- — Faroes-style tunnels could 'transform' fortunes for Shetland isles
- The local council says it is pushing ahead with plans to build tunnels to four outlying isles in the archipelago.
- — Trump threatens Russia with tariffs while unveiling Ukraine weapons plan
- Under the new plan, the US will sell weapons to Nato countries who will send them to Ukraine.
- — US tariff threat leaves Russia less rattled than relieved
- The US is threatening Moscow with financial consequences if a deal to end the Ukraine war is not reached within 50 days.
- — Trump weapons pledge marks major step forward for Ukraine
- For the first time since returning to the White House, Trump pledges to make new weapons available to Ukraine.
- — Trump threatens Russia with tariffs while unveiling new Ukraine weapons plan
- Under the new plan, the US will sell weapons to Nato countries who will send them to Ukraine.
- — Europe's freedom faces greatest threat since WW2, Macron says
- The French president has called for his country's defence spending to rise by €3.5bn (£3bn) in 2026.
- — The 'strongman' PM who inspired Trump's playbook - but now finds his power crumbling
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban finds his power under threat, but not in the way one might expect.
- — Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award
- Pelicot was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France's Bastille Day.
- — Russia's agents killed after intelligence officer shot dead, says Ukraine
- Kyiv says two people accused of working for Russia and shooting dead a Ukrainian intelligence officer were killed.
- — French prisoner escapes in fellow inmate's bag, officials say
- Investigations have been launched after a man escaped from Lyon-Corbas prison on Friday.
- — North Korea reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine
- The North Korean leader pledges backing for Moscow, during talks with Russia's foreign minister.
- — US has resumed military supplies to Ukraine, Zelensky says
- It comes after US President Donald Trump announced a new deal to supply air defence systems via Nato.
- — Kurdish PKK burns guns in cauldron in big step towards ending Turkey conflict
- The ceremony took place under tight security at a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - the disarmament process is expected to last all summer.
- — Ukraine to receive US air defence systems, says Trump
- The US president said he will send weapons to Nato, which he said would pay and then give the weapons to Ukraine.
- — Kurdish PKK burns guns in big step towards ending Turkey conflict
- The ceremony took place under tight security at a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - the disarmament process is expected to last all summer.
- — UK-France migrant deal 'robust' against legal challenges, Cooper says
- The home secretary says the government will resist any attempts to block the deal agreed with France this week.
- — Kurdish PKK to lay down arms in big step towards ending Turkey conflict
- The disarmament process will start under tight security in Iraqi Kurdistan and is expected to take all summer.
- — Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world
- The UK and France have agreed a "one in, one out" deal for migrants crossing the Channel.
- — Watch: Smoke billows from luxury yacht fire in St Tropez
- People watch on as a blaze rips through the deck of a yacht moored in the French Riviera.
- — 'We're worried about our future': Srebrenica massacre's tensions still felt 30 years on
- While communities in Sarajevo mark three decades since the massacre, denial of the genocide in on the rise.
- — Rosenberg: Putin determined to press on despite threat of tougher sanctions
- Despite pressure from Donald Trump's White House, Russia remain committed to its war effort in Ukraine.
- — How many people cross the Channel in small boats?
- Sir Keir Starmer has promised to "smash the gangs" which smuggle people across the English Channel.
- — Swedish minister reveals teenage son linked to extremist groups
- Forssell says he will not resign over the issue and that his son has severed all ties with the groups.
- — Ukrainian intelligence officer shot dead in Kyiv
- The senior agent was shot in a car park in broad daylight on Thursday morning, CCTV shows.
- — Original Birkin bag shatters record with £7m sale
- The prototype of the most famous bag in fashion, made for Jane Birkin in 1985, smashes auction records.
- — Russia's intensifying drone war is spreading fear and eroding Ukrainian morale
- Ukraine is in danger of being overwhelmed by deadly strikes as Russia sends in swarms of drones.
- — Migrants in Calais say they will stop at nothing to reach the UK
- "We're going to try again and again to cross to the UK," one migrant told the BBC
- — EU chief von der Leyen survives rare confidence vote
- The outcome of the vote was not a surprise - but the fact it came about at all was not a positive signal for von der Leyen.
- — Slovak rap festival featuring Kanye West called off
- Protest groups had raised a petition against West's appearance at the Rubicon festival in Slovakia.
- — Armed police in Romania carry out raids linked to UK tax scam
- Luxury cars and wads of cash were seized as part of an investigation into a complex scam targeting HMRC.
- — Deadly new Russian drone and missile attack hits Kyiv
- At least two people were killed and 13 injured, with fires burning across Ukraine's capital, officials said.
- — Deadly new Russian drone attack hits Kyiv
- At least two people are killed and 13 injured, with fires burning across Ukraine's capital, local officials say.
- — Deadly new Russian drone attack reported on Kyiv
- At least two people are killed and 13 injured, with fires burning across Ukraine's capital, local officials say.
- — Kyiv facing massive Russian attack, Ukraine says
- At least 10 people are injured and fires are burning across Ukraine's capital, local officials say.
- — Greece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North Africa
- The temporary measures come as Crete grapples with a 350% increase in arrivals compared to last year.
- — Russia's summer push in Ukraine targets three fronts but faces stern resistance
- Analysis of Russia's advance in northern and eastern Ukraine in maps.
- — Ancelotti gets jail term for tax evasion but will not go to prison
- Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti is sentenced to a year in prison by a Spanish court for tax evasion - but he will not have to serve time in jail.
- — Palace await Euro fate as Lyon win relegation appeal
- French side Lyon win their appeal against relegation from Ligue 1, leaving Crystal Palace to now wait on a Uefa decision affecting their Europa League place.
- — Steve Rosenberg: Moscow shrugs off Trump's irritation with Putin
- On Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants more than Donald Trump has been prepared to offer, writes the BBC's Russia Editor.
- — French police raid on National Rally HQ prompts outrage from party leaders
- Party president Jordan Bardella complains of an "unprecedented operation", as prosecutors investigate alleged fraud.
- — Ukraine suffers heaviest attack as Trump criticises Putin
- The US president reverses a suspension of weapons shipments to Kyiv and heavily criticises Russia's Putin.
- — China rejects German claim it targeted military plane with laser
- Germany says a laser fired by a Chinese warship tried to disrupt a reconnaissance plane over the Red Sea.
- — Ukraine suffers heaviest attack after Trump criticises Putin
- The US president reverses a suspension of weapons shipments to Kyiv and heavily criticises Russia's Putin.
- — Watch: Macron's day with the Royal Family
- The French president met the Prince and Princess of Wales, the King and Queen and dignitaries on the first day of his state visit.
- — Russian minister's death serves as warning to political elite
- President Putin sacked his transport minister. Hours later, his body was found in a park with a gunshot wound to the head.
- — How King Charles will help rebuild the shaken UK-France friendship during the state visit
- There are high hopes for Macron's three-day visit, but how close can the nations really become given past mistrust over Brexit negotiations?
- — Footballers and family lay flowers at funeral of Diogo Jota and André Silva
- Jota, 28, was laid to rest alongside his brother, Silva, 25, after they died in a car crash on Thursday.
- — Watch: French police wade into sea to slash migrant 'taxi-boat'
- The BBC's Andrew Harding saw French gendarmes using knives to slash an inflatable small boat, packed with men, women and children.
- — Inside an ice cave - on top of a volcano
- Simon Reeve travels to an ice cave on top of a volcano in Iceland.
- — Beachgoers look on as wildfires burn in Greece
- Hundreds have been evacuated as wildfires continues to burn in Halkidiki and the island of Crete.
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