Sarah Rainsford Rome Correspondent Reuters Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez pictured on Saturday on the final day of their wedding celebrations in Venice The lavish wedding party of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and TV presenter Lauren Sanchez concludes this evening in Venice with the main gala event. But as their …

The son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and 23 other offences, police said on Friday. Marius Borg Høiby, who is the stepson of Norway’s future king, was arrested three separate times last year, in August, September and November. After a 10-month investigation, Norwegian police have now …

Rayhan Demytrie & Paul Kirby In Tbilisi & London Reuters Nika Melia, who was jailed on Friday, was also accused of splashing the judge with water Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia has become the latest opposition figure to be sent to jail this week in a crackdown described by observers …

Unflattering mannequins depicting Jeff Bezos and his bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez have appeared in Venice ahead of the Amazon founder’s wedding in Italy. The installations are the work of an art collective. There have been protests in Venice ahead of the upcoming nuptials, with some angered at a perceived takeover of …

A young Syrian national has been charged by German authorities with supporting a foreign terror group over a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last August. Mohamed A, who is described as a juvenile and still at liberty, is accused of following the ideology of jihadist …

Rayhan Demytrie BBC South Caucasus correspondent Getty Images Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan faces pivotal elections next year A bitter standoff between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church has seen mass arrests, allegations of a coup plot, and an extraordinary offer by Armenia’s leader to reveal his …

One of the “grandpa robbers” found guilty of stealing jewellery worth millions from reality TV star Kim Kardashian has died one month after being convicted, French media have said. Didier Dubreucq, 69, was diagnosed with lung cancer while in detention prior to going on trial and had been undergoing chemotherapy. …

Laura Gozzi and Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC News, London and Kyiv Getty Images A soldiers prepares a cannon to fire and load it with shells in the Sumy region of Ukraine, bordering Russia The head of Ukraine’s army, Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, has said his troops have stopped Russian advances in the …

Nick Beake Europe correspondent Anadolu via Getty Images For the protesters waving Palestinian flags outside EU buildings in Brussels, it was the moment that everything might change. An EU report presented to foreign ministers had found there were indications Israel had breached human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement, …

Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, has lost an appeal against his sexual assault conviction. Rubiales was fined €10,800 (£9,206) in February for kissing captain Jenni Hermoso without her consent after Spain’s women’s team won the 2023 World Cup. A Spanish appeals court upheld the fine, and …

Getty Images France has ordered the recall of 2.5 million cars equipped with defective airbags that can explode on impact and have caused a series of deaths. It follows a fatal accident earlier this month in Reims, east of Paris, in which a 37 year-old mother driving a Citroen C3 …

Laura Gozzi & Paul Kirby BBC News NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP Nato’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, hosted the 32 leaders in his home country For the Netherlands this was the biggest security operation in its history; for Nato’s 32 member states the Hague summit was historic too. There were unexpected moments of …

Eurostar passengers are facing a second day of severe delays after two people died on the railway track in France and then cables were stolen. The high-speed rail operator has told passengers to cancel or postpone their trips on Wednesday, with a number of services cancelled and delayed in both …

President Zelensky said at least 100 more were injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike. BBC News

A court in Leipzig has lifted a ban imposed by the German government on the influential far-right magazine Compact. The ruling is seen by some as a blow to Germany’s fight against right-wing extremism, although for others it could be proof of the country’s high standards of free speech. In …

Laura Gozzi & Paul Kirby BBC News Reuters Security is tight at the Nato summit – President Trump’s first since 2019 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia’s president understands only the language of force and that Tuesday’s “historic” Nato summit in The Hague will aim to ensure peace …

The BBC is launching a Polish-language news service to reach new audiences with content they can trust. From Tuesday, bbc.com/polska will deliver independent and impartial news in text and video, and on social channels, for Polish-speaking audiences. The aim of the Polish news service is to counter a “storm of …

Global Disinformation Unit, BBC World Service BBC In a clearing in a forest, two men stand behind a row of wooden poles that have pictures of faces stuck on top of them. The portraits include US President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk. In front of them …

Nikos Papanikolaou & Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou Firefighters from Athens and Thessaloniki were deployed to the island on Monday A state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Chios where five separate wildfires are burning and being fanned by strong winds. Residents in 17 communities …

BBC As the world holds its breath to see what happens next after the US launched direct attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, US President Donald Trump is expected in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a Nato summit. This will be Trump’s first Nato meeting since being re-elected. In the past, …