Ukrainians in Kyiv are split between feeling quietly optimistic and wearily cynical about their country sealing an agreement that grants the US opportunities to capatilise on the nation’s vast...
Russia’s economy is grinding to a halt as the structural limits of its war-driven expansion become clear, a Ukrainian banker has warned. Kyrylo Shevchenko, former governor of the National Bank of...
The city of Xanthi in northeastern Greece has become so overrun by pigeons that it has been forced to enlist some unusual helpers. The local authority has launched an initiative in response to...
An eight-year-old boy has died following birthday celebrations in what has been declared the "most tragic of accidents". Joshua Dunbar was found unresponsive with a helium balloon over his head...
Labour’s Channel migrant plan was branded a “sick joke” after 11,000 small boat arrivals were confirmed just days after the total surged past 10,000. Some 294 people made the journey in five...
Teenagers under 16 could be banned from social media services such as Instagram under laws proposed by Conservatives. They want legislation preventing social media companies from using personal...
Russia's turbulent economy has raised the risk of a run on its banks with depositors rushing to withdraw cash, according to a report. The Centre for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting...
The war in Burma has been dismissed by some as a strategic sideshow, in the sense that winning or losing was not decisive in ending the conflict. This began with the ‘Germany First’ policy agreed...
A Donald Trump-style mass deportation programme could save the UK £10 billion a year, a new report has claimed. The Centre for Migration Control and former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe urged ministers...
Cristina HorezRowan IngsBBC Global Disinformation Unit & BBC Trending30 April 2025Romanians are returning to the polls this weekend, following the unprecedented cancellation of presidential...
North Korea: First road bridge to Russia 'significant' development18 hours agoJames ChaterBBC NewsReutersNorth Korea has said the development of its first road bridge to Russia is a "significant"...
Discussing his middle-aged obsession with gardening, handsome devil Dominic West, cheekily suggests it’s replaced the previous passion in his life. “I suppose you get to a certain age,” The...
Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has pulled out of a live TV appearance after falling ill with a "horrible tummy bug". The 65-year-old mum of one announced she wouldn't be able to appear on her...
A row has erupted in West Cornwall over Cornwall Council’s controversial proposal to demolish a much-valued community centre in Penzance to make way for a 72-flat care complex, a plan branded...
Health authorities in Congo are scrambling to contain a deadly anthrax outbreak that has claimed one life and triggered a cross-border alert. The outbreak, centred in North Kivu Province near Lake...
An urgent alert has been issued to thousands of households who are still using old meters. The warning comes ahead of a major change that is likely to be implemented from the next...
Locals in Majorca are up in arms over a tourist apartment slap bang in the city centre that can accommodate up to 20 people. In 2018, Palma became the first Spanish city to completely prohibit...
A man accused of chopping down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree told police he was being framed for the crime as part of a dispute with someone “stirring the pot”. Groundworker Daniel Graham,...
Escape to the Country graced television screens again on Thursday (1st May), featuring a poignant episode from series 22 with the late presenter Jonnie Irwin, who sadly passed away from cancer in...
A misogynistic paedophile who was found with a horde of indecent images of children before being linked to an online neo Nazi criminal gang that blackmailed young teenage girls into livestreaming...