Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks. BBC News

More than 400 people, most of them children, were arrested in France on Tuesday during a wave of school protests across the country. The country’s interior minister Laurent Nuñez told broadcaster BFMTV that 440 people in total had been detained, while 48 law enforcement members had been injured. Students are …

More than 400 people, mostly minors, were detained in France on Tuesday over student protests at high schools across the country, the French interior minister said. The demonstrations, which began in Paris and have seen teenagers blockade their schools for days, stem from issues including overcrowded classes and teacher shortages. …

The chief executive of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down after a backlash over female staff being replaced by male colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group. Patrick Branco Ruivo, who has been director general of the Paris landmark since 2018, will leave his …

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has said that he knew he was being set up by Russia when he was arrested by FSB agents and accused of being a spy. In an interview with Radio 4’s Today programme, Gershkovich spoke about the moment he realised he had been “lured into a …

The president of France’s hard-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, has said he will sue for libel after a report published antisemitic comments that it alleged he had made as a young activist. The Mediapart website released what it said was the result of “several months” of investigation into “dozens …

A pro-democracy group has accused the Vietnamese government of abducting two of its members, an Australian and a Norwegian citizen, in Cambodia and taking them back across the border. Vietnamese authorities confirmed that they had arrested Tran Hiep and Nguyen Duc Thuan, but say they had entered the country using …

The five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences near RAF Fairford on Sunday have been released on bail, according to the head of UK counter terrorism policing. The men, UK nationals in their 20s, were arrested under the Explosives Act and on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. Speaking …

Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences has been hit by a Russian drone strike, killing one person and leaving three injured, according to city’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko. Footage showed people leaning out of windows as they evacuated the burning building. Firefighters helped people evacuate through the windows as a plume a …

South Korea has summoned Ukraine’s acting ambassador after President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced his government had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul. Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo lodged a formal complaint with Andrii Vieshkin and expressed “strong regret” that Zelensky had revealed the transfer, which Seoul says …

A 10-year-old child and two 30-year-old women have died after a small boat that was attempting to cross the English Channel got into difficulty off the northern coast of France, French authorities say. Authorities said they responded to a distress call from the boat, which was carrying 105 people, after …

A 28-year-old British climber has died after falling about 60m (200ft) from one of the highest mountains in northern Spain. The man fell into a gully while descending from the summit of Torrecerredo in the Cantabrian Mountains on Thursday, the Spanish Civil Guard said. Police and an air unit were …

The highpoint of Leo’s visit to France is set to be a giant Mass attended by more than half a million people in Paris on Saturday. BBC News

Voters in Switzerland have overwhelmingly rejected a stricter interpretation of the country’s tradition of diplomatic neutrality. More than 70% of Swiss voters rejected proposals that would have prevented the European nation from imposing sanctions without UN approval, official results showed. The move would have also prevented Switzerland from pursuing closer …

At least one person has died and five more are missing after an explosion destroyed a building in the historic centre of Athens. The blast happened in the Plaka area of the Greek capital, a neighbourhood close to tourist sites such as the Acropolis, with local media reporting the building …

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has widened its attacks to target Ukraine’s data centres and internet providers, seeking to cause maximum disruption for ordinary people. “All this affects people’s ability to stay connected, study, work,” he said. On Friday a Russian drone hit a business centre in the capital Kyiv, …

School strikes are taking place across Germany to protest against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service. One of the organisers of the strike, Bela Breitner, from School Strike Against Compulsory Military Service said the federal government was “serious about gradually reintroducing compulsory military service”. At one protest in Hamburg, …

An 87-year-old woman has been evicted from her home in Madrid where she has lived for seven decades, in a case which has put the spotlight on Spain’s soaring rents and lack of available housing. The tenant, known by her first name, Maricarmen, was removed from her flat in the …

German prosecutors are investigating a man aged 105 over allegations that he was an accessory to multiple counts of murder at a Nazi prisoner of war camp in World War Two. The suspect is alleged to have been a camp guard at Stalag 326 VI K in Senne in northwestern …

The fire at the state-owned Polish satellite station broke out on Wednesday night in Wola Krobowska. It remains operational. The deputy prime minister said it transmits internet traffic through Poland to countries including Ukraine, and uses SpaceX systems that provide connectivity via Starlink terminals. On Wednesday Poland also said a …