BBC Verify examines recent damage to three key Russian oil export facilities near the Baltic Sea. BBC News
Read More »Huge fires at Russian oil facilities following Ukraine strikes, satellite images show
Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war
It follows a decision by the Spanish government to deny the US use of the two jointly run military bases in Andalusia. BBC News
Read More »Spanish woman who died through euthanasia failed by state, say critics
Noelia Castillo died on Thursday evening in a Barcelona hospital, after a protracted legal battle with her own father. BBC News
Read More »Whale swims off sandbank after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast
Rescue teams now hope the whale will swim out of the shallow waters of Lübeck Bay and into the wider sea. BBC News
Read More »Rescuers attempt to save stranded humpback whale off German coast
The marine mammal, which is stuck on a sandbank, was first spotted in Lübeck Bay on Monday. BBC News
Read More »Spanish woman to die by euthanasia after long legal battle with father
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in Noelia Castillo’s favour earlier this week. BBC News
Read More »Orban's Hungarian government accused of mass voter intimidation ahead of election
A film quoting voters, mayors and a police officer alleges money and drugs are being offered to pressure people to back the ruling party. BBC News
Read More »French court hands Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan 18-year jail term for rape
Ramadan, a 63-year-old former Oxford professor, denied the charges but his lawyers said he was too ill to attend the trial. BBC News
Read More »Musketeer d’Artagnan’s remains believed found under Dutch church
Jos Valke, who is deacon at St Peter and Paul Church in Maastricht, helped unearth the skeleton and is 99% certain that the remains belong to Charles de Batz de Castelmore, a close aide to France’s Sun King Louis XIV who was known as Count d’Artagnan. BBC News
Read More »Ukraine Unesco site damaged as Russia launches 400 drones in deadly daytime attack
Cities across the west of Ukraine were hit, with residential buildings damaged and many injured. BBC News
Read More »Danes vote as Mette Frederiksen seeks third term as PM
Instead, the state of the economy and the cost of living are key issues, with Frederiksen proposing a 0.5% wealth tax for the richest 20,000 Danes. The high level of pesticides in drinking water because of pig farming and agriculture has also become a concern for voters, with some parties …
Read More »Referendum defeat leaves Italy's Meloni looking more vulnerable
Meloni vowed to press on after losing a vote on constitutional reform many turned into a referendum on her government. BBC News
Read More »Slovenia becomes first EU country to introduce fuel rationing
Until further notice, motorists in Slovenia will be restricted to a maximum purchase of 50 litres of fuel per day. BBC News
Read More »Blast that injured two was 'terrorist attack', Ukrainian authorities say
The suspect is a 21-year-old local resident who claims he was blackmailed and forced to plant explosives. BBC News
Read More »France's former Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin dies at 88
Jospin was head of government from 1997 to 2002 and is credited with bringing in the 35-hour working week. BBC News
Read More »Germany turns to Indian workers to help solve labour shortage
Back in India, at Magic Billion, the employment agency that had sent that initial email, it managed to recruit 13 young people, who arrived in Germany in the autumn of 2022 to begin their butchery apprenticeships in small towns along the border with Switzerland. They would spend part of their …
Read More »'Multiple factors' caused 2025 Spain and Portugal blackout, says report
A new report has determined the causes of the unprecedented blackout which left the two countries without power for several hours last year. BBC News
Read More »I didn’t know Epstein was a predator
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has told the country’s national broadcaster that she wishes she had never met late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, breaking seven weeks of silence after the extent of her contact with him emerged. Mette-Marit made the comments in a 20-minute interview in which she was often …
Read More »Norway's crown princess breaks silence on Epstein links: 'I was manipulated and deceived'
Crown Princess Mette Marit tells Norwegian TV she wishes she had never met the late sex offender. BBC News
Read More »Denmark planned to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded, reports say
Denmark’s public broadcaster reports that the US operation to seize Venezuela’s leader sparked fears it would act against Greenland. BBC News
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