Spain's king and queen attend memorial service for rail crash victims
Sixty-nine people died in the collision near Toledo two weeks ago and 28 are still in hospital.
French police raid Ritz hotel in Mohamed Al Fayed sexual abuse investigation
Arrests made after three properties were searched in relation to inquiry into late businessmanFrench police have made arrests after raiding three properties, including the Ritz ho…
UN chief urges Cop31 hosts Turkey and Australia to turn fossil fuel promises into action
António Guterres calls for ‘clear next steps’ as countries face pressure to agree concrete measuresTurkey and Australia, the co-hosts of crucial climate talks, must urgently move …
Britain willing to discuss paying into EU to join electricity market, says minister
Hamish Falconer says UK has ‘not accepted principle’ of linking electricity trade to ‘cohesion fund’ but two sides will discuss issueBritain is willing to discuss paying towards i…
Inside devastated front-line city that Russia wants Ukraine to give up
The BBC gains rare access to a specialist drone unit defending the eastern city of Slovyansk from heavy Russian fire.
Tinto Brass obituary
Italian director drawn to the erotic best known for his 1979 film Caligula, which is now regarded as a cult favouriteNo matter how one defines the films of the director Tinto Bras…
Arrests made in Mohamed Al Fayed probe in France, police say
The Ritz hotel in Paris, which is still owned by the Al Fayed family, is one of the properties searched by police.
French wartime resistance heroine Solange Alexandre dies aged 104
With 30 men under her orders, she organised sabotage operations, sheltered Allied airmen and joined the fight against the occupying German forces.
Whispers in the Woods review – paddling in the moonlight in tender study of human-animal interaction
Director Vincent Munier takes his father and son into the Vosges forest in France and finds lynx, serene foxes and deerCannily timed to overlap but also contrast with the BBC’s Bl…
At least 11 dead after motorway pile-ups in Bulgaria fog
A further 46 people were injured in the pile-ups that occurred in both directions along a section of the Trakia motorway, officials have said.
France’s response to protests is making Islamophobia worse. But ministers won’t even utter the word | Kamélia Ouaissa
French people like me live in fear because far-right hate speech goes unchecked. The consequences can be deadlyAnger at the dilapidated state of schools may have been the starting…
Police officer dies and another injured after backpack explosion in Oviedo
Officers attended the scene in connection with a separate incident at a residential building in the city.
Viktor Orbán’s brother detained in people-smuggling investigation, Hungarian PM says
Arrest made by anti-corruption body set up to investigate alleged graft during former PM’s 16-year ruleHungarian authorities have detained the brother of Viktor Orbán as part of a…
Author Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches
Errors in entry and exit records leave some Britons wrongly flagged as having overstayed post-Brexit 90-day limitEU sues IBM and two European firms over entry/exit border systemTh…
‘We are human too’: the Roma film-makers striking back at stereotypes
Seven films in Seville programme highlight how Roma are creating their own narrativesGrowing up in Romania, whenever Alina Șerban spotted Roma people on television or in movies, t…
Disruption warning amid huge security operation in Dublin for EU meetings
Irish police say it is going to be the largest security operation in the history of the state.
EU manufacturers could give up on competing with China by 2030, warns commerce chief
Jens Eskelund says Europe may need to allow its companies to become part of Chinese firms’ supply chainsEurope’s manufacturers could give up on attempting to compete with their Ch…
Polish unity on show in silent march to honour Krakow shooting victims
Fiercely proud of its reputation for safety, Poland has been profoundly shaken by Saturday's attack, writes Sarah Rainsford.
Ukraine peace talks resume with 'some flexibility' by warring sides, US officials say
Kyiv, Washington and Moscow are all sending delegation to the United Arab Emirates for the first trilateral talks since February.
Cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context
‘Not particularly complex’ defrosting hack has been attributed to Iran, with presumption it is linked to others across EuropeIranian hackers like to send a message.In 2023 a state…
Russia's leading independent newspaper closes after eviction
The outlet has been evicted from its offices of three decades and says it's been blocked from receiving donations.
Turkey steel factory blast kills at least 16 people
Eyewitnesses say the explosion shook the ground, with one believing an earthquake had hit near the Habas Demir Celik plant in Aliaga.
I wrote Labour’s Brexit red lines. This is why it’s time to scrap them | Chris Ward
The world has moved on since 2020 – in uncertain times, closer ties to Europe are the best way to peace and securityChris Ward is Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown and PeacehavenIf …
Labour’s Brexit red lines ready for ‘dignified retirement’, says their co-author
Exclusive: MP Chris Ward believes ditching pledges and forming closer ties with EU would protect it from global threatsOne of the architects of Keir Stamer’s Brexit red lines has …