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Rescuers and residents carry an injured man from a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Pryluky, Ukraine. Photo: AP
A rescuer kneels next to a makeshift memorial at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike in the town of Pryluky. Photo: Reuters
A destroyed warehouse in the Kyiv region. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region via Reuters
A destroyed bus in the city of Kramatorsk. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk region via Reuters
Smoke rises over Kyiv during a Russian jet-powered drone strike. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Zelensky accuses US of inaction as Russian strikes kill nearly 80 in 2 days

Ukraine seeks expanded Starlink satellite access to boost air defences as Rubio says war is at a stalemate.

Germany

Suspect arrested in Germany after 2 officials killed in routine firearms check

Britain

UK navy sailor charged with spying for Russia

Britain

UK counterterror police arrest 2 inside airbase used by US

Latvian nationals held under the National Security Act after security breach at RAF Molesworth.

A police car leaves RAF Molesworth after two Latvian nationals were arrested. Photo: Reuters
A police car leaves RAF Molesworth after two Latvian nationals were arrested. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK police accept ex-prince Andrew search warrants must be ‘legally quashed’

Thames Valley Police said it agreed the warrants were not properly granted by the courts but that the investigation into Andrew continues.

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Britain

UK signals ‘openness’ to Germany joining GCAP fighter jet programme

British PM Andy Burnham is in Berlin for talks focused primarily on security, including the launch of a new partnership aimed at hybrid threats.

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European Union

1 dead in Poland’s second school knife attack in 2 days, amid ‘copycat’ fears

Two others were injured in the incident at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, northeast of Warsaw, officials say.

Emergency services respond to a fatal attack at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Parents stand next to a firefighter as they wait for children, outside the school where a deadly attack by a 15-year-old former pupil took place, in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
France

Police fire tear gas at barricaded Paris high school as pupil protests continue

French police have made more than 6,600 arrests since late September, when pupils began protesting to demand more education funding.

European Union

Naked, gilded Trump statue goes on display at EU Parliament

Satirical ‘Orange Plague’ artwork depicting the US president atop a smaller man unveiled in Strasbourg.

China-EU relations

As China and the EU begin crunch trade talks, optimism is in short supply

Observers on both sides are braced for more turbulence – and mainly hope Beijing and Brussels can avoid a full-blown trade conflict.

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European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic is under pressure to achieve significant results in trade talks with China this week. Photo: EPA
Italy

Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement

Potentially life-changing sums averaging US$50,400 begin under historic US$35 million labour exploitation deal.

The site of the new US consulate in Milan. Photo: AP
The site of the new US consulate in Milan. Photo: AP
European Union

Rubio touts US power, calls on Europe to emerge from ‘slumber’

The US secretary of state warned that Western civilisation is ‘at a crossroads’ between ‘national power’ and decline.

Spain

Madrid woman whose eviction ignited Spain’s housing protests dies at 87

Rallies over Maricarmen Abascal and the country’s housing crisis mount as trade unions call a nationwide general strike.

France

France halts use of stun grenades in policing of student protests

Protests show no sign of easing, with more than 500 schools closed, and more marches planned for Thursday.

A police officer throws a dispersal grenade during a demonstration of high school students, in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
European Union

10 injured in knife attack at school in northeastern Poland

A 19-year-old suspect, who was among those hurt, was detained shortly after the incident.

Emergency services at the scene of a knife attack at the Adam Chetnik Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostroleka, Poland, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
Emergency services at the scene of a knife attack at the Adam Chetnik Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostroleka, Poland, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
Banking & finance

France not facing a debt crisis despite rising yields, analysts say

Experts are urging calm amid surging borrowing costs, though they cite ongoing risks.

Nobel Prize

Kagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle

The scientists were honoured for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Renault’s plan to build Chinese EV motors in French town sparks job loss fears

As EU-China trade talks near, the Renault plant shows the hard reality of creating jobs in a shrinking industry, even with Chinese partners.

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Employees work on equipment for electric cars at a Renault factory in Cleon, northwestern France on October 2, 2026. Photo: AFP
Employees work on equipment for electric cars at a Renault factory in Cleon, northwestern France on October 2, 2026. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Russian strikes kill 24 across Ukraine after Zelensky warning

Russian missiles and drones hit residential and civilian sites in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

Climate change

EU wants to track potential rogue efforts to block out the sun

Rising temperatures are sparking fears that governments or private actors could launch unsanctioned experiments to try to alter the climate.

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Britain

UK police arrest seventh man linked to security incident at US-run airbase

Police say the 22-year-old was detained on Tuesday in the Westminster area of central London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

A B‑1B Lancer bomber arrives at RAF Fairford airbase in Gloucestershire, Britain, on September 29. Photo: Reuters
Spain

Spain lifts arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont

Puigdemont was accused of using public funds to organise an independence referendum, which the courts said amounted to embezzlement.

Catalonia’s exiled separatist leader Carles Puigdemont delivers a speech in Barcelona on August 8, 2024. Photo: AFP
Catalonia’s exiled separatist leader Carles Puigdemont delivers a speech in Barcelona on August 8, 2024. Photo: AFP
France

School protests sweep France in most violent student demonstrations in decades

Rallies draw 250,000 nationwide following a fortnight of unrest originating in Paris’ suburbs.

Nobel Prize

‘Neutrino Man’ Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics

The Belgian-American scientist was honoured for the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.

China-EU relations

Germany joins France in call for China trade defences

The leaders of the EU’s two largest economies jointly support new trade defences as risks of China trade war grow.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Photo: DPA
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