Europe Today
Top stories from across Europe: breaking news, analysis and what matters today.
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Spain faces toughest day of heatwave: red alerts and San Juan bonfires cancelled
Five Spanish provinces wake on Tuesday to a red weather alert, with highs near 40°C, as dozens of councils extinguish San Juan bon…
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Watch: Lies, damn lies, and statistics—the data about Brexit ten years on
Exactly ten years ago today, the UK made a historic choice that permanently reshaped Europe. However, Britons do not need another …
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Brussels residents cool off in fountains as heatwave grips Belgium
People flocked to fountains in Brussels' Parc du Cinquantenaire as temperatures climbed during a heatwave expected to intensify la…
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Messi extends World Cup goal record in win over Austria as France, Norway advance to knockout rounds
Argentina, France and Norway advance to the knockout stages as Messi, Mbappe and Haaland continue to shine, scoring a brace each i…
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Newsletter: Brexit at 10 — the divorce that still defines Britain
Also in this newsletter: What happens now to the upcoming EU-UK Summit, who pays for Europe's return hubs, and a Commissioner's tr…
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Nancy Guthrie ransom note said she died after abduction
Guthrie went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in early February. The FBI is offering a reward up to $100,000 for informat…
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Tell us: 10 years on, how has Brexit affected your life in Denmark?
It's now 10 years since the UK voted to leave the EU, an event that had seismic consequences for many British people - we want to …
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Historian and Resistance hero joins France's Pantheon greats
Historian and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who was tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, will enter the Pantheon on Tues…
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Whoosh! Jacques Henri Lartigue’s world of colour – in pictures
The French artist is best known for his black-and-white images of high society, but a new exhibition shows us that he was also a b…
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How China’s currency makes the EU's trade deficit worse – and what Brussels can do
EU leaders last week pointed to the undervaluation of the yuan as a major factor in the EU’s record trade deficit with China, whic…
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Denmark issues heat wave warning as temperatures set to soar past 30C
Denmark's weather agency DMI has warned of high temperatures across most of the country as temperatures are set to soar past 30C.
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Pay transparency: Where in Europe can you see how much your colleagues earn?
Employees in Italy, Malta, Slovakia, and Lithuania can now see salary details, and job postings must include pay information. Most…
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Why was JD Vance in a luxury Swiss resort for talks with Iran?
BBC correspondent Jessica Parker explains some key points of the direct talks between the US vice-president and Iran.
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The Making of an Icon: How did Frida Kahlo’s face - and monobrow - suddenly end up everywhere?
Stylised and simplified, Kahlo’s likeness can now be found on t-shirts, tote bags, eye masks, phone cases, oven mitts and plant po…
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'Significant damage': How Brexit is still draining the UK economy 10 years later
Ten years after Brexit, data shows that the decision to leave the European Union has made people in Britain up to 8 percent poorer…
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv warns ceasefire offer may expire as ‘our patience is not endless’
Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure disrupt fuel supplies
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Europe heatwave live: UK issues rare red temperature warnings; French PM to hold crisis meeting after heat deaths
Temperatures could hit 38-40C in parts of England and Wales, smashing June record set in 1976; red alerts in France after 19 heat …
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Brexit 10 years later: How the UK economy and politics changed, in charts
Ten years after the Brexit vote, CNBC compiled these charts show how the U.K. has changed across growth, immigration, sterling, tr…
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Europe’s heatwave could trigger blackouts. Which countries are most exposed?
“Record-shattering temperatures are feeding demand for air conditioning and driving surges in demand for electricity.”
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European ‘playcations’: Alpine ski resorts where you can also play golf
Pack away your skis and dust off your clubs at these stunning golf destinations in the Swiss and Austrian Alps.
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Kazakhstan brings New Silk Road revival to Brussels as Tokayev visits EU leaders
Kazakhstan's president has arrived in Brussels this week to meet EU leaders and assess the delivery of promises made at last year'…
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From hydrogen planes to AI data centres: Bertrand Piccard's blueprint for a green tech future
'Be a pioneer, not a dinosaur’: Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard is betting on hydrogen-powered flights to inspire a generation
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Federal judge blocks Trump's push to use database to check citizenship status prior to voting
US federal court says the Trump-led initiative carries the risk of preventing valid voters from their constitutional right to demo…
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‘Canaries in the coalmine of populism’: an oral history of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front row seat
How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation sha…