Clashes have broken out between groups of protesters and police in Barcelona after tens of thousands of people took part in Spain's first general strike for 14 years, called by the country's main unions over housing and the high cost of living. Some 120,000 people joined a demonstration in...
Transport and other public services across Spain have faced serious disruption in the first general strike for 14 years called by the main unions over housing and the high cost of living. Demonstrations were also planned later on Wednesday, with the biggest protests expected in Madrid and ...
Some 300 schools across Italy have received bomb threats, according to Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, who described the incidents as probably a "cyber-attack, not a genuine risk". Valditara told Italian TV that there was a clear strategy behind the rash of threats in Italy and else...
Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova dismantled Coco Gauff to become the first player to reach the last four of the WTA Finals. Czech Noskova played with controlled aggression and served brilliantly to beat the American 6-3 6-3. World number eight Noskova was composed throughout and broke Gauf...
At least 17 people have died and 12 others have been injured in an explosion at an iron and steel factory near the port city of Izmir in western Turkey. All those killed and injured were workers at the Habas Demir Celik plant in Aliaga, one of the country's leading steel producers, authori...
Bas had planned a scenic route to the hospice, taking in Friesland's meadows and canals. "I still remember the whole trip," he says. His mum was in the back seat and his dad sat beside him. At first, they talked. Els seemed resolute about their decision to opt for euthanasia. "My mum was c...
'If I tell you to run, run': BBC joins a Ukrainian drone unit as it protects a front-line city. Video, 00:01:36 Subsection Europe Published 16 hours ago...
'If I tell you to run, run': BBC joins a Ukrainian drone unit as it protects a front-line city. Video, 00:01:36 Subsection Europe Published 16 hours ago...
Déjà vu? The Eurostar has been booked. Strategic leaks of draft agreements have started. The EU's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is warning the UK it can't have it all and it will not be able to rejoin its single market "à la carte". Naturally, there is even a row about smoky baco...
A row over the inheritance of late screen legend Brigitte Bardot has intensified after a private letter was made public which appears to show her cutting off relations with her last partner. Dated November 2022 – three years before she died at her home in Saint Tropez – the hand-written no...
Hungary has opened communist-era secret police files to the public, in a controversial move the government says will help Hungarian society heal itself from the traumas of 45 years of communist rule. Critics say the move comes too late, that the files themselves are incomplete, and that th...