Gavin Blackburn

France

Driver rams car into people on French island of Île d’Oléron

The arrested man is not on France’s database of radicalised individuals (FSPRT) but was known to police for a string of minor offences, including damage to property.

5 November 2025

Belgium

Airspace over Brussels Airport closed following drone sighting

Both NATO and the European Union have been on high alert following a string of airspace violations, thought to be from Russia, in recent weeks.

4 November 2025

USA

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dies aged 84

Dick Cheney, a forceful and controversial figure in US politics who championed the Iraq invasion, passed away at age 84.

4 November 2025

Latvia

Latvia's president asks parliament to rethink Istanbul Conventon exit

The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.

3 November 2025

Belgium

Belgian defence minister: Drone flights at airbase could be spying op

Both NATO and the European Union have been on high alert following a string of airspace violations, thought to be from Russia, in recent weeks.

3 November 2025

Czech Republic

Babiš to form new Czech government after right-wing coalition deal

The announcement comes after the Czech Republic’s president asked Babiš to form a new government after his party's victory in last month’s parliamentary elections.

3 November 2025

Ukraine

Ukraine gets more Patriot defence systems to counter Russian attacks

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded with Western partners to provide more Patriot systems but production limitations and the need to maintain stockpiles have slowed their delivery.

3 November 2025

United Kingdom

UK man charged with attempted murder after 11 hurt in train stabbing

British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one of actual bodily harm and one of possession of a bladed article over the attack on Saturday.

3 November 2025

Netherlands

Dutch court tries an Eritrean man accused of brutal migrant smuggling

Prosecutors say Tewelde Goitom ran an operation to bring East African migrants to Europe under horrific conditions, demanding huge sums of money from their relatives.

3 November 2025

Spain

Spanish regional leader steps down over handling of Valencia floods

Mazón has been slammed by citizens and political rivals for his administration's slow response to the emergency, mainly for issuing a flood alert to people’s mobile phones hours after the flood started.

3 November 2025

Ukraine

How Ukraine's long-range drones are taking the fight to Russia

Built from parts made in a scattered network of workshops, Ukraine's domestically-produced drones now fly much further than at any point in the war.

3 November 2025

Ukraine

Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Donetsk, Zelenskyy says

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently claimed that Russian forces are making significant advances on the battlefield, though their progress has been slow and costly in troops and weapons.

31 October 2025

Turkey

Turkish court sentences hotel owner to life for fire that killed 78

The blaze broke out at the Grand Karta Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort on 21 January during the winter school break, killing 78 people and injuring 133.

31 October 2025

Brazil

Brazil favela left reeling after 132 killed in narco-gang raid

The operation's stated objectives were capturing leaders and limiting the territorial expansion of the Red Command gang, which has increased its control over favelas in recent years.

31 October 2025

United Kingdom

Prince Andrew to lose 'prince' title, Buckingham Palace says

The move follows revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

30 October 2025

USA

Refugee admissions to US limited to 7,500 a year, White House says

The administration announced the programme for Afrikaners in February, saying that white South African farmers face discrimination and violence at home.

30 October 2025

Europe News

Merz urges deeper ties with Turkey despite disagreements on Gaza

The advocacy group, Human Rights Watch, had urged Merz to speak out against Turkey's crackdown on the opposition, including the arrest of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

30 October 2025

Ukraine

Three dead in Russian strikes as Moscow continues attacks on Ukraine's power grid

Russian launched more than 650 drones and more than 50 missiles of various types in its latest strikes, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

30 October 2025

Kenya

Budapest boxing club says member among 11 killed in Kenya plane crash

All passengers on board the Cessna Caravan, eight Hungarians, two Germans and their Kenyan pilot, died when the aircraft crashed in a forested area of Kwale County

29 October 2025

Spain

Spain holds memorial for flood victims a year after disaster

Cleanup efforts initially led by thousands of residents and volunteers took weeks to scoop up the layers of mud and debris.

29 October 2025