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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is no stranger to diatribes against the European Union, decried “population exchanges” orchestrated by the “federalist empire” on Saturday and accused Brussels of leading an “LGBT+ offensive”.

Greece was undergoing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). An emergency operation took place on the island of Rhodes on Saturday to evacuate over 1,500 people to safety from the wildfires raging for five days running.

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Spain will be voting in a snap general election on Sunday. Despite negative polls, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is hoping to win by remobilising the left to prevent a possible coalition between the conservative People’s Party and the far-right Vox party, according to Maria Elisa Alonso, a political scientist specialising in Spain.

A wreath was placed on Tony Bennett’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star Friday after the legendary recording artist’s death was announced.

Three people died in Serbia during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week, local media said on Saturday.

A Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow-annexed Crimea caused the “detonation” of an ammunition depot Saturday, the Russia-installed leader of the peninsula said, ordering the evacuation of people living within five kilometres of the site. Also on Saturday, the governor of Russian border region Belgorod said that Kyiv had used cluster munitions in an attack there on Friday. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Thousands of people angrily took to the streets of Beirut and Baghdad on Friday after a copy of the Quran was desecrated in Sweden.

An extraordinary hailstorm in Seregna, a town near Milan in northern Italy, injured more than a hundred people on Thursday.

Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.

Spain was wrapping up its final day of campaigning Friday ahead of Sunday’s snap election, with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez telling voters his Socialists were closing the gap with their right-wing rivals.

Experts say that if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels today, what we are experiencing now could become the new normal.

Google says it is developing AI tools to help journalists to write headlines and in different writing styles, but some are concerned that in an industry struggling financially, AI could replace jobs.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reshuffled his ministers for key domesticportfolios such as education, housing and urban affairs, as his government begins its response to violent protests that shook the country three weeks ago. Watch live as Macron speaks at 11am Paris time before a Cabinet meeting.

Pedro S?nchez, Spain’s prime minister since 2018, is facing re-election with recent ballots and most polls against him.

Born into a modest family, he was described as a “responsible and obedient” young man who pursued a law degree during the early years of democracy before becoming a civil servant

French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Thursday as he looks to move on from a series of crises since his re-election last year, government sources said.

Similar schemes have been trialled in the Spanish city of Valencia, Tel Aviv in Israel and some parts of London.

After 20 months after interrupting antiretroviral therapy, HIV was undetectable in the patient’s blood.

The heat continues to remain high in Italy after record temperatures were set. According to medics there has been a jump in heat related emergencies in regions under heatwave alerts. FRANCE 24’s Liza Kaminov tells us more.

The recent provisionally agreed compromise resulting from the trilogues will hopefully lead to some steps being taken towards improving proportionality for small and non-complex banks, Daniel Sorrosal writes.

At least 20 people were injured in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian port cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa, Ukrainian officials said early on Thursday. In northwest Crimea, a Ukrainian drone attack killed a teenage girl, the Moscow-installed regional governor said on Thursday. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure Congress on Wednesday about the state of Israel’s democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship, acknowledging “intense and painful debate” at home over actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government.

Some new changes for the upcoming 2024 film awards feel like progress but reveal a doomed approach to instigating meaningful change.

Wildfires burned for a third day west of the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday, as authorities braced for a new heatwave stoking tinderbox conditions across the country.