Scotland’s first minister has proposed 19 October 2023 as the date for another referendum on independence. Nicola Sturgeon said the question would be the same as in the last referendum... Read more

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Russia may stop supplying gas to Europe this winter. Fatih Birol says he believes a complete shutdown is not the most likely scena... Read more

Less than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron has lost control of the French National Assembly following a strong performance by a left alliance and the far right.... Read more

The Dutch social affairs minister has been criticised across the political spectrum for suggesting young jobless people from depressed French suburbs could take up jobs in the Netherlands. K... Read more

A former British soldier has been killed fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces, his family has said. Jordan Gatley, who left the British army in March and travelled to Ukraine, was describ... Read more

The UK government has published plans to get rid of parts of the post-Brexit deal it signed with the EU in 2020. It wants to change the Northern Ireland Protocol to make it easier for some g... Read more

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in the summer of 1996. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised... Read more

Boris Johnson has said he is determined to “get on” with his job, in his first Commons appearance since surviving a confidence vote in his leadership. Amid testy exchanges at Pri... Read more

The gunman who attacked a school in Texas on Tuesday was able to enter the building unobstructed, police say. Texas Ranger Victor Escalon said no armed guard challenged the teenage attacker... Read more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said Iran forced her to sign a last-minute false confession at the airport as a condition of her release. She told the BBC a UK official was with her when she s... Read more

A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted... Read more

The Imperial Ancestral Temple is the temple for the ancient Chinese emperors. During the Xia Dynasty, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was called “Shiwu(pedigree house)”; during the... Read more

An Islamic State group militant from the UK has been jailed for life by a US court for his involvement with a notorious hostage-taking terror cell. Alexanda Kotey, 38, pleaded guilty last Se... Read more