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

President Emmanuel Macron fights a crunch parliamentary election against a green-left alliance.

PM Mark Rutte said soldiers were underequipped to stop the murder of over 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

Ukraine's president makes a rare trip outside the capital to visit bomb-damaged Mykolaiv and Odesa.

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

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

Temperatures soar as scientists warn heatwaves are striking earlier in the year due to climate change.

The 75-year-old is already under judicial investigation in France for raping a minor and trafficking.

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.

Russia's foreign minister tells the BBC that the West is pressing UN officials to amplify fake news.

Russia's leader says sanctions are "mad and thoughtless", as the war stops Ukraine from hosting Eurovision.

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

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

Journalist Maher Mezahi says he has learned more about different African cultures in France than Algeria.

A report warns of potential loopholes in efforts to limit use of Russian oil and gas.

A strong showing by a left-green alliance jeopardises the French president's parliamentary majority.

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

Viktoria and her surviving child have been waiting for nearly 50 days to get a UK visa.

Russian forces are trying to capture the city, and nearby Severodonetsk, in order to take control of the Luhansk region.

Moscow is seeking to boost trade with China after global sanctions hit the Russian economy.

A wildfire has spread in southern Spain, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.