Esther Addley (The pothole puzzle: the bumpy ride to fixing Britain’s broken roads, 23 May) quotes Phill Wheat, a professor of transport econometrics at the University of Leeds, describing the “spiral that we......
A Canadian man who mailed “suicide packets” of poison to more than 100 people in dozens of countries – including Canada, the UK, the US, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand – has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of......
Published on 29/05/2026 - 16:18 GMT+2 The US has crowned a new spelling bee champion. All it took was three days, 18 rounds and a 90-second spell-off that had audiences......
The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said the alliance is “ready to defend every inch” of its territory after a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania, a member state, during an overnight......
The Iranian-made Shahed drones are one of Russia's main long-range strike UAV’s used by Moscow against Ukraine. First deployed back in 2022, Russia then set up domestic production, calling them Geran....
Giorgia Meloni's government is changing course on military spending and has decided to send a clear message to Brussels. Italy had reserved 14.9 billion euros under the EU's "SAFE" defence loan scheme, but......
NATO is conducting military exercises just 30km from the Finnish Russian border amid a major escalation of drone activity in NATO territory. "Northern Star" tactical training at the Vuosanka training ground......
Published on 29/05/2026 - 15:29 GMT+2 Russia launched a large-scale attack on the region of Odesa early Friday, local authorities reported. Ukrainian air defence forces......
Ukraine faced one of its largest recent drone attacks on 29 May, with Russian forces launching 232 drones overnight against targets across the country. According to Ukraine's Air Defence, 217 drones were......
Ukraine’s president called on the European Union to ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia following an attack on the residential building in Romania so that Moscow’s war “is not dragged out or expanded”....
A Supreme Court ruling has found that Italian businesses are not required to provide drinking water from the tap, unlike in much of Europe. Here is an overview of the different national rules.
The official story of 2025 was a banner year for the world's fortunes. Global financial wealth rose 10.7% to a record $333 trillion, the fastest expansion since 2021, according to Boston Consulting Group's......
Updated: 29/05/2026 - 11:28 GMT+2 A Russian drone from strikes on Ukraine crashes in Galati, injuring two and prompting Romania to seek faster NATO anti-drone......
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the 32-member alliance stands with Romania amid a Russian drone incursion that crashed into a residential building and injured two people in the country’s southeast early Friday morning....
Video. UK conservation teams are restoring the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, one of the country's most recognisable historic landmarks, using 17 tonnes of wet chalk to renew the figure's fading outline....
Exclusive: Poland’s Undersecretary of State for Trade Michał Baranowski condemned Russia's drone incursion in Romania early Friday morning, which comes hot on the heels to similar incidents in the Baltics and Poland....
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali Published on 29/05/2026 - 10:00 GMT+2 Residents cooling off in the Canal de Saint-Martin in......
Key events5m ago'Russia’s reckless behaviour is a danger to us all,' Nato's Rutte says after call with Romanian president13m agoMorning opening: Russian drone hits apartment block, injures two in Nato member......
Hungarian negotiators are making a last-minute push to secure as much as possible from the €17 billion frozen EU funds, as Péter Magyar prepares to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday....
Published on 29/05/2026 - 7:46 GMT+2 Romania on Friday said a Russian drone carrying explosives crashed in the eastern city of Galați, causing a fire on the roof of a......
