Russia looks to students to make up for mounting losses in Ukraine

04.07.2026 14:30 Moscow's campaign for students to sign army contracts comes as the Kremlin seeks to sustain its war effort for a fifth year.

Polish PM warns critical months ahead in face of Russian threat

03.07.2026 20:30 Tusk says Poland is preparing for "various" scenarios after media reports of a planned Russian attack.

German row over plan for workers to need sick note on first day of illness

03.07.2026 20:30 A doctors' group says it "borders on madness" that patients will have to obtain the note in person.

France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather

03.07.2026 20:30 Forecasters are warning of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.

Ukrainian woman named by Interpol as main suspect in Monaco bomb attack

03.07.2026 14:00 Monaco's prosecutor's office says the suspect is no longer in Monaco.

Stand-up comic in court accused of insulting Islam and Erdogan in Turkey crackdown

03.07.2026 14:00 Deniz Göktaş is regarded as one of Turkey's most popular comedians and is accused of "insulting religious values" on stage.

Huge Snicko VAR call prolongs Ronaldo's last dance but ends Modric's

03.07.2026 14:00 Veteran forward Cristiano Ronaldo gets another day on the World Cup stage after Croatia are denied a late equaliser by a huge VAR call.

The one club man who is Spain's under-the-radar hero

03.07.2026 14:00 Mikel Oyarzabal is perhaps not the biggest name in Spain's World Cup squad, but the one who has so far shone brightest.

Moment huge waterspout twirls over lake in Germany

03.07.2026 14:00 The phenomenon formed over a Lake Constance near the southern German city of Friedrichshafen.

Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of splinter sect followers

02.07.2026 18:30 Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.

Watch: BBC at site of deadly Russian attack on Kyiv flats

02.07.2026 18:30 Sarah Rainsford reports from the completely destroyed nine-storey block of flats in Ukraine's capital.

Turkish police beat us with iron rods before we lost limbs to frostbite, Afghans say

02.07.2026 12:00 The young migrants heading to Europe say they were stripped and had their hands tied in freezing temperatures.

At least 13 killed in 'most massive' Russian attack on Kyiv

02.07.2026 12:00 Kyiv's mayor declares a day of mourning after the 'most massive attack on the capital' by Russia.

Ukrainian charged in Germany over Nord Stream blasts

02.07.2026 05:30 Ukraine denies involvement in the case which may have serious implications for its relationship with Germany.

Businessman goes on trial over murder of Maltese journalist

02.07.2026 05:30 Yorgen Fenech denies any involvement in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.