A total of 28 people have died in avalanches since the start of the winter season in the French Alps. BBC News
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The dart frog toxin allegedly used to kill Alexei Navalny
The toxin, epibatidine, can be found in frogs in the wild in South America or manufactured in a lab. BBC News
Read More »France releases suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker after fine paid
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the vessel was departing Marseille after a payment of “several million euros”. BBC News
Read More »Italian toddler in critical condition after transplanted heart 'burned by frostbite'
Several people are under investigation after the organ was reportedly damaged during transport between hospitals. BBC News
Read More »Five young people die in Spain apartment block fire
Catalonia’s fire brigade said residents raised the alarm about the fire in a five-storey building in Manlleu, about 80km (50 miles) north of Barcelona, shortly after 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Monday. Four other people were injured in the blaze. BBC News
Read More »Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze their sperm
The law funds troops who want to freeze their eggs or their sperm, as Ukraine’s population plummets. BBC News
Read More »Austrian man faces terror charges over Taylor Swift concert attack plot
The 21-year-old could be jailed for up to 20 years over a plot to attack the US singer’s concert in 2024. BBC News
Read More »Italy's 'Lovers’ Arch' collapses into sea on Valentine's Day
The popular tourist attraction was a proposal spot for couples and featured on postcards. BBC News
Read More »Italian town holds historic street battle
A town in northern Italy has started celebrating carnival with its annual Battle of the Oranges where people hurl the fruit at each other for fun. The historic carnival in Ivrea, an old medieval town near Turin, celebrates the legend of Violetta, a miller’s daughter who freed people from a …
Read More »Student death puts French far-left under pressure
Quentin Deranque, 23, died on Saturday after being beaten up on the street by a group of young men. BBC News
Read More »Trump’s new world order is real and Europe is having to adjust fast
One the one hand, you have the Nordic and Baltic nations that are geographically close to Russia, and also Germany and the Netherlands, which are all big defence spenders, she says, whereas in southern Europe, there’s Spain, for example, that is absolutely unapologetic about refusing to increase defence budgets to …
Read More »Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror – but I don't feel anger
In an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France’s biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing and choosing the right path. BBC News
Read More »Rubio speech signals US-Europe relations are bruised but still friendly
The US Secretary of State sounds a conciliatory tone as he addresses European leaders in Munich. BBC News
Read More »Gisèle Pelicot’s powerful interview with BBC
Gisèle Pelicot has told BBC Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire that her strength comes from her “DNA”. Ms Pelicot was at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history. For almost a decade, she had been drugged unconscious by her husband Dominique Pelicot and raped by dozens of men he …
Read More »How ciabatta was created to rival the baguette
Witness History’s Rachel Naylor explains. BBC News
Read More »Who is on helmet that led to Ukrainian athlete's Winter Olympics ban?
Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of his country. BBC News
Read More »Orban rival accuses opponents of planning blackmail ahead of election
Peter Magyar suspects there are plans to release a sex tape of him from August 2024. BBC News
Read More »Rubio warns Europe of new era in geopolitics before Munich security conference
Rubio is expected to avoid taking Vance’s abrasive approach from last year but, when asked if he was planning to be more conciliatory, he told reporters that Europeans “want to know where we’re going, where we’d like to go, where we’d like to go with them”. BBC News
Read More »Investigation brings closure for long-lost family after WW2 Nazi kidnap
Jozef Domanski’s family spent decades wondering what had happened to him in Wolverhampton. BBC News
Read More »IOC criticised for selling Nazi-era Olympics T-shirt
The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games. BBC News
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