Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Twenty-one Italian cities are on the highest alert, including Rome, Milan and Venice Two people have died in Italy as temperatures continue to soar amid an intense heatwave across Europe. In Bologna a 47-year-old died after falling ill on a construction site while a 70-year-old man was reported drowned...
An intense heatwave is still bringing soaring temperatures to large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings. A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the Spanish town of El Granado, according to the country’s national weather service. Residents and tourists have been sharing their tips...
Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Europe swelters as heatwave shows no sign of easing A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures. Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas. A new heat...
Health and fire warnings have been issued in countries across southern Europe, with temperatures expected to exceed 40C in some places over the weekend. Italy, Greece, France, Spain and Portugal are among the countries affected – with the Spanish city of Seville forecast to hit 42C. Hot air from North Africa, which is spreading across...
BBC Paternity leave policies vary across Europe – but the UK’s offer is one of the least generous The paternity leave offer for new dads in the UK is “one of the worst in the developed world”, according to a new report published this week. The government says the system needs to be “improved” and...
Paul Kenyon & Paul Grant BBC File on 4 Investigates BBC The customs officers at Brussels Airport were stunned. They had opened crates in the back of a lorry expecting to find a tonne of medical ketamine. But somewhere on its journey, the white powder had been switched for salt. After zigzagging hundreds of miles...
Dominic Hughes Health Correspondent Getty Images Health experts warn that measles spreads very easily and can lead to some children suffering life-long consequences Families travelling abroad this summer on holiday or to visit relatives are being warned about the rise in measles cases in Europe and other regions. Measles infections in Europe are at a...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its key interest rate for the eighth time in just over a year as it warned about continuing pressure on the eurozone from Donald Trump’s tariffs. The main rate has been reduced from 2.25% to 2% by the ECB, which sets rates for the countries that use the...
It says a lot for German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius that he is still in the seat after all the uproar with the German government changeover and the constant tension between new Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s fragile coalition and the now ever-present number two party in the country, the outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD). With Merz’s...
From relegation candidates to the Europa League. It was some journey and one of the best runs by a team outside of the big two in Glasgow that we have seen. “I’ve spoken to the players to remind them of the size of the achievement,” Gray said. “But also because of where we’d been and...
A lot of people were shocked when J.D. Vance denounced the Europe-wide abandonment of and active hostility to free speech at the Munich Security Conference back in February. To say that Vance was unusually blunt is a gross understatement. It’s more accurate to say that he dropped a bunker-busting bomb on the European Union. ????????VP...
Nuno was given the faith to build, but there was no talk of Europe before this season. The plan was to take a step forward and avoid a relegation battle, because you cannot become an established or growing Premier League side while fighting the drop. Pushing into the top half was in mind, not becoming...
Katya Adler Europe editor Reporting fromNorthern Norway and Svalbard BBC As soon as Magnus Mæland became mayor of a small town on Norway’s northern tip in late 2023, three delegations from China came knocking on his door. “It’s because they want to be a polar superpower,” he tells me. China might not instinctively spring to...
Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040. Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years. It is currently 67 but will rise to 68 in 2030 and to...
Brighton, Brentford and Bournemouth all have an outside chance of qualifying for Europe – but need Chelsea to win the Conference League and finish seventh in the Premier League. The final matches in the Premier League take place on Sunday and there is still a scenario in which 10 of the teams, external would be...