Jessica ParkerEurope correspondent in Copenhagen and Paul KirbyEurope digital editor in London Reuters Denmark has reinforced security for the summit and allies have beefed up air defences EU leaders gather in Copenhagen on Wednesday under pressure to boost European defence after a series of Russian incursions into EU airspace, and …

Adam EastonBBC News Warsaw correspondent and Megan Fisher Danish Defence handout Three of the four pipelines under the Baltic Sea near Bornholm were damaged A Ukrainian national has been arrested by police in Poland as part of the investigation into the 2022 explosions that sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines …

A Russian woman who made global headlines after being found living in a cave in India with her two young daughters has flown back to her country, an official told the BBC. Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters – aged six and five – were rescued on 9 July by …

James WaterhouseUkraine correspondent in Zhytomyr Matthew Goddard/BBC Andrii Andriichuk, a career criminal turned soldier, shows off his Knight’s Cross medal, awarded for courage and bravery At Penal Colony No. 4, there are no easy ways out. It’s a medium security prison, but the thick iron gates and imposing white walls …

Abdujalil Abdurasulovin Kyiv and Laura Gozzi Getty Images Several people were killed in a 12-hour bombardment in Kyiv on Sunday while more than 70 were wounded across the whole of Ukraine The US is considering a request by Ukraine for long-range Tomahawk missiles, US Vice-President JD Vance has said. However, …

Sarah Rainsford, Eastern and Southern Europe correspondentIn Chisinau and Paul KirbyEurope digital editor in London Anadolu via Getty Images Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned voters their democracy was young and fragile and Russia endangered it Moldovans have voted in parliamentary elections seen as critical for their future path to the …

At least four people have been killed in Kyiv following a Russian aerial bombardment across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a post on X, Zelensky called the attack ‘”vile” and warned that Ukraine would retaliate. The president also said that Moscow “wants to continue fighting and killing, and it …

The Ukrainian capital has come under a “massive attack” by Russia overnight, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said. A five-storey building was partially destroyed, he said. At least three people had been taken to hospital. Ukraine’s foreign minister said hundreds of drones and missiles had been used in the latest …

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says his country has no intention of attacking EU or Nato member states but warned of a “decisive response” to any “aggression” directed towards Moscow. In a wide-ranging speech delivered at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov said threats against Russia by Western countries …

Drone footage has captured a group of polar bears living inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s Kolyuchin Island. Travel blogger, Vadim Makhorov, shared video that shows several bears inside the scattered building, looking through windows and walking around the island. A bear could be seen trying to catch the …

Slovakia has changed its constitution, enshrining into law recognition of only two sexes – male and female. The legal change, which passed in a knife-edge vote in parliament, also restricts adoption to married heterosexual couples and prohibits surrogate pregnancies. The constitutional amendment was defined as enshrining “sovereignty in cultural and …

Bosch is set to cut 13,000 jobs as part of its plans to save €2.5bn (£2.06bn). The engineering giant said the losses, in its mobility division in Germany which provides vehicle parts and software, came as a result of a stagnated market and pressure from rival companies. The market has …

Hugh SchofieldParis correspondent AFP via Getty Images Former leader of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sentenced to five years in prison Nicolas Sarkozy is back where he used to be – dominating the news and dividing the nation. Thirteen years after he left office, he is about to become the …

Paul KirbyEurope digital editor BO AMSTRUP/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP Aalborg airport was among those targeted by a wave of drones in Denmark A night of drone incidents at airports and military bases all over Jutland, western Denmark, has not caused any harm or damage – and yet it has exposed the country’s …

A Moldovan oligarch and former senior politician has been extradited from Greece accused of involvement in the theft of $1bn (£748m). Vladimir Plahotniuc, 59, was flown from Athens to Chisinau on Thursday morning and then taken to a detention centre in Moldova’s capital, local officials said. The tycoon, who faces …

Image source, NASAImage caption, Hurricane Gabrielle underwent rapid intensification as it passed to the southeast of Bermuda Credit NASA ByChris Fawkes Lead Weather Presenter Hurricane Gabrielle is forecast to hit the central Azores early on Friday morning with red weather warnings in force for torrential rain, damaging wind gusts and …

Dozens of women in Greenland have heard Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, formally apologise for a scandal that involved thousands of Inuit women being forcibly given contraceptive coils, as part of a controversial birth control programme during the 1960s and 70s. “Dear women. Dear families. Dear Greenland. Today there is …

Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine could win back all territory seized by Russia will have raised eyebrows in Moscow On paper, there was plenty in Donald Trump’s comments to rile the Kremlin. For starters, his description of Russia as a “paper tiger” that …

Kostas Koukoumakas in Athens and Kostas Kallergis in Brussels Getty Images Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called the story a scandal – but no government officials have been charged in court It has become known as Greece’s Watergate: spyware software and Greek intelligence targeted the mobile phones of government …

The president of Moldova Maia Sandu has warned that her country’s independence and European future are in danger after police arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in a plot to stoke violent disorder, allegedly backed by Russia. Just days before Sunday’s pivotal parliamentary elections, Moldovan police said they had …