One holidaymaker, Matthias, told BFMTV how he and his son had been told to escape immediately: “We started packing our things but the lady told us, no, you have to leave everything as it is. You try to keep calm but it’s
Elections were already due early in 2023 and, if the government does collapse, a vote is likely to take place this autumn. Several parties on the right are keen on early elections, but a period of political uncertainty will jeopardise Italy’s efforts
But asked whether the prime minister’s statement was an indication that the army might take control, a human rights lawyer in Colombo, Bhavani Fonseka, told the BBC’s World at One that Sri Lanka “doesn’t have a history where military has played an
You’ll have seen versions of this in those coffee table books of stunning Hubble images. The Southern Ring, or “Eight-Burst” nebula, is a giant expanding sphere of gas and dust that’s been lit up by a dying star in the centre. As
A leading energy market analyst, Henning Gloystein of Eurasia Group, warned that “if Nord Stream 1 doesn’t come back on at all, let’s say by early August, we think that the German government will have to raise its gas alert level to
Outside the mansion, on the manicured sprawling lawn, hundreds of people – Buddhists, Hindus and Christians – were milling around. A family was very casually having their picnic on the green lawn, where they would have never been allowed to sit 24
Police in the region accuse Russia of deliberately destroying crops. In a Facebook post they show photos of burning fields and say: “Large-scale fires occur every day, hundreds of hectares of wheat, barley and other grain crops have already burned.” They also
According to activists and reporters who were in court on Friday, Gorinov told the judge that Russia had exhausted its limit on wars in the 20th Century. “And yet its present is Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel,” he said, listing some of the places
Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief negotiator, said Mr Johnson’s departure “opens a new page in relations with” the UK – one he hoped would be “more constructive, more respectful of commitments made, in particular regarding peace & stability in Northern Ireland,
On Wednesday, police said it is believed Mr Crimo saw another 4 July celebration happening in Madison, Wisconsin, about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of the initial attack in the state of Illinois, which he “seriously contemplated” attacking, using a firearm he