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A trial of unprecedented scale starts in France under high security over the November 2015 attacks in Paris that were the deadliest in peacetime France.

The i says France will be bracing itself on Wednesday as the trial opens of 20 people involved in the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, one of the worst atrocities to hit the continent

Demonstrators set up blockades on main roads ahead of planned inauguration of new head of Serbian Orthodox Church.

Food and drink exports from the UK have plummeted due to a sharp drop in trade with the EU after Brexit, according to fresh research published today. Data from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) shows overall UK exports of food and drink slid £2bn in the first half of this year.

Alexander Lukashenko was quoted by the Belta state news agency as saying that Russia will soon deliver a big military hardware consignment to Belarus.

Envoy travels to Doha for talks with Taliban on securing safe passage out of Afghanistan for remaining British nationals and allies.

‘We cannot risk the lives of our diplomats and of our soldiers any longer,’ says deputy foreign minister, as evacuation chaos continues.

US secretary of state raises concerns that large numbers of Eritrean forces have ‘re-entered Ethiopia after withdrawing in June’.

The heavy rainfall behind deadly flooding in Europe in July was made more likely by climate change, scientists say.

Kyiv sees the soon-to-be-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline carrying Russian gas to Europe and bypassing Ukraine as “a dangerous geopolitical weapon”, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

For the sixth straight Saturday, protesters march against the COVID health pass they describe as a restriction of freedom.

Thousands of people have been evacuated since Monday in southeastern France to escape a rapidly-advancing wildfire.

The Independent says Italy has been hit by a heatwave this week as the south of the country battles wildfires.

France24 says Turkey is battling the worst wildfires in its history, President Erdogan said, as fires spread to a power station in the country’s southwest after reducing swathes of coastal forest to ashes.

TRT World says the Turkish government has said a vast majority of forest fires that have ravaged the south of the country for almost a week have been contained.

The Sun says an opponent of feared Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko has been found hanged in suspicious circumstances.

The Metro says a Belarusian activist has been found dead in a park in Ukraine as police launch an investigation into a possible murder disguised as suicide.

Aljazeera says a Belarusian activist has been found dead in a park near his home in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a day after he was reported missing, police said.

The Guardian says the head of a Kyiv-based non-profit organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution has been found dead in a park in the Ukrainian capital, police have said.

The Guardian says at least five people have been wounded and holidaymakers evacuated after wildfires devastated a pine wood near a beach in Pescara, Italy, as one of the worst heatwaves in decades swept across south-east Europe.

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Amazon (AMZN) faces a record-breaking £637 million ($887 million) EU privacy fines even though the tech giant was based in the…

German cycling racist comment towards Algerian riders has been sent home from the Tokyo Olympics. Patrick Moster was caught urging…

A kidney donated from an Israeli woman was flown on a charter flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates in a historic organ transplant exchange.

Its finally been made official Freedom Travel to Europe and theUS for the fully vaccinated. People who have been fully…