Railway infrastructure was also damaged in the attack, the latest in a series of intensifying Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital
At least 14 people have been injured in an overnight drone attack on Kyiv that also damaged railway infrastructure, and set buildings and cars on fire throughout the city, the mayor has said, while separate explosions were reported in a city near Moscow.
The attack was the latest in a series of Russian airstrikes on Kyiv that have intensified in recent weeks and included some of the deadliest assaults of the war on the city of three million people.
Support is lowest in France, Spain and Poland, while 21% back authoritarian rule under certain circumstances
Only half of young people in France and Spain believe that democracy is the best form of government, with support even lower among their Polish counterparts, a study has found.
A majority from Europe’s generation Z – 57% – prefer democracy to any other form of government. Rates of support varied significantly, however, reaching just 48% in Poland and only about 51-52% in Spain and France, with Germany highest at 71%.
After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law
The outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, campaigners have warned, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists and journalists.
Greenpeace International is using a recently introduced EU directive to try to reclaim costs and damages it incurred when a US jury decided it should pay the oil pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660m in damages earlier this year.
Sell-offs of public housing and the right’s promotion of home ownership has left too many unable to afford accommodation
Csaba Jelinek is an urban sociologist based in Budapest
When I left my family home to study at university in 2007 and moved to downtown Budapest, housing costs were hardly a topic of conversation among my friends. I rented rooms in centrally located flats for £80-£100 per month. Fast forward to 2025 and a similar room in a shared flat would set you back at least £200 – double the price of 15 years ago. Talk to anyone in their 20s in Budapest today, and the deepening housing crisis will inevitably come up as one of the defining struggles of their lives.
The statistics paint an equally grim picture. Between 2010 and 2024, Hungary saw the largest increase of the housing price index among EU member states. While the EU average rose by 55.4%, Hungary’s housing price index rocketed by 234%. Meanwhile, per capita net income only grew by 86% in the 2010s. Budapest, the capital, is the centre of this crisis. According to the Hungarian National Bank, residential property prices are overvalued by 5-19%. This is partly explained with the high proportion of investment-driven purchases: these accounted for 30-50% of all transactions in the last five years in Hungary. Unlike in many other EU capitals, property investors in Budapest are not primarily foreign nationals – who accounted for just 7.3% of transactions between 2016 and 2022 – nor are they institutional players. Instead, they are typically individual Hungarian citizens. As real estate has become an increasingly appealing investment for upper- and middle-class households amid growing economic uncertainty, the result has been a deepening polarisation within Hungarian society.
Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv hours after presidents’ phone call; US company Techmet to bid in first pilot project of US-Ukraine minerals fund. What we know on day 1,227
Deux mois après son installation, la coalition dirigée par le nouveau chancelier chrétien-démocrate allemand Friedrich Merz traverse ses premières difficultés. Des fonds spéciaux hors budget ont permis l'annonce de dépenses historiques pour les investissements. Pour le reste, les contraintes budgétaires demeurent. C'est la raison pour laquelle malgré d'intenses discussions, une promesse de la coalition au pouvoir entre conservateurs et sociaux-démocrates sur la baisse des prix de l'électricité pour les particuliers ne sera pas tenue. Les critiques sont nombreuses.
Deux mois après son installation, la coalition dirigée par le nouveau chancelier chrétien-démocrate allemand Friedrich Merz traverse ses premières difficultés. Des fonds spéciaux hors budget ont permis l'annonce de dépenses historiques pour les investissements. Pour le reste, les contraintes budgétaires demeurent. C'est la raison pour laquelle malgré d'intenses discussions, une promesse de la coalition au pouvoir entre conservateurs et sociaux-démocrates sur la baisse des prix de l'électricité pour les particuliers ne sera pas tenue. Les critiques sont nombreuses.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for a two-day trip expected to boost investments in energy, health, security and other sectors
La Russie « ne renoncera pas à ses objectifs » en Ukraine, a déclaré jeudi 3 juillet le président russe Vladimir Poutine dans une conversation téléphonique avec son homologue américain Donald Trump, tout en se disant ouvert à la poursuite des négociations avec Kiev.
À l'occasion d'un nouvel appel téléphonique avec Donald Trump, le président russe Vladimir Poutine a assuré à son homologue américain être ouvert à la poursuite des négociations avec Kiev tout en affirmant que la Russie "ne renoncera pas à ses objectifs" en Ukraine. Donald Trump a pour sa part dit ne pas "avoir fait de progrès" en faveur d'un cessez-le-feu.
Syrian man, 32, was granted asylum in 2014 but lost refugee status because of a criminal conviction
Austria has returned a Syrian with a criminal conviction to his birth country in what it described as the first such deportation since the fall of the Assad regime.
“The deportation carried out today is part of a strict and thus fair asylum policy,” Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner, said in a statement.
Alors que sur le plan diplomatique, l'Ukraine doit composer avec le revirement américain sur les promesses de livraisons d'équipement militaire, notamment pour assurer sa défense aérienne, Kiev a enregistré plusieurs succès contre les forces russes, y compris sur le sol russe.
De la guerre en Ukraine à celle qui ravage le Soudan, en passant par Gaza, Israël, la République Démocratique du Congo, le viol est et les tortures sexuelles sont utilisés comme une arme dans tous les conflits en cours. La pratique n'est pas nouvelle, mais sa reconnaissance est relativement récente : elle date, en particulier, de la guerre en Bosnie où le viol des femmes était systémique et organisé.
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, on Tuesday at the bank’s forum in Sintra, Portugal, which had a sense of calm amid the chaos in the world.
Fire on island being fanned by gale-force winds, with blazes also raging on mainland Greece and in other parts of Europe
A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds has forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people on the Greek island of Crete,authorities and hotel association officials have said, as large swathes of continental Europe baked in a punishing early summer heatwave linked to at least nine deaths.
About 230 firefighters, along with 46 fire service vehicles and helicopters, were battling the blaze on Thursday after it broke out 24 hours earlier near Ierapetra, on the south-east coast of the island – the country’s largest – threatening to engulf houses and hotels.
Sources say no complaint has been made to police – with expectation that garment will ‘turn up’
Lauren Sánchez packed 27 designer dresses for her wedding to the billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, in Venice last week, but left with only 26 after one went missing.
The couple, who are now honeymooning in Taormina, Sicily, were wed during a star-studded three-day celebration in the lagoon city.
Ronaldo says teammate’s death ‘doesn’t make any sense’
Wolves say ‘memories he created will never be forgotten’
Jürgen Klopp and Cristiano Ronaldo led the tributes from across the football world to Diogo Jota after the Liverpool and Portugal forward was killed in a car accident in Spain. Jota’s brother, André, also died in the crash in the province of Zamora.
Jota was 28, a father of three young children and had married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, less than a fortnight ago. Klopp, who signed Jota for Liverpool in 2020 and managed him for four seasons, posted on Instagram: “This is a moment where I struggle! There must be a bigger purpose! But I can’t see it!
Une enquête parue dans quatre médias européens, en Allemagne, en Autriche et dans Le Monde en France, révèle que le Parlement européen soupçonne d’irrégularités comptables des partis d’extrême droite. Parmi eux, le Rassemblement national (RN), récemment condamné dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires européens.
L'armée russe a annoncé jeudi la mort "au combat" la veille de Mikhaïl Goudkov, commandant en chef adjoint de la marine, dans la région russe de Koursk. Cette région frontalière avec l'Ukraine est la cible d'attaques ukrainiennes en représailles à l'offensive à grande échelle de la Russie.
Don’t let the name fool you, this Dodecanese destination is the Greek island dream – home to beach tavernas, picturesque windmills and a warm welcome, says Sarah Holt
Maj Gen Mikhail Gudkov personally promoted by Putin and had previously led one of Russia’s most notorious brigades
A deputy commander of the Russian navy who had previously led one of the military’s most notorious brigades has been killed near the frontline with Ukraine, Moscow has confirmed.
Maj Gen Mikhail Gudkov, who was responsible for Russia’s marine units, was killed on Wednesday in a Ukrainian missile attack on a field headquarters in the Kursk region, amid reports the position had been revealed by poor security.
The EU and US are closing in on a high-level “framework” trade deal that will avert 50% tariffs being imposed on all exports from the bloc next Wednesday, Donald Trump’s self-imposed deadline.
Talks in Washington could go down to the wire, but multiple diplomats and officials said the EU was now willing to accept Trump’s 10% blanket tariffs. However, negotiators will accept this only in exchange for an extension in talks and possible concessions on a 25% car tariff, which is hurting the German car industry, sources said.
Meta, maison mère de Facebook et Instagram, a annoncé faire appel de l’amende de 200 millions d’euros infligée par la Commission européenne en avril pour non-respect des règles sur l’utilisation des données personnelles. Cette décision s’inscrit dans un contexte de tensions et de contrôle accru des géants de …
Meta, maison mère de Facebook et Instagram, a annoncé faire appel de l’amende de 200 millions d’euros infligée par la Commission européenne en avril pour non-respect des règles sur l’utilisation des données personnelles. Cette décision s’inscrit dans un contexte de tensions et de contrôle accru des géants de …
Liverpool FC player Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car accident in Spain in what the Premier League-winning club is calling an "unimaginable loss."
Les eurodéputés d'extrême droite ont rassemblé les 72 signatures nécessaires pour déclencher une motion de censure contre la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen. Un processus enclenché par un élu d'extrême droite roumain, Gheorghe Piperea, membre du groupe ECR, les conservateurs et réformistes européens.
Russian and US leaders spoke about need for ‘negotiated solution’ in Ukraine, Kremlin says
in Italy
Due to the climate emergency, Italian seas have reached temperatures above 20C even at depths of 40 metres, according to a report released on Wednesday by Greenpeace.
The Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has been killed in a car accident in Spain. He was 28, a father of three young children and had married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, less than two weeks ago.
Liverpool said they were devastated and tributes were paid by Portugal’s prime minister and the country’s football federation. It is understood that Jota and his brother, 26-year-old André, who was also killed, were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora. André was a professional footballer with the second-tier Portuguese club Penafiel.
Novelist and husband suspected of helping to sell bullion taken decades ago from ship that sank off Brittany in 1746
An 80-year-old US novelist and her husband are among several people facing a possible trial in France over the illegal sale of gold bars plundered from an 18th-century shipwreck after French prosecutors requested that the case go to court.
Eleonor “Gay” Courter and her husband, Philip, 82, have been accused of helping to sell the bullion online for a French diver who stole it decades ago. They have denied knowledge of any wrongdoing.
Archaeologists recently unearthed a 1,000-year-old Viking treasure hoard on Baltic shores, featuring silver artifacts, Arabic coins and a cross pendant signaling early Christianization.
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