Italy's president asks Giorgia Meloni to form the next government, to be sworn in on Saturday.

Politically active since she was a teenager, she has come to power partly by fortune.

Russia has mobilised many thousands of men to fight in Ukraine. But Mikhail Ashichev refuses to go.

Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu for the second time since the war began.

President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the family of Lola whose body was found in a plastic trunk.

British holidaymakers will no longer have to provide Covid or vaccination status to get into Spain.

Ukraine's leader warns of a "large-scale disaster" if Russia targets the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant.

Tehran has experts on the ground in Crimea helping with drone attacks on Ukraine, the White House says.

The US embassy hits back at anti-American remarks from Viktor Orban's government over the Ukraine war.

The US and Russian defence chiefs speak on the phone and the BBC talks to a man fighting mobilisation in Russia.

Vladimir Putin is tightening security across Russia, with the introduction of different security levels.

Israel has refrained from providing Ukraine with weapons in a bid to maintain relations with Russia.

War in eastern Ukraine involves not only artillery strikes, but close combat, as the BBC's Jonathan Beale finds.

A leaked audio recording of the former PM threatens to cause another headache for Italy's Giorgia Meloni.

Danish police say explosions damaged two pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany.

Giorgia Meloni's promises to crack down on immigration concerns the African community living in Sicily.

The conflict has driven them closer together in a way which could impact the world beyond Ukraine.

With high energy prices and disrupted gas supplies, European nations consider more nuclear power plants.

Mutations that saved lives from the plague are causing auto-immune diseases today.

With only nine months until the 2023 Women's World Cup, BBC Sport looks at the row which has left the Spain team in disarray.

Russia is using Iranian-made drones to fly explosives directly into targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities

Dr Oksana Leontieva was going to work after leaving her son at nursery when she was killed in Kyiv.

The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine appears to admit difficulties in occupied regions.

The family of Leonid Yevseyev, a Ukrainian prisoner of war, still hope for his safe return.

This young man calls the Ukraine invasion a 'war against our own people'.

At least one person is killed as heavy rains hit the Greek island.