Sir Keir Starmer pledged to rebuild the UK’s relationship with Europe in a defiant speech on Monday. BBC News
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Emmanuel Macron interrupts speaker to ask for silence
French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a speaker on stage at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi to ask the audience to remain quiet. “There is a total lack of respect,” Macron told attendees, before urging those holding side discussions to continue them outside or in bilateral meeting rooms. The French …
Read More »Beatles' early years drama starts filming in Germany
Six-part drama Hamburg Days charts the band’s early era with members Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. BBC News
Read More »Why Eurovision's fallout over Israel may change the competition forever
With Eurovision facing its biggest boycott in 70 years, questions are growing over the competition’s future. BBC News
Read More »French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship
Five passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris “until further notice”, France’s prime minister says. BBC News
Read More »Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict 'coming to an end'
The Russian leader sees potential for Ukraine negotiations, but condemns the West’s backing for President Zelensky. BBC News
Read More »Greece conducts controlled blast of mystery naval drone explosives
The unmanned vessel, suspected to be of Ukrainian origin, was found by fishermen in a cave on Thursday. BBC News
Read More »Steve Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different
The BBC’s Russia editor reports from a Red Square with none of the military hardware which the Kremlin normally showcases to project power internationally. BBC News
Read More »WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of hantavirus cruise ship arrival
“This is not another Covid,” Tedros Ghebreyesus tells islanders before MV Hondius docks on Sunday. BBC News
Read More »Scaled-back Victory Parade in Moscow’s Red Square
With fewer guests, fewer reporters, and no military hardware on display, Moscow’s Victory Day parade was a much quieter affair than usual on Saturday. The annual showcase of military might was scaled back due to security concerns, with Russian authorities fearing Ukrainian forces could target Red Square with a drone …
Read More »Hantavirus ship approaches Tenerife as residents express anger and resignation
It will not dock directly in Tenerife but will instead anchor out at sea and its passengers will be ferried to the vast industrial port of Granadilla, in the south-east of the island, well away from residential areas. Soon after their arrival they will be repatriated, or, in the case …
Read More »Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaching Victory Day ceasefire
The two sides report responding to hundreds of drone attacks, just hours into a truce to cover celebrations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. BBC News
Read More »Trump gives 4 July ultimatum to EU to approve trade deal with US
The US president said the European Union must enact the trade deal agreed last year and drop tariffs on American goods to zero. BBC News
Read More »Real Madrid: Valverde taken to hospital after incident with Tchouameni
Federico Valverde was taken to hospital with a head injury after an alleged dressing room incident with Real Madrid team-mate Aurelien Tchouameni, just three days before they face a crunch title match against rivals Barcelona. Real later said in a statement they had opened disciplinary proceedings against the pair “following …
Read More »Trump's 'irresponsible war' to blame for economic slowdown, German minister says
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil blamed the US president’s “irresponsible war in Iran” for harming the Germany economy. BBC News
Read More »Russia’s Victory Day parade with no tanks a sign Ukraine war not going to plan
A scaled-back parade, too, is a symbol: of a country that has failed to secure victory in Ukraine after more than four years of war. In January the conflict passed a milestone: Russia’s war on Ukraine has gone on longer than the Soviet Union’s fight against Hitler’s Germany, which is …
Read More »Race to trace passengers who left hantavirus cruise ship at island
A 69-year-old woman who later died in South Africa is among those who left MV Hondius at St Helena. BBC News
Read More »Key bridge linking North Korea and Russia almost finished, satellite images show
The road crossing is the latest sign of the deepening relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow. BBC News
Read More »Two Portuguese police chiefs detained as abuse scandal escalates, reports say
The case first emerged last year, involving allegations of torture, rape and abuse of power. BBC News
Read More »French professor investigated for awarding himself fake prize
“The gold medal for philology is a pure creation of Mr Florent Montaclair, who awarded it to himself via the intervention of this learned society, which he himself had evidently created, and this university, which only exists on an internet site,” said Lallois. BBC News
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