How I survived the record Paris heatwave while seven months pregnant
It feels as if we are being abandoned to our fate by those in power, with further extreme heat expected next weekIn the summer of 2019, I had a “fun” idea for a piece. Paris was d…
When reporting from Ukraine’s front line, the facts don’t always tell the whole story | Charlotte Higgins
There are images that flicker in the mind before sleep: the loss, the resilience and then the strange mundanity of it allWhat was it like? Is the question I am often asked when I …
Parcel bomb injures Ukrainian oligarch and family in Monaco - reports
The blast was caused by an explosive device which appeared to contain bolts and pellets, the head of Monaco's government said.
Why a surge in sexually transmitted infections in Europe should worry everybody | Peter Beyer
Drug-resistant bacteria are no longer confined to hospital settings but are spreading into communities in every countryWhy should a surge in sexually transmitted infections (STIs)…
Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency | Johnny Ryan
The country is dependent on the global giants that call Dublin home. Irish ministers can’t be trusted to chair vital European digital sovereignty talksOn the face of it, Ireland b…
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy ridicules Russian military drive, saying Putin keeps postponing goal deadlines
Ukrainian president says Kremlin leader has repeatedly set and deferred timelines to fully capture eastern Donbas area. What we know on day 1,588Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mocked Rus…
What do we know about the shooting in Stade, Germany?
The BBC's Jessica Parker reports from the scene of the shooting that killed six people in northern Germany.
Monaco explosion injures three and triggers police hunt
Two people said to be in critical condition after CCTV shows man dropping backpack at residential building lobbyAn explosion in Monaco has triggered a police hunt for a man suspec…
EU sets up three months of talks with China over €360bn trade deficit
Two sides agree to try to make bilateral relationship ‘more balanced’ after weeks of threatsThe EU and China have agreed to enter three months of talks to try to avoid a trade war…
Putin makes rare admission of fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian strikes
The Russian president acknowledged Ukraine's attacks were "obviously creating problems" but denied the shortages were "critical".
Dangerous temperatures forecast for central and eastern Europe
Red warnings issued as record-breaking heatwave pushes east, with authorities urging people to stay indoorsParts of central, eastern and southern Europe sweltered on Monday as the…
Shooter kills five adults at youth welfare facility in Stade, Germany
Two arrested after incident at town west of Hamburg, with motive unknownFive people have been shot and killed at a youth welfare facility in a northern German town, police have s…
Europe heatwave shows need to reject climate denial ‘lies’, says EU green chief
Teresa Ribera blames ‘ideologically driven’ falsehoods, driven by those with vested interests in fossil fuels, for attacks on green policyThe heatwave wreaking chaos across Europe…
The choice before Europe: the law of the strongest or reparative justice?
European nations are starting to pay attention after a landmark UN resolution, but reparations is about more than symbolic remembrance or returning stolen artefacts • Ghana confer…
Five dead following shooting at youth centre in Stade, northern Germany
Two people have been arrested, one of whom is a suspect, police say.
EU introduces €3 customs charge on small parcels to curb cheap Chinese imports
Parcels of goods worth under €150 will no longer enjoy ‘de minimis’ exemption, exploited by platforms such as Temu and SheinBusiness live – latest updatesThe European Commission h…
Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project
Team hope 30 of hours of footage held by three countries will be enough to bring to life film-maker’s visionMore than 70 years after he shot the first few frames, Orson Welles’s a…
Extreme heat continues in central and eastern Europe with temperatures of 38C expected – Europe live
Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary reached record temperatures of more than 40C on Sunday Good morning, or dzień dobry, from Warsaw, Poland as the heatwave that affected much of…
A Ukrainian military school graduation ceremony – photo essay
For most teenagers, the last day of school is about summer, freedom and new beginnings. At a military school in western Ukraine, it marks the end of years spent living, studying a…
Fragments of Ice review – fascinating chronicle of Soviet collapse through the lens of a Ukrainian ice skater
Film-maker Maria Stoianova mines her father’s video diaries from the 1980s and 90s to document the decline of communism – and his obsession with western shopping mallsHere is an i…
‘We were broke, but fascinated by freedom’: exhibition showcases East German artist Gabriele Stötzer
Show at Martin Gropius Bau gallery in Berlin is biggest ever celebration of an East German female artist in a state museumGabriele Stötzer remembers the days when she had to decid…
How population decline is exposing Germany's old divides
Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a population slump in the east lays bare the existing divisions
‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings – podcast
For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts…
Ukraine war briefing: Putin expects US negotiators in Moscow; fuel rationing in Siberia as crisis bites
Russian president says he expects to host US representatives once Middle East crisis eases; Siberian region of Irkutsk sets 50-litre limit at state-run outlets. What we know on da…