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French cement giant guilty of financing militant groups including Islamic State

13.04.2026 18:00 The French company paid $6.5m to jihadist groups to keep its plant running in war-torn Syria, a Paris court heard.

UK could adopt EU single market rules under new legislation

13.04.2026 11:45 Sir Keir Starmer is planning a law which will mean that the UK government can adopt EU single market rules, without them being voted on in Parliament.

Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide

13.04.2026 05:47 Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.

Viktor Orbán's Hungarian experiment runs out of steam

13.04.2026 05:47 Péter Magyar's historic win offers peace for a country exhausted by the tensions of Viktor Orbán's rule, Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest.

The Dutch village at risk of being demolished

13.04.2026 05:47 Moerdijk has been earmarked for removal, to make way for a vast electricity substation.

Union Berlin appoint first female head coach

13.04.2026 05:47 Marie-Louise Eta becomes the first woman appointed to manage a men's team in one of Europe's top five leagues as she is named interim head coach of Bundesliga side Union Berlin.

'A truly historic moment': BBC reports from Hungary as Viktor Orbán concedes election

12.04.2026 23:15 Rajini Vaidyanathan broadcasts from outside Hungary's parliament as crowds hear about the prime minister's concession.

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of hundreds of ceasefire violations

12.04.2026 17:31 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his nation's forces would respond "symmetrically" to Russian attacks.

Police clear Irish fuel protesters from several locations

12.04.2026 17:31 A cabinet meeting will be held on Sunday where an update on ongoing fuel crisis talks will be given.

'We need real peace': Easter truce fails to lift grim mood in war-torn Ukraine

12.04.2026 11:45 Easter festivities are muted in Kharkiv as Ukrainians expect fighting to flare up again after a weekend truce.

How Hungary's knife-edge election could impact the US and Russia

12.04.2026 11:45 The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán's home town of Felscút.

Hungarians decide whether to end 16 years of Orbán rule and elect rival

12.04.2026 05:45 Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who fronts a grassroots party, but PM Viktor Orbán has been in a defiant mood.

Irish cabinet meeting to be held to discuss ongoing fuel protests

11.04.2026 23:45 Hundreds of petrol stations in the Republic of Ireland have run out of fuel as the protests and blockades continued for a fifth day.

Germany's far-right AfD adopts 'radical' manifesto ahead of key polls

11.04.2026 23:45 The far-right party is riding high in the opinion polls in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Final push for votes as challenger to Hungary's Orbán scents victory

11.04.2026 06:00 As Péter Magyar's opposition movement leads in the polls, tens of thousands of anti-Orbán supporters fill Heroes' Square in Budapest.