Europe

Till Lindemann during the presentation of his book at the Franfurter book fair in 2017. Credit: Getty Images

Explainer Rammstein singer dropped by book publisher as more allegations surface

Ukraine is expected to launch its counter offensive in the coming weeks, following a barrage of attacks on Kyiv and a drone strike on Moscow. (Credit: Getty Images/NationalWorld)

Analysis How close is Ukraine to launching its counter offensive?

Anthony Taylor harassed by fans at Budapest Airport after Europa League final

Anthony Taylor ambushed by fans at airport after Mourinho outburst

Police have been searching a reservoir in Portugal as the search for missing Madeleine McCann continues.

Madeleine McCann police seize 'a number of items' from reservoir

Political parties like National Rally in France, Brothers of Italy in Italy, AKP in Turkey and the People's Party in Spain have enjoyed growing support (Image: Mark Hall / NationalWorld / Getty)

Analysis Is right-wing populism on the rise again in Europe?

Serbs have been protesting in Kosovo against elections held in the country last month. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer NATO to send 700 peacekeepers to Kosovo as election protests continue

A view of a damaged multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on May 30, 2023. Credit: Getty Images

Russia accuses Ukraine of launching ‘terrorist’ drone attack on Moscow

Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain, has called an early election after his party suffered disappointing results during the country's regional elections. (Credit: Getty Images)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls snap general election

The 15 most expensive European cities to rent an apartment

The 15 cheapest European cities to rent an apartment

PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico is in critical condition

PSG star in critical condition after horse-riding accident

Police officers work at the site where a building was damaged during a Russian drone attack in Kyiv. (Credit: Getty Images)

Kyiv targeted by drone strikes again as Russian onslaught continues

Italy's fire service posted an image of a helicopter taking part in the rescue (Image: Vigili del Fuoco / Map: Mark Hall)

Tourist boat capsizes in storm in Italy, leaving four dead

Grand Canal in Venice has been turned green

Venice's famous Grand Canal turned bright green sparking police probe

A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian medical facility in Dnipro has killed two people and injured 23 others. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Two dead and 23 injured in Ukrainian medical facility missile strike

Flooding in Italy has left a path of destruction in the central region of the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer Italy and Croatia flooding: is it safe to travel there?

Germany, Europe's biggest economy, is officially in recession. (Credit: Getty Images)

Germany officially in recession as country battles with high inflation

Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps targeted the Belgorod Oblast region in raids aimed to create a demilitarised zone between Ukraine and Russia. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Russian Volunteer Corps targets Russia's Belgorod Oblast in raids

The UK’s net migration figure has hit 660,000, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics.

Explainer UK net migration significantly higher than EU countries despite Brexit

The Mount Etna volcano spewing smoke in March 2021 (Photo: GIOVANNI ISOLINO/AFP via Getty Images)

Mount Etna eruption grounds flights and blankets eastern Sicily in ash

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) faces a run-off vote against Turkey's leader of the opposition Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (left). (Credit: Getty Images)

Analysis Turkey election: expert surprised Erdoğan ‘did as well as he did’

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence has admitted that the country has had a hand in the assassinations of pro-Russian propagandists since the beginning of the war (Credit: Getty Images)

Ukraine spy chief admits involvement in assassinations on Russian soil

Kyiv has been targeted once again by Russian missiles, with an "exceptional" amount of missiles sent to the city on Tuesday 16 May. (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer Kyiv hit with ‘exceptional’ amount of missiles in Russian onslaught

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate at the AK Party headquarters in Istanbul (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How runoff elections work - and why we don't have them in the UK

Recep Tayyip Erdogan could be on his way out of the Turkish Presidency as voters head to the polls. (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer Turkey awaits election results as Erdogan’s future hangs in balance

It is not looking good for the UK to win on home soil as the bookmakers list their favourites to win Eurovision 2023 - Credit: Graphic by Kim Mogg

Eurovision as it happened: results announced as winner confirmed

Russia’s Manizha performed at Eurovision 2021. Picture: SANDER KONING/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

Russians barred from voting on Eurovision despite major rules shake-up

NationalWorld picks the biggest moment to keep an eye out for in Eurovision 2023. (Credit: Getty Images)

Analysis Who will win Eurovision 2023 - and who should win the contest

A Ukrainian soldier walks through Bakhmut on 23 April (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine reclaims important bridgehead from Russia in Bakhmut battle

Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the Ukrainian counter offensive is on pause until military aid is full received. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ukraine delaying counter offensive as country waits for military aid

Explosion in Milan. Picture: SWNS

School and homes evacuated after van explodes in Milan

Facial reconstructions and renderings of some of the 22 women, whose bodies were found in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, who Interpol seek to identify (Photos: Interpol)

Interpol launches campaign to give 22 dead women their names back

A security person standing in front of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Picture: STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images

‘We must act now’: fears grow over safety of Ukraine nuclear plant

A masked policeman secures an area in the village of Dubona near the town of Mladenovac in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting. Picture: ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images

Gunman arrested after 8 people killed in 'drive-by' shooting in Serbia

(Clockwise from left) Zelensky visits The Hague, the International Court of Justice and the entrance to the International Criminal Court (Photos: Getty Images)

The history of The Hague explained as Zelensky makes surprise visit

Police guide an arrested person out of a house in western Germany, as part of the "wide-scale" operation against the notorious Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia across Europe (Photo by ALEX TALASH/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Dozens arrested in Europe's 'Ndrangheta crime group cocaine crackdown

The Seine river is bordered by many of Paris's most iconic buildings (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Paris pours billion pounds into Seine river clean-up project

Demonstrators from the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) hold flares during this year’s May Day protests in Paris, France (Photo: Ameer Alhalbi/Getty Images)

French May Day protests turn violent with 108 police officers injured

The vessel named ‘Admiral Vladimirsky’ - a Russian research ship - is believed to be involved in the reported espionage. Credit: Mil.ru/Kim Mogg

Explainer What are Russian ghost ships? Putin maps Europe's vulnerabilities

Ciro Immobile. Picture: Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images

Football star hospitalised after terrifying crash involving a tram

Alexei Navalny has allegedly been poisoned while imprisoned in Russia. (Credit: Getty images)

Alexei Navalny allegedly poisoned and suffering severe stomach pains

Joe Biden made a historic address to the Irish Parliament n the final day of his visit. (Credit: Getty Images)

Joe Biden makes historic address as Irish visit draws to a close

Supporters of Noel Conway from the campaign group Dignity in Dying stand with placards outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand on July 17, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Euthanasia meaning explained as France considers law change

A nearby ski resort shared a video of the avalanche on Twitter (Photo: Twitter/@domaineskiable)

Six dead and one injured following avalanche in French Alps

Amsterdam is famous for its red-light district, known as De Wallen (Photo: Koen van Weel/AFP via Getty Images)

No more wild weekends in Amsterdam for young British men, city urges

Members of the Railway and Transport Union and of the United Service Union (ver.di) protest in Munich city centre during a nationwide strike on 27 March in Germany (Photo: Leonhard Simon/Getty Images)

Germany’s ‘mega’ transport strike action impacts European travel

Emmanuel Macron is under pressure after pushing through a controversial pension reform bill in the French National Assembly without a vote, despite widespread opposition to the reforms. (Credit: Getty Images/Kim Mogg)

Explainer French protests explained as King Charles’ visit to Paris is cancelled

King Charles visit to France has been postponed. Picture: NationalWorld Graphics Team

King Charles could visit France in ‘early summer’ after trip cancelled

The Windsor Framework will amend part of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. (Credit: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

What is in the Windsor Framework? Main points explained

An Ukrainian T64 tank moves outside the area of Bachmut, in the region of Donbas, on 15 March 2023 (Photo: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

MoD says depleted uranium armour-piercing shells used ‘for decades’

Xi Jinping met with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer Is China an ally of Russia? China’s stance on Ukraine war explained

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over his actions in Ukraine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Arrest warrant issued by ICC for Vladimir Putin over ‘war crimes’

A UN-backed inquiry has concluded that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, with evidence such as the mass grave sites in Bucha and Izyum. (Credit: Getty Images)

UN-backed inquiry accuses Russia of ‘widespread’ war crimes in Ukraine

The US military has released dramatic footage of a Russian jet crashing into one of its drones over the Black Sea, after the Kremlin's denial that its SU-27 clipped the propeller of the drone

Watch: Russian fighter jet collides with US drone over Black Sea

Spectators line the route during the annual St Patricks Day parade through the city centre of Dublin. Picture: PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images

How to watch the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin in 2023

The first UK-France summit in five years will be dominated by the small boasts issue (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak and Macron strike deal on illegal Channel crossings

Police officers gather at the scene of a shooting that has left at least six people dead and four wounded in Alsterdorf district of Hamburg (Image: Getty)

Seven dead including unborn baby after Jehovah’s Witness hall shooting

Handout photo issued by Department of the Taoiseach of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at a press conference in Government Buildings, Dublin, announcing the holding of a referendum on gender equality. Issue date: Wednesday March 8, 2023. Credit: PA

Ireland to vote on ‘women’s place in the home’ constitution reference

Toblerone chocolate bars will no longer bear Matterhorn logo

The King and Queen Consort will visit France and Germany in late March (image: AFP/Getty Images)

King Charles’s first foreign state visits set to take place this month

Ales Bialiatski has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Belarus. (Credit: Getty Images)

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski imprisoned in Belarus

Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NI Brexit deal: DUP chief whip says party should have a say on deal

French authorities found two packages full of cocaine weighing a total of 850kg washed up on a French beach. (Credit: Adobe)

Cocaine package weighing almost one tonne washes up on French beach

French officials open rape investigation against PSG and Morocco star

The UK is not the only country to be struggling with fruit and veg shortages (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer Supermarket food shortages ‘worse’ in the UK than in Europe

Rescuers handle a body bag at the site of a shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro, south of Crotone, after a migrants’ boat sank off Italy’s southern Calabria region

Rescuers find 60th body after migrant shipwreck off Calabria

War in Ukraine - and its wider impact

A woman walks next to burned cars at the site where Russia's intercepted drone debris fell, on May 31, 2023

Three dead after Kyiv hit by fresh Russian bombardment

Deputy head of Russia's security council Dmitry Medvedev (left) has said UK officials are 'legitimate military targets' due to its support of Ukraine (Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia says UK officials are 'military targets' due to Ukraine support

A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow (Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Moscow drone attack - could Ukrainian drones reach Russia?

Net migration was at 606,000 in 2022. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty/Adobe Stock

Net migration to the UK hits 606K in 2022 with 76K asylum seekers

Roger Waters on stage in Paris, on 3 May 2023 (Photo: ANNA KURTH/AFP via Getty Images)

Roger Waters' 'SS' outfit and live visuals raise eyebrows in Germany

Food prices are still at “eye-watering levels” despite a dip in inflation (Photo: Getty Images)

Inflation falls to lowest level in year but food prices ‘still rising’

Sophie Ellis-Bextor eyed for Eurovision 2024

The purpose of placing sanctions would be to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

What Sunak has said about new UK sanctions imposed on Russia

A man carries water containers along the street in Bakhmut on February 9, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky denies Bakhmut has fallen to Putin’s troops

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky accused some Arab countries of "turning a bling eye" to the war in his country while visiting the Arab League summit. (Credit: Getty Images)

Zelensky accuses some Arab countries of 'turning blind eye' to war

Brexit

Copies of the Beano comic are to be sent to Australia and New Zealand in post-Brexit trade deals.

Explainer Why the UK has sent copies of Beano abroad in post-Brexit trade deal

Those with UK passports will need to get a Eita to visit EU countries next year

Explainer UK passport holders will soon need an e-visa to travel to the EU

Analysis Broken migration targets seem pointless but are all politicians have

Why is the UK’s incflation rate so high in comparison to other countries? (images: Adobe)

Explainer Why the UK’s inflation rate is so high compared to other big economies

Rishi Sunak won’t commit to bringing immigration down to 2019 levels

Vauxhall's owner urged the government to change its Brexit deal to keep car manufacturing in UK. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty/Adobe Stock

Vauxhall owner warns UK carmaking could end if Brexit deal not changed

Ford is among car makers calling for a delay to the upcoming changes to battery rules of origin (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

UK and European car firms join calls to scrap Brexit trade deal

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