Foreign Minister Heiko Maas asks for forgiveness for atrocities and announces financial support deal.

Air France and Austrian Airlines routes to Moscow are halted as Russia rejects new flight plans.

The men assisted those responsible for attacks in 2017 that killed 16 people and injured 140.

Unofficial plans to change the borders have caused alarm - but no-one knows whose idea they are.

The six were surrounded by Azeri troops who foiled a sabotage mission, Azerbaijan says.

At a memorial to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda's capital President Macron admits French mistakes.

Hungarian PM's comments about Muslims and migrants branded "divisive and wrong" but talks will go ahead.

France joins Austria and Germany in introducing restrictions due to the spread of the Indian variant.

Anti-smoking groups demand the French government cuts its funding for movies that show tobacco use.

The world's largest planemaker says demand from the crisis-hit airline sector will reach pre-Covid levels by 2025.

Goalkeeper David de Gea sees a penalty saved in an epic shootout as Villarreal beat Manchester United to win the Europa League.

Switzerland's decision to halt efforts on reaching an over-arching treaty could harm ties with the EU.

BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues podcast discusses why some of Europe's top managers are on the move.

It comes after years of restoration and cataloguing by the National Library of Israel.

The singer didn't get a single point in Rotterdam, leaving the United Kingdom bottom of the pile.

A Turkish gang boss's videos go viral with his claims of serious crimes by Turkish officials.

What further sanctions are in place against Belarus and what impact might they have?

Simon Browning looks at standard aviation protocols after a "major diplomatic incident" on Sunday.

The BBC hears shocking accounts of police brutality as the Belarus president defies mass protests.

The mother of Sofia Sapega, who was arrested when her flight was grounded in Minsk, speaks to the BBC.

Hundreds of people described as "political prisoners" are held, including journalists and protesters.

The BBC visits the colleagues of Roman Protasevich, the journalist arrested off the diverted Ryan Air flight.

As more details emerge of why flight FR4978 was forced to land in Belarus, some questions remain unanswered.

The diversion of a plane flying between two EU capitals to arrest a journalist led officials to act.

The young blogger, now held in Belarus, could face a long jail term for his opposition activism.

The girlfriend of dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was arrested with him in Minsk.

We take a look back at previous incidents where planes may have been intercepted and forced to land.

A British businessman has turned his Canary Islands hotel into a home for migrants from Africa.

Belarus will say whatever it needs to shelter its wrongdoings, Ingrida Simonyte says.

The father of Roman Protasevich fears for his son after he was seized from a plane by Belarus.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said it appears there were KGB security agents on the flight.

BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gets rare access to the Russian military base, known as Arctic Trefoil.