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Pope Francis headed to Portugal on Wednesday to open the first post-pandemic edition of World Youth Day, hoping to inspire the next generation of Catholics while coping with the church’s ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal.

Russian drones attacked port and grain storage facilities in the south of Ukraine’s coastal Odesa region in the early hours of Wednesday, including the inland port of Izmail across the Danube River from Romania. And Kyiv’s military administration said the city’s air defences downed more than 10 Russian drones during an overnight attack. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Journalists at France’s Journal du Dimanche newspaper ended a 40-day strike on August 1, 2023 over the appointment of a far-right editor in chief.

At five o’clock sharp, Poland paid homage to the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising.

The Russian military said its anti-aircraft units thwarted a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” early on Tuesday and downed drones targeting Moscow, but one drone, sent out of control by its units, struck the same high-rise tower hit earlier in the week. There was no word on potential casualties. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Despite Paris being one of the world’s most expensive cities, the EUR1 coffee lives on in a few local institutions. With a crowdsourced interactive map revamped in May, the Paris city council is doing its best to make sure it stays that way.

Vienna has retained its crown as the world’s most liveable city, according to Economist’s annual index. But other European cities have not fared well.

Portugal has doubled its 2030 goals for solar and green hydrogen capacity. It’s also helping people to live and travel more sustainably.

The Danish government said Sunday it would explore legal means of stopping protests involving the burning of holy texts in certain circumstances, citing security concerns following backlash over such incidents that saw the Koran desecrated in Denmark and Sweden.

Cypriot leaders on Friday urged members of their rival communities to come forward with information on hundreds of victims from conflicts which swept their island half a century ago, during a symbolic visit to the lab of the UN-backed Committee on Missing Persons.

Explosions from a thwarted drone attack rocked a Moscow business district on July 30, 2023. In Ukraine, an overnight Russian missile strike killed at least one person in the northeastern city of Sumy; a Russian missile strike on Saturday killed two people in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.

The second day of the far-right, Alternative for Germany (AfD) party congress saw 600 delegates from all over Germany gather in Magdeburg on Saturday. Attendees elected incumbent EU Parliament member, Maximilian Krah, to lead the Party’s 2024 European Union election campaign.

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France’s finance minister said during a visit to Beijing on Sunday that cutting all economic ties with China was “an illusion”, as some Western countries question their reliance on the Asian giant.

The Poland-Belarus border has already been a tense place for a couple of years, ever since large numbers of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa began arriving, seeking to enter the EU by crossing into Poland, as well as Lithuania.

The Italian club has been accused of false accounting, which allegedly increased its capital by 700 million euros.

President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia and the African leaders attending a summit in Saint Petersburg had agreed to promote a multipolar world order and to fight neo-colonialism.

Russian troops have mounted fierce assaults in Ukraine’s northeastern Kupiansk region, located at the northern end of the country’s 600-mile front line. While Moscow’s troops have reportedly gained some ground, military experts caution against calling this a full-blown offensive.

Minister for Economic Affairs Wille Rydman only took up his role recently, after his predecessor quit for his own racist views and links to neo-Nazi groups.

With summer well under way around Europe, the sun has started to set on the political season at large. Yet, we still have Spain, after the country’s politics was paralysed following the results of snap parliamentary elections last weekend. #StateOfTheUnion

The Roman emperor Nero is understood to have had a deep love of drama and the performing arts but the exact location of his theatre has been a mystery until now.

The pontiff is expected to meet victims of historic abuse as he visits Lisbon for an international Catholic youth rally.

Despite the progress made in women’s sport, major challenges remain, particularly regarding equal pay, visibility and training conditions.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that a “handful of donations to some countries” won’t offset the dramatic impact of Russia’s decision to leave a Black Sea deal that had allowed Ukraine to export grain worldwide. Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a summit with African leaders that Russia would replace Ukrainian exports by supplying free grain to six African countries “in the coming months”. Follow our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

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