The latest Russian bombardment of Ukraine's capital came just hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, underscoring the stark contrast between Washington's renewed diplomatic efforts and Moscow's continuing attacks on Ukrainian cities.

At least nine people were killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, according to Ukrainian authorities, as overnight missile and drone strikes sparked fires in Kyiv and the Kharkiv region.

Truck drivers' protests over high fuel prices are disrupting supermarket deliveries across southern Italy, leaving shelves partly empty and some petrol stations without fuel.

Donald Trump has once again floated renaming one of the oceans bordering the United States, suggesting the Atlantic could become the “American Ocean”.

Two men plunged into raging floodwaters in Queensland, Australia, to save a driver from a sinking four-wheel-drive on Thursday. The dramatic rescue ended in an emotional embrace.

The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court in a show of support after the US imposed sanctions on the institution.

National Geographic has curated its list of 25 must-visit places for 2027, with six destinations in Europe making the cut, including the Tricity area in Poland and Vestland in Norway.

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Euronews spoke to a crew member of a cargo vessel anchored off Pakistan for weeks and an Iranian maritime manager about dangers in the vital waterway — where traffic has fallen 90% since the war began and at least 95 seafarers in commercial roles have died.

Italy and Spain agree to end temporary border checks, easing tensions following the Ceuta crisis.

Italy's government has warned of criminal penalties for truck drivers blocking roads in protest over soaring fuel prices, as authorities move to clear demonstrations disrupting transport and deliveries in the country's south.

Macron met intelligence chiefs on Thursday morning ahead of renewed protests, while the Prime Minister is due to meet political parties and mayors in the afternoon. Protest bans and curfews remain in force.

This Sunday the clocks will be turned back again, even though the EU Parliament set abolition in motion at the end of 2019. Why?

Colombia has seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the port of Cartagena in what President Abelardo de la Espriella described as the country's largest drug seizure in a decade.

EPP MEP Pekka Toveri believes Russia has “taken all the rules off" the table and is increasingly targeting residential areas, as well as cultural and government buildings. He warns that the attacks could leave large parts of Kyiv "uninhabitable" during the winter.

Public order in France "allows rioters to destroy shops and public buildings," says MEP Jean-Marc Germain. He comments on the recent protests and violence beleaguering France last weekend, calling the scenes witnessed a "big failure of government."

Cheers, music and waving flags greeted students arriving in Belgrade from across Serbia on Wednesday, as thousands gathered ahead of a final rally before this weekend's snap parliamentary elections.

Stanislas Goudon, a representative from the French national police union Alliance, comments on the recent wave of protests and violence in France from a police perspective, criticising significant government ill-preparedness for the demonstrations.

Ukraine's air force posted a warning in the early hours of "more ballistic missiles towards Kyiv" and instructed residents to stay in shelters.

Finland, Germany and Lithuania share the euro and the ECB’s 2.50% deposit rate, but with September inflation at 2.7%, 3.3% and 6.1% respectively, they show how one policy meets different price realities.