During his visit, the Pope will appeal for a humane approach and respectful welcome for migrants seeking a better life. BBC News
Read More »Pope Leo heads to Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants
French singer Patrick Bruel faces rape charges
Bruel has been placed under judicial investigation, which means an examining magistrate will look more deeply into the case. BBC News
Read More »Norway crown princess's son to stay in custody before rape verdict, says court
Thr ruling overturns a lower court’s decision on Monday ordering the release of the crown princess’s 29-year-old son. BBC News
Read More »Ukraine says missiles hit military plant deep inside Russia
Ukraine’s military also says it has struck a Russian oil refinery and a “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the Black Sea. BBC News
Read More »Zelensky under pressure to end row with Poland over WW2 name of army unit
Poland is threatening to strip Ukraine’s president of a state honour over the naming Ukrainian military unit after controversial World War Two fighters. BBC News
Read More »Murder of Lyhanna, 11, enrages France and turns up heat on government
Protesters are angry that the suspect had already been reported to police last August in a separate case. BBC News
Read More »Armenia's pro-West government wins election despite Russian pressure
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party secures nearly 50% of the vote, comfortably beating the other contenders. BBC News
Read More »Ten dead after migrant boat capsizes near Malta, Italian coastguard says
At least 10 bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat carrying about 60 people capsized near Malta , the Italian coastguard says. BBC News
Read More »Zelensky criticises 'vile' Chornobyl drone strike ahead of London talks
Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the Chornobyl nuclear plant. BBC News
Read More »Steve Rosenberg: Lasting image of Russia's economic forum is plume of smoke over St Petersburg
The BBC’s Russia editor saw Putin’s flagship economic event overshadowed by Ukrainian drones attacks. BBC News
Read More »Hegseth attacks Europe over ‘invasion’ of migrants in D-Day speech
Sea arrivals into mainland Europe peaked in 2015, when the UN said more than a million people crossed the Mediterranean. Between April 2025 and March 2026, there were a combined 169,341 sea arrivals to the UK, Greece, Italy, Spain and Cyprus. Crossings to the UK accounted for about 23% of …
Read More »Scores of Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls 'unprecedented'
The regional governor urges residents to remain indoors for the first time since the beginning of the war. BBC News
Read More »Putin says there is no point meeting Zelensky over ending Ukraine war
Zelensky sent an open letter on Thursday calling for direct negotiations with Putin, writing that it was “wrong to simply wait” for the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, to become the focus of US attention once more. BBC News
Read More »Norway’s crown princess on lung transplant waiting list, palace says
The princess, who married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, has been battling the illness while facing revelations about her association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the rape trial of her son from a previous relationship, Marius Borg Høiby. BBC News
Read More »Fury in France after child murder suspect's criminal record released
A man suspected of murdering an 11-year-old girl had previously been identified as a potential child molester, records show. BBC News
Read More »Fifa bans all water bottles from World Cup games
Fifa has been warned it is putting fans’ health at risk by introducing a bottle ban at this summer’s World Cup. BBC News
Read More »Kushner-backed luxury resort plan sparks protests in Albania
Demonstrators say the project backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law would harm a protected environment. BBC News
Read More »Charges dropped against Budapest mayor over 2025 Pride march
Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony had been charged with helping to organise the banned 2025 march. BBC News
Read More »Oscar-nominated Persepolis author and director dies aged 56
Persepolis, first published in 2000, follows the story of a young girl who comes of age during the Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution. Eight years later it was nominated for best animated feature at the Oscars, having been co-directed by Satrapi. BBC News
Read More »Ukraine accused of killing four in occupied Crimea
In the four years since Russia’s invasion began, Ukraine has developed a booming defence sector. Kyiv is now able to regularly hit targets within Russia, focusing its efforts on energy infrastructure and oil facilities, which it sees as fuelling the Russian war machine. BBC News
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