Clouds of white steam are seen billowing at the Playa Nueva area of Spain's La Palma island.

The UK grants just 12 licences from 47 applications for smaller vessels to fish in its territorial sea.

Greta Thunberg, the climate activist, uses a speech to mock world leaders, including UK PM Boris Johnson.

Armin Laschet is facing mounting unrest within his party, after their historic election defeat.

The bronze statue to honour a 19th Century poem is called "offensive" and "humiliating" to women.

Police said Arnoud van Doorn was interrogated after he was seen acting suspiciously in The Hague.

General Frantz Tavart says he will withdraw troops from the coastline if funding from the UK is withheld.

Police are investigating whether criminal activity is behind the blast that seriously injured four.

Sheriff Tiraspol produce one of the great Champions League shocks by beating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

The rare audio track was made in Denmark more than 50 years ago, months before the Beatles split.

Coalition governments are rare in the UK. Germany has had nothing but them since the end of the war.

Seats, Schleswig and an ex-spy: here are some of the sidelights from Sunday's vote.

While voting patterns are changing, none of the front-running parties can be described as radical.

The centre-left leader looks to succeed Angela Merkel after preliminary results put him ahead.

As Angela Merkel steps down as German chancellor, we take a look back at the photos documenting her career.

Clouds of steam rise as the red-hot current makes contact with the Atlantic on the Spanish island.

The country is still grappling with how to remember one of the worst massacres of World War Two.

The leaders of the two biggest parties are now in a race to find partners to join a coalition.

The quake had a magnitude of 5.8 according to the National Observatory of Athens.

Armin Laschet thanks Angela Merkel for her service as chancellor - but says he is not happy with the election result so far.