Image copyright AFP Image caption Police closed off the motorway where the crash occurred A truck has exploded in a huge fireball on a motorway near Bologna, northern Italy, following a traffic accident. A lorry carrying cars collided on a bridge with another full of flammable materials, Italian media say. The bridge partly collapsed and […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The plane came down high above sea level in the Swiss Alps Twenty people have died after a World War Two vintage aircraft crashed into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, police say. The plane – a Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT – was carrying 17 passengers and three crew on a sightseeing […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption The Algarve fire has been spreading through dense undergrowth More than 700 firefighters are battling a major wildfire in southern Portugal’s Algarve region, as parts of Europe continue to swelter. Temperatures reached 46C (115F) in places, close to Portugal’s national record of 47.4C (117.3F). Soaring temperatures continued in Spain, where […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Elie Wiesel wrote about life in Nazi concentration camps Police in Romania are investigating anti-semitic graffiti found on the walls of the house where Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel was born. Comments painted in pink included the remark that Wiesel, who died in 2016, was “in hell with Hitler”. They were […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police arrested those who unfurled rainbow banners or held placards Russian police have detained at least 25 LGBT rights activists during a protest in St Petersburg to promote the rights of sexual minorities. About 60 activists gathered at the main square in the city centre, despite a ban being placed […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption The Algarve fire has been spreading through dense undergrowth More than 700 firefighters are battling a major wildfire in southern Portugal, as temperatures in some areas approach record levels. Forecasters said they expected 46-7C (115-117F) in central parts. The national record is 47.4C (117.3F). Soaring temperatures continued in Spain, where […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Hundreds of people protested against the ban on Wednesday A woman has become the first person in Denmark to be charged with wearing a face veil in public, after a ban came into effect on Wednesday. Local media report a 28-year-old woman was fined after getting into a scuffle with […]
Europe could break an all-time temperature record in the next few days. And parts of southern Spain and Portugal are forecast to go above 47C (116.6F), surpassing national records. But if you couldn’t tell from the thermometers, there are giveaways everywhere – from a melting mountain in Sweden to a rumoured Brussels sprout shortage. Here […]
Image copyright Reuters/AFP Theresa May is in talks with Emmanuel Macron as she steps up her efforts to win backing for her Brexit plans. The UK prime minister has cut short her holiday for talks at the French president’s summer retreat. It comes after UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab held talks with his counterparts in […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Angelina Khachaturyan, 18, and her sisters were in court on Thursday Russian police are holding three teenage sisters accused of having stabbed their father to death in a Moscow apartment block. The Khachaturyan sisters, aged 17, 18 and 19, have confessed to the murder, Russian media report. They say […]
