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A young man with blond hair and a bow tie looks on as a woman in a yellow dress claps

Rape trial puts Norway's royal family in unwelcome glare of public

Marius Borg Høiby, the crown prince's blond stepson, is accused of 38 charges in a case that has attracted global interest.
 1 day ago
Europe
An officer with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE (right) and another federal officer holding a crowd control device (centre) stand at a Minneapolis intersection where protesters had gathered after the death of Renee Nicole Good. Bystanders and journalists also stand in the intersection.

French tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE

The firm's move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency.
 12 hrs ago
World

One wrong move and it could all go wrong - the men clearing deadly undersea Russian mines

A team of divers are tasked with de-mining parts of the Black Sea still under Ukraine's control.
 2 days ago
Europe

Ukraine sees quieter night as Trump says Putin will not attack its cities

Russia said the US president requested a pause in strikes on Kyiv until 1 February, a move Trump said was prompted by the cold weather.
 3 days ago
Europe
Miroslav Lajčák wears a suit, white shirt and purple tie.

Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over Epstein links

Miroslav Lajčák steps down after newly released exchanges showed him discussing girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender.
 18 hrs ago
Europe
Flowers and candles laid in tribute to victims are displayed at a makeshift memorial following the fire at Le Constellation bar.

Teenager dies from Swiss bar fire injuries, bringing death toll to 41

The 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich, the local prosecutor said.
 13 hrs ago
Europe
Yulia hangs a light in her home

Ukrainians brace for -20C despite energy truce: 'It will be a catastrophe'

Already facing electricity cuts, civilians are struggling to keep warm in their own homes as temperatures are set to plummet.
 2 days ago
Europe


A woman and a man stand in front of a memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, with flags and photographs.

Ukraine receives 1,000 bodies in latest soldier swap with Russia

Russia received 38 soldiers' bodies in exchange as part of an agreement between the warring countries.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) soldiers march in formation in September 2024. The group of men wear matching green and red uniforms and hold rifles

EU adds Iran's Revolutionary Guards to terrorist list

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says the move is a response to Tehran's deadly crackdown on protesters.
Members of parliament stand and sit on red chairs in the French national assembly in Paris on 28 January.

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

The proposed bill would enshrine in law the end of so-called "conjugal rights" – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex.
A bowl of potatoes at a market in Germany. The spuds are in focus, the rest of the stall is slightly blurry.

Chips, anyone? German farm gives away millions of potatoes after bumper harvest

Dubbed "the great potato rescue", it is part of a plan to save the spuds from going to waste.
A young polar bear leans against an adult bear that is sprawled out on the ice.

Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

Features & Analysis


Dua Lipa, Vanessa Paradis, Nicole Kidman and Gracie Abrams sit together on a pink seat at a fashion show, with pink weeping willows behind them - Paradis and Kidman wear dark glasses and hold hands, smiling, while Abrams wears a bright yellow tweed jacket, and Lipa also wears yellow, patterned with black and red

The stars and styles from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

Fashion's finest gather in the French capital for a week of high-end designs and celebrity sightings.
Five people stand on a stage with the background slogan "regularisation is rights"

Spain plans to give half a million undocumented migrants legal status

The process will be available to foreign nationals without a criminal record who can prove they lived in Spain for five months prior to 31 December 2025.
More than a dozen people in winter clothing queue up outside a tent. There is ice on the ground, a few vehicles are parked on the left and tall residential buildings are in the background

How Soviet urban planning is helping Russia freeze Ukraine

Thousands of people are affected when heating plants are targeted by Russian forces.
Geologist Greg Barnes holds up a rock containing crystals at the mining site, near Narsarsuaq, the gateway settlement to southern Greenland.

Trump covets mineral-rich Greenland, but what natural resources does it actually have?

Greenland's natural resources include large reserves of rare earth deposits.
Technicians monitor levels at the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant in Ukraine

Ukraine is battling to keep the lights on, this nuclear plant is vital in the fight

The BBC gains rare access to the Khmelnytsky plant as Russian pummels Ukraine's energy grid.

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People in a circle with a DJ booth

Watch: Frozen river hosts dance party in Kyiv

Residents in the Ukrainian capital are finding joy in unusual places, despite power cuts caused by Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures.
On the left, a man wearing a black Adidas jacket and a yellow hat. On the right, a person holds up a thermometer.

'It's 2C in our flat': Inside Kyiv apartment as Russia targets power and heating

Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure have left millions without power in freezing temperatures.
A car teetering on the edge of a drop after a landslide

Watch: Huge landslide in Sicily after Storm Harry

More than 1,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes on the Italian island.
Split screen with the BBC's Joe Inwood on the left and a tank in the Donbas region of Ukraine on the right

Could trilateral talks yield a breakthrough in Ukraine-Russia war?

It's the first time representatives from Kyiv, Moscow and Washington have come together since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
A frozen waterfall

Waterfall in Ukraine completely freezes

Temperatures in the country have dropped to around -20C.

Latest updates


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 The rear end of a burnt and badly damaged bus. It appears to have driven into a wall, with its front end obscured through it. Its windows have been blown out and charred purple curtains hang out of the window frames. Its red and white paint is visible underneath a layer of soot.

Twelve miners killed by Russian strike in Ukraine, officials say

Fifteen others were reported injured in the strike near a bus carrying the workers on Sunday.
 3 hrs ago
3 hrs ago
 A woman with blonde hair smiles and waves

Norway's PM agrees crown princess had 'poor judgement' over Epstein links

Jonas Gahr Støre says he agreed with Princess Mette-Marit's own remarks over her contacts with the late sex offender.
 3 hrs ago
7 hrs ago
 A dozen cardboard boxes are stacked up against a white wall. Some are open, with the contents appearing to be white tablets in navy film.

Over €3m of benzodiazepine seized in Dublin

The tablets were recovered during a number of searches in Dublin on Wednesday.
 7 hrs ago
13 hrs ago
 Flowers and candles laid in tribute to victims are displayed at a makeshift memorial following the fire at Le Constellation bar.

Teenager dies from Swiss bar fire injuries, bringing death toll to 41

The 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich, the local prosecutor said.
 13 hrs ago
18 hrs ago
 Miroslav Lajčák wears a suit, white shirt and purple tie.

Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over Epstein links

Miroslav Lajčák steps down after newly released exchanges showed him discussing girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender.
 18 hrs ago
1 day ago
 A young man with blond hair and a bow tie looks on as a woman in a yellow dress claps

Rape trial puts Norway's royal family in unwelcome glare of public

Marius Borg Høiby, the crown prince's blond stepson, is accused of 38 charges in a case that has attracted global interest.
 1 day ago
1 day ago
 Cannabis is lying on the ground in a huge pile. The drugs are sealed in plastic bags with a blue zip lock. There are banners flanked at each side of the pile with contact numbers for the Irish tax and customs and also Gardi.

Trio appear in court charged with €10m seizure 

Three men, two in their 30s and one in his 50s, were arrested in connection with drug trafficking offences. 
 1 day ago
1 day ago
 People in a circle with a DJ booth

Watch: Frozen river hosts dance party in Kyiv

Residents in the Ukrainian capital are finding joy in unusual places, despite power cuts caused by Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures.
 1 day ago
2 days ago
 Yulia hangs a light in her home

Ukrainians brace for -20C despite energy truce: 'It will be a catastrophe'

Already facing electricity cuts, civilians are struggling to keep warm in their own homes as temperatures are set to plummet.
 2 days ago
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