Workers worldwide need better protection from extreme heat as climate change causes more frequent heatwaves – that’s the conclusion of a new report from the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization. The report says millions of workers are exposed to heat stress, which affects their health, and their …

The top diplomat of the European Union (EU) has warned against pushing Ukraine to give up territories to Russia as part of a future peace deal. Speaking in her first UK interview since EU leaders joined Donald Trump’s White House peace talks with Ukraine, Kaja Kallas told the BBC’s Today …

An autopsy into the death of French streamer Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, has found it was not due to trauma according to the prosecutor handling the case. The content creator, known for controversial live videos on the streaming platform Kick, was found dead in his home near …

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Reuters Anti-drone nets hang over a road near Kostyantynivka earlier this month A key takeaway from the summit in Alaska is that Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly wants to freeze the war in Ukraine along its current front line in return for the surrender of the rest of Donetsk region. …

French police are questioning a man on suspicion of murder after four bodies were found in the Seine near Paris. The first victim was spotted by a passer-by near a bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, a south-eastern suburb of the capital, on 13 August. Later that day police searching the area discovered …

In the wake of this week’s historic White House meetings, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine and its allies are “already working on the concrete content of the security guarantees”. Sir Keir Starmer has been chairing a virtual meeting of those nations prepared to help secure Ukraine after a peace deal …

A 113-year-old church in the far north of Sweden has arrived at its new home after a two-day journey. Aerial footage shows the church hoisted onto specially designed trailers, as it was moved 5km (3 miles) along a road at a maximum speed of 500m an hour, with road fittings …

A man has died after being run over by a bulldozer he was operating while fighting wildfires in Portugal, bringing the death toll in the country to three, officials said. The 65-year-old worked for a firm hired to fight fires northern municipality of Mirandela and was reportedly run over after …

Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News Reuters Eemeli Peltonen was a first-term Member of Parliament, representing the southern region of Uusimaa A politician in Finland has died in the country’s main parliament building in the capital, Helsinki. Eemeli Peltonen, 30, who was an MP for the Social Democratic Party, is believed to …

Vitaly Shevchenko Russia editor, BBC Monitoring Reporting fromat the White House Myroslava Petsa BBC Ukrainian Service Reporting fromat the White House Watch: Key moments from Zelensky, Trump White House talks The optics could not have been more different this time. Unlike the shockingly ill-tempered previous meeting in February, US President …

Laura Gozzi and Tom Geoghegan BBC News AFP via Getty Images It promises to be a day unlike any other at the White House later, when world leaders make a rare collective visit for crunch talks on Ukraine. What had been billed as a meeting between two presidents, Donald Trump …

Guy Delauney BBC Balkans correspondent DAMIR SENCAR/AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of thousands attended a concert by Marko Perkovic in Zagreb A “neo-fascist Croatian Woodstock” or patriotic, anti-establishment fun? Last month’s mega-gig by the ultra-nationalist singer Thompson – the stage name of Marko Perkovic – has dramatically exposed the polarised …

Protesters smashed the windows of offices belonging to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, on the fifth consecutive night of unrest across Serbia. Serbian President Aleksander Vučić has warned that protesters who attacked his party’s offices will be punished, after riot police were deployed to several cities on Saturday night. Anti-government …

Thousands of firefighters battled huge blazes in Spain and Portugal on Saturday, as parts of southern Europe remained gripped by a heatwave. Spain’s national weather agency Aemet said that temperatures had exceeded 44C in several places on Saturday and warned of a very high risk of fires across “practically the …

Getty Images Spain is at “extreme risk” of new wildfires, the country’s prime minister has warned, as firefighters continue to battle 14 major blazes. In a post on X, Pedro Sanchez said he expected Friday’s conditions to be “very tough again” as he posted a graphic from the national weather …

Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent in eastern Ukraine Lee Durant/BBC Ukrainians are still training to fight Russia – few expect the war will end soon They call it “dronocide”: new training to deal with what is now the greatest threat to a Ukrainian soldier’s life on the battlefield – drones. These …

At least 27 migrants have died after two boats capsized as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy. Around 60 survivors were rescued from the seas off the island of Lampedusa, while the search for others continues. More than 700 people have died trying to cross the …

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A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage. Until now, the “Wurstkuchl” tavern in Bavaria has claimed to be “the oldest Bratwurst stand in the world.” Die Wurstkuchl is situated on the Stone Bridge in …