Vitaly ShevchenkoBBC Monitoring Russia editor Francisco Richart/SOPA Images/LightRocket Ukraine’s police evacuation group White Angels evacuates civilians from the village of Krasnopillya in Sumy region Fifty-two residents of a Ukrainian village have been taken to Russia by invading forces in a cross-border raid on the village of Hrabovske, authorities in Kyiv …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east that Moscow has demanded. Giving details of the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida at the weekend, Zelensky said the Russians would …

Russia has intensified its strikes on the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa, causing widespread power cuts and threatening the region’s maritime infrastructure. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said Moscow was carrying out “systematic” attacks on the region. Last week, he warned that the focus of the war “may have …

US and Ukrainian envoys say “productive and constructive” talks have taken place in Miami, but there still appears to be no major breakthrough in efforts to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a joint statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, after three …

Reporters ask world leaders questions all the time. No big deal. Right? But what’s it like putting a question to Vladimir Putin – the president who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the leader whose country was accused this week by the head of MI6 of “the export of chaos”? …

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The Trevi Fountain is one of Rome’s key attractions with around nine million visitors this year Tourists in Italy’s capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 (£1.75) entrance fee if they want to see its famed Trevi Fountain up close. The new barrier for visitors to view …

Alexander NEMENOV/AFP Putin has offered little sign of compromise to end the war, although talks are set to continue in the US Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine if Russia is treated with respect – and claims that Moscow is planning to …

Mircea Barbu,Bucharestand André Rhoden-Paul Getty Images A Romanian court has sentenced Wiz Khalifa to nine months in prison for smoking cannabis on stage. The American rapper, real name Thomaz Cameron Jibril, admitted to smoking a joint during his performance at the Beach, Please! festival last year in Costinesti. A Romanian …

Getty Images Spain experienced exceptionally warm weather and low rainfall this summer Spain is to set up a national network of climate shelters in public buildings to offer people refuge from intense heat before next summer, its prime minister has announced. The move was announced as Pedro Sanchez laid out …

Getty Images A Massachusetts university professor who was shot at his home has died, campus officials say. Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, was shot “multiple times” on Monday and died on Tuesday morning in hospital, according to Brookline police and Massachusetts Institute …

The European Union has watered down its plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035. Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be “zero emission”, but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions. Under the European Commission’s new plan, …

Talks between Ukraine and the US aimed at reaching a peace deal with Russia are continuing in Berlin for a second day. Zelensky and his chief negotiator Rustem Umerov met US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner for five hours on Sunday, joined by German Chancellor Friedrich …

Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent in Vilnius Lithuania State Border Guard Service Giant balloons carrying contraband cigarettes are crossing the border from Belarus into Lithuania – forcing the closure of the airspace Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That’s when giant white balloons are …

Angry French farmers are calling for more protests over the government-backed slaughter of cattle herds affected by so-called Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). On Thursday there were clashes between riot police and demonstrators in the southern Ariège department, after vets were called in to destroy potentially contaminated cattle at a farm. …

Tom RichardsonBBC Newsbeat Picture Group Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s director Guillaume Broche accepted the game of the year prize Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named game of the year at this year’s Game Awards. The French-developed role-playing game (RPG) cleaned up in 9 of the 10 categories it was …

Russia could attack a Nato country within the next five years, the Western military alliance’s chief has said in a stark new warning. “Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies,” Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany. “We must be prepared for the scale of war …

Reuters Nemo made history by becoming the first non-binary performer to win Eurovision in 2024 The winner of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Nemo, has said they are returning their trophy in protest over Israel’s continued participation in the event. The 26-year-old Swiss singer said there is a “clear conflict” …

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the latest peace plan draft for Ukraine has been presented to US President Donald Trump – including a proposal on territorial concessions Kyiv may be prepared to make. But Merz highlighted the territorial issue was “a question that must be answered primarily by the Ukrainian …

The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night. Zhelyazkov’s dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days before Bulgaria …

The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night. Zhelyazkov’s dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days before Bulgaria …