France's president will hold talks with the country's main political parties to find a way forward.

Dmitry Muratov says all the money from the auction will go to help refugees from the war in Ukraine.

Russia is stopping grain leaving Ukrainian ports, sparking warnings tens of millions risk famine.

The actor has been a Goodwill ambassador for the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) since 2016.

All that remains of Congo's murdered leader Patrice Lumumba is handed to his family in Brussels.

Former Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o pleads guilty to a £3.2m tax fraud relating to his image rights while playing for Barcelona.

The Crash filmmaker is arrested in Italy and denies the allegations according to local agencies.

A bereaved father in Ukraine is separated from his daughter, who is receiving medical treatment abroad.

A paramedic captured by Russian forces during the invasion of Ukraine is freed after three months.

Ukraine's parliament also voted to ban the import of books from Russia and Belarus.

The Russian president says the economic restrictions are "more harmful" to those who imposed them.

Boris Johnson says the contest should go ahead in Ukraine, even as organisers fear it will be unsafe.

Jens Stoltenberg says the costs of war are high but the price of letting Moscow win is even greater.

The results confirm the French leader faces a tricky second term, our Paris correspondent writes.

Anatoly Lazarev was at the heart of Russia's space rocket programme before he fled to Hungary.

He leads a left-wing alliance aiming to stop President Macron controlling the next government.

Boris Johnson says the Northern Ireland Brexit deal he negotiated is "turning into a political problem".

The new Russian brand is called "Vkusno i Tochka", which translates to "Tasty and that's it".

In the EU, the contingencies for a trade war with the UK are being put in place

Rachel Keke, a left-wing candidate in Paris, is the first cleaner to become an MP in France.

The four members used to speak mostly Russian but now say they cannot use the language of their oppressors.

Temperature records have been broken in Spain and France as a heatwave sweeps across Europe.

Ukraine should be given the chance to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, the UK prime minister has said.

Nato footage shows extremely close encounters with Russian military aircraft in the skies of Europe.