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  • Ukrainian rescue workers at a damaged building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv region.

    Ukraine
    Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukrainian power networks hit in overnight attack

    Russia has hit critical energy infrastructure in Stryi district and a power generation facility in Chervonohrad district
  • People standing next to dozens of candles with childish cutouts seen hanging from string

    Rights and freedom
    Hundreds of potentially trafficked children ‘abandoned by Home Office’

  • Half the image shows a Chinese flag hanging from a building; the other half shows the Belgrade skyline and busy motorway

    China
    ‘Countries are now forced to confront it’: Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe

  • Fake shops illustration

    Scams
    Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

  • Students and employees at the University of Amsterdam call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

    Israel-Gaza war
    Clashes and arrests as pro-Palestinian protests spread across European campuses

  • A matador in a white costume holding a bright pink cape next to a bull in motion in a bullring

    Bullfighting
    Bullfighting firm in Seville to give free tickets to under-eights

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Opinion & analysis

  • European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the European Economic Congress in Katowice, Poland, 7 May 2024

    Ursula von der Leyen is now a household name – and that could be Europe’s salvation

    Catherine De Vries and Isabell Hoffmann
  • Lucy Vincent

    Appetising, delicious food served up to prisoners? It works for the Nordic countries

    Lucy Vincent
  • View of Pikk Street in the Old City of Tallinn, Estonia

    Higher costs and cramped conditions: the impact of Europe’s housing crisis

  • Two soldiers walk past burnt-out blocks of flats with rubble strewn around them.

    Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

    Phillip Inman
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Brexit news

  • Sheridan Smith and Rufus Wainwright

    Rufus Wainwright blames UK’s ‘narrow outlook’ after Brexit for Opening Night’s flop

  • A waterlogged field where spring greens are being harvested

    Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says

    • Flower wholesaler Freddie Heathcote holding pots of flowers

      UK flower industry thrown into chaos by new Brexit border checks

    • Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visiting a foundation in Brixton last week.

      UK politics: Labour’s Khan has 22-point lead over Tory rival in London mayoral race, poll suggests – as it happened

    • A lorry drives on a roa past a sign reading 'Sevington Inland Border Facility'

      Food importers in UK say new Brexit checks could add 60% to costs

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Pictures & video

  • Protesters called for a ceasefire in Gaza while occupying Berlin's university campus

    0:50

    Police drag students from pro-Palestinian protest at Berlin university – video

  • Putin, who has led Russia since 2000, including a four-year term as prime minister, will see his reign extend to at least 2030

    2:02

    Putin begins fifth term as Russian president after inauguration ceremony – video

  • More than 100 students have occupied Ghent University in the first European protest to fuse demands about Gaza and the climate crisis

    0:53

    Belgian students occupy Ghent University building in climate and Gaza protest – video

  • A woman poses with her snakes

    Snake catchers festival in Italy – in pictures

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