The Putin critic has been diagnosed with spinal hernias and his health is worsening, a lawyer says.

The EU's medicines regulator finds the benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risks.

The French Open will now run from 30 May to 13 June in the hope that more spectators will be permitted to attend.

Almost 500 people were on trial accused of involvement in the failed 2016 coup.

Kylian Mbappe scores twice as Paris St-Germain win at title holders Bayern Munich in a thrilling Champions League quarter-final first leg.

The victorious left-wing party opposes a planned mine which has powerful international backers.

The European Commission president had to sit on a nearby sofa as the EU visited Turkey.

The Bronze Age engravings are a map of part of Brittany, north-west France, researchers believe.

Winemakers in France are trying to save their crops amid a sudden drop in temperatures.

German spy agency reveals that a top Nazi who sent Jews to their deaths helped it after the war.

The two paintings were stolen in separate raids on museums last year but have not yet been recovered.

The crew were forced to abandon ship when the sea got really rough.

Grégory Montel believes the French government must allow theatres and cinemas to start working again.

Australia says the EU's move to block an AstraZeneca order is to blame for its vaccine delays.

Another Round sees four men on an alcohol experiment and has become an Oscar-nominated success.

A rediscovered Soviet TV version of The Lord of the Rings is drawing fans for all the wrong reasons.

As Europeans wait to see if foreign holidays are possible this summer, Greece hopes to open up soon.

He has spent years playing second fiddle to others, but Karim Benzema is finally the main man at Real Madrid.

There are concerns that historical evidence will be lost if Terezin's buildings are not maintained.

George King, 21, was met by police after climbing a skyscraper hotel without safety equipment.

Coronavirus has forced France into a third lockdown and raised questions about President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership.

Campaigners in Belgium call for urgent reform of the police after a series of high profile deaths in custody.

Three months since the creation of the new Irish trade border, the BBC travelled with a lorry driver.

Ieva Lesinska faced an agonising choice after discovering the truth about her father.