Europe heatwave live: UK issues rare red temperature warnings; French PM to hold crisis meeting after heat deaths
Temperatures could hit 38-40C in parts of England and Wales, smashing June record set in 1976; red alerts in France after 19 heat deathsTwo children found dead in car in France as…
‘Canaries in the coalmine of populism’: an oral history of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front row seat
How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s futureDavid Cameron, having promised…
Three in five gen Z Britons would like new vote to rejoin EU, poll finds
Exclusive: Data reveals 60% of 18 to 28-year-olds would vote to rejoin bloc if given the opportunityA generation of young Britons who were locked out of the 2016 EU referendum bec…
‘I remember the shock’, ‘It can still be reversed’ – what do Europeans think of Brexit now?
After the 2016 referendum, panellists from other EU countries responded in the Guardian. Ten years on, we’ve gone back to themRead more from the Brexit Vote: 10 Years On series Co…
Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country? – podcast
Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places. Europe is also dealing with a debilita…
Ukraine war briefing: ‘Our patience is not endless’ – Kyiv signals peace offer may expire
Full and unconditional ceasefire is a major compromise that Ukraine might ‘recalibrate and modify’, says UN envoy. What we know on day 1,581Ukraine may revise its ceasefire offer …
How 100 hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack
For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.
L’Equipe apologises to Belgian footballer Jérémy Doku for presenter’s comments
French media outlet distanced itself from criticism of Doku’s plan to fly back from World Cup for birth of first childThe French media outlet L’Équipe has apologised to the Belgia…
The Guardian view on the death of Carlo Ginzburg: a historian who taught us to think about outsiders | Editorial
The work of one of Italy’s greatest scholars focused on ordinary lives oppressed by power and prejudice. That approach resonates todayReflecting on the genesis of his most famous …
Red heat alerts issued in France, Italy and Spain as 40C temperatures forecast
The heatwave conditions are forecast to intensify in the coming days across central and western Europe.
Forget closer EU ties if Tories can’t face up to Brexit truth | Letters
Dr Denis MacShane says Labour figures were willing to break ranks over Europe, and implores Conservatives to tell the truth about Brexit. Plus a letter from Zhengli ZhouTimothy Ga…
Spanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruption
José Luis Ábalos found to have taken bribes on Covid-era public contracts in damaging blow to Pedro SánchezSpain’s supreme court has jailed the former transport minister José Luis…
European leaders pay tribute to Starmer as EU-UK summit is postponed
Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz and Volodymyr Zelenskyy say British PM helped increase securityEuropean leaders have paid tribute to Keir Starmer after he announced his resig…
Tell us: how is the heatwave in Europe affecting you?
From sleepless nights and overheated homes to disrupted work and caring responsibilities, we want to hear how the extreme heat is affecting your daily lifeTemperatures are soaring…
‘Absolute nightmare’: Brexit bellwether constituencies revisited 10 years on
From north-east Scotland to Romford, London, what do those who spoke to the Guardian during the referendum campaign make of how it all panned out?The Guardian has revisited five b…
Why the EU should be moving heaven and earth to get Iceland into the club | Valérie Hayer
Negotiations with Reykjavík risk being bogged down by rigid accession rules. For strategic reasons, Brussels has to learn how to bend a littleIceland is preparing for a referendum…
Marius Borg Høiby rape conviction renews focus in Norway on consent in digital age
Norway is supposedly one of world’s most gender-equal countries, yet sexual violence remains prevalent across societyIn many ways, the case of Marius Borg Høiby, who was sentenced…
Schools close as more than half of France under red heat alerts
The health minister warns many citizens "will suffer", with temperatures set to peak on Monday.
Ukraine intensifies attacks on Crimea to raise cost of Russian occupation
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says strikes on oil facilities part of ‘long-range sanctions’ intended to isolate the territoryUkraine has stepped up its strikes on Crimea as part of a strate…
Weather tracker: Extreme heat in Europe as typhoon strengthens off Philippines
Eastern Europe to see temperatures above early July average into next weekThe extreme heat experienced across central and western Europe, including the UK, will continue to shift …
Europe suffers under record heatwave as temperatures forecast to reach 44C
Rail services, schools and sports events hit, with deaths of three elderly people in France partly blamed on intense heatWestern Europe is enduring a ferocious heatwave forecast t…
Zelenskyy pledges to ‘bring war back to Russia’ after drones swarm toward Moscow – Europe live
Russia intercepted 300 Ukrainian drones across the country and temporarily suspended operations from Moscow airportSeparately, Ukraine and Poland are embroiled in a bitter dispute…
Paris taxi scam cost £493 but Monzo won’t help me
We were charged the wrong amount, but because the bank says we have no evidence it won’t do a chargebackI went to Paris to recover from the grief of losing my dog.All was going we…
Brexit: how it has hit your wallet at the supermarket and on holiday
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