A Frenchman convicted of murdering his wife despite her body never being found has made a confession from prison. Cédric Jubillar, 38, sent a letter to his lawyers admitting that he was responsible for the death of Delphine at their family home in southern France in December 2020. He also …

A resident inside Crimea has told the BBC the situation there is “catastrophic”, as Ukrainian drones strike oil refineries and power plants on the peninsula, as well as military targets. The strikes on Russian-annexed Crimea have increased significantly in recent weeks – partly to cut off supply lines to Russian …

The World Chess Federation (Fide) has banned former world champion Kramnik for at least a year over verbal attacks he made on other players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky. The body said it had found Kramnik “responsible for multiple violations” of its ethics and disciplinary code after the Russian accused …

“He studied drones for three months – and yet they still threw him into a frontal assault, into the meat grinder,” said Valery Averin’s foster mother Oksana Afanayeva. The 23-year-old is among the first Russian students known to have been killed in Ukraine after signing up as part of a …

Poland’s prime minister has said the country is preparing for “various” scenarios and that the coming months could be “critical” concerning the threat from Russia. Donald Tusk was responding to media reports that Moscow was planning an armed “provocation” in Poland to test Nato’s resolve, citing US intelligence. “I don’t …

Stand-up comedian Deniz Göktaş appeared in court on Friday after he was arrested at Istanbul’s main airport over a performance that has attracted 9.4 million views on YouTube. Göktaş is accused of publicly “insulting religious values” in his stage routine, as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish authorities …

A large waterspout formed over a lake in Germany near the southern city of Friedrichshafen. The phenomenon was said to have lasted five to 10 minutes on Wednesday. Waterspouts occur about two to three times a year, according to the German weather service DWD, as cited by Associated Press. BBC …

The SSPX was founded in 1970 in opposition to the modernising reforms made by the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s, at what was known as the Second Vatican Council. The Society is thought to number around 600 000 worshippers globally. In response to the Vatican’s decree, Rita Reid, an …

Russian forces launched a major drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight, killing 18 people. The city’s mayor described it as the “most massive attack” on the Ukrainian capital. Several neighbourhoods were evacuated as strikes rocked buildings throughout the city, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia was preparing …

The mother of a politician from Greece’s ruling New Democracy party has died of injuries sustained in one of a series of suspected arson attacks targeting party officials. Vagia Nestora, 72, suffered extensive burns and multiple organ failure, according to the hospital where she was taken in the northern city …

A number of people have died and others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a 10-storey block of flats in Antwerp, Belgian police say. Thick smoke was seen billowing from the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district, after the fire broke out just …

Dazzling orange lava snakes across Europe’s largest active volcano, as shown in striking new footage. Last Friday’s eruption at Mount Etna, located on the Italian island of Sicily, created a thick streak of bright lava that has run at least 300 meters (1,000ft) lower than the rupture height. The eruption …

There are plans in Berlin to tear down one of the last remnants of Adolf Hitler’s power centre. Almost nothing remains of the Nazi leader’s chancellery in central Berlin, except a bunker. But now there are plans to demolish it to build flats and offices. The New Reich Chancellery, built …

A man has been found dead as an out-of-control wildfire burns in northern Greece, forcing residents of a nearby village to evacuate. The man’s body was found in a charred area near Liti, about 15km (nine miles) north-west of the city of Thessaloniki, where more than 100 firefighters are working …

Right-wing extremists remain the greatest threat to German democracy and their number increased significantly to 58,700 last year, the country’s domestic intelligence service says. That number is an increase of more than 8,000 on the previous year, the agency says in its annual report, adding that extreme left-wing violence is …

The Czech Republic recorded its highest-ever temperature on Saturday, with a reading of 40.8C at a weather station in Doksany north of Prague, the national meteorological service (CHMI) said. And forecasters in Denmark said a provisional temperature of 37C was recorded in Odum, near Aarhus. This exceeded the previous all-time …

Temperatures broke June records in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday as the death toll from Europe’s heatwave climbed in Spain and France and authorities cancelled concerts and other public events because of health risks. Germany’s highest ever temperature of 41.3C was recorded provisionally in the south-western city of …

Ball says he would still vote leave today, adding: “I just think they’re bullies.” He said it was not Brexit that was the problem but the agreement that was made. “Hopefully in the future we can tear that agreement up and get another agreement,” he said. He said fishermen feel …

A court in Germany has sentenced a man to life in prison for an attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg in 2024, in which six people were killed. The court imposed the maximum sentence on the defendant, Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen, who is from Saudi Arabia. The 51-year-old was found guilty …

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