Italy's Meloni suffers surprise setback in close vote on electoral reform
Posted on Wednesday July 15, 2026

The defeat triggered opposition calls for Meloni to resign ahead of next year's general election.

Seven Britons among those killed in Spain wildfires
Posted on Wednesday July 15, 2026

Twelve of the 13 victims were foreign nationals, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday.

Heatwave prompts Italy's delivery riders to strike for extra rights
Posted on Wednesday July 15, 2026

Delivery riders in Milan, Bologna and Florence want to protect their health and their wages.

Six people found dead in lift shaft after fire in central Brussels building
Posted on Tuesday July 14, 2026

The bodies were recovered in a rescue operation that lasted several hours, officials say.

German man, 68, charged over alleged serial rapes of drugged women
Posted on Tuesday July 14, 2026

Prosecutors say he had been charged with raping 14 women, but was suspected of attacking dozens more.

'Extremely happy' Deschamps gets the farewell game no-one wants
Posted on Wednesday July 15, 2026

Didier Deschamps' long, storied career with France will come to an end not how he would have wanted it - in Saturday's World Cup third-place play-off.

Hungary parliament votes to remove president from office
Posted on Monday July 13, 2026

Tamás Sulyok was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who lost power in April after 16 years.

'If we die, we die together': Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal
Posted on Tuesday July 14, 2026

Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is "seriously injured and in shock".