World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:52:25 GMT"Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit.
Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror - but I don't feel anger
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:00:11 GMTIn an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France's biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing and choosing the right path.
Orban rival accuses opponents of blackmail plot ahead of Hungary election
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:27:53 GMTPeter Magyar suspects there are plans to release a sex tape of him from August 2024.
Two Britons among three dead in French Alps avalanche
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:55:21 GMTThe Britons had been part of a group of five people accompanied by an instructor, skiing off-piste in Val d'Isère.
Ukrainian slider's Olympics over as helmet appeal dismissed
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:41:38 GMTUkrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych will not compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed his appeal to wear a helmet depicting images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his home country.
The war dead pictured on banned Ukrainian athlete's helmet
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:14:06 GMTVladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country.
Leak damages 19th Century painting in latest Louvre setback
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:06:49 GMTA catalogue of incidents at the world's most visited museum have placed museum bosses come under increasing scrutiny.
Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:37:32 GMTThe charge was brought after the Council of Europe lifted his immunity, which he had as its former secretary general.
Russia orders block on WhatsApp in messaging app crackdown
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:15:47 GMTWhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a "state-owned surveillance app".
Motorway collapses as deadly storms hit France, Portugal and Spain
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:00:27 GMTStorm Nils batters several European countries, leaving one person dead and several others injured.
French coin found near Culloden may have been used to pay Jacobite
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:32:44 GMTIan Deveney made his find on land between Inverness and the 280-year-old battlefield.
Rubio speech signals US-Europe relations are bruised but still friendly
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:55:11 GMTThe US Secretary of State sounds a conciliatory tone as he addresses European leaders in Munich.
The Dutch love four-day working weeks, but are they sustainable?
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:05 GMTThe Netherlands has the lowest working hours in Europe, but some say it is harming its economy.
Meet France's controversial ice dance Olympic champions
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:36:45 GMTThere was plenty of intrigue on the ice heading into the Milan-Cortina ice dance finals - and that was nothing compared to the drama off it.
Investigation brings closure for long-lost family after WW2 Nazi kidnap
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:18:35 GMTJozef Domanski's family spent decades wondering what had happened to him in Wolverhampton.
Biathlete apologises to ex-girlfriend and team-mate
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:49:32 GMTNorwegian medal-winning biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid apologises again for cheating on his ex-girlfriend.
Ukrainian mother's joy after phone call with son she thought had been killed
Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:17:39 GMTNazar Daletskyi's family were sure he had been killed and had buried what they thought was his body in 2023.
Fearing Russia will seize her town, war widow moves husband's grave to Kyiv
Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:59:59 GMTRussia's gains on the battlefield have forced Natalia to rebury her husband.
Watch: 'I am a survivor' Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC Newsnight
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:00:21 GMTMs Pelicot reveals it is "inconceivable" that the man she shared her life with "could have committed these horrors".
How ciabatta was created to rival the baguette
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:25:19 GMTWitness History's Rachel Naylor explains.
'My son is dead': Swiss bar owners confronted by fire victim families
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:40:50 GMTJessica and Jacques Moretti are under criminal investigation for involuntary manslaughter, as well as bodily harm and arson through negligence.
Aerial footage shows flooded cities as storms hit Spain
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:35:05 GMTStorms Marta and Leonardo have caused widespread flooding in Spain as thousands have been displaced.
BBC at scene where Russian general was shot in Moscow
Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:14:32 GMTRussia editor Steve Rosenberg reports from the outskirts of the Russian capital, where Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev was shot and wounded.
