Europe's record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in northwestern France on Wednesday, authorities said, in the country's first major power outage of the latest bout of extreme weather

UK leader Keir Starmer announced his resignation yesterday following months of pressure, kickstarting a process that will see Britain get its seventh prime minister in a decade.

The leaders of Europe’s top military powers will meet Wednesday in Berlin to discuss the Ukraine conflict and an upcoming Nato summit, the German government said.

Musicians this weekend will for the first time publicly interpret music for flute and harp that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote as a 22-year-old while teaching an aristocratic French student.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering his political future yesterday, after rival Andy Burnham’s decisive election victory to parliament prompted more ministers in the governing Labour Party to call for him to go.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni fired back at US President Donald Trump yesterday, saying his “constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless” after he escalated a diplomatic row by accusing her of repeatedly seeking a photograph with him.

British armed forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel yesterday, leading for the first time an operation to disrupt the oil revenue that helps fund Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Four Iranian-flagged oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, a first since April 15 and the US blockade of Iranian ports, according to maritime tracking firm Kpler.

UK leader Keir Starmer yesterday accused US tech tycoon Elon Musk of “trying to whip up division” in Britain following anger over the police handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man.

European countries have funnelled billions of dollars of military aid to Ukraine since US funding ended, with 2026 contributions helping boost its booming drone sector, Germany’s Kiel Institute said yesterday.

Mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of the world’s most common insect repellent with a tasty meal -- and after training can even prefer to bite people who have been sprayed with it, an experimental study said Thursday.

Belgium, ⁠where a dense railway network criss-crosses towns and villages, ​has a history of accidents ​at ⁠level-crossings

Net migration to the UK fell by nearly half in the 12 months to December 2025 to 171,000, the official statistics agency said yesterday, providing some relief on a key issue for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure and under a new scheme launched in Berlin on Wednesday, residents and visitors alike will be encouraged to collect rubbish in return for various rewards.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer battled to remain in his job yesterday, as four junior ministers resigned their posts and dozens of lawmakers called for him to step down in the wake of heavy defeats in local and regional elections.

TikTok has previously sought to allay EU concerns by storing European users' information in Europe, with limitations on who can access the data

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Saturday he would “listen to voters” after his Labour party received a historic drubbing in local and regional elections.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday vowed to fight on to deliver on his promise to bring “change” to Britain after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections that deepened doubts over his ability to govern.

Police say driver arrested

Russia has hardened its restrictions on the use of VPNs to access a host of online services, state and independent media outlets reported yesterday, as the authorities seek to exert more control over online communications.