The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?

Three members of the same family were killed - the gunman was shot dead by a civilian.

A toxic spill is suspected but testing is yet to reveal the cause of the incident on the Oder river.

French environmentalists sabotage golf greens to protest against their exemption from water bans.

The Ministry of Defence says the blasts have "significantly degraded" Moscow's Black Sea Fleet.

The former chancellor has faced criticism over his links to Russian energy companies.

The goat is taken down from its pedestal on Friday for the second day in a row as temperatures soar.

More nuclear plant shelling could be "worse than Chernobyl" and young people mix cleaning and techno.

The animal was found incapacitated after consuming hallucinogenic rhododendron honey.

President Zelensky says soldiers who shoot at the Zaporizhzhia plant will become "a special target".

A decisive shift in southern Ukraine is unlikely in the coming months, says a top UK intelligence official.

Ukraine and Russia trade blame as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, is hit.

The Zaporizhzhia plant is shelled again, while new images show major damage at a Crimea airbase.

Boris Mints calls Putin's invasion of Ukraine "vile", adding the war is a result of his "madness".

Moscow's occupation of the Zaporizhzhia site puts the entire region in danger, say foreign ministers.

Former prisoners expose how and why rape is being used as a weapon inside Russian jails.

The US has warned Russia plans to maintain use of the satellite to spy on Ukrainian troop movements.

Russian weapons could be permanently degraded by tougher export controls in the West, a think tank says.

Four vessels leave Ukrainian ports via a safe maritime corridor set up under a deal with Russia.

A company in Norway has developed an innovative "kite" that turns wind into electricity.

"We've never known a summer like this," says the mayor of one town threatened by wildfires.

The corner of Tuscany where they have been honouring their culinary links to Scotland for decades.

In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever.

Robert Pope ran the almost 130-mile route from Galway to Dublin in just 23 hours and 39 minutes.

As worldwide sales of the algae soar, the European Union wants to establish giant seaweed farms.

A BBC investigation links a little-known type of company to fraud, terrorism and money laundering.

The controversial Hungarian leader will be warmly received when he addresses US Republicans.

Sarah Rainsford meets the underground partisans resisting Russian occupation in southern Ukraine.

Serbs have been demonstrating in Kosovo, raising fears of renewed ethnic hostilities.

Authorities suspect a toxic substance is to blame, but the cause of the mass death is still unknown.

One person died and dozens were injured as winds topping 80 km/h (50 mph) were recorded in the region.

Two sisters are among five women from Afghanistan's national cycling team now training in Italy.

Firefighters continue to try to extinguish the wildfire raging through the Gironde region.

Arnaud Jerald took 3 minutes and 34 seconds to complete the dive during the Vertical Blue competition.