Guardian At least 59 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a massive fire that broke out in a nightclub in the town of Koฤani in eastern North Macedonia. The blaze at Pulse nightclub began at about 2.35am on Sunday morning during a concert by a l…
More than 150 people injured after blaze broke out in the early hours at Pulse club in town 60 miles from SkopjeNorth Macedoniaโs public prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski has said five prosecutors would investigate the fire.โAt the moment, orders have been is…
Interior minister says blaze at pop concert in eastern town of Koฤani probably caused by pyrotechnicsFifty-nine people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a fire that broke out in a nightclub in North Macedonia early on Sunday.The blaze in th…
Russia has pushed Europe into a quasi-Keynesian approach to the defence budget. Only Britain insists on cutting help to the sick to pay for securityAs the president of the US provokes trade and economic chaos at home and abroad, an American tells a Bri…
Nordic countries were early adopters of digital payments. Now, electronic banking is seen as a potential threat to national securityIn 2018 a former deputy governor of Swedenโs central bank predicted that by 2025 the country would probably be cashless….
Bodies of 17 murdered men removed from monument to Francoism and returned to families amid political row over legacy of Spainโs civil warJuan Chueca Sagarra was buried for the third time late on Wednesday afternoon, his tiny coffin, topped with a singl…
Ukrainian president maintains his troops are still fighting in Russiaโs Kursk region and warns that Moscow is โdoing everythingโ to prevent a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,117See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
Diana ศoศoacฤโs exclusion follows expulsion of front-runner Cฤlin Georgescu from race amid rising tension around pollRomaniaโs electoral commission on Saturday excluded a second far-right hopeful, Diana ศoศoacฤ, from Mayโs presidential election, amid r…
Prime minister tells a summit of 29 leaders that the Russian president cannot delay peace talks indefinitelyKeir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet over agreeing to a ceasefire with Ukraine on Saturday as international pressure grew on…
Russian leaderโs antagonism to Zelenskyy and lack of interest in a ceasefire leaves colossal task for USDavid Lammy: Trumpโs right, Putin can take the hard or easy wayOn paper, everyone is in agreement: Donald Trump says he wants a ยญceasefire; Kyivโs ยญ…
The Russian president has responded to a plan for a 30-day truce with Ukraine by issuing a set of tough conditionsโข You can buy a copy of this cartoon Continue reading…
Farmers and bikers join students in climax to movement that Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ labels an โimported revolutionโA vast demonstration has been gathering in Belgrade, marking the climax of more than four months of student-led protests and the biggest challe…
Serbs gathered outside the parliament building in capital Belgrade to stage an anti-government protest over the Novi Sad train station incident in which 15 people were killed. The incident sparked widespread protests, which turned into a national movem…
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Saturday that the question of territory in Ukraineโs war with Russia was ‘complicated’ and should be discussed in detail at a later date. He made the remark during a press briefing in Kyiv, where he…
The G7 meeting in Canada was a vital show of unity that put the ball firmly in Russiaโs court. Thereโs not a shred of ambiguity about thatIn diplomacy, focus is often on where we disagree. But Britain and our partners are stronger when we stand togethe…
After just a few weeks in the White House, the self-appointed peace-giver has stoked war, accelerated the nuclear arms race and alienated US alliesIf Robert K Merton, the founding father of American sociology, were alive today, heโd be fascinated by th…
UK prime minister accuses Putin of trying to delay peace and calls for โguns to fall silentโโข Russia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesKeir Starmer has called for the โguns to fall silent in Ukraineโ as he said military powers will meet next week as pla…
Kier Starmer held a press conference after convening a virtual meeting with world leaders to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. In response to a journalistโs question, the UK prime minister said Putinโs response to the peace plan was not good en…
Miriana Conte retitles song and removes reference to kant after complaint about similarity to swearwordA Eurovision contestant has reworked her song after a word in the lyrics sounded like an English swearword.Miriana Conteโs song was originally titled…
Keir Starmer told a virtual meeting of about 25 world leaders that they had to be prepared to defend any Ukraine peace deal themselves, urging them to keep up pressure on Russia for an unconditional ceasefire. The UK prime minister said Vladimir Putin …
Amid anger over dysfunctional politics and alleged corruption, Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ faces a harsh spotlight, inside and outside SerbiaFrom the streets of Belgrade, the cracks in President Aleksandar Vuฤiฤโs near-decade-long authoritarian grip on power have…
The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan โ and the lurch in US policy has huge implications for the global orderNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in rea…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereFew resonant phrases are repeated in politics without a deliberate reason, and Keir Starmerโs use of โcoalition of the willingโ could well have been intended as a reminder to the US diplomati…
Our continent must be prepared to defend itself, by combining the best of its two most influential traditionsShould we all be Gaullists now? In the language of Franceโs most important European partner, the answer is โJein!โ (a German word combining ja …
Ukrainian president calls on allies to push Russian president to accept US proposal while Putin says Ukrainian troops in Kursk should surrender. What we know on day 1,116See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
Authorities in capital make apparent attempt to disrupt demonstration by cancelling public transportTens of thousands of people from across Serbia joined an anti-corruption rally in Belgrade on Saturday, in what is regarded as the culmination of months…
UK PM to host virtual meeting of โcoalition of the willingโ nations who have agreed to help enforce peaceKeir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to โplay gamesโ with the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine, as he prepared to pre…
Shaken by rail protests, Kyriakos Mitsotakis brings in new transport minister while tacking right on migrationThe Greek prime minister has appointed a former far-right student activist to the helm of the migration ministry as part of a broad reshuffle …
Putin responds to Trumpโs appeal to save โsurroundedโ Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk though there is no evidence of encirclementRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesVladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump for โdoing everythingโ to improve relations bet…
Responding to an article by Jonathan Freedland, Michael Bowers says we are all paying the price for US delusions, Peter Riddle calls for the UK to align with its European neighbours and Francis Bown sees Donald Trumpโs Gnostic tendenciesJonathan Freedl…
Some say incursion achieved many goals while others wonder if it cost Ukrainian lives for no tangible gainRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesUnder constant attack from drones attached to fibre optic cables, the soldiers scrambled in groups of two …
Donald Trump has shown he can get Ukraine to back a deal, but what about Russia? Patrick Wintour and Pjotr Sauer reportAfter weeks of diplomatic tension, on Tuesday the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced that Ukraine had signed up to a 30-da…
Backing of Greens is tantamount to approval of chancellor-in-waitingโs proposal to relax debt brakeGermanyโs conservative chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has said he has secured the support of the Green party for his radical plan to increase spe…
While carefully avoiding an outright rejection of US ceasefire proposals, Moscow is playing for timeRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesFor once, the US president and European leaders were on the same page.Grasping for a familiar metaphor, a chorus…
Danish Egg Association says US asked if it could export eggs as prices surge despite presidentโs promise to lower themThe United States has asked Denmark and other European nations if they can export eggs as Americans face surging egg prices, the Nordi…
Debates about the โtriple lockโ that underpins our neutrality miss the point. In a Trumpian world, Ireland must finally commit to its own securityThe arrival of Trump 2.0 in the White House has disrupted the foreign and defence policies of all states a…
This liveblog is closed. Further coverage of the war in Ukraine can be found hereGermany is close to unlocking the way to a massive increase in state borrowing and reforming the constitutional debt break as three major parties are reportedly about to r…
Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more natureThe richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered the Department fo…
Insiders say UK national security adviser avoids limelight, but it found the โcalm operatorโ this weekIn the topsy-turvy world in which Keir Starmer and his aides operate, the US putting the onus on Russia to agree to a truce with Ukraine marked a sig…
Satellite technology may help with the daunting task of monitoring violations along vast frontlineEnding a war is seldom straightforward. Even agreeing to a ceasefire comes with complications. Though Ukraine signed up to a 30-day ceasefire proposal aft…
Dan Sabbagh reports on three Bulgarian nationals found guilty of spying for Russia in a string of plots around EuropeOn Friday, three UK-based Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia were found guilty of espionage charges at the Old Bailey in …
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the Russian ruler, Vladimir Putin, was preparing a rejection of a ceasefire proposal but was scared to say this directly to Donald Trump, the US president. ‘We have all heard from Putinโs highly predic…
Moscow offers heavily qualified support for US-Ukraine proposal as Russia regains more of Kursk region Continue reading…
The US president said he was getting โgood signalsโ from Russia about the proposed 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine and that it would be โvery disappointing for the worldโ if Russia did not do the โright thingโ. Trump congratulated the Nato secretary gene…
The Russian president hinted at a future phone call with Donald Trump and said he supported ‘ending the conflict peacefully’ but that some issues, such as who would police the ceasefire and the situation in Kursk, needed to be analysed and discussed. E…
When she took over after her brother Gianniโs murder, few expected her to last 27 years and become a household nameNews: Donatella Versace hails brother as she bows out as creative directorWhen Donatella Versace took over the house of Versace in the af…
Researchers say environmental impact from Kakhovka dam explosion comparable to Chornobyl nuclear disasterThe destruction of a large Ukrainian dam in 2023 triggered a โtoxic timebombโ of environmental harm, a study has found.Lakebed sediments holding 83…
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added โcomplexity and bureaucracyโBritish food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit, according to new trade body figures highlighting how bureauc…
Homes searched in inquiry into alleged corruption at European parliament relating to Chinese technology giantSeveral people have been arrested and homes searched as part of an investigation into alleged bribery and corruption at the European parliament…
Joint analysis of measles cases reveals Covid pandemic resulted in misinformation and vaccination delaysCases of measles doubled last year in the European region, climbing to the highest level in nearly three decades, after the Covid-19 pandemic caused…
Sister of Gianni who took over Italian label after his murder in 1997 will become chief brand ambassador at VersaceFor the first time in almost 50 years, Versace will no longer be designed by a Versace.Three decades after she started working for the co…
Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk for the first time since Ukraine partly invaded the Russian region in a surprise August 2024 offensive. In footage broadcast on state television, the Russian president visited the armed forces’ command centre in Kursk….
Predictions that US firms could retain manufacturing plants in Ireland but move profits back to AmericaUS pharmaceutical companies based in Ireland are more likely to shift profits back to the US than close manufacturing plants after Donald Trump accus…
US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for โnastyโ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskeyUS politics live โ latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on wine and champagne from European Union countries, in the lates…
Yanis Tereshchenko says he was carrying an emergency first-aid kit and drew on war experience to interveneA Ukrainian soldier has been praised for saving the life of a stabbing victim during a trip to Venice.Yanis Tereshchenko, a 32-year-old teacher wh…
Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an infantThe US-born woman who was the worldโs oldest living person before she died in Spain last August at age 117 once attributed her longevity …
Kremlin aide says proposed 30-day truce would only provide brief reprieve for Ukraine troopsRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesRussia has criticised a proposed US-Ukraine ceasefire, saying it would merely give Ukrainian forces a reprieve, as Donal…
Britain in middle as some of USโs trading partners retaliate while others want โpragmaticโ route in hope levies are easedSailors crossing the Atlantic in March are used to dealing with rough seas. But when two shipments of steel from Marcegaglia Stainl…
Election winner Friedrich Merz also trying to seal โฌ500bn fund to revive economy before new parliament convenesGermanyโs outgoing parliament is meeting on Thursday to debate the creation of a โฌ500bn fund for infrastructure investment and radical change…
Key factors will drive the Kremlinโs decision. Can Russia fight on and for what? Or is there more benefit in allying with Donald Trump?At this stage of the crisis, it is important to be clear-sighted. The US-Ukraine meeting in Jeddah was a damage-contr…
Christo Grozev, forced to flee Austria for his journalistic investigation of secret Russian operations, is the central focus of a dynamic and powerful story Finally getting a release after the verdict in the Bulgarian spy-ring trial, James Jonesโs grip…
This live coverage has ended, thank you for following along. You can find all of the latest Ukraine news here.Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reports that Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, and partially occupied Zaporizhzhia…
Mauritshuis exhibition reveals Dutch families hid in attic to avoid conscription to Germany in second world warThe 13-year-old boy answered the doorbell. โTell your dad Iโm here,โ said a man, who stored his bicycle and then disappeared upstairs.It was …
Russian president hopes army on brink of โfully liberatingโ border region after recent advances; Trump says he could โdo things financiallyโ if Moscow rejects truce. What we know on day 1,114See all our Ukraine war coverageVladimir Putin has visited Ku…
At a meeting with Irish PM Micheรกl Martin in the Oval Office, Trump said Ireland, a member of the European Union, was among countries taking advantage of the US. ‘Look, the Irish are smart. Yes, smart people. And you took our pharmaceutical companies a…
US president claims Dublin โtookโ pharma industry as he holds White House press conference with Micheรกl MartinDonald Trump has accused Ireland of stealing the US pharmaceutical industry and the tax revenue that should have been paid to the US treasury,…
Districts in Birmingham now ranked below poorest areas of France, Slovenia and Malta as institute urges rethink on planned welfare cutsThe UK has tumbled down the league of affluent nations after almost a decade of welfare cuts and stagnant incomes, ac…
For now Keir Starmer can say there is a middle way, but Donald Trump will soon force Britain to pick a sideNo country can avoid the economic impact of Donald Trumpโs aggressive trade policy. There are no exceptions to the presidentโs global tariff…
The tone of relations with the US may depend on whether second-placed Naleraq ends up inside the governmentIt was an election that was fought on the global stage with sporadic commentary from Donald Trump. But in the end, it was domestic issues that dr…
Foreign Office issues strongly worded statement as it responds to expulsion of two diplomats with tit-for-tat moveRussia is attempting to push the UK embassy in Moscow towards closing and has no regard for the escalatory impact of such a move, the Fore…
Europe takes charge of its own security. Plus Reformโs young wingโข Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressEurope has changed. Call it a watershed, a turning point or, if you prefer German, Zeitenwende, but the continent is reassessing it…
Ukrainian president would not be drawn on details of proposed deal and also steered clear of criticising Trump at press briefingRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesAs journalists filtered out of the presidential administration in central Kyiv on We…
Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers sayBone fragments unearthed at an ancient cave in Spain belong to the oldest known human face in western Europe, researchers say.The fossilised remains mak…
The Russian president remains unwavering in his demands, making wider sanctions and tariffs ineffectiveRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesUkraineโs agreement to support a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its war against Russiaโs invasion has …
US presidentโs comments come after Ukrainian counterpart said he believed โstrong stepsโ were under considerationRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesDonald Trump has suggested he could target Russia financially as Ukraineโs president urged him to t…
Key points of 30-day ceasefire agreed by US and Ukraine, with ball โnow in Russiaโs courtโEurope live โ latest updatesUkraine has said it is ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia.Details of the deal โ ag…
Over 11 days of breakneck diplomacy, Kyiv was convinced of need to pacify Trump, but reconciliation may be all too briefRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesThe 11 days of whiplash-inducing talks British and French officials endured to repair shatte…
After three months of fighting, the winter war concludes with Finland ceding territory to Russia but managing to remain an autonomous countryRussia invaded Finland in November 1939 after the Finns refused to move its border 20 miles west. The war laste…
Greenland has voted for a complete overhaul of its government in a shock result in which the centre-right Democrat party more than tripled its seats after a dramatic election campaign fought against the backdrop of Donald Trumpโs threats to acquire the…
Swedish firm unable to โsecure the necessary financial conditions to continue in its current formโNorthvolt, the Swedish electric vehicle battery startup, has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, marking the end of a company once seen as Europeโs best hope …
US goods due to be affected from 1 April include bourbon whiskey, jeans and Harley-Davidson motorbikesBusiness live โ latest updatesThe EU has announced it will impose trade โcountermeasuresโ on up to โฌ26bn (ยฃ22bn) worth of US goods in retaliation to D…
Opposition centre-right party gains most votes ahead of Naleraq party, with coalition talks expected to beginGreenland has voted for a complete overhaul of its government in a shock result in which the centre-right Democrat party more than tripled its …
This blog is closedTrump hints at financial repercussions if Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefireFrench European Affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said the European Union could go further in its response to US tariffs, though a trade war was in no-oneโs i…
Greenland’s parliamentary election has gained the international spotlight after US President Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the mineral-rich island, firing up a debate over its independence. Greenland, along with the Faroe Islands, remains pa…
The EU has its Trojan horses and Natoโs cornerstone has crumbled. But European allies, including the UK, are bound by an urgent shared purposeMoscowโs immense military mobilisation is clearly not aimed just at Ukraine. Unless Vladimir Putin accepts a c…
US betrayal of Ukraine is the rehearsal for a grander bargain with Moscow and an assault on continental solidarityA prime time current affairs programme; a discussion about Donald Trumpโs handling of the war in Ukraine. โHeโs doing excellent things,โ s…
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2018: The foreign policy establishment has been lamenting its death for half a century. But Atlanti…
Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items The renowned German classical violinist Christian Tetzlaff was blunt in explaining why he and his quartet have cancelled a summer tour of the US.โ…
Standing room only in pubs and bars long before the action begins, thousands of British tourists now enjoy the festival in the Spanish hotspotA bell rings for half past happy hour on Cheltenham festival eve in a city that has discarded time.Not entirel…
They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady days โ and calls for a revolutionThe journalist Andrey…
US secretary of state says Ukraine ready to stop fighting but if Moscow refuses, โweโll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peaceโ. What we know on day 1,113See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
Education secretary Linda McMahon describes layoffs as โsignificant step towards restoring greatnessโ โ key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glanceThe US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce, the department has …
Japanese company announces two new EVs and promises another three by 2026, as well as new Lexus modelsToyota has said it plans to build battery vehicles in the UK in the future as it seeks to keep all of its European plants open, although it will be ca…
Two-party alliance led by the Social Democratic party was in power for less than a yearPortugalโs minority government has lost a vote of confidence in parliament, forcing its resignation and bringing the EU countryโs third general election in three yea…
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the American 30-day ceasefire proposal on Tuesday, saying his country accepted it and also wanted Russia to abide by the agreementDizzying turnaround in US-Ukraine relations leaves all eyes on RussiaUkra…
Jessica Brรถsche to join Lucas Sielaff, who is reported to have returned to Germany on 6 MarchA German tourist detained by US immigration authorities is due to be deported back to Germany on Tuesday after spending more than six weeks in detention, inclu…
Putin may well stick to previous demands over Ukrainian elections and a rejection of European peacekeeping forcesEurope live โ latest updatesSuddenly the ball is in Russiaโs court. The flow of US intelligence and military aid to Ukraine is to resume โ …
Joint statement says โball is now in Russiaโs courtโ as two countries also revive plans for minerals dealEurope live โ latest updatesUkraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, as the United States annou…
Cฤlin Georgescu, a Russia-friendly populist, won first round of election before result was annulled Europe live โ latest updatesA top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Cฤlin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in a reru…
