Oleksandr Bondarenko had volunteered to defend his country at the start of Russia's 2022 invasion.
Among those killed were a mother and her three-year-old daughter in the city of Dnipro, officials say.
The Pope disagrees with Hungary's stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its refugee policies.
The move comes after the US denied Russian journalists visas to cover their foreign minister in New York.
Temperatures reach 38.7C in southern Spain today as heat from Africa brings summer early.
The foreign ministry expresses outrage at Ursula von der Leyen's video tribute to Israel.
Turkey's president suspends election campaign events after a TV interview abruptly comes to a halt.
The teacher was dismissed after a student covertly recorded her and played it to his parents.
Lack of ammunition is hampering Ukrainian fighters as they prepare an expected major offensive.
The move is being hailed as a "significant crack in the stained glass ceiling" of the Church.
Bogdan Bitik is killed and Corrado Zunino hit by suspected Russian fire in the Kherson region.
German politicians tell the BBC that British actions in Sudan hampered efforts of other countries.
The prominent opposition figure says he's facing terrorism charges, a move he denounced as "absurd".
Ukraine's president says his first call with China's leader since the Russian invasion was "meaningful".
The country increases its drone production after millions of pounds are raised through donations.
Oslo says it was not properly informed after a research rocket accidentally hit its territory.
At least 126 people are held, before Turks vote in a May election that could bring down the president.
But military experts warn that advancing from positions across the Dnipro could be very difficult.
China's ambassador to Paris Lu Shaye has questioned the sovereignty of countries of the former Soviet Union.
The remains of the fascist leader who inspired General Franco will be removed from a giant mausoleum.
A top member of Russia's elite says he spent nearly six months with troops fighting Ukraine's army.
The editor of a German magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated 'interview' with Michael Schumacher has been sacked.
Another ten people are injured after plastic plants caught fire as a waiter flambéed a dish.
An undetonated bomb was found in Belgorod, where a jet accidentally dropped another bomb days earlier.
Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife Evgenia does not know if she or their children will see him again.
Hassan Diab refused to leave Canada to attend the trial into the murder of four people.
A huge blast which shook residents of Belgorod is being blamed by on an accidental air strike.
The carbon fibre vessel took three men and $150m of drugs from the Amazon rainforest to Spain.
Vadim Prokhorov says he left before the end of his client's trial after a warning from a prosecutor.
Evgeniy Maloletka's picture was taken outside a maternity hospital damaged in a Russian airstrike.
Behind his calm nature, Kemal Kilicdaroglu has the first real chance of unseating Turkey's leader.
There is widespread speculation over a flash that lit up the skies over the Ukrainian capital.
Viktoria Nasyrova lashes out at the judge as she is jailed for the "diabolical" identity theft plot.
Officials are urging organisations to "act now" to defend themselves against the cyber threat.
Disguised Russian ships are said to be preparing sabotage plans in case of war with Western powers.
Only two industrialised nations have debt ceilings - how come only the US fights about it?
Nigerian-Ukrainian duo Tvorchi met in a chance encounter on the street. Now they're coming to the UK.
Ernest Moret was stopped in London for alleged involvement in French pension protests, his firm claims.
Evan Gershkovich was arrested on spying charges while working for the Wall Street Journal.
It is the Russian leader's first visit to occupied areas of Ukraine since he travelled to Mariupol.
Brazil denies its leader is spreading Russian and Chinese propaganda about the war in Ukraine.
The two countries say the measures are necessary to protect their farming sectors from cheap imports.
The Constitutional Council backs the thrust of President Macron's reforms despite weeks of protests.
Beatriz Flamini spent two birthdays in the cave, and kept busy drawing and knitting woolly hats.
Vojislav Buzakovic is found by Irish police 16 years after being charged with war crimes in Croatia.
US documents suggest Russian officials disagreed over how casualties were being counted.
The country's foreign minister claims the intelligence officers were operating under diplomatic cover.
The US president will meet the Irish President Michael D Higgins at his home in Áras an Uachtaráin.
Classified files indicate that Washington believed Antonio Guterres was soft on Russia over Ukraine.
Desperate to reach Mayotte, Christian Ally Moussa boarded a small fishing boat in Madagascar.
The French leader says his country should not get caught up in escalation between the US and China.
Germany's government had intended some of Europe's most liberal cannabis laws, but stepped back.
The death of Andrea Papi is linked to a bear called JJ4 which attacked a father and son in 2020.
The UK has the largest contingent of special forces in Ukraine, according to a leaked classified file.
The document, seen by the BBC, reveals a conversation between high-level South Korean officials.
In Ukraine, thousands of landmines scattered throughout the Kharkiv region are destroying lives.
Two overcrowded fishing boats carrying 800 and 400 people are found off the coast of Sicily.
Russia accuses Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal of spying, but the publication denies this.
The demonstrators are calling for the immediate release of jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Almost 100 US defence department documents have been leaked - and it is unclear who will benefit.
Five were injured in the building collapse, and the mayor said it was likely people had died.
The pontiff "looked in really good health", said one of the thousands of people in St Peter's Square.
How an activist documented Russia's war dead by counting graves - and was forced to flee.
Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure led to blackouts throughout winter.
Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested last week, categorically rejects the accusations, reports say.
The men are accused of killing Luca Attanasio and two others after attacking a UN convoy in DR Congo.
A new study finds people in Menorca got high on hallucinogenic drugs during the Bronze Age.
The French president urges his Chinese counterpart to use his influence to end the Ukraine war.
Colleagues express hopes that he will return to politics amid reports that he has leukaemia.
The Russian girl was taken away from her father after her school reported the picture to the authorities.
BBC Newsnight has been mapping the cost - in men and machinery - for Russia's "elite" 331st regiment
Kathleen Poole, a British 74-year-old care home resident, was facing deportation from Sweden.
The UK government considers changes for how NI traders send goods to Britain via Irish ports.
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku was racially abused after scoring a penalty in the Coppa Italia draw at Juventus.
Ana Obregón, 68, reveals a baby born in the US was fathered by her son who died of cancer.
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin criticises supporters of the European Super League, comparing them to the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.
Macron and von der Leyen will send a message of unity and talk tough on Ukraine - will China listen?
The Belgian singer, known for Alors On Danse, is cancelling all his European tour dates until the end of May.
Bedridden Kathleen Poole faces a "disgraceful" attempt to deport her to the UK, her family say.
Khalid al-Jabouri was the target of a strike on Monday that reportedly took place in Idlib province.
Finland hands over the document to become the 31st Nato member, in a setback for Russia's Vladimir Putin.
The crash happened when a passenger train hit a construction crane near the village of Voorschoten.
Water levels at a reservoir in the northern Spanish region have fallen below 10% of its capacity.
Darya Trepova seems to be an opponent of the invasion, but friends say she was not radical.
The move was prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and comes after Turkey lifted its veto.
In a video likely filmed under duress, Darya Trepova says she handed over a statuette that blew up.
The stunt was dismissed by Ukraine, which said its army still holds the embattled eastern city.
Finland's PM is on course to lose a nail-biting election to the conservatives, a TV projection says.
A bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe kills Russian Vladlen Tatarsky, who blogged from the Ukraine frontline.
PM Sanna Marin's centre-left is vying for power against conservatives and right-wing populists.
President Putin rules virtually unchallenged, with opponents forced to leave Russia - or worse.
The 86-year-old was admitted to Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Wednesday with breathing difficulties.
Ukraine's foreign minister said Russia leading the UN Security Council is "the worst joke ever".
A Romanian appeals court orders the Tates and two associates to stay in the buildings where they live.
King Charles laid a wreath remembering those who died in Allied wartime bombing raids on Hamburg.
Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon this year as the All England Club lifts the ban it imposed in 2022.
The co-founder of the Rise Above Movement is accused of carrying out violence in the US.
The sister of an Irish man held in an Iranian prison since October says she hopes he will be released.
The country's data-protection regulator has serious privacy concerns over the technology.
The Vatican says doctors will decide on the 86-year-old pontiff's discharge from hospital.
The Centre for European Reform said the bill will lead to divergence between the UK and EU.
Evan Gershkovich was working for the Wall Street Journal, which vehemently denies the accusation.
The Vatican says he ate breakfast, carried out work and read the newspapers on Thursday morning.
Ana Obregón comes in for criticism after news emerges she has had a baby girl via surrogacy aged 68.
A cellist who is godfather to the Russian leader's daughter deposited huge sums in Swiss accounts.
The pontiff, 86, will stay in hospital for a few days but does not have Covid, the Vatican says.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov is looking for hope in his country's younger generation.
Top clergy in Ukraine's Orthodox Church's are suspected of continuing ties with Russia's Orthodox Church.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the proposed ban aims to protect farmers and consumers.
Thousands of women say the country's climate change policy damages their right to life and health.
Improving relations with Europe is the priority as the King's first state visit heads for Germany.
The Dutch city targets UK men aged 18-35 in an ad campaign aimed at changing its reputation.
Average rents in the Emirate rose by more than a third last year as soaring demand outstripped supply.
The International Olympic Committee recommends that Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete under a neutral flag - but has yet to make a decision on Paris 2024.
Alexei Moskalev was investigated after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school.
The attacker was arrested after the incident at the city's Ismaili Centre, Portuguese police say.
The first 18 of the cutting-edge tanks are sent, amid reports UK Challenger 2s have also arrived.
The Lord of the Rings star, who is a goodwill ambassador for Unicef, also met President Zelensky.
The US Defense Department says it does not believe Russia is preparing to use the nuclear weapons.
Polls suggest she is in a tight race with centre-right Petteri Orpo and right-wing populist Riikka Purra.
The unrest follows weeks of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.
There has been talk for some weeks of Ukraine launching a spring offensive against Russian forces.
Despite Russia spending months trying to take the city, Ukrainian officials say they are holding on.
The boat, which was trying to reach Italy, is the fifth to capsize in two days in the Mediterranean.
Emmanuel Macron says the trip could not go ahead because of pension protests during the trip.
The grand final on 13 May will be broadcast in 500 cinemas around the UK, it has been announced.
Fire engulfs the building's front as violence flares in several cities during pension reform protests.
Police believe they have arrested Do Kwon, the crypto boss accused of a multibillion-dollar fraud.
The Republican was criticised in the US and Ukraine for calling the war a "territorial dispute".
The Prince of Wales meets troops in Poland an hour's drive from the border with Ukraine.
They are concerned about America's role as the "world's policeman" and China's growing economic might.
The controversial social media influencer and his brother have both been detained since December.
The French leader says he has no regrets about unpopular pension reforms but tries to calm tensions.
Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka says she has faced "hate" in the locker room over her country's role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Trains in the north and south of the Netherlands are affected, with some services stopping for a week.
The UK says the depleted uranium shells, which it is sending to Ukraine, are "standard".
Didier Deschamps names Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe as Hugo Lloris' replacement to captain the France national team.
Swiss banking giant UBS agrees emergency rescue deal for rival Credit Suisse in government-brokered takeover
Emergency talks are reported in Zurich as regulators seek a deal for Credit Suisse before Monday.
No-confidence motions face the Macron government as it tries to force its unpopular changes into law.
The renewed accord means exports can continue via Ukraine's Black Sea ports, but it is unclear how long for.
Two US banks have collapsed and shares have tumbled prompting concerns on both sides of the Atlantic.
The International Criminal Court accuses the Russian leader of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.
The Russian president is wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes during his Ukraine invasion.
BBC correspondents Anna Holligan and Steve Rosenberg on the difficulties of detaining a president.
A vote on Finland's membership now goes to Turkey's parliament, but Sweden's bid is still held up.
Slovakia becomes the second Nato country after Poland to offer Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine.
Beijing said China would uphold "an objective and fair position" on the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's foreign minister tells the BBC nations that don't back Ukraine will be held to account.
France's president has sidelined MPs and forced through plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.
US footage shows the jet apparently dumping fuel as it makes two close passes with the drone.
One person dies in the blaze in a federal security service building in the southern Russian city.
The movement was only set up in 2019 and is on course to become the biggest party in the Senate.
The BBC has been given access to positions held by Ukrainian army brigades defending Bakhmut's southern flank.
Eintracht Frankfurt fans clash with police after arriving in Naples despite being banned from their team's Champions League match with Napoli.
A US surveillance drone plunged into the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian jets on Tuesday.
Fourteen people are killed as floods sweep through the streets of Sanliurfa and Adiyaman.
Shares in European banks fall as investors remain nervous after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
A US surveillance drone plunged into the Black Sea following an encounter with Russian fighter jets.
The encounter between a Russian jet and a US drone raises some difficult questions for President Biden.
Justyna Wydrzynska said she sent the pills when she found out the woman was in an abusive relationship.
The US says its drone was operating in international airspace when Russian jets tried to intercept it.
A plan to strengthen the army in the wake of the Ukraine war has been "pitiful" so far, an MP says.
Refuse collectors joined the strike a week ago in protest at plans to raise the pension age to 64.
He says he managed to avoid detection after Ukraine recaptured the north-eastern town of Kupiansk.
The team was following a group of local volunteers delivering aid packages to villages.
Stock markets ended lower despite efforts to limit the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.
Concerns for Mikheil Saakashvili's health have been growing since he said he was being poisoned in jail.
Both Ukraine and Russia have reported inflicting significant losses in the eastern city.
Oleksandr Matsievskiy was filmed smoking a cigarette before apparently being killed by Russian troops.
Russia captured Mariupol in May after a brutal siege. Now, it's trying to win hearts and minds.
After quakes in Turkey's south claimed 50,000 lives, the race is on to protect its biggest city.
For 22 days Ukraine went without power cuts, and there are hopes Russia's strikes are losing momentum.
He co-operated with officers and there was not enough grounds to take away his gun, police say.
Rishi Sunak says £63m a year is delivering benefits, as he meets French President Emmanuel Macron.
The home secretary's plans to stop small boat crossings could be challenged by the Strasbourg court.
Reports say at least six people have been killed and several have been injured in the attack.
At least nine people die as Russia fires powerful weapons, including hypersonic missiles.
Russia’s destructive but sporadic strike tactics could indicate a shortage of certain weapons.
The electrical power supply at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been lost after a strike.
The measures will affect Dutch firm ASML, which is a key part of the global microchip supply chain.
Crowds return to Georgia's capital after riot police broke up a protest against a Russian-style law.
Police fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters who say the new draft law limits press freedom.
A New York Times report says US officials believe a pro-Ukrainian group was behind last year's blasts.
The UNHCR says stopping people arriving illegally from claiming asylum breaches international law.
"My brother would be capable of standing up to the Russians like that," his sister tells BBC.
Ukraine is trying to rehabilitate thousands of soldiers left with life-changing war wounds.
The measure is contained in a new bill which aims to prevent migrants crossing the Channel in small boats.
Most train and metro services are cancelled and many schools will close on the sixth day of strikes.
Quiet-spoken centre-leftist Kemal Kilicdaroglu is chosen by the opposition to run for president.
A former Mexican beauty queen and her partner stole 45 bottles of wine from a luxury Spanish hotel.
The president says the embattled eastern city's defence goes on, and that senior generals back the move.
"What if they [the Russian authorities] want to set us up?" the Russian mercenary boss asks.
Train carriages, volleyball courts and public roads - families now find shelter wherever they can.
His plea comes as protesters angry over the deadly disaster clash with police in the capital Athens.
Production of some of the chocolate is moving outside Switzerland so the Alpine peak can no longer be used.
Troops are likely engaging in hand-to-hand combat in Ukraine, Britain's defence ministry says.
Sergei Lavrov is laughed at in Delhi after saying the Ukraine war was "launched against us".
The city has seen months of intense fighting - despite its strategic value being questioned.
Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski was accused of smuggling cash into Belarus to fund protests.
Families with children and the disabled people are told to leave Kupiansk in Ukraine's north-east.
Kyiv denies Moscow's claim that Ukrainian saboteurs fired at civilians in a Russian border village.
The war in Ukraine is expected to overshadow talks as the world's biggest economies meet on Thursday.
Many protesters see the crash which claimed 43 lives as an accident that had been waiting to happen.
At least 43 people died in the head-on collision between a passenger service and freight train.
At least six people are said to have died after two trains collide near the northern city of Larissa.
A drone that crashed in the Moscow region was targeting infrastructure, the regional governor said.
The disaster's death toll rises to 64, with three detained men accused of being human traffickers.
French Football Federation president Noel le Graet resigns following a damning report into the organisation and accusations of sexual harassment.
Russian forces have been trying to capture the eastern city of Bakhmut for over six months.
The PM says the agreement for Northern Ireland is a breakthrough, as many Tory MPs express support.
At least 62 migrants have died, including children, with many still missing after the boat sank in rough seas.
The aircraft was struck multiple times at the Machulishchy air base near Belarus' capital, Minsk.
The story of Russia's rapid advance in southern Ukraine, told by the people who managed to stop it.
The BBC gets rare access to a renowned airman and his ageing helicopter during a low-flying mission.
Twelve children, including a baby, were among those who died after their boat broke apart in stormy seas.
Russia and China refused to condemn Moscow's invasion at a meeting of finance ministers in India.
Beijing's call for a Ukraine war ceasefire shows China is involved in the search for peace, Ukraine's leader says.
Press freedom groups criticise a new "disinformation law" used to target reporting on the disaster.
Steve Rosenberg looks at why Vladimir Putin set sail in a storm of his own making a year ago.
The resolution is approved by 141 countries, with just seven - including Russia - opposing it.
Mats Lofving's death came after an inquiry found a conflict of interest involving a relationship with a top official.
António Guterres calls Russia's invasion an "affront" to the world's collective conscience.
A project receives funding to pilot a newly-developed app to combat the demand for abuse images and video.
On Tuesday President Putin said Moscow would suspend participation in the New Start treaty.
Beijing sees the Kremlin's war as serving a useful geopolitical purpose by confronting US influence.
Local media say the student entered the classroom during a lesson and attacked the teacher.
France has had no significant rainfall for 32 days and now faces restrictions, the government says.
The world's biggest coffee chain entered the Italian market in 2018 and has around 20 stores in the country.
Most prefer to let the Kremlin get on with its war, but ignoring it means making moral compromises.
John Sullivan, the former US ambassador to Russia, says talks to prevent the war were "a charade".
In separate speeches, Russia's leader targets the West but the US president says his lust for land will fail.
The Russian president gave a long address in Moscow - we've fact-checked of some his claims.
The president says he is taking Russia out of the last nuclear arms control treaty with America.
The US president is expected to try and shore up support for Kyiv during his speech in Poland later.
The botched order was for commuter trains due to operate in two mountainous northern regions.
At least six people die in new tremors, weeks after massive quakes devastated the same region.
There had been talk an announcement could come on Tuesday, say Chris Mason and Jessica Parker
ASML machines make computer chips - with technology so advanced the firm is caught in geopolitical rivalry.
Despite widespread sanctions, the country's economy fared better last year than many analysts forecast.
The US president met Ukraine's Zelensky during the surprise trip and reaffirmed his support.
The 31-year-old was found dead under the rubble of his home in Turkey two weeks after the earthquake.
Searches will only continue in Kahramanmaras and Hatay, the country's disaster agency said.
The US secretary of state said Beijing was considering "lethal support" for Russia in Ukraine.
Veteran presenter Rachid M'Barki is accused of running stories planted by an Israel-based organisation.
Kamala Harris was speaking at a security conference, where leaders called for long-term support of Ukraine.
One man was found alive under a collapsed building 278 hours after the earthquake hit Turkey.
Poorly trained convicts make up 90% of the Russian mercenaries killed, according to a US estimate.
Speaking in Munich, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tells allies to expect a long war in Ukraine.
Security guard David Smith pleaded guilty of passing on details of the embassy and its staff for cash.
The €17.9bn (£16bn) loss is being blamed on capped prices as well as repairs to power stations.
More than 2,300 flights, affecting 300,000 passengers, have been cancelled across Germany.
Concerns were raised at the flats in Gaziantep, where 136 people died last week - the BBC has found.
Ukraine's leader speaks to John Simpson before the anniversary of Russia's invasion on 24 February.
The BBC is given rare access to a prisoner of war facility housing hundreds in western Ukraine.
Vigils for the transgender schoolgirl stabbed to death on Saturday are held from London to Dublin.
Campaigners hail the ruling after judges find that profiling was used without justification.
The billionaire is acquitted of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious "bunga-bunga" parties.
Olesya posted online about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, she can only leave home to go to court.
Fake Russian spies helped expose David Ballantyne Smith for sharing data with Russia, a court hears.
A review finds Europe's football body bore "primary responsibility" for last year's chaotic scenes.
Recruiters are targeting Central Asian migrants in prisons and at work centres to join the war.
BBC News investigates the tactics used by scammers to make money when natural disasters strike
Aras, aged five, lost his two siblings and his father when the quake hit Turkey's city of Kahramanmaras.
In Bakhmut, Orla Guerin speaks to Ukrainian defenders doggedly holding off fierce Russian attacks.
Unverified Ukrainian data shows 824 dying per day - the UK says the trends are "likely accurate".
The biggest earthquake since 1939 raises questions over whether such a tragedy could have been avoided.
A window with a butterfly print curtain is the first clue in a story about loss in a devastating quake.
One Turkish hospital is now a hub for unidentified children whose parents are dead or untraceable.
A British woman tells the BBC how the influencer persuaded her to work for his webcam business.
The country, which neighbours Ukraine, is battling inflation, an energy crisis and Russian aggression.
The EU's Sentinel satellite system traces how the ground ruptured during Monday's big tremors.
Sergei Furgal - who beat the Kremlin's preferred candidate in his region - is sentenced to 22 years.
Ten-day-old Yagiz was retrieved from ruins in southern Turkey after almost 100 hours trapped.
President Zelensky says the rockets also passed over Nato member Romania - but Romania denies it.
The Kremlin plans to reduce output in March after fresh sanctions over Ukraine take effect.
The Russian-born New Yorker planned to murder her victim and steal her identity, jury finds.
The Russian president was given the Legion d'Honneur in 2006 by then-President Jacques Chirac.
Belgorod residents fully back Putin's war, despite the fear and fury of life on the front line.
The arrival of a Coquerel's sifaka brings the number in European zoos to seven, experts say.
The city council introduces the new laws in a bid to reduce disruption by tourists in the area.
The UN calls for aid workers to get more resources and warns the full extent of the disaster is still unfolding.
After convincing the West to supply tanks, Ukraine's president is now on a mission to get aircraft.
The Treasury said the payment would draw a line under the fraud case, which dates back to 2018.
Amira Bouraoui, banned from leaving Algeria, makes it to France via Tunisia sparking a diplomatic row.
The firm says it has limited Kyiv's ability to use its Starlink satellite internet for military ends.
Roger Waters tells the United Nations Security Council that Russia's invasion was "not unprovoked".
A school group of 39 people were in a hotel in southern Turkey when the building collapsed.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan defends the government's response as Syria struggles to get much needed aid.
Days after Turkey's devastating earthquake, there are still some moments of joy, but they are fewer.
The aircraft was hit by a Russian-made missile in eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing nearly 300 people.
Igor Mangushev was shot in the head and his killing sparks speculation about who was to blame.
The Ukrainian leader meets PM Rishi Sunak and King Charles, and will make a speech to Parliament.
The letters, written during her English captivity, were found during a trawl of French archives.
Many are accusing the Turkish government of being underprepared ahead of Monday's huge quakes.
One man travelled to Turkey to try and find his missing brother by sifting through rubble himself.
This small Ukrainian city has been at the centre of an epic six-month battle on the front line.
Behind the sale of a masterpiece painting is the story of a Jewish girl's extraordinary escape from the Nazis.
More than 4,300 people are confirmed dead in the quake that struck northern Syria and Turkey.
"There is an earthquake," one man said to his family. "At least let's die together in the same place."
Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region are facing very difficult conditions, the country's president says.
A bout of food poisoning at a Madrid restaurant stirs debate about how to cook a Spanish tortilla.
"Arrogant", "discreet" - Lucy Williamson visits the apartment block where the brothers first settled.
Kyiv says Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw's remains were handed over as part of a prisoner swap.
The fresh aid worth $2.2bn (£1.83bn) includes rockets capable of striking parts of occupied Crimea.
The BBC watches engineers and technicians as they race to repair damage across the country.
He likens Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the fight against Nazi Germany, 80 years after Stalingrad.
Ukraine's defence minister says Russia has amassed some 500,000 men for an attack in the coming weeks.
Petr Pavel tells the BBC Ukraine is morally and practically ready to join Nato after the war is over.
While morale remains high, Ukrainian forces in the east fear the Russians are improving.
A new wave of protests begins across France against plans to lift the retirement age from 62 to 64.
The Royal Navy cedes control, as the home secretary warns small boats could cost the Tories the election.
Kyiv says it needs further aid to help take control of the country's airspace from Russia.
Indonesia is the latest country to see anti-Sweden protests, after a Quran burning in Stockholm.
It is the latest European country to say it is increasing military spending as a result of the conflict.
The request for the jets comes just days after Germany committed to supplying Leopard 2 tanks.
Defeated former PM Andrej Babis conceded to retired Nato general Petr Pavel on Saturday afternoon.
German Leopard 2 tanks and US M1 Abrams tanks will spearhead attacks on Russia - but is it enough?
Moscow accuses Poland of attempting to "rewrite history" after it is not invited to the event.
The statement is the clearest indication yet of the evidence against the British-American influencer.
The government in Kyiv is trying to tackle corruption head-on, but it’s a risky strategy.
A 25-year-old Moroccan is detained after a church caretaker is killed and a priest injured.
In 1938, Woman Ironing was sold to escape Germany. Now the heirs of the original owner want it back.
One person died and two others were injured after strikes in Kyiv, the city's mayor says.
Ukraine's president says the modern fighting vehicles must be supplied quickly and in significant numbers.
Ukraine hails the twin announcements as a turning point, while Russia says they are a provocation.
Burkina Faso wants to defend itself against jihadists, who have forced two million from their homes.
The Moscow Helsinki Group was founded in 1976 to monitor rights abuses in the Soviet Union.
Germany's decision to send tanks to Ukraine follows weeks of pressure from Kyiv and Western allies.
The Dutch government says Russian disinformation over the downing of flight MH17 is a rights violation.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's indecision has earned him criticism both nationally and internationally.
Tate says there is "no justice in Romania" as he is taken for police questioning at a special unit.
Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw were killed in Soledar, eastern Ukraine, family members say.
Germany has been under pressure over its reluctance to send the battle tanks to Ukraine.
He tells the BBC that Germany has a "special responsibility", having spent so much on Russian gas.
A top aide and deputy defence minister are among those to resign as Kyiv tackles corruption reports.
The Turkish president's warning comes after protests in Sweden, including a Quran burning.
Moscow accuses Estonia of "total Russophobia" after Tallinn reduced its diplomat numbers.
The country has been under increasing international pressure to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Spanish police say Ukrainian refugees worked long hours to mass-produce counterfeit cigarettes.
Ukrainian civilians are returning to Lyman, close to the front line, despite the threat of strikes.
Turkey earlier called off a visit by Sweden's defence minister Pal Jonson over the planned protest.
Pressure mounts on Berlin to send Kyiv Leopard tanks, a powerful defence against Russian forces.
France's president details plans for a seven-year budget of €413bn to transform its armed forces.
Berlin denies it is preventing countries from donating Leopard 2s, but Poland criticises its "hesitation".
The influencer and his brother Tristan will stay in custody until 27 February, a court rules.
Nemes Tarimo, who was in prison in Russia, joined the Wagner Group to get a pardon, his family says.
Daniil Medvedev suffers a shock defeat by Sebastian Korda at the Australian Open as top players continue to fall in the men's draw.
Romanian teens reveal how the Tate brothers used a set formula to approach them in private messages.
Talks will focus on military aid, with pressure on Germany to allow Ukraine its Leopard tanks.
The Taoiseach says the post-Brexit measure was imposed on unionists and nationalists without their consent.
A Russian news video showing Serbians being trained to fight in Ukraine prompts fury in Belgrade.
The German Chancellor is under pressure to supply tanks to Ukraine, but will not do so without US approval.
Planned reforms by President Macron would raise the retirement age to 64 - a hugely unpopular move.
Ukraine's interior minister is among the 14 killed in the helicopter crash beside a nursery.
Italian police have discovered a bunker used by Matteo Messina Denaro following his arrest on Tuesday.
The mayor of Amiens believes the singer owns the artwork, Diana and Endymion, which once hung in its museum.
Rafael Nadal's Australian Open title defence is over after a second-round defeat by American Mackenzie McDonald.
Ukraine's interior minister, his deputy, and another official are among 16 killed in the crash.
The former EU lawmaker is accused of being a leader of a criminal network which took Qatari bribes.
Andrey Medvedev's escape makes him the first Wagner Group mercenary to defect to the West.
Oleksiy Arestovych initially said air defences caused a Russian missile to hit an apartment block.
Ukrainians on the front lines call for hundreds of modern tanks, as the West debates new deliveries.
Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy's most-wanted mafia boss, is captured after 30 years on the run.
The British-American influencer is in custody over allegations of human trafficking and rape.
At least 29 people died after an apartment block in the Ukrainian city was struck by a Russian missile.
Several cities were struck including Dnipro, where an apartment block was hit, killing at least 12.
Vehicles including a Rolls-Royce and Mercedes were taken away from the influencer's Romanian home.
Alexei Navalny says he has been denied access to hospital treatment by Russian prison officials.
Russia says it has captured the town after a months-long battle, but Ukraine says fighting is ongoing.
Parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin says Russian critics abroad should have property confiscated.
Oleksii Reznikov's comments will provoke Russia, which has framed the war as a battle with the West.
Seven men and one woman are vying to succeed Milos Zeman, in a vote likely to go to a run-off.
Russia's president publicly tells off the industry minister for delays in ordering planes.
A Russian mercenary group says it has found the body of one of two missing Britons in Ukraine - the claim has not been verified.
Ruined buildings and cratered landscape in and around Soledar can be seen in new satellite images.
Activists form human chains and take to treehouses in the village being swallowed by a coal mine.
The reshuffle comes as Russians claim to be making progress in eastern Ukraine after months of reverses.
Soledar in eastern Ukraine is the latest town to face an intense battle involving Russian forces.
Rights groups say Sebnem Korur Fincanci's detention was an attempt to silence her and other activists.
The attacker is shot by off-duty police officers after injuring six people at Gare du Nord station.
Some rural and suburban areas have no local doctors, while GPs in cities are working 60-hour weeks.
The monarch's short rein from 1964-73 coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in Greek history.
The Macron government's reforms immediately prompt calls for strike action by unions on 19 January.
The 24 volunteers are accused of several misdemeanours in a trial that has prompted uproar.
There has been fighting near entrances to 200km-long tunnels, which could be used for infiltration.
Last year was the world's fifth warmest year with Europe enduring its hottest summer on record
A search is under way for British nationals Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry in Ukraine.
James Cleverley and Maros Šefčovič say the agreement gives a new basis for NI protocol talks.
Activists and police are facing off in Lützerath, where diggers plan to expand a giant coal mine.
Moscow says it killed Ukrainian forces in a "mass missile strike" but hasn't provided any evidence.
Few in Ukraine's eastern city of Bakhmut expected Russia's declared truce to be matched with action.
Some 200 million people are marking the holiday, one of the most important dates in the faith.
The creator of The Buddha of Suburbia and My Beautiful Launderette says he believed he was dying.
Germany and the US agree to join France in boosting Ukraine's military capability on the battlefield.
The big-wave Brazilian pioneer fell while surfing giant waves off Nazaré in central Portugal.
Former Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli, who played 59 times for Italy, dies at the age 58.
At the Torgon ski resort in the Valais Alps it's hikers rather than skiers on the slopes.
A unilateral ceasefire called by Russia breaks down within hours of coming into effect.
Cigarette manufacturers will also have to educate smokers not to throw away butts in public.
Supplies have stopped coming in because of a blockade of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Putin orders a 36-hour Orthodox Christmas ceasefire, which Ukraine says is mere propaganda.
Former Pope Benedict's funeral takes place at the Vatican, as Francis celebrates Mass with pilgrims.
Travel in and out of China gets easier from Sunday, as it moves away from its zero-Covid strategy.
The mayor of Berlin plans a youth violence summit after police and firefighters come under attack.
People in Bakhmut, at the epicentre of the war, live in defiance under constant Russian bombardment.
Russia now says 89 soldiers were killed in the attack in Makiivka, in the occupied Donetsk region.
From Spain to Latvia, national and regional records for January are broken across the continent.
The deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers at Makiivka in Ukraine prompt recriminations in Russia.
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo says his work in Europe is done despite having "many opportunities" to join other clubs before signing for Al Nassr.
World Cup skiers will race on artificial snow this Saturday as the Alps see record high temperatures.
A minister brands the band's "LGBT promotion" on Poland's New Year's Eve TV special a disgrace.
The César Awards brings in the rule after fears there could be protests at the event next month.
The Irish prime minister says perhaps the Northern Ireland protocol is a "little bit too strict".
Ukraine's president says Moscow aims to exhaust his country with a prolonged wave of drone strikes.
EU parliament bids to lift immunity of two more MEPs in Qatar-linked corruption investigation.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to Benedict XVI before his funeral on Thursday.
Air raid sirens sound shortly before midnight as the latest in a wave of attacks by Russia over the New Year period begins.
The West must be in it for the "long haul" as Russia shows no signs of relenting, says Nato's chief.
The head of the Catholic Church pays his respects to his predecessor Benedict, who resigned from his post in 2013.
Ukraine's president says his country will never forgive Russians for the terror they have inflicted.
Mayor Vitaly Klitschko confirms a series of blasts in the city, as air raid sirens are heard nationwide.
Benedict, who has died at his Vatican residence, became the first pope to resign for 600 years in 2013.
The controversial influencer is detained in an investigation into rape and human trafficking.
France, Spain, South Korea and Israel tighten rules for Chinese arrivals as cases surge in China.
The controversial online influencer has been detained in Romania alongside his brother Tristan.
The barricades were erected earlier this month in response to the arrest of a former police officer.
Aged 95, he remains in a serious but stable condition, a day after Pope Francis said he was very ill.
Ukrainian officials say cities across the country are targeted in several waves of strikes.
Kyrylo Budanov says neither side can make significant advances, and eyes advanced Western weapons.
The Vatican says the ex-Pope's condition has worsened and Pope Francis asks pilgrims to pray.
The Ukrainian city, liberated from Russian control last month, is coming under heavy bombardment.
The oil price cap, agreed by Western countries, aims to reduce Russian revenue for its war in Ukraine.
PM Pedro Sánchez backs aid for households amid an energy crisis prompted by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Sabre-rattling grows amid claims an attack is being planned on the territory's ethnic Serb areas.
As the conflict enters its second calendar year, experts predict what could happen on the ground.
The body of a woman is found two days after a bus falls from a bridge into a river in the Galicia region.
How one town is tackling anti-social behaviour by rewarding sober party-goers with free drinks.
Nika survived the Russian assault on Kharkiv earlier this year, and is now settled in the UK.
Pte Seán Rooney is the first Irish soldier to be killed on UN deployment in Lebanon for 20 years.
The man accused of killing three people tells prosecutors his hatred of foreigners is "pathological".
In his Christmas Day message, the pontiff also called for an "immediate end" to the war in Ukraine.
President Zelensky urges his people to persevere as Russian attacks leave millions without power.
At least seven people are killed and dozens injured in Russian air strikes on the recently liberated city.
An aide to the Ukrainian city's exiled mayor says Russia is trying to cover up its crimes.
Charles Sobhraj, convicted for killing two tourists in 1975, was suspected of several murders in Asia.
The crew members may have to return to Earth early after their capsule started leaking.
The White House says North Korea provided missiles and rockets to be used in Ukraine, which Pyongyang denies.
After seven years at Italy's flagship museum, Eike Schmidt has clearly had enough of bad punctuation.
How Ukraine's president travelled out of his country for the first time since the war began.
A hotel is hit in Donetsk and hours later a Russian-installed official is killed in the south.
The change has exposed rifts in the governing coalition between the Socialist party and Podemos.
Moscow accuses the US of fighting an indirect war with Russia as Ukraine's leader visits Washington.
Mario Sandoval was found guilty of abducting and torturing a student during Argentina's military rule.
Quentin Sommerville traces the journey of a 22 year old from the start of the war to being awarded the highest honour for bravery.
On his first overseas trip since the Russian invasion began, President Volodymyr Zelensky thanks the US.
The Ukrainian president takes his first foreign trip since Russia invaded his country in February.
President Vladimir Putin claims he still continues to see Ukraine as a brotherly nation.
Frenchman Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer portrayed in a hit BBC drama, will be released and deported.
Sevilla reach an agreement to terminate Isco's contract - just four months after signing the former Spain midfielder on a free transfer.
Home Office rules affecting millions of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit are unlawful, a judge rules.
Russia's Natalya Antyukh is stripped of 400m hurdles gold from London 2012 on the basis of historical data from a Moscow testing laboratory.
The advanced air defence system is not a silver bullet, but it is extremely capable and effective.
It would be the president's first foreign trip since Russia invaded his country in February.
The Ukrainian president meets troops in a city badly damaged after months of fierce fighting.
A Siberian city is marking Christmas with ice statues of soldiers. But not all locals back the war.
For some disabled refugees, fleeing Ukraine has given a better quality of life, provoking a dilemma.
The unusual night attack causes blackouts across the city, but no one is killed, Kyiv officials say.
The Netherlands government is expected to apologise for slavery with a speech by the prime minister.
The new "front-line creative brigade" will consist of volunteer musicians and mobilised recruits.
A Kyiv metro station and bomb shelter is transformed into a TV studio for the selection programme.
Supporters in Buenos Aires and Paris are preparing for an historic World Cup final clash.
Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar is the leader under a deal with government partners Fianna Fáil.
Berlin police say a tweet asking for help in tracking down suspects linked to the incident is fake.
Police say 31 objects from Dresden's Green Vault have been recovered after the 2019 robbery.
Jaroslaw Szymczyk says he accidentally set off a grenade launcher given to him as a gift by Ukraine.
The new government says it will scrap a public holiday observed since the 17th Century.
A 14-year-old is knocked down by a car draped with a flag in the southern city of Montpellier.
Russia's war in Ukraine is making a new power station - the biggest single investment in Hungarian history - less likely by the day.
The arrests follow a year-long investigation into an alleged bribery affair involving Qatar.
More than 30 are rescued after a small boat got into difficulties in the English Channel.
Olivier Vandecasteele's family learnt of the sentence days after a prisoner exchange deal was halted.
Ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili says he is dying in jail, but the government denies that is the case.
Mayor Klitschko reports blasts in a central district of Ukraine's capital and air defences are activated.
Belgian police seize about €1m (£859,000) amid allegations that Qatar bribed EU officials.
Prosecutors want the collection of more than 1,000 munitions to be used in any future court action.
No reason is given, but there is growing unease among Russians over President Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Argentina's Lionel Messi and Luka Modric of Croatia have a lot in common - but only one will get a final chance to win a World Cup.
Watchdogs say it could be one of the biggest corruption scandals in European Parliament history.
The Black Sea port of Odesa has resumed operations after Russian strikes against the city on Saturday.
Russian troops have reportedly been locked up for refusing to fight in the invasion of Ukraine.
A friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is among three women killed in Sunday's attack.
Russian drone attacks leave 1.5 million Ukrainians without power and Kyiv bombards occupied Melitopol.
Yan Rachinsky, from rights group Memorial, tells the BBC he ignored the order from the Kremlin.
The US says it has seen reports that the countries are considering joint production of drones.
Money, ID cards, flags, and even their own king: meet the Germans who refuse to recognise the state.
England and France are ready for their historic first knockout match in a men's tournament as they meet in the quarter-finals on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Tournament favourites Brazil are knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia keep their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals.
Prominent opposition figure Ilya Yashin gets more than eight years for discussing alleged war crimes.
The new health measure follows an increase in sexually transmitted infections in France.
The basketball star returns home 10 months after she left the US to play the game in Russia.
The legislation will allow medically assisted suicide in certain limited circumstances.
The US and Russia were willing to talk despite worsening relations - but there were limits to the deal.
EU ministers vote to admit Croatia to the Schengen zone, but Romania and Bulgaria must wait.
Brittney Griner flies home to the US while notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout returns to Russia.
Markus Braun, who ran the disgraced payment firm, presided over its meteoric rise and disastrous fall.
A far-right group is suspected of planning to storm parliament and install an aristocrat as leader.
Two trains collide near Barcelona on Wednesday morning, leaving at least 155 people injured.
Russia says a third site was attacked by drones on Tuesday, a day after two of its airfields were hit on Monday.
Doctors at Kyiv Heart Institute performed 10 surgeries without electricity after Russian missiles hit.
Ukraine's president says the defence of the eastern Donetsk region is crucial to protect the entire nation.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos drops Cristiano Ronaldo and is rewarded with a hat-trick from replacement Goncalo Ramos as they beat Switzerland to reach last eight.
Achraf Hakimi makes himself a hero with a chipped winning penalty as Morocco stun Spain in a shootout after a goalless draw to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
The channel has been accused of showing content that supports Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
President Zelensky says Ukraine's power grid needs to be stabilised after another wave of deadly Russian strikes.
The latest deadly strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure caused significant disruption to the power grid.
Three people are killed by explosions at the airfields, which Russia blames on Ukrainian drones.
Police say a man came out of a refugee shelter and attacked two teenagers on their way to school.
US intelligence says fighting has slowed down and this will continue throughout the winter.
The head of energy giant Enel says renewables are key to getting prices back to pre-Ukraine war levels.
The measure - due to come into force on Monday - intensifies pressure on Russia over the Ukraine invasion.
The Netherlands survive a late scare against the United States to move into the World Cup quarter-finals with a ruthless display of finishing.
Russia captured Mariupol earlier this year, and the images suggest it is consolidating its presence.
The G7's cap, which stops countries paying more than $60 a barrel, is due to come into force on Monday.
The European Union agrees a cap of $60 a barrel on exported Russian crude, after Poland gave its backing.
"I must be brutally honest with you," Sanna Marin says. "We would be in trouble without the US."
The German auctioneer suspends finalisation of the sale after an angry response in Poland.
Ladyzhyn's 18,000 people went without heating for a week after Russian missiles hit its power plant.
Ukraine's foreign ministry says a "campaign of terror" is taking place against its embassies.
The Kremlin says the West's refusal to recognise its seizure of Ukrainian land makes talks harder.
Germany is spending €300bns to shield its people from soaring energy bills. Will it work?
Western casualty estimates suggest about 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded.
Japan reach the World Cup last 16 as Germany crash out, but should Japan's winner against Spain have counted on a dramatic night?
The Italian club's board resigned en masse this week - it denies allegations of false accounting.
The platform is said to be hosting hundreds of videos that celebrate the Russian Wagner group.
The EU regulation aims to limit the trade of products linked to deforestation worldwide.
Western leaders say Russia's attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure are illegal, but what does the law say?
Argentina comprehensively beat Poland to top their group as the former edged through in second place on goal difference.
Twitter risks a ban if it is not in compliance with EU rules on targeted adverts and disinformation.
The agreement is expected to improve cooperation on cyber security, AI and new technologies.
The country is currently experiencing labour shortages in several industries, including childcare and IT.
Ukrainian embassies have been ordered to increase security after a security guard was injured.
President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the news saying the loaf was "250 grams of magic and perfection".
The EU's executive says Hungary needs to enact reforms before receiving EU budget and Covid funding.
As winter sets in, there are warnings that some communities cannot cope with more arrivals.
The "I Want To Live" project says it is getting up to 100 enquiries a day from invading troops.
Millions of Ukrainians remain without power and water in freezing temperatures after Russian strikes.
Speaking in the Commons, Olena Zelenska compared Ukraine's plight to that of the UK during World War Two.
Residents say they are already struggling to cope with soaring energy prices and inflation.
Chechens and Buryat soldiers are generally "crueller" than other Russians in Ukraine, the pontiff says.
Alphonso Davies scores Canada's first-ever World Cup goal, but it is not enough to stop them being knocked out following a defeat by Croatia.
Heartbreaking accounts emerge of the last moments of victims of a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia.
The prosecutor-general tells the BBC Russian attacks are aimed at "the full Ukrainian nation".
Morocco cause the latest shock at a World Cup that has been full of surprises by beating Belgium with two late goals.
Portugal manager Fernando Santos says the team "do not understand how" midfielder Danilo Pereira fractured his ribs in training this week.
Two brothers are accused of selling state secrets to Moscow in a case "unlike any other in 20 years".
With no power or running water, the few remaining residents of Avdiivka have been urged to leave.
The proposal was prompted by increased restrictions in the US and Poland, but it faces a tough passage.
Ukraine says 50% of the country's electricity needs are not being met, and water supplies are affected.
Olena Zelenska tells the BBC that cold and blackouts are not the worst things Ukraine has faced.
Isolation from sport is one of the many consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine, says Steve Rosenberg.
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score at five Fifa World Cups as Portugal begin their campaign with victory over Ghana.
It was the first time such a bill had reached the National Assembly, but it faced an uphill battle.
Extending its controversial law, any mention of LGBT people in books, films and online will be banned.
Engineers are starting to rebuild infrastructure destroyed during Russia's occupation of Kherson.
Prosecutors had previously dropped charges against Peter Kazimir when he was a finance minister.
Russian attacks on infrastructure are depriving Ukrainians of heat and water as winter sets in.
Desperate calls made to French rescuers suggest they told migrants to call the UK for help.
The newborn baby's grandmother speaks of her death in an attack on a maternity hospital in Ukraine.
The city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said an infrastructure facility was hit, without giving details.
Missiles hit a maternity unit in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, killing a two-day-old baby.
Neighbours protest after Hungary's nationalist PM wore a scarf showing his country much expanded.
Kyiv authorities say they want to stop Russia using the site for sabotage, intelligence or weapons.
A French official is found dead and another tied to a chair at the home of a man they were auditing.
The men are accused of buying luxury cars after getting people to buy into fraudulent crypto mining.
Millions are at risk as winter sets in as many are without power, a WHO official warns.
Late goals give the Netherlands an important victory in their World Cup opener against Senegal in Group A.
Kherson starts its long healing process - though Russian forces are only a few miles away.
Former world number one Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud to win a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals.
After the recent bombing in Istanbul, Turkish retaliatory air strikes on Kurdish targets have left a population on edge.
The head of the nuclear watchdog issues an urgent plea after new blasts near the Zaporizhzhia plant.
Operation Claw-Sword targeted sites in Syria and Iraq a week after a deadly bombing in Istanbul.
Reducing electricity use is crucial, head of Ukraine's biggest private energy firm tells the BBC.
Video has emerged that Russia says shows the killing of their troops in eastern Ukraine.
Notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout could be exchanged for US basketball player Brittney Griner.
As Sweden says the gas lines were blown up deliberately, our Europe editor reports from the scene.
Police are convinced a woman has been murdered: the problem is no-one has been reported missing.
David Hunter was charged over the death of his sick wife in a Cyprus retirement home last year.
Australia's demand comes after the men are found guilty of shooting down MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
A Dutch trial finds a missile supplied by Russia killed 298 people on board MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
A law brought in after a gang rape case prompts lawyers to get some sex abusers' jail terms cut.
At least four deaths are reported, days after one of the most fierce Russian bombardments of the war.
Last night, a missile landed in Poland, killing two people - the BBC's open source investigations team has been searching for clues.
The BBC speaks to people held by Russians in Kherson, as reports of atrocities emerge from the city.
President Zelensky says he has "no doubts" that Ukraine wasn't behind a blast that killed two people.
Investigations continue into a missile blast in Poland and a Zambian family mourn a death in the war.
Security staff are seen covering the camera as a TV 2 Denmark reporter tries to broadcast.
The reform would allow doctors to terminate a pregnancy if a mother's life or health were at risk.
Lemekhani Nyirenda's sister tells the BBC she wants to know why her brother was fighting for Russia.
Almost nine months after Putin unleashed war on Ukraine, Russian forces have suffered repeated setbacks.
Since Russia's retreat from the region memes of the fruit have been widely shared online.
There is no silver bullet, the UK says - but resources on the French coastline are having some effect.
Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin says a defector to Ukraine died "a dog's death for a dog".
Josh Pesticcio, 24, says he was "brutally attacked" by club doorman on the Spanish island of Majorca.
The Italian PM called the French government "aggressive" after it criticised Rome's refusal to help.
Brazil have won football's biggest prize a record five times but still harbour their own stories of World Cup hurt.
Paris was going to accept 3,500 migrants until Italy turned away a rescue boat with 230 on board.
With 44 homes, a hotel and a church, an uninhabited town on the Portuguese border is on the market.
A section of the wall has been altered in an attempt to "persuade" people not to walk on it.
The estimates are the highest offered yet by a Western official on the months-long conflict.
Political tensions mean both nations have been shut out of the EU's prestigious Horizon programme.
Russia is retreating from the city, the only regional capital it captured during the invasion.
President Macron said some troops would remain in the region, but under new arrangements.
The discovery of 24 statues thought to be around 2,300 years old may "rewrite history", an expert says.
Rishi Sunak tells the COP27 summit in Egypt a greener planet is possible and there "is room for hope".
The top brass have been sharply criticised over the war by Ramzan Kadyrov and Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Kherson, in southern Ukraine, is seen as a vital city for Ukraine to capture and for Russia to defend.
Jake Sullivan reportedly held talks with Kremlin aides to guard against nuclear escalation in Ukraine.
Oleksandra Novatska moved to the south of Scotland after escaping the conflict in her homeland.
A new report by Rusi warns Western nations to increase their supply of air defences to Ukraine.
Kremenchuk is among the worst-hit cities and Ukrainians say Russia's tactics only make them angrier.
Residents described the heartache of not knowing where their family members are buried.
Authorities say 13 people died in a club in Kostroma after a man fired a flare gun on the dance floor.
The appointment of Jordan Bardella, 27, allows Ms Le Pen to focus on leading the parliamentary party.
The Russian leader approves of civilians leaving "dangerous" areas of a key city in southern Ukraine.
A BBC investigation finds that Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Ukrainian activists are being targeted on Telegram.
A Ukrainian woman suffered months of poor treatment and conditions while pregnant in a Russian prison.
Grégoire de Fournas of the far-right National Rally called out as a black MP talked about immigration.
Berlin's fire service says a protest delayed a rescue vehicle sent to treat a 44-year-old woman.
Jeremy Bowen reports on the fight for a city that Kyiv is desperate to recapture from Russia's army.
Drug gangs recruit from migrant camps, the BBC is told, as it speaks to Albanians on both sides of the Channel.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses the Kremlin of resorting to "energy terrorism".
Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, on the difficulties of reporting from the frontline.
People living in Ukraine's capital Kyiv are having to get used to living in a much darker environment.
Montenegrin Goran Gogic is alleged to have arranged the transport of more than $1bn of cocaine to Europe.
Moscow halted its support, accusing Ukraine of using the Black Sea route to attack Russia's fleet.
Despite success, PM Mette Frederiksen tendered her government's resignation and is seeking to form a new one.
Irish broadcaster RTE is reporting the 25-year-old man was an asylum seeker of African origin.
BBC journalist Anne-Marie Dias Borges tells how her foster father invented the iconic claw hair clip.
The band imported one of Norway's first EVs and launched a campaign of civil disobedience.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is making its future uncertain - but so too is its authoritarian past.
Just over 30 years ago Europe's premier club competition was relaunched as the Champions League. Bigger changes are on the way.
Russia has launched hundreds of missiles and drone attacks on Ukraine in the past few weeks.
Parts of Kyiv fall dark, despite power and water being restored after Russian attacks on Monday.
A secret programme to defend Ukraine's cyberspace is revealed, and an oligarch gives up Russian citizenship.
Three more ships leave Ukrainian ports despite Moscow suspending backing for the export scheme.
Billionaire oligarch Oleg Tinkov condemns "Putin fascism", furious at Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Mette Frederiksen is fighting to stay in power as a new party emerges as possible kingmaker.
An unlicensed rave is shut down in Modena and hours later a new law proposes jail for organisers.
Ukrainian civilians and troops paint a picture of endurance and hardship as winter approaches.
Missile attacks on key facilities across Ukraine on Monday cause power cuts and water shortages.
Russian missiles struck key facilities across Ukraine cutting off water for many people in the capital.
Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum transformed the face and fate of Bilbao when it opened in 1997.
The 1.9km (1.2 mile) long train, which is composed of 100 coaches, has completed a 25km journey.
A little-known US team that hunts global adversaries has helped protect Ukraine from cyber attacks.
A design agency in Barcelona has creatives with learning disabilities, autism and schizophrenia.
In April 1945, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby was the first reporter to enter the liberated Belsen concentration camp.
Dr Oksana Leontieva was going to work after leaving her son at nursery when she was killed in Kyiv.
Ukraine's president tells the BBC "they are not ready to do it... But they begin to communicate."
Gifts for Russia's embattled president include a tractor from Belarusian ally Alexander Lukashenko.
Italy becomes the latest European country to impose energy-saving rules ahead of winter.
The peace prize goes to Ales Bialiatsky, Russia's Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties.
Videos have circulated for days of male students chanting obscene misogynistic abuse in Madrid.
The jailed activist has spent decades fighting Aleksander Lukashenko's authoritarian rule in Belarus.
Glasgow and Liverpool will find out on Friday which will stage the Eurovision Song Contest next May.
Joe Biden says President Putin was "not joking" when he spoke of using tactical nuclear weapons.
French president says he hopes for a "new phase" in relations after talks with UK prime minister.
While Russia's president annexes large areas of Ukraine, the truth on the ground looks very different.
If devolution is not restored by then, the NI secretary is obliged to set a date for a Stormont election.
As part of a new series, we explore whether Norway has a solution for the US and its ageing leaders.
At least seven dead after rocket strikes in Zaporizhzhia and two Russians sail to the US.
Hundreds of thousands of men have fled Russia so they will not be conscripted to fight in Ukraine.
At a summit in Prague, 27 countries are asked to agree measures to protect consumers from soaring bills.
Survivors recount horror of deadly attacks on city of Zaporizhzhia, being blamed on Russia.
Ukraine continues to take back territory from Russia even as Moscow formalises taking over four regions.
It is the first war where commercial space capabilities have played a significant role, a US general says.
Could the British Royal Family have its own "slimming down" in the footsteps of Denmark's queen?
As Vladimir Putin turns 70, we look back at a series of turning points that helped shape his worldview.
Uefa offers "unconditional support" as Ukraine joins Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 Fifa World Cup.
Moscow says a US decision to send more military aid to Ukraine is an "immediate threat" to Russia.
The BBC's Orla Guerin finds desolate scenes in Lyman, a town Ukraine recaptured from Russia.
Paris's relative absence in its supply of weapons to Ukraine leaves eastern European countries wary.
The retreat came amid fears thousands of soldiers would be encircled in Lyman, and is seen as a significant blow.
Ukrainian forces on the eastern front in Bakhmut say they will fight for every last inch of soil.
The luxury mansion was seized after Equatorial Guinea's vice-president was convicted of embezzling money.
Leo Varadkar, Mary-Lou McDonald and actor Jimmy Nesbitt amongst the speakers at the 3Arena.
The boss of Europe's biggest nuclear plant was blindfolded and led away by Russian troops, Ukraine says.
The US president condemns Russia's leader over his declared annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine.
Energy tops the agenda in Bulgaria's election and Russia's war and its gas play a big role.
Teachers in parts of recently-occupied Ukraine say they were beaten and forced to destroy textbooks.
Denmark and Greenland agree to investigate traumatising birth control procedures on Inuit Greenlanders.
How will Russia annex four occupied regions it does not fully control, while in the middle of a war?
This is an attempt to divert from Russia's problems on the battlefield, says the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
Vladimir Putin has announced Russia is annexing Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tells the BBC its unlikely Nord Stream leaks are coincidence.
At least 30 civilians were reportedly killed as they tried to enter Russian-held territory to deliver aid.
The army major doctor and her wife, a civilian doctor, are charged over plans to leak health information.
The BBC’s Abdujalil Abdurasulov reports from Ukrainian front line positions in the Kherson region
New public buildings in Finland have to incorporate more wood, which is leading builders to innovate.
Italians are deciding whether to choose their most right-wing government since World War Two.
Ukraine says it will not force deserters to return to Russia where they would face prison.
President Putin has been stoking fears that he will use tactical nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war.
In the 1970s, an international campaign demanded that governments recognise the value of unpaid work done in the home, primarily by women.
Analysts have cited supply chains as a reason why Russia's invasion of Ukraine has faltered.
The EU's warning comes after Russia's president said he could use "all the means available to us".
Russian media claims Ukraine is selling arms on the dark web, but the evidence suggests the ads are fake.
Russia is holding the self-styled referendums in parts of Ukraine it wants to claim control over.
Magnus Carlsen's apparent accusation against Hans Niemann is the biggest chess scandal in years.
Referendums begin in occupied Ukraine and activists speak of a climate of fear in Russia over the military call-up.
The former Bolshoi Ballet artistic director says working while the war is ongoing is "very challenging".
Mohammed bin Salman was personally involved in a prisoner release, the Saudi foreign minister says.
Italy's former PM said Vladimir Putin wanted to replace the Kyiv government with "decent people".
Russia is losing its war in Ukraine and now four regions are holding self-styled referendums.
Melvin Manhoef tells BBC Sport how he apprehended three burglars in March, before his fight against Yoel Romero at Bellator 285 in Dublin on Friday.
In Lithuania, Russians opposing Vladimir Putin's war say their home country is "like a huge prison".
Italy's next leader could come from the far right, so here is what you need to know about Sunday's vote.
Aiden Aslin is now looking to rebuild his life with his fiancée after they were reunited, his mum says.
Journalist Simon Ostrovsky tells the BBC what motivated Aiden Aslin to fight with Ukrainian forces.
Russian men explain how they are trying to resist Vladimir Putin's call-up of 300,000 military reservists.
Sped-up footage appears to show traffic at a checkpoint, following Russia's decision to mobilise reservists.
In an impassioned UN speech, the Ukrainian leader calls for the creation of a special war tribunal.
Ukraine's president tells the UN General Assembly there must be consequences for the invasion of his country.
Activists describe the conflict as "horrific" and don masks to spray messages on Russian streets.
Footage shows protesters being detained after the Kremlin's announcement to mobilise reservists.
A look at Russia's nuclear arsenal and basic guide to nuclear weapons and their destructive power.
Ukraine's advances prompt Russia to launch a partial military mobilisation, raising the stakes.
The BBC's Orla Guerin meets survivors of atrocities in the ruined, recaptured city of Izyum.
As Ukraine reclaims more land, the Turkish leader says Russia aims to end the war as soon as possible.
Seven Sri Lankans say Russian soldiers in Ukraine subjected them to beatings and other abuse.
The French Cycling Federation defends its decision to fly its men to the Cycling World Championships in Australia in business class while the women travelled in economy.