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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 03:45:55 GMT
Russia vows to expand relations with North Korea
President Vladimir Putin made the comments in a letter sent to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 21:13:33 GMT
Fireworks explosion rocks Armenia shopping market
Video footage shows people running from the huge blast, which killed at least three people.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 07:16:14 GMT
Ukraine war: Zelensky warns Russian soldiers at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
President Zelensky says soldiers who shoot at the Zaporizhzhia plant will become "a special target".

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:31:17 GMT
Walrus Freya who became attraction in Norway's Oslo Fjord put down
Freya had to be euthanised because the public went too close to her, officials said.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:44:02 GMT
Cats to be freed from special lockdown in German town
Owners were ordered to keep their felines indoors to protect an endangered bird.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:03:54 GMT
Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left'
The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:22:13 GMT
Montenegro: Gunman kills 11 after family dispute
Three members of the same family were killed - the gunman was shot dead by a civilian.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:11:16 GMT
Oder river: Mystery surrounds thousands of fish deaths
A toxic spill is suspected but testing is yet to reveal the cause of the incident on the Oder river.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 16:58:57 GMT
Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption
French environmentalists sabotage golf greens to protest against their exemption from water bans.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:34:45 GMT
Ukraine war: Crimea blasts significantly hit Russian navy - UK
The Ministry of Defence says the blasts have "significantly degraded" Moscow's Black Sea Fleet.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:57:02 GMT
German ex-leader Gerhard Schroeder sues parliament over lost perks
The former chancellor has faced criticism over his links to Russian energy companies.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:11:19 GMT
Ukraine war: Predicting Russia's next step in Ukraine
A decisive shift in southern Ukraine is unlikely in the coming months, says a top UK intelligence official.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 01:33:28 GMT
UN alarm as Ukraine nuclear power plant shelled again
Ukraine and Russia trade blame as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, is hit.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:41:29 GMT
Ukraine war: Fears over Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and major damage at Crimea airbase
The Zaporizhzhia plant is shelled again, while new images show major damage at a Crimea airbase.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:45:30 GMT
The Russian billionaire daring to speak out about Putin
Boris Mints calls Putin's invasion of Ukraine "vile", adding the war is a result of his "madness".

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:34:43 GMT
Zaporizhzhia: Russia must exit Ukraine nuclear plant, says G7
Moscow's occupation of the Zaporizhzhia site puts the entire region in danger, say foreign ministers.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:20:37 GMT
Ex-inmates reveal details of Russia prison rape scandal
Former prisoners expose how and why rape is being used as a weapon inside Russian jails.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:40:16 GMT
US officials concerned as Russia launches Iranian satellite
The US has warned Russia plans to maintain use of the satellite to spy on Ukrainian troop movements.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:51:56 GMT
Tighter export controls on electronics could hamper Russia's war effort - report
Russian weapons could be permanently degraded by tougher export controls in the West, a think tank says.

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 12:59:36 GMT
Ukraine war: Four more grain ships leave Ukraine as hopes grow for export stability
Four vessels leave Ukrainian ports via a safe maritime corridor set up under a deal with Russia.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:44:31 GMT
Forty metres above the forest, searching for smoke
A network of forest watchtowers in the first line of defence against wildfires in southern France.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:02:11 GMT
Letter from Africa: How racism haunts black people in Italy
The murder of a Nigerian vendor has shaken a community in Italy, writes Ismail Einashe.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:06:04 GMT
Renewable energy: The 'kite' that pulls energy out of the sky
A company in Norway has developed an innovative "kite" that turns wind into electricity.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 18:58:00 GMT
Evacuated twice in a summer as France's fires burn
"We've never known a summer like this," says the mayor of one town threatened by wildfires.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:58:37 GMT
The Italian town that celebrates fish and chips
The corner of Tuscany where they have been honouring their culinary links to Scotland for decades.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:02:06 GMT
Ibiza: The birth of the 'party island'
In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:24:42 GMT
Robert Pope: Guinness-fuelled man runs width of Ireland in a day
Robert Pope ran the almost 130-mile route from Galway to Dublin in just 23 hours and 39 minutes.

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 23:16:47 GMT
Plans for giant seaweed farms in European waters
As worldwide sales of the algae soar, the European Union wants to establish giant seaweed farms.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:34:23 GMT
Banned Russian oligarchs exploited UK secrecy loophole
A BBC investigation links a little-known type of company to fraud, terrorism and money laundering.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:23:52 GMT
Viktor Orban alone in Europe but among friends at CPAC in Texas
The controversial Hungarian leader will be warmly received when he addresses US Republicans.

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 23:44:55 GMT
Ukraine's shadow army resisting Russian occupation
Sarah Rainsford meets the underground partisans resisting Russian occupation in southern Ukraine.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:52:52 GMT
Kosovo: Why is trouble flaring between Serbs and the Albanian-led government?
Serbs have been demonstrating in Kosovo, raising fears of renewed ethnic hostilities.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 23:37:01 GMT
The nine-year-old boy who fled war-torn Cyprus for London
Baz Bedrossian came to London with his family as a refugee after the second Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 20:20:22 GMT
Tonnes of dead fish found in river on German-Polish border
Authorities suspect a toxic substance is to blame, but the cause of the mass death is still unknown.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 16:38:47 GMT
Medusa festival: High speeds winds cut Spanish festival short
One person died and dozens were injured as winds topping 80 km/h (50 mph) were recorded in the region.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:02:36 GMT
The Afghan cyclists who fled to pursue their Olympic dreams
Two sisters are among five women from Afghanistan's national cycling team now training in Italy.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:51:51 GMT
Megafire rips through swathes of land near Bordeaux
Firefighters continue to try to extinguish the wildfire raging through the Gironde region.



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