Weather tracker: Heatwave breaks June temperature records across Europe
UK provisional peak of 37.7C shatters previous record by huge margin, while Germany hits all-time high of 41.7CLast week’s heatwave across western Europe shattered national June r…
Kill zones and drone nets: a journey through Ukraine’s fortress belt
A strategic line of towns and cities are crucial to Ukraine’s defence – and where the war is at its most brutalA vast cobweb of spent fibre-optic cable is draped over the building…
‘Ridiculous’ for US to maintain current Nato support, Trump warns ahead of alliance summit
President says Washington’s relationship with Nato is ‘not reciprocal’ and ‘they were not there for us’ in Iran warDonald Trump has said it is “ridiculous” for the US to continue …
Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, report finds
Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committeeNSO Group’s hacking software was repeatedly used against a member of the…
‘Bigger than football’: Norway fans’ Viking row makes waves at World Cup
From Times Square to the Norwegian parliament and even in fighter jet cockpits, the choreographed row is everywhereThe fans have done it, in their thousands, in the stadiums. The …
How many more Lyhannas must there be before France takes child sexual assault seriously? | Rokhaya Diallo
The outrage following the 11-year-old girl’s killing is justified. But the case reveals a deeper systemic neglect of child protectionWhen the body of an 11-year-old girl was found…
Portrait of Angela Merkel unveiled at museum in Berlin
Painting by Jérémie Queyras shows former German chancellor in trademark jacket – at a time of nostalgia for her ruleOver months they met secretly in a studio in the government qua…
Dolphins increasingly rely on trawlers for food in overfished Adriatic, say scientists
In one area 76% of fishing boats were followed, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parentsBottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic are increasingly following trawlers…
Wildfires sweep across France – in pictures
Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated in south-western France as the country swelters through a record-breaking heatwave. The fire started at a campsite, destroying dozens of mo…
Moment huge waterspout twirls over lake in Germany
The phenomenon formed over a Lake Constance near the southern German city of Friedrichshafen.
Ukraine war briefing: Both sides vow to escalate fighting after Russia’s deadly Kyiv barrage
Zelenskyy says his forces will ‘definitely’ retaliate over Russian bombardment of capital as Kremlin vows to ramp up pressure. What we know on day 1,591Ukraine and Russia have pro…
Suspect identified in Monaco parcel bombing that wounded sanctioned Ukrainian-born oligarch
Arrest warrant issued for bombing suspect who will soon be subject of an Interpol Red NoticeA suspect has been identified in the investigation into a parcel bombing that seriously…
Man accused of ordering Daphne Caruana Galizia murder paid hitmen’s legal fees, court hears
Yorgen Fenech said to have spent €400,000 on fees for men convicted of car bombing that killed investigative journalistA businessman accused of commissioning the murder of the Mal…
‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency
NCA says offenders arrange to sexually assault and film victims via online networks with crimes often taking place in trusting relationshipsCriminal investigators in the UK say th…
Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of splinter sect followers
Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.
‘I don’t just watch climate change happening’: the young Swedes being paid to make a difference
Participant-led YPS scheme creates green projects while providing summer jobs in country with high youth unemploymentOona Verveld and Clara Vikberg have just secured their first p…
Donald Trump is the accidental hero of a real-life feelgood climate tale even as a creeping horror story plays alongside | Clear Air
Despite a deadly heatwave sweeping through Europe, the US president’s ineptness has created reason for optimism on the climate crisisSign up for climate and environment editor Ada…
German prosecutors accuse Kyiv of ordering 2022 Nord Stream sabotage
Indictment against alleged leader of gas pipeline attack claims former Ukrainian army officer was directed by stateGerman prosecutors have accused Ukrainian “state authorities” of…
Spain and France face more heat after scorching June caused 2,000 deaths
Temperatures could reach 44C in south-east Spain as fights break out in Paris supermarkets over air-conditioning unitsSpain and France are bracing for another possible heatwave th…
MPs seek to end UK broadcast of Russian ‘soft power’ cartoon Masha and the Bear
Cross-party group writes to ministers of concerns children’s show contains unsubtle ‘propaganda content’UK politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesA cartoon for …
Watch: BBC at site of deadly Russian attack on Kyiv flats
Sarah Rainsford reports from the completely destroyed nine-storey block of flats in Ukraine's capital.
Voyage to the end of the world: floating lab to explore life in Arctic adrift in ice
An eight-month expedition will set off soon from Norway on a mission to find new species before the climate crisis and pollution changes the northern ocean for everSix scientists …
Vatican excommunicates all members of ultra-conservative rebel group SSPX
Schism caused by Society of Saint Pius X ordaining four bishops without consent presents first crisis for Pope LeoEurope live – latest updatesThe Vatican has excommunicated a rebe…
Far-right French mayor causes outrage after cancelling play about migrant
Writer says ‘Trumpish’ decision to ban staging is warning of what may happen if National Rally runs countryIn the Anglo-French playwright Alexis Michalik’s play Passeport, a young…