It comes after the Ukrainian capital suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday. BBC News
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Pope Leo says AI must be 'disarmed' in first major teaching
The pontiff also warned of a “new digital slaveries” in his first encyclical since becoming Pope last year. BBC News
Read More »Rosenberg: Luhansk strike sparks Russian accusations and vow to retaliate
Eighteen people were killed and 42 others injured in the strike on the town in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. BBC News
Read More »Russia's Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory
Ukraine said it hit Russia’s elite Rubicon drone military unit in a Moscow-occupied part of eastern Ukraine. BBC News
Read More »Ukraine's Baltic allies unsettled by repeated drone incursions
The intrusion of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles into the airspace of the Baltic states raises questions, and not all of them have answers. BBC News
Read More »Turkish opposition fights court ousting of leaders in ruling boosting Erdogan
The appeal court declared Özgür Özel’s party leadership victory void, further cementing the president’s grip on power. BBC News
Read More »Italian island party attended by Mick Jagger shut down by police
A wrap party for the upcoming film Three Incestuous Sisters fell foul of Stromboli’s no music on Wednesdays rule. BBC News
Read More »Pair arrested after boys abandoned by road in Portugal
The children were carrying backpacks with food and water but no identity documents when they were found by a driver. BBC News
Read More »Putin enjoys Xi’s Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal
Russia is keen to push ahead with plans for a new pipeline, Power of Siberia 2, and had hoped for progress in Beijing. The pipeline would bring additional volumes of Russian gas from Western Siberia to Northern China via Mongolia and, for Moscow, help make up for the loss of …
Read More »Whale to be removed from Danish island after failed German rescue
It gave no update on Wednesday, and no timeline for when or how the whale would be removed. However, it said earlier that work was under way for a solution that would allow for both “a post mortem examination and for valuable scientific samples to be secured for research purposes”. …
Read More »Lithuania's leaders take shelter during drone air alert
Flights were suspended and people were urged to take shelter after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border. BBC News
Read More »Norwegian journalist’s question to Modi sparks controversy in India
Modi was on a two-day official visit to Oslo this week. As he walked away after a joint press appearance with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, journalist Helle Lyng called out to him, asking why he does not take questions, but got no response. BBC News
Read More »Are Putin and Xi best friends?
Two BBC correspondents break down the China-Russia relationship. BBC News
Read More »Singer Patrick Bruel denies wave of sexual assault allegations in France
Among Bruel’s latest accusers is well-known TV and radio presenter Flavie Flament, who alleges he raped her in 1991. BBC News
Read More »Estonia says Nato jet shot down drone over its territory
“We received early information from Latvia about a drone that had strayed off course, and Estonia tracked the drone until Romanian fighter jets participating in the Baltic air policing mission shot it down,” the Estonian defence ministry said in a statement. BBC News
Read More »Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak docks in Rotterdam
The ship’s crew are expected to self-isolate after arriving at the Dutch port, their final destination. BBC News
Read More »Eurovision winner Dara arrives to screaming fans in Bulgaria
Bulgarian pop star Dara was met by a crowd of fans in Sofia airport on Sunday, celebrating her historic Eurovision win. The 27-year-old’s tune Bangaranga won Bulgaria its first ever title in the song contest. “Thank you for being here,” she told fans as she arrived in the Bulgarian capital, …
Read More »Lights, camera, Bangaranga: Key moments from Eurovision
Eurovision 2026 has come to a close, with Bulgaria crowned winner and Israel in second place after a nail-biting public vote. The UK finished last after receiving no points in the public vote, and history was made by Ukraine’s entry for holding the contest’s longest ever note. Read more here. …
Read More »Whale found dead near Danish island after German rescue operation
Wildlife experts had previous criticised the operation, saying it would only cause the animal more distress. BBC News
Read More »Switzerland finally to open secret files on Nazis’ Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’
He is very familiar with Swiss sensitivity, and shame, over its role in World War Two, when Jewish refugees were turned away at the border, while Swiss banks kept the money of Jewish families who later died in Nazi concentration camps. “It is a problem for a democratic state that …
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