The appeal comes amid warnings of a nuclear disaster, as each side accuses the other of shelling it.

At least 12 people, including three children. have died in violent storms after weeks of heat and drought.

Small units play a key role in targeting Russian armour as Ukraine attempts to retake Kherson.

Other politicians suggest Sanna Marin takes a drug test - she insists she only drank alcohol.

A summer scourge in the suburbs leaves young people dead and injured and prompts promises of action.

A cosmonaut was rushed back to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the US space agency says.

Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk steals the show - even bursting into song - as he comes face-to-face with Briton Anthony Joshua before their fight in Jeddah on Saturday.

British number one Emma Raducanu produces another eye-catching display as she thrashes Victoria Azarenka less than 24 hours after beating Serena Williams.

Ministers say they are drawing up plans in case there is a radioactive emergency at the Zaporizhzhia site.

Russia blames "saboteurs" for the string of explosions at a military site on the annexed peninsula.

The government says it wants to remove a source of tension after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

One of the Britons, John Harding, could be sentenced to death by the Russian-backed court.

An arms depot is hit a week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on another military base in Crimea.

The Luhansk base was targeted after a Russian journalist revealed its location online, Ukraine claims.

The war in Ukraine has prompted Latvia to crack down on support for the Kremlin.

An increasing number of young people in the ex-French colony see English as a universal language.

Around 20,500 Jews out of an estimated 165,000 Russian Jews, have moved to Israel since March.

A network of forest watchtowers in the first line of defence against wildfires in southern France.

The murder of a Nigerian vendor has shaken a community in Italy, writes Ismail Einashe.

Baz Bedrossian came to London with his family as a refugee after the second Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

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.

He was tracked down after stealing a bag in the background of a live interview on the beach.

Parts of northern Italy are experiencing their worst drought in 70 years.

The drivers of two vehicles have been rescued after a bridge collapsed in the south of Norway.

Video footage shows people running from the huge blast, which killed at least three people.

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