Nicole Minetti was convicted of facilitating prostitution in connection with the notorious “bunga bunga” parties at Silvio Berlusconi’s villa. BBC News

Five people were left with life-threatening injuries, according to Greece’s state broadcaster ERT. BBC News

Prosectuors say the man, 21-year-old Beran A., received training from members of jihadist group Islamic State on how to handle explosives. BBC News

The 141m-long vessel, linked to a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, cleared the waterway despite an ongoing blockade. BBC News

Beatrice Venezi’s appointment had been marred in controversy since being announced last September, prompting orchestra members to go on strike. BBC News

Four years ago, Robert Brovdi was more comfortable in auction houses like Christie’s than filthy trenches. A well-off grain dealer in those days, with a sideline as an art collector, fragments of his pre-war life survive in the paintings and sculptures by Ukrainian artists dotted around the bunker. They’re displayed …

On Sunday, Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Reactor number 4 at the plant exploded on 26 April 1986, spewing out radioactive material that would spread across swathes of Europe. The official death toll from the incident in Chornobyl – as it is known in Ukrainian …

Animal rescue teams reveal the risks they take to rescue dogs, cats and other animals from the war in eastern Ukraine. BBC News

Crowds gathered in Gaza as 300 couples got together for a joint wedding celebration, the largest mass wedding in the region to date. The event in Deir al-Balah saw couples selected from a draw of nearly 2,000 people. The weddings were funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, …

The city of Dnipro was hardest hit, with officials saying four died in a strike on a residential building. BBC News

Kosovo’s court sentences two men to life imprisonment and another to a 30-year term for the 2023 attack. BBC News

The scandal surrounding the peer’s ties to Epstein continue to reverberate through UK politics, and this week the former top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Olly Robbins, said he had been pressured to rush through Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US. BBC News

Wojciech Jankowski, a spokesman for the Lesko Forest District where the attack occurred, told Onet: “At this time of year, bears that have awakened from their winter sleep come to places like this, close to human homes, in search of food. This was an unexpected encounter for both the bear …

Fifa has no plans to replace Iran with Italy at this summer’s World Cup according to sources, after the switch was proposed by US President Donald Trump’s special envoy. BBC News

The UK is set to sign a new three-year deal with Paris aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats. Worth more than £600 million, the deal will mean riot police are deployed on French beaches. The Home Office says part of the funding will stop after a …

The accident happened early on Thursday at a level crossing north of Copenhagen. BBC News

Vlad Plahotniuc, once Moldova’s richest man, was found guilty of partaking in a fraud which involved around 12% of the country’s GDP. BBC News

The couple learn the home in Ukraine is hit by drones on the day of their baby’s cancer diagnosis. BBC News

The Polish capital Warsaw has seen the number of wild boar on its streets soar to more than 3,000 – with reports from the public rising 20-fold since 2020 – so it’s now planning a task force to tackle the issue. A viral clip of a humanoid robot chasing wild …

The funding was agreed last December, but it has been held up in a row over Russian oil supplies to Hungary. BBC News