Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France
Catholic church must reckon with its ‘painful errors’, pontiff tells crowd in Lourdes during four-day tourThe pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “pai…
‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency status
Home Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before Brexit told settled status was granted in errorThe Home Office faces legal action over a policy to strip resi…
'Scourge' of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope during Lourdes visit
Pope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France.
‘A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace The Sound of Music
Sixty years after the film’s release, Salzburg is embracing a Hollywood classic it once kept at arm’s lengthLet’s start at the very beginning – famously, a very good place to star…
Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate marketImages of an octogenarian being evi…
Paws for applause: the Feline Oscars – in pictures
More than 200 cats came to compete in the Romania International Cat Show, an international feline beauty contest known as the Feline Oscars, in Bucharest Continue reading...
Pope praises young people's 'energy and commitment' at huge open-air Mass in Paris
Around 700,000 people gathered in central Paris to hear the Catholic leader speak and offer prayer.
Greek authorities seek answers after six killed in Athens apartment block explosion
Emergency teams discovered victims after two-storey building in historic Plaka district collapsed ‘in seconds’Greek authorities say they are trying to discover what caused a two-s…
Pope Leo celebrates open-air mass before 700,000 people in Paris
Crowds line Place de la Concorde on second day of pontiff’s first official papal visit to France in 18 yearsHundreds of thousands of people lined the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in …
German town bans 'stumbling stone' memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
One dead and five missing after explosion destroys building close to Acropolis in Athens
Local media report the property included a holiday rental, with US tourists and a UK national among the missing.
In his final UN speech, Macron may have given other leaders a valuable parting gift: the guts to stand up to Trump | Steve Bloomfield
The French president’s resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other ‘middle powers’On the first day of the United Nations general assembly this week, two world leaders…
Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests
New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devicesDrones could help cut the time it takes to get a defibrillator to peopl…
Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the rightGermany held three regional elections this mon…
British climber, 28, dies in fall in northern Spain
Mountaineer’s body recovered about 20 metres below the summit of Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa rangeA British man has died after falling about 61 metres (2…
As Merz scrambles for support, Germany's identity crisis is laid bare
Voters are turning away from the centre in Germany as fears grow about the economy and migration.
Why is the Pope in France?
The highpoint of Leo's visit to France is set to be a giant Mass attended by more than half a million people in Paris on Saturday.
Russia targeting 'ordinary life' with attacks on data centres, Zelensky says
Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.
British climber dies after falling 60m on Spanish mountainside
The identity of the 28-year-old man, who fell down a vertical gully to his death, is yet to be confirmed.
Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list
Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social mediaThe organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said the…
Pope Leo warns of AI threat to humanity at start of three-day France visit
Pontiff says artificial intelligence must remain at service of people in first official papal visit to country in 18 yearsPope Leo has warned against losing humanity in a “paradis…
Students strike across Germany in protest against military service
A law establishing voluntary military service came into effect in January, but protest organisers fear compulsory service could follow.
Meloni accused of election shift to right after ’shameful’ cap on foreign children in classrooms
Critics say decree also banning burqa in schools shows Italian PM running scared ahead of next year’s voteRights campaigners have accused the Italian government of ramping up divi…
Tour Montparnasse renovation halted amid disagreements between owners
Plans to modernise ‘Paris’s ugliest building’ at a standstill after clashes over plans and pricingIt has been called a carbuncle on the Paris skyline, a sombre skyscraper where vi…