The 66-year-old handed himself in after an influencer used AI to pose as a 14-year-old girl and broadcast their conversation online. BBC News
Read More »How Eurovision pioneered transnational broadcasting
How the Eurovision Song Contest and the technology behind it has grown over the last 70 years. BBC News
Read More »Prisoner swap goes ahead as Kyiv mourns 24 killed in Russian strike on flats
The Nova Poshta postal service said two of its staff, both named Dmytro, had been killed in the attack, one of them alongside his wife. Former hockey player Yuriy Orlov and his 24-year-old girlfriend Maryna Homeniuk, an English teacher, were among the victims. A kindergarten teacher, Svitlana Moskalishyna, was also …
Read More »Five Italians die during cave dive in Maldives
Italy says the incident happened at a depth of 50m. Maldivian rescuers have so far found one body. BBC News
Read More »BBC at block of Kyiv flats hit by Russian drone strike
At least five people have been killed, including a 12-year-old girl, after Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said. Three of the dead were pulled from the rubble of a partially destroyed apartment building in Kyiv, police said. It marks the …
Read More »How has Eurovision voting changed this year?
The director of the Eurovision Song Contest says organisers are watching voting patterns “very, very carefully” after concerns were raised about Israel’s ability to influence the results at last year’s contest BBC News
Read More »War criminal Ratko Mladić's jail release request denied
A UN judge admits the 84-year-old is “in the final stages of his life”, but says prison conditions in The Hague ensure his maximum comfort. BBC News
Read More »Why is the Princess of Wales in Italy this week?
The Princess of Wales received an enthusiastic welcome from Italian crowds, on her first visit overseas following her treatment for cancer. During a walkabout in Reggio Emilia she shook hands and posed for selfies, with some in the noisy crowd holding up babies and flowers, and many others holding up …
Read More »Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine after ceasefire expires
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warns of “more waves” of Russian drone attacks on Wednesday. BBC News
Read More »Shrinking Milka chocolate bar tricked consumers, says German court
The district court in Bremen ruled that, taken in isolation, keeping the same wrapping was not at issue, but the deception lay in the discrepancy between the actual contents compared with the “visually conveyed expectation” of a product known to consumers for years. BBC News
Read More »EU needs to delay social media access for children – von der Leyen
She told an EU summit that an expert panel was due to come up with steps on how to protect minors online by July. BBC News
Read More »'Britain at the heart of Europe': How Starmer's plans are going down in the EU
Sir Keir Starmer pledged to rebuild the UK’s relationship with Europe in a defiant speech on Monday. BBC News
Read More »Emmanuel Macron interrupts speaker to ask for silence
French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a speaker on stage at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi to ask the audience to remain quiet. “There is a total lack of respect,” Macron told attendees, before urging those holding side discussions to continue them outside or in bilateral meeting rooms. The French …
Read More »Beatles' early years drama starts filming in Germany
Six-part drama Hamburg Days charts the band’s early era with members Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. BBC News
Read More »Why Eurovision's fallout over Israel may change the competition forever
With Eurovision facing its biggest boycott in 70 years, questions are growing over the competition’s future. BBC News
Read More »French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship
Five passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris “until further notice”, France’s prime minister says. BBC News
Read More »Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict 'coming to an end'
The Russian leader sees potential for Ukraine negotiations, but condemns the West’s backing for President Zelensky. BBC News
Read More »Greece conducts controlled blast of mystery naval drone explosives
The unmanned vessel, suspected to be of Ukrainian origin, was found by fishermen in a cave on Thursday. BBC News
Read More »Steve Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different
The BBC’s Russia editor reports from a Red Square with none of the military hardware which the Kremlin normally showcases to project power internationally. BBC News
Read More »WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of hantavirus cruise ship arrival
“This is not another Covid,” Tedros Ghebreyesus tells islanders before MV Hondius docks on Sunday. BBC News
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