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Will change ever come to Europe’s last dictatorship?
Just over a year ago, Belarus, known as the last dictatorship in Europe, saw some of the biggest protests in its history.
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FactCheck: Starmer claims Britain has worst Covid death toll in Europe
The claim doesn’t account for the size of each country’s population.
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Record surge in European wholesale gas prices
In Germany and across Europe, governments are desperate to appease angry consumers who see their bills rising.
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European energy prices highest for years
Price rises across Europe have also soared to their highest for years – a combination of unseasonably cold weather in the spring pushing up demand, and pandemic-hit economies struggling to build up new supplies.
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‘Europe is now experiencing extreme weather seen in the global south for years,’ says Mayor of Sierra Leone’s capital
On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to publish a new report showing global temperatures rising more quickly than anticipated, with government’s needing to go further and faster to prevent rising sea levels and more extreme weather events. Earlier we spoke to Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr – the mayor of Sierra Leone’s capital…
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At least six killed in Turkey as wildfires sweep Europe
At least six people have been killed in wildfires which have swept along the Aegean coast in southern Turkey over the last four days.
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Desperate search for survivors of Europe floods continue with over 160 dead
The true scale of the devastation caused by floods in parts of Western Europe has been laid bare as water levels drop.
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At least 120 dead and more than 1,000 missing in Western Europe floods
Record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks and the intensity of the floods that followed have now claimed more than 120 lives. Towns and villages have been left devastated as buildings collapsed, and residents were left stranded. Germany has been the hardest hit. In the country’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, at least 43…
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Germany calls for Europe to force Brits to quarantine as UK government opens travel
According to Boris Johnson, Britain’s vaccination drive offers “the hope of travel this summer”. But European countries aren’t exactly rushing to let Brits in.
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‘We need to speed things up’ to tackle climate change, says European Commission’s Frans Timmermans
We were joined from Brussels by the European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who is leading the Commission’s work on the European Green Deal.
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‘The UK has not moved as fast as the European Commission would’ve wished’: Former senior civil servant on UK-EU row
Philip Rycroft was permanent secretary for the Department for Exiting the EU from 2017 until 2019.
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European Super League all but dead after nine of 12 teams withdraw
Last night we thought the European Super League was all over; it is now, just three days after it was announced.
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European Super League: ‘This is watershed moment’ says Tory MP
Before the reports of Chelsea stating they will withdraw from the European Super League emerged, we spoke to Conservative MP Julian Knight, who is chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
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How would European Super League divide up its spoils?
More details have emerged of how the Super League would divide the multi-billion pound spoils of its super-plan – if that plan comes off.
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Breaking: Man City and Chelsea ‘preparing to quit European Super League’
There are major developments in football’s European Super League story.