Five people have been killed after three missiles hit near the centre of Chernihiv, officials say. Source link

In the second 12 months on the front line the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year. Source link

The Samba, Gazelle and Campus shoe maker expects to make €700m (£598m) operating profits in 2024. Source link

The Olympic torch has begun its mega journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of a high priestess, lit the flame in a dramatic ceremony in ancient Olympia, Greece, where the first Olympic games were held in 776 BC. The flame was meant …

A massive fire has broken out engulfing the old stock exchange in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city’s oldest buildings and is a stone’s throw from Denmark’s parliament, the Folketing, housed in the old royal palace of Christiansborg castle. The old stock exchange commissioned by …

There was shock as the 17th Century building’s spire collapsed in the fire. Source link

Simeon Boikov sparked a social media frenzy implicating an innocent 20-year-old in the shopping mall attack. Source link

A scuffle erupted in Georgia’s parliament as the leader of the opposition punched an MP. Opposition leader Aleko Elisashvili punched MP Mamuka Mdinaradze during a debate over a controversial law. Critics say the “foreign influence” bill is inspired by authoritarian laws neighbouring Russia uses to crush dissent. Thousands of protesters …

“I agree that no Russian laws should be adopted in Georgia,” Georgian Dream’s parliamentary leader Mamuka Mdinaradze said during a parliamentary debate on Monday. Shortly after he was punched in the face by opposition MP Aleko Elisashvili while speaking at the despatch box, triggering a brawl in parliament. Source link

Opposition parties accused the commission of political bias and threatened to challenge any liberalisation of abortion in court. Source link

The French president says the Olympics opening ceremony could move from the River Seine if security is compromised. Source link

Prices had already risen in expectation of action, with Brent crude near a six-month high last week. Source link

Last week, a major facility close to Kyiv was hit. To the northeast, in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, all three major power plants are in ruins. DTEK, a private energy company, has revealed it’s operating at less than 20% capacity after repeated missile strikes. Source link

“If you abandon any pretence at subscribing to international humanitarian law and even commonly accepted humanitarian norms, then there is a sound military rationale for double-tap attacks because you target high-profile targets,” says Keir Giles, director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, a British think-tank. Source link

A cable car cabin collided with a broken pole on Friday evening, killing one person and injuring 10 others. Dozens of passengers were stranded in mid-air overnight. Footage released by the Turkish Defence Ministry shows a stranded cable car passenger hoisted into a military helicopter on Saturday. Seven helicopters and …

Mass matters. The Russian army’s tactics, leadership and equipment may be inferior to Ukraine’s, but it has such superiority in numbers, especially artillery, that if it does nothing else this year, its default option will be to keep pushing Ukraine’s forces back in a westward direction, taking village after village. …

The designer, famed for his animal prints on leather and textiles, died at home in Florence. Source link

A number of politicians on the far right in Europe are viewed as sympathetic to Russia. Czech reports have suggested that the Voice of Europe paid politicians from Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary in exchange for making pro-Russian remarks to help influence the 6-9 June elections. Source …

Five years after a devastating fire at the iconic Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, video shows the progress of renovation work. The 850-year-old Gothic building’s spire and roof collapsed in April 2019 but the main structure, including the two bell towers, were saved. Source link

The conscription bill is approved as the military faces Russian advances in the east. Source link