Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi will stand trial for rape, French prosecutors have confirmed. A woman accused the Paris St-Germain defender of raping her at his home in the French capital in 2023, when she was aged 24. The public prosecutor’s office in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, began a …

“According to the evidence … it seems that it is the 81-year-old man who struck the victim, who is deceased, with a pétanque boule,” Alexa Dubourg, the public prosecutor in Mont-de-Marsan, told local paper Sud Ouest. She said the incident was “an argument which degenerated into a physical [confrontation]”. Investigations …

But another local resident, Nadezhda, saw nothing normal in what’s happening. “It took us four years to win World War Two, even though our soldiers had little food and water,” she told me. “Today we have all the resources we need. But this war goes on. I’m shocked.” How do …

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Russian-backed authorities have suspended fuel sales to the public in the occupied region of Crimea as Ukraine continues its attacks on the peninsula. Fuel had already been rationed due to shortages caused by Ukraine’s recent campaign against supply routes in Russian-occupied territories. Governor Sergey Aksyonov said individuals and businesses would …

France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country including Paris for Monday as a heatwave pushes temperatures towards record levels. On Sunday temperatures in the south-western city of Bordeaux hit 40C (104F). Earlier, French authorities banned alcohol consumption in public places during the annual Fête de la …

Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since last Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said, as temperatures hit record levels in several major cities and the heatwave reaches a peak in several European countries. “It’s not something to be taken lightly, going swimming in unsupervised areas during …

France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country as temperatures soar to record levels. BBC News

If Kostyantynivka falls, Russian forces would be able push towards Ukraine’s last remaining strongholds in the east. BBC News

Temperatures are expected to peak in many parts of the continent on Wednesday, with 41C forecast for Paris. In the capital on Monday, several train lines also reduced services. France’s national railway operator SNCF urged “vulnerable” people to avoid or postpone train travel this week. Some 845 schools in France …

US Vice-President JD Vance travelled to Switzerland for the start of direct negotiations with Iran. Discussions were held at the luxury mountaintop resort of Bürgenstock. BBC correspondent Jessica Parker reports on the key points in the peace talks. BBC News

US Vice-President JD Vance travelled to Switzerland for the start of direct negotiations with Iran. Discussions were held at the luxury mountaintop resort of Bürgenstock. BBC correspondent Jessica Parker reports on the key points in the peace talks. BBC News

France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country as temperatures soar to record levels. BBC News

“For the overwhelming majority of Polish society, the UPA remains, above all, a formation responsible for the brutal crimes committed against citizens of the Republic of Poland during World War Two,” Nawrocki said in a video released on the president’s official website. BBC News

“For the overwhelming majority of Polish society, the UPA remains, above all, a formation responsible for the brutal crimes committed against citizens of the Republic of Poland during World War II,” Nawrocki said in a video released on the president’s official website. BBC News

The man was allegedly struck by his 81-year-old opponent, who has since been arrested, the public prosecutor says. BBC News

The US defence secretary’s move follows a US decision to scale back its commitments to a high readiness force within the alliance. BBC News

An intense heatwave is building across the continent, with Paris possibly seeing 40C by Sunday. Simon King reports. BBC News

A refinery and a shopping centre were burning after almost 200 Ukrainian drones struck an area to the south-east of the Russian capital. BBC News

Høiby, 29, was four when his mother married Crown Prince Haakon and is not himself a royal figure. Ahead of the verdict on Monday, his legal team repeatedly and unsuccessfully sought his release from prison so he could spend time with his mother because of her declining health. BBC News