Coastguard vessels and private boats have brought holidaymakers to safety, as the death toll rises.

Villages and hotels are evacuated as firefighters attempt to put out dozens of blazes.

The tech giant rejects claims it has broken European Union data protection laws.

Two Georgian silver medallists are told to leave the Olympic Games for taking a sightseeing trip in Tokyo.

Three Cubans caught trying to cross a river into Estonia are said to have been heading for Spain.

Data suggests all economies in the 19-country bloc expanded in the last three months.

The Russian Olympic Committee are fourth in the medal table at the Tokyo Games but their athletes are facing questions from fellow competitors about whether they should even be there.

Yusaf Amin tried to sell security passes, uniforms and wristbands to ticketless fans for £4,500.

Esther Dingley disappeared in the Pyrenees mountains in November.

More than 60 years after a deadly explosion ruined Mitholz, the village remains under threat.

Bacteria, fungus and enzymes can all digest plastic, but can they work at a useful commercial scale?

Deliveries of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine have fallen far below expectations.

For some, it's an oddity to watch only at the Olympics... for others, it's a lifetime of training.

How one school in Croatia is working to improve education opportunities for Roma children like Kristina.

Cities across the world are at risk of extreme rainfall overwhelming their streets

How are countries enforcing vaccine passports and what can people use them for?

Some tips from the Dutch Cycling Embassy on how to make bikes the easiest and safest way to travel.

Lisa Husby recalls hiding in fear as far-right extremist Anders Breivik went on a killing spree in 2011.

Marion Wenzel showed the BBC around her flood-wrecked house in Ahrweiler, Germany.

Dennis Tito paid $20 million to travel to the International Space Station in 2001.

Campaign group Animal Aid set up covert cameras in one of the few slaughterhouses licensed to kill horses.