The EU's biggest economy rejects the US-backed proposal, saying patents are not hindering production.

The government says it is "pleased" French vessels have left but the Royal Navy remains on standby.

French fishing boats protest at the port of St Helier, in dispute over access to waters around the island.

It's Europe's most popular cultural event and the Netherlands will host it despite battling a third Covid wave.

The first batch of a spirit made with ingredients grown in the Chernobyl exclusion zone is seized.

Travel will be more expensive as airlines cannot afford to bring many planes back into service.

Socks and a TV box coloured red and white are treated as opposition protests in Belarus.

Chahinez, 31, was shot and set alight by her husband, who had been convicted of domestic violence.

The US secretary of state calls for Russia to cease "reckless" actions at the Ukrainian border.

The Russian president compares vaccine technology to the enduringly popular 1940s assault rifle.

Officer Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death after a drug deal gone wrong in central Rome.

A suspected fraudster reportedly faked her own death - but forgot about online posts of her pet dog.

A spate of deaths reignites a debate about domestic violence in a country praised for gender equality.

Getting trapped in a boy band reality TV contest was just the start of Lelush's unlikely journey.

Aaron Cook's path has been unique. An icon of taekwondo, the British-born fighter is still chasing his dream of Olympic gold - for Moldova.

Dictatorship and slavery taint the Napoleonic reforms that shaped modern France.

BBC Scotland's James Cook hears from those both for and against another referendum on independence.

Éamon De Valera and James Craig's meeting in 1921 did not go well with NI's formation still raw.

F1 driver Romain Grosjean made a remarkable escape from a flaming car last year.

The Deep Time study aims to see how humans can adapt to isolation and losing their sense of time.

In 2016, single women in the country were given the same rights as couples to access fertility treatments.

More than 60 tech firm and law enforcement leaders want aggressive, urgent action against ransomware.

Local residents tested out the 500m walkway, which spans a gorge in Portugal's Arouca Geopark.