The mayor of Bordeaux has said he is bracing for “all eventualities”, as one of many wildfires raging in France is now 15km (nine miles) from the south-western city. “We are preparing to accommodate a large number of people should further evacuations be ordered,” said Thomas Cazenave. Firefighters in the …

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated across France and Spain as the countries have been affected by large wildfires. The BBC’s cost of living correspondent Kevin Peachey explains what to do if you’re planning a trip to an area affected by wildfires. UK travellers are encouraged to monitor …

“He was sentenced… under juvenile criminal law,” he told RBB TV. “And then, unfortunately, the court handed down a suspended sentence. I don’t want to pass judgement on that – that’s the independence of the judiciary – but I’m really at a loss for words.” The opposition far-right Alternative for …

Residents were evacuated from Navas del Rey, west of Madrid, at the end of last week. Now they say they have nowhere to go. BBC News

A further 55,000 people have been evacuated from six towns in France, as wildfires which have caused devastation across the country pick up pace. The most recent evacuations took place in towns to the south of Bordeaux, in the Gironde region. Wildfires have raged across Europe over the past week, …

Several people have been injured at a Berlin Pride event, police say, after reports that a vehicle drove into a crowd in the city centre. An intensive manhunt is currently under way, police say, as they urged people to avoid the area. The injured are being treated by emergency services …

A wildfire near Madrid is “beyond the capacity” of firefighters to contain, Spanish officials have warned, after three fires west of the capital merged into a single blaze. Spain’s government has declared a national emergency after blazes spun out of control in several areas close to Madrid, prompting the evacuation …

The world of chess has been thrown into turmoil after the president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), Arkady Dvorkovich, said he was stepping aside because he was included on the European Union’s latest sanctions list. Dvorkovich, 54, a former deputy prime minister of Russia and adviser to the Kremlin, …

No. The White House has been looking at alternative ways. After the Supreme Court ruling, Trump used different legislation – Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 – to impose temporary 10% tariffs on all global imports. Those tariffs expired on 24 July, but have been replaced by tariffs …

At least 15 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, with 10 dead in ballistic missile strikes just outside Kyiv, according to a national official. Writing on social media, Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed about 100 people had been injured in Kyiv, where emergency services are still at the scene, …

French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat. Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to battle wildfires that have raged in the …

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in the Bavarian city of Regensburg in south-east Germany, after a knife attack at a bank that left a man fatally wounded. Details of what happened inside the bank are unclear, but a heavily armed special police task force was called in amid initial …

Authorities in France have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula (Lège-Cap Ferret) in the south-west of France, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat. The tourism hot spot is being evacuated as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that has raged in the …

In a statement sent to journalists on Thursday, Fedorov said his team had a “specific plan how to end the war” when he was appointed defence minister in January. The key elements were the protection of the skies, stabilisation of the front, and also strikes against Russia’s economy, he said. …

Maj Gen Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, has replaced Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine’s commander-in-chief – the third since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. His nomination has been welcomed by both civil society and the military. Drapatyi’s name was chanted during protests that started off backing his friend, ex-defence minister …

The interior minister at the time, Wolfgang Sobotka, said the building should be torn down and a new one erected in its place. It was an echo of an earlier offer by a Russian MP who said he wanted to buy the house and blow it up. But there was …

The BBC has received exclusive audio of the confrontation between a French aircraft and the Russian warship. BBC News

A Turkish governor who was removed from office after a backlash over social media images of him cycling in sports tights has received backing from thousands of supporters calling for his reinstatement. Mehmet Fatih Çiçekli, governor of the north-eastern Ardahan province, was dismissed last week. No reason was given for …

Protests have taken place in Italy after the death of a Moroccan-born man while being forcibly restrained by two police officers in the northern city of Bologna. Several thousand people took to the streets on Monday night demanding “justice for Abderrahim Fakir”. A smaller group then splintered off and clashed …

A teenager accused of travelling from Norway to the UK to carry out a contract killing has told a court he was “petrified” and never intended to carry out the “hit”. Johannes Natland, 19, was arrested in a hotel room in Huddersfield with two working guns and 19 rounds of …