A 37-year-old caretaker has died after being stabbed by a former pupil at a school in Poland, police have said. The 15-year-old entered the primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny, north of Warsaw, at around 09:00 (07:00 GMT) and attacked the caretaker, 37, before being overpowered by a teacher and the school’s …

At least five people have been arrested in France in connection with the theft of two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir last month, local media report. The two suspected burglars are said to be among them. Two of the masterpieces stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a suburb of Nice, …

An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spain’s housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according to Madrid’s tenants union. Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September after she was unable …

US President Donald Trump has said he will speak with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin soon about the death of a lab worker at a plague research centre in Siberia. “So far we are in very deep discussions,” Trump said, adding that he would be able to report on his …

Asked about the death following Rubio’s remarks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov cited the findings by Rospotrebnadzor. Asked about the offer of help from the United States, he said it was a “good thing when mutual assistance is offered”. Also on Tuesday, Rospotrebnadzor issued a statement aimed at quelling speculation in …

He added: “All of us can accomplish more than we will ever imagine.” Bushby said he swam for 20 hours over three days, making landfall at Shakespeare beach, just south of Dover, at 15:30 BST on Monday. HM Coastguard said it “liaised with French authorities and maritime sector partners to …

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions. Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la République in Paris, calling for more resources for schools, and what they called …

A large crowd with thousands of student protesters has gathered in Lille’s Place de la République, in northern France. Demonstrations are continuing across France on Tuesday against what protesters describe as under-investment in high schools. The BBC’s Europe correspondent Nick Beake, reporting from Lille amid the crowds, can see a …

A month after Germany’s far-right AfD scored a decisive victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the party’s candidate Tobias Rausch has been elected as parliament speaker there too. Not since World War Two has a far-right party secured the post of speaker, and protesters outside the building in Magdeburg …

Students, their parents and unions are protesting across France, demanding better investment in high schools. It marks the latest day of demonstrations over the past week, some of which have turned violent as protesters and authorities clashed. The BBC’s Nick Beake reports from Lille in the north of France. Follow …

Seventeen-year-old Anastasiia Ryvbalchenko has also experienced a narrow escape. She and her fellow passengers were forced to leave their train at 4am, towards the end of a long of a journey from Odesa to Kirovohrad on 16 September. “On my way to Odesa, there had been a lot of evacuations …

Two people have died in Spain’s north eastern Catalonia region and another person is missing due to heavy rains and flooding, according to local authorities. Firefighters in Catalonia said they had responded to more than 1,500 calls for help. Residents have been urged to stay home in areas near the …

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early election for 29 November after recent defeats on legislation aimed at addressing the country’s housing crisis. Speculation about a snap election had been building over the weekend after parliament rejected two decree laws put forward by the government aimed at protecting …

Thousands of people are continuing protests across Spain, after Congress rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis. Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home. Abascal was evicted after …

Writing on Telegram on Saturday, Klitschko said: “Hitting the North Bridge. Emergency services are on their way.” “Traffic on the bridge from the left to the right bank is currently blocked,” he added. Earlier attacks on the Southern Bridge prompted Kyiv’s defence council to hold a crisis meeting on Friday. …

The Sindicato de Inquilinas (Tenants’ Union) activist association which has been co-ordinating protests, announced during the congressional debate that it was abandoning the tent protest in central Madrid. It said it wanted to “take the struggle to all the neighbourhoods, residential blocks and homes of Madrid, wherever there are rental …

An internal report prepared for the Paris police department which was leaked to the media analysed the opening of the movement in Seine-Saint-Denis. It concluded that students were being “egged on by far-left elements from students unions… and political groups such as… LFI.” It said the tensions “could be part …

Putin also accused the West of instigating other conflicts. “If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation, in this case we are talking about Kaliningrad but possibly some other territories, of course the issue of use by the Russian Federation of all arms at the disposal of …

Later in the morning, two drones hit the Pivdenny bridge, one hitting the base of a central stanchion. Ukrainian 5 Kanal TV reporter Mariana Mykytenko described how one of the passengers on her metro train shouted the word “Shahed”, referring to Russia’s Iranian-designed drones, before the blast sent dust pouring …

Hundreds of people, mostly minors, have been arrested and dozens injured as a wave of school protests over overcrowded classes and teacher shortages spreads across France, officials say. The demonstrations began in Paris last week but have escalated to cities including Dijon, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille and Marseille, with teenagers blockading …