Europe Today
Top stories from across Europe: breaking news, analysis and what matters today.
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UK prime minister: An impossible job?
A country once known for political stability now looks almost ungovernable.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin claims he is ready for peace talks after Kyiv’s refinery strikes spark fuel shortages
Russian president says Moscow ready to end war on terms agreed in Istanbul
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French farmers fear harvest fallout as heatwave kills livestock and cuts yields
France’s current heatwave is taking a toll on farmers, who are seeing livestock die and are racing against time to harvest cereals…
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Power cuts leave thousands sweltering inside as deadly heatwave scorches France
Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said
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What Spain's different heat alerts mean and how to act in each case
During heatwaves and periods of considerable heat, Spain's meteorological agency issues colour-coded alerts to the population. Her…
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‘Paris in this heat is awful’: Tourists change plans as sites close early
The severe heatwave sweeping France has forced the early closures of Paris tourist hotspots the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, and l…
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24-hour parks and alcohol bans: what cities could learn from Paris’s ‘heatwave mode’ | Helen Massy-Beresford
Following a devastating heatwave in 2003 that killed 15,000, France has adopted four alert levels to help people cope with extreme…
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Historian and Resistance hero Marc Bloch joins France’s Pantheon greats
French scholar and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who was tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, entered the Pantheon on Tu…
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Deutsche Bahn trains resume after technical glitch paralyses network
Train services in Germany were resuming on Wednesday, the state-run rail operator said, after a breakdown in the railway radio com…
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France heatwave’s first major outage leaves 68,000 homes without power
Europe’s record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in north-west France on Wednesday, authorities…
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Keir Starmer couldn’t beat the curse of Brexit – a politics poisoned by nationalism | Rafael Behr
The outgoing prime minister’s efforts to mobilise a healthier kind of patriotism fell flat. Andy Burnham may stand a better chance…
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Britain is still stuck on its ex – but after 10 long, lonely years, does the EU feel the same way? | Katy Lee
As a podcast host, I speak daily to people on both sides of the breakup. A decade after the referendum, it’s clear who’s moved on …
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French Resistance hero and historian Marc Bloch enters France's Pantheon
French Resistance fighter and pioneering historian Marc Bloch entered France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first historian t…
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Temperatures hit record levels in western Europe
France, Spain and Italy, have been hardest hit by the heatwave so far.
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What is a heat dome? Experts blame one for Europe’s baking temperatures
Europe is sizzling under an early heat wave this week with millions of people experiencing extremely high temperatures
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'A very different Afghanistan: Violence now linked to socioeconomic pressures'
François Picard is pleased to welcome Silvia Boccardi, freelance journalist based in Rome. Nearly five years after the Taliban's r…
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Achieving net-zero carbon emissions can reduce the intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves
Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Dr. Chloe Brimacombe. She presents a clear and sobering analysis of the current European…
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‘Is rejoining the EU inevitable?’ - Rafael Behr answered your questions on Brexit and more
It’s 10 years since the Brexit vote – and it’s also another one of those weeks in British politics … you asked our political colum…
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Poland, Ukraine: Dispute between two close allies deepens
Polish President Karol Nawrocki last week stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland's highest state honor. How di…
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Scotland: Sturgeon's ex-husband Peter Murrell jailed for 5 years and 3 months
Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling funds in his role as chief executive of the Scottish National Party. He held the SNP's …
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Fact-checking Brexit's key promises 10 years on – video
On 23 June 2016 Britons voted to leave the EU. A decade later, the Guardian's economics editor, Heather Stewart, looks back at the…
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Ukraine says major Crimea bridge destroyed in latest attack
Ukraine continues to hit infrastructure on the Crimea to isolate the Russian-annexed peninsula. Meanwhile, Russia attacked Volodym…
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Poland must not repeat mistakes of West by using migration to solve demographic crisis, says president
Karol Nawrocki instead called for efforts to "promote the idea that family is the most important thing".
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Europe battles record-breaking heat: is this the new normal? - The Latest
Europe is dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trains cancelled and France holding an emergency meeting afte…