Injured Lamine Yamal 'expected to be fit' for World Cup

24.04.2026 11:45 Lamine Yamal will miss the rest of Barcelona's season with a hamstring injury but he is expected to return for Spain at the World Cup.

Woman killed by bear in Polish forest, son and local government say

23.04.2026 23:02 In an extremely rare fatal encounter, the 58-year-old was killed as she was walking in a mountainous area, her son told rescuers.

Could Italy replace Iran at the 2026 World Cup?

23.04.2026 23:02 Fifa has no plans to replace Iran with Italy at this summer's World Cup according to sources, after the switch was proposed by US President Donald Trump's special envoy.

UK and France strike new £662m small boats deal

23.04.2026 16:47 The three-year agreement will see at least 50 riot-trained police officers drafted in to tackle violence and “hostile crowds”.

No Fifa plan for Italy to replace Iran at World Cup

23.04.2026 16:47 Fifa stands by comments made last week by president Gianni Infantino in which he said that "the Iranian team is coming, for sure".

BBC visits migrant camp in northern France as new deal announced

23.04.2026 16:47 A proposed three-year deal with Paris is aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

Two trains collide head-on in Denmark, leaving four critically hurt

23.04.2026 11:00 The accident happened early on Thursday at a level crossing north of Copenhagen.

Moldovan oligarch jailed in $1bn 'theft of the century' case

22.04.2026 22:48 Vlad Plahotniuc, once Moldova's richest man, was found guilty of partaking in a fraud which involved around 12% of the country's GDP.

EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock

22.04.2026 17:00 Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 summer flights as fuel prices surge

22.04.2026 17:00 The airline is the latest to cut flights as the US-Israel war with Iran sends jet fuel prices soaring.

Torture and beating photos seized during Lyons gang raids in Spain

22.04.2026 17:00 The pictures were discovered by police targeting alleged members of the Lyons crime group on the Costa Del Sol.

Robot chases wild boars off the streets of Warsaw

21.04.2026 22:45 The Polish capital has seen the number of wild boar on its streets soar to more than 3,000 - a 20-fold increase since 2020.

Ukraine family get cancer and bomb news on same day

21.04.2026 22:45 The couple learn the home in Ukraine is hit by drones on the day of their baby's cancer diagnosis.

Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is 'disrespectful'

21.04.2026 17:00 US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv.

Unprecedented ruling finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws in breach of EU values

21.04.2026 17:00 The EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty.