The incidents came on a weekend of mass protests against the French government's new Covid rules.

Israeli tech firm NSO denies media reports that its software has been sold to authoritarian regimes.

The chancellor vows to fast-track aid after visiting some of the worst-hit areas in western Germany.

His 2005 drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked protests across the Muslim world.

There will be no limit on how many people can meet, nightclubs can reopen and large events resume.

Mark Cavendish fails in his bid to set a new record of 35 stage wins in the Tour de France as Wout van Aert wins the final stage of the 2021 Tour.

Max Verstappen accuses Lewis Hamilton of being "disrespectful" and "unsportsmanlike" following their crash in the British Grand Prix.

The outlandish Titane wins after jury president Spike Lee reveals the award in a ceremony slip-up.

The Biden administration is investigating cases of "Havana syndrome" among US officials.

Gardaí are investigating reports of abusive calls to Ireland's chief medical officer and his deputy.

It is the biggest repatriation of suspected Islamic State members since its fall in 2019.

"Good friends can disagree," Mr Biden says of their dispute over a Russia-to-Germany pipeline.

More than 400 go without food demanding a clear path to residency in Belgium.

Scientists want a super-computer powerful enough to accurately project the most damaging extremes.

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Record rainfall in western Europe has caused rivers to burst their banks, leaving dozens dead.

Witnesses voice their grief and horror at the deadly floods in western Germany.

Maps, images and graphics showing the heavy rainfall and flooding that has caused widespread damage.

BBC Netherlands correspondent Anna Holligan is in Valkenburg, where some residents have been forced to leave their homes.

Record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks, leaving at least 122 dead in Germany and Belgium.

Resident in Kleivelderweg, deep inside the Dutch disaster zone, find homes and businesses destroyed.

At least 120 people have died and hundreds more are unaccounted for in western Europe.

Dozens of people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in Germany.

The town of Murayama in northern Japan is preparing to welcome a team of Bulgarian Olympians.

The German chancellor, who first took office in the Bush era, makes a farewell visit to Washington DC.