European skies on high alert after hoax bomb threats this week – Europe live
Hoax bomb threats targeted commercial flights this week leaving at least 35 planes searched or divertedCopenhagen police has just said that it is once again present at the city’s …
‘Too many stories exist only to make you think you’re on the right side’: Cristian Mungiu on Fjord, the Cannes winner that divided Europe
The Romanian auteur’s new film could have been the kind of homogenous ‘Europudding’ he’s railed against for years. Instead, it’s a culture-clash skewering of conservative and libe…
Friday briefing: After a week of disruption, is living with threats our new normal?
In today’s newsletter: From diverted airliners to hacked fridges, a string of disruptive incidents has exposed the vulnerabilities of modern life. There is now an increasingly…
A wildfire killed their loved ones in Spain. These British families demand to know why
Nine British nationals were among the 15 people who died when fire ripped through the village of Bédar this summer.
‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen? – podcast
Over the past decade, Hungary has been a beacon for the ‘postliberal’ right, with pro-Trump thinkers making regular pilgrimages to Budapest. Now Orbán is gone, how will the moveme…
Serbia has banished the monsters from Belgrade – it was, and still is, a truly wonderful revolution | Barbi Marković
The Student List has shown my generation, who protested against the Milošević regime in the 1990s, how we should have done itOn Halloween, a few days after a student-led movement …
Who could be behind hoax bomb threats to European air travel?
There is no hard evidence so far linking airline bomb threats to Russia, Iran or any proxy groups.
Eight killed in series of shootings in western Turkey
Victims are found in several locations in three separate vehicles, according to local reports.
Why are new strikes and protests taking place in France?
More than 250,000 people had taken to the streets in almost 70 towns and cities by Thursday afternoon, and that was "just the start", the CGT union said.
Beware ‘sun, sea and surgery’ cosmetic tourism packages, experts advise
British College of Aesthetic Medicine launches checklist as part of ‘vet it before you get it’ campaignCosmetic tourism is often sold as a package of sun, sea and surgery, but exp…
EU presses UK to guarantee discounted university tuition fees for European students
Failure to agree lower fees for EU citizens studying in UK should delay prized food and drink deal, members sayUK politics live – latest updatesThe EU is seeking a firmer pledge f…
Bomb threats on European flights: what do we know so far?
With flights across Europe disrupted this week, how concerned should you be about your travel plans?Europe live – latest updatesAt least 28 planes have been subjected to security …
Europe’s far right has a Trump problem after Republican US midterms wipeout
European far-right leaders quick to distance themselves from US president and stress their own prioritiesEurope live – latest updatesUS midterms live – latest updatesThe historic …
Burnham says long-awaited 10-year plan may be delayed until January – UK politics live
The document has been described as the core policy statement coming from No 10Yesterday the pro-Brexit Guido Fawkes website published a list of items that it said could be banned …
Kremlin: 'Trump will continue his foreign policy'
Kremlin spokesman responds to midterm results
‘Neocolonial belch’: what can Britain learn from backlash to Dutch slavery apology?
In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and say it opened up a new phase of reckoningAndy Burnham’s pledge to seek a “structured dialogue” with former…
Tell us: have you been affected by the bomb threats to flights in Europe?
We’d like to hear from passengers and airline staff caught up in the disruption caused by a series of bomb threats to commercial flightsMultiple flights across Europe have been di…
Pound hits highest level since its crash after 2016 Brexit vote
Ten-year high shows sterling’s strength against other currencies following fall of dollar after US midterm electionsBusiness live – latest updatesThe pound has hit its highest lev…
Dublin to Rome flight diverted after bomb threat
The plane issued an emergency alert and landed in northern France.
Was one of the great novels of the Enlightenment written by a man who thought he was a werewolf?
Surreal, mysterious and with an outlandish origin story, Jan Potocki’s The Manuscript Found in Saragossa has amassed a cult following that includes Salman Rushdie and Jerry Garcia…
Aer Lingus flight to Rome diverted to military base after latest bomb threat, France says – Europe live
French prime minister’s office says Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome now heading to military base in Evreux This morning’s incident will once again raise questions as to whet…
France gears up for strikes and protests as unions promise national mobilisation
Five of France's unions have joined a wave of strikes and protests in a national day of action.
‘Turner prize for dance’ winner Christos Papadopoulos: failure, friction and my forgotten youthquake
Amid galloping global crises, the Greek choreographer has returned to his revolutionary ideals. He explains how asking the near-impossible of dancers brings a shared joyChristos P…
The Czech government's new culture war assault on press freedom shows the Maga spirit is still alive in Europe | Jan Bělíček
The country’s wealthy elite is aligning itself with the far-right politics of the Motorists party to stifle dissent Oto Klempíř was for many years the frontman of JAR, a popular C…