Less than two months after re-election, the president loses control of the National Assembly.

The results confirm the French leader faces a tricky second term, our Paris correspondent writes.

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

Ukraine's parliament also voted to ban the import of books from Russia and Belarus.

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

World governing body Fifa teams up with players' union Fifpro to identify people who target players with abusive social media posts.

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.

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

The four members used to speak mostly Russian but now say they cannot use the language of their oppressors.

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

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

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.