Ukraine hits major oil terminal in Russia's St Petersburg

04.07.2026 20:15 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the target is key infrastructure "that generates revenue for Russia's war".

'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts

04.07.2026 20:15 Temperature records were smashed in June - and scientists warn this is a sign of things to come. 

Defending champion Swiatek Rybakina out in Wimbledon shocks

04.07.2026 20:15 Elena Rybakina becomes the highest seed to fall at Wimbledon so far in a straight-set third-round defeat by Elise Mertens.

Former chess champion Kramnik banned over cheating remarks

04.07.2026 20:15 The former Russian world chess champion had accused other players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky, of cheating.

Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants while visiting gateway island

04.07.2026 14:30 The pontiff pays tribute to migrants who lost their lives at sea at a cemetery on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Russia looks to students to make up for mounting losses in Ukraine

04.07.2026 14:30 Moscow's campaign for students to sign army contracts comes as the Kremlin seeks to sustain its war effort for a fifth year.

Polish PM warns critical months ahead in face of Russian threat

03.07.2026 20:30 Tusk says Poland is preparing for "various" scenarios after media reports of a planned Russian attack.

German row over plan for workers to need sick note on first day of illness

03.07.2026 20:30 A doctors' group says it "borders on madness" that patients will have to obtain the note in person.

France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather

03.07.2026 20:30 Forecasters are warning of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.

Ukrainian woman named by Interpol as main suspect in Monaco bomb attack

03.07.2026 14:00 Monaco's prosecutor's office says the suspect is no longer in Monaco.

Stand-up comic in court accused of insulting Islam and Erdogan in Turkey crackdown

03.07.2026 14:00 Deniz Göktaş is regarded as one of Turkey's most popular comedians and is accused of "insulting religious values" on stage.

Huge Snicko VAR call prolongs Ronaldo's last dance but ends Modric's

03.07.2026 14:00 Veteran forward Cristiano Ronaldo gets another day on the World Cup stage after Croatia are denied a late equaliser by a huge VAR call.

The one club man who is Spain's under-the-radar hero

03.07.2026 14:00 Mikel Oyarzabal is perhaps not the biggest name in Spain's World Cup squad, but the one who has so far shone brightest.

Moment huge waterspout twirls over lake in Germany

03.07.2026 14:00 The phenomenon formed over a Lake Constance near the southern German city of Friedrichshafen.

Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of splinter sect followers

02.07.2026 18:30 Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.