Chancellor Angela Merkel and ministers are expected to approve a package to help people deal with the immediate aftermath of the flooding.

Designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon and former Cabinet minister, has promised to form a provisional consensus government to lead Haiti until elections are held.

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced from their home after Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, was hit by 20 centimetres of rain in just an hour.

Varosha, a fenced-off derelict area under Turkish control, has been left deserted since the 1974 invasion that split Cyprus.

German investigators say the suspect in a knife attack in Würzburg has been sent to a psychiatric hospital and may not be held criminally responsible for his actions.

No, the beds in the Olympic village are not designed to be anti-sex - they’re just eco-friendly.

A man and a teenager have been convicted of arson in the Netherlands, after setting fire to a coronavirus testing facility in January.

Researchers estimate the total number of excess deaths may be between 3 and 4.7 million since the start of the pandemic.

The draft bill is another milestone in the government's aim to heal divisions over Franco's place in Spanish history but is likely to re-ignite the debate over freedom of expression.

China claims the island which is officially known as the Republic of China and rejects any use of the "Taiwan" name on the international stage.

"If my mother tongue, the Macedonian language, is the reason we can’t move closer to the EU, then the EU is not really what we thought it was – a community of values."

The new rules see refugees given temporary rather than permanent residency in Sweden as a rule of thumb, while new arrivals must wait at least three years before they can apply to stay permanently in the country.

Only 2% of the governments' projected Covid-19 recovery spending is earmarked for clean energy transitions, the International Energy Agency has warned.

The President of Turkey threw his weight behind a two-state solution for the Mediterranean island during a controversial visit to mark the 47th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

European nations will not be credible to others if they cannot agree at home, and third countries will instead bank on the proposals being watered down.

The Israeli-made spyware is believed to have been sold to authoritarian regimes, with French and Hungarian journalists on the potential target list.

“Best day ever,” Bezos said after the capsule touched down on the desert floor at the end of the 10-minute flight.

The UK has been under heatwave conditions in recent days but temperatures will climb further this week, possibly reaching 33°C in some western parts, the Met Office said.

The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on war-won lands.

Castillo catapulted from unknown to president-elect with the support of the country's poor and rural citizens, many of whom identify with the struggles the teacher has faced.

Ariel Henry will replace Claude Joseph who has been leading Haiti since President Moïse's assassination.

An investigation by RTL Nieuws found that citizens could hack into a company website and falsify official COVID-19 test results.

The European Court of Justice ruled last week that employers could ban religious symbols from the workplace under certain conditions.

Empty since the 1974 Turkish invasion, it used to be the hotspot of international tourism. Now Varosha is a vast area of abandoned and ruined buildings.

Campaigners say as many as 3,000 people have issued statements of apostasy this year - and that this is six times higher than last year.

“The car was zigzagging and sweeping away everything," said Raúl Morote, whose family owns several restaurants in the area.

Boris Johnson vowed to "take back control" from the EU, but in several policy areas the UK is finding it hard to break away from Brussels.

French police have detained an Italian suspect accused of left-wing terrorism, who escaped when nine others were arrested in April.

Russia's Defence Ministry said the missile had successfully hit a land-based target on the coast of the Barents Sea.

Starting Monday, July 19, most of the restrictions on social distancing are lifted in England.

They were charged with helping a criminal in the December 2019 escape of Ghosn, who hid in a big box that was flown on a private jet via Turkey to Lebanon.

The military-grade malware by the NSO Group infects phones, allowing the operator to access messages, photos, emails, and location data as well as surreptitiously control the device's microphones and cameras.

"Look I'm not gonna be performing on any stages anytime soon with my dad handling what I wear, say, do, or think," says Britney Spears amid a legal battle over her father's conservatorship.

The Aix-en-Provence Festival has premiered the opera, 'Innocence' by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho to wide acclaim by critics.

Martine Moise, the wife of assassinated President Jovenel Moise, returned to the Caribbean nation on Saturday following her release from a Miami hospital.

The depot was once one of the most secretive places in former Czechoslovakia. It has now reopened its doors to the public.

Two athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Tokyo Olympic Village, organisers said on Sunday, sparking fears of a larger outbreak just days before kickoff.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged quick financial aid and climate action as the death toll from devastating floods in Western Europe rose to at least 190.

Julia Ducournau has been awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival after Spike Lee accidentally declares her the winner

350 residents were evacuated and over 400 hectares lost to the flames as a wildfire ravaged the national park of Cap Creus in Girona.

Government forces are struggling to hold onto Afghanistan's major towns and cities whilst the Taliban continue to take large rural districts.

Tokyo Olympics organisers sought to reassure competitors that the event would be safe after the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the Games Village on Saturday.

The annual Muslim pilgrimage is set to take place between 17-22 July. But the pandemic means things have had to change.

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for an audit of Chinese laboratories where the first cases of COVID-19 were identified as part of the investigation into the origin of the pandemic.

'Made in Asia’ dumping methods have damaged Europe’s industries. Can the European Union rescue the ‘made in Europe’ market and save European jobs? Unreported heads to France to take a look at the bike industry and its European comeback.

France's justice minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, has been indicted over a possible conflict of interest related to his former work as a lawyer.

An opposition party that has promised to legalise marijuana looks poised to win upcoming elections. If it does, growers expect high times.

“The cars have completely disappeared and the men and women have water up to here (points to her neck). I haven’t seen this anywhere before," Anna, a local in Liege, told Euronews.

Among those targeted on Friday were journalists linked to the Polish TV channel, Belsat, and the US-funded RFE/RL broadcaster.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the situation on the ground in Germany was 'harrowing'.