Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday during a meeting in Sochi. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Residents in the quiet French Alps town of Annecy awoke in shock on Friday, a day after a Syrian refugee armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults in an attack whose motive remains unclear.

European Union countries have reached a major deal to revamp the bloc’s migration and asylum policy.

The EU institutions have been hit by a number of scandals in recent months, including alleged high-level corruption in the European Parliament.

The European Union is hoping to boost domestic production of semiconductors and capture 20% of the global market by 2030.

A man armed with a knife stabbed six people, including four preschool children, by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday in an attack that sent shock waves through the country. The suspect, who was arrested, did not have a terrorist motive, according to the local prosecutor.