The UN estimates Spain's sex industry has become worth €3.7 billion since decriminalisation in 1995.

Local conservative mayor Peter Marki-Zay is chosen to lead the opposition in next year's election.

Mark Zuckerberg is a leading voice on the metaverse - a virtual reality version of the internet.

The BBC's Nick Beake meets the young climate activists trying to stop Norway drilling for oil and gas.

Mr Kennelly spent decades working as a professor of modern literature at Trinity College Dublin.

France, among other countries, does not recognise the president's claim to a sixth term.

Ambassador Andrei Kelin says the BBC reporter can return if Russian journalists gets UK visas.

BBC science correspondent Matt McGrath answers your questions about Glasgow's COP26 climate summit.

What does it mean, and what have Facebook and Fortnite got to do with it?

French police killed at least 100 people in 1961, throwing some of them into the River Seine to drown them.

A team of 20 at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is part of a range of measures being used to reduce bird-strikes.

The number of migrants crossing has doubled in a year, so why is it proving so hard to stop their smugglers?

Why the fishermen of Boulogne-sur-Mer are angry at being refused licences to fish in British waters.

Russia's ambassador to the UK denies Russia is using energy as a political weapon, amid surging prices.

Residents in Kongsberg react to the bow and arrow attack in their neighbourhood.

Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano sparks cement factory fire, forcing 2,500 people into lockdown.

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reflects on being barred from Russia and the assault on the country's freedoms.

We favour and promote meritocracy, Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov says.