Energy providers from Scotland to Scandinavia must work with trade unions and consumers to ensure a just transition to renewables, says María Mendiluce of the climate-focused We Mean Business Coalition

Ethiopia’s government declared a national state of emergency as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital.

Thousands of farmers and workers on Spain’s La Palma island have had their livelihoods put in jeopardy by the destruction wrecked by volcano that is still erupting after six weeks.

Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governor's race in the US state of Virginia, in an election that was seen as a first major test of voter sentiment since Biden took office.

A new report by UNESCO suggests a staggering six journalists have been killed worldwide every month in the past five years.

Hospital admissions are up 31% week on week with a 20% increase in the number of patients admitted to ICU.

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said at the ceremony that terrorism "must not succeed in dividing us".

Angela Merkel will leave politics after a new German government is formed, expected in December.

Social media users had accused Morrisons of stoking anti-EU feelings, but the company has reiterated that the error was not a "political commentary".

Dodik, the Bosnian Serb member of the presidency, has for years been advocating for the separation of the Bosnian Serb mini-state and having it become part of Serbia.

Global tourism numbers were still down by 67% in July, compared to the same month in 2019.

The Hellenic League of Human Rights says the police shooting last month has "highlighted a number of long-standing serious issues".

They could be jailed for several years if found guilty.

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), just 25.5% of Bulgaria's adults are fully vaccinated, compared with 37.2% in Romania. This is well below the 75.2% average for the EU/EEA.

The family of the murdered victims said the police officer's actions were "despicable" and had brought them "even more anxiety".

Two French railway security officers shot and wounded a man in Paris's Gare Saint-Lazare station after he had threatened them with a knife.

Third time lucky?

Yahoo followed gaming smash hit Fortnite and social platform Linkedin in pulling the plug on Chinese users.

Campaigners believe the woman is the first victim of Poland's near-total abortion ban. Their opponents have warned against jumping to conclusions.

"All I ever aimed for was creating safer spaces for our community," said a victim of the violence. "Yesterday my biggest fear came true: our community centre was destroyed and I got punched in the face."

Coronavirus deaths in Russia hit another daily record on Tuesday, four days since a nationwide order for many Russians to stay off work took effect.

A senior Taliban spokesman said the explosion tried to target "civilians, doctors, and patients" inside the 400-bed hospital.

France is demanding more permits to fish in British waters under the UK-EU trade deal, and had threatened to disrupt trade from Tuesday.

"I'm tired of feeling invisible," one man told Euronews after Italy's Senate blocked an anti-LGBT+ discrimination bill from passing.

Australian PM Scott Morrison said he wouldn't take "slurs" or "sledging" from France after Emmanuel Macron said he was lied to over a submarine deal.

A 21-story apartment building under construction collapsed in an upscale area of Nigeria's largest city.

From Brazil to Indonesia to the UK, countries across the planet have promised to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation within the next nine years.

The controversial new abortion law in Texas that has all but ended the procedure in the state.

Bulgaria's interior ministry says the number of migrants illegally entering the country has more than trebled in 2021.

German police say that they registered more than 5,285 unauthorised border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus.

'With much reduced Southern presence at COP26, it will be a more inequitable and undemocratic process than ever.'

A former employee at Berlin's public prosecutor's office allegedly told Attila Hildmann that an arrest warrant had been issued for him, allowing the conspiracist to flee the country.

The EU must diversify its energy sources or risk a security crisis, writes Eastern Europe journalist Mark Temnycky

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that NATO’s military liaison and information offices in Moscow would be closed in November, following the alliance's decision to expel 8 Russian diplomats.

Novgorod’s regional coronavirus task force has reported 284 new infections — double the daily tally from a month ago.

The images were reportedly taken in May as police were dispersed across the German capital.

Thousands of people were locked down inside Disneyland in Shanghai as they awaited a coronavirus test after a previous visitor tested positive.

Polish cemeteries reopened on Sunday after authorities decided to close them a year ago due to coronavirus restrictions.

Around 200 people demonstrated in the town of Anguillara Veneta, where Bolsonaro's ancestors are from.

The chief executive of British bank Barclays stepped down on Monday following a report by United Kingdom regulators into his past links with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed five million, with an expert describing the situation as “a defining moment in our lifetime”.

A man attacked passengers on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday, stabbing at least one and starting a fire.

Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears and laughter on Monday as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months.

North Macedonia’s prime minister has announced his resignation following the heavy defeat of his governing SDSM in the country’s local elections.

A carriage of a passenger train derailed, leading to a crash with a second train as it approached the station at Salisbury in England on Sunday evening.

Research in Hungary has been looking at the phenomenon of exceptionally capable canines

The accident in Liberec occurred on Sunday afternoon when one of the two cabins crashed to the ground.

Addressing worshippers in St Peter's Square, the pope urged people to pray that the UN conference "may give effective answers offering concrete hope to future generations".

Authorities in Russia and eastern Europe take various measures to combat COVID-19, as vaccine scepticism contributes to rising infections.

Trips to visit the Canary island over the All Saints' Day holiday weekend have sold out as thousands clamour to see the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano.