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Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms

Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reformsJust nowPA MediaPeople granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under...

Zelensky vows energy sector overhaul after $100m corruption scandal

Zelensky vows energy sector overhaul after $100m corruption scandal34 minutes agoRuth ComerfordEPA/ShutterstockUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to "overhaul" state-owned energy...

UK set to limit asylum seekers to temporary stays

UK set to limit asylum seekers to temporary stays30 minutes agoIain WatsonPolitical correspondentPA MediaPeople granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in a...

French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis

French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis2 days agoPaul KirbyEurope digital editorGetty ImagesAlmost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal...

Second brother of French anti-drugs campaigner shot dead in Marseille

Second brother of French anti-drugs campaigner shot dead in Marseille44 minutes agoHugh SchofieldIn ParisBBCA second brother of a young French anti-drugs campaigner, Amine Kessaci, has been shot dead...

Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies

Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies2 days agoLaura GozziReutersUkraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of a major investigation into corruption in the...

Three killed in wave of Russian strikes across Kyiv, officials say

Three killed in 'massive' Russian strikes on Kyiv, officials say19 minutes agoOttilie MitchellReutersThree people have died and at least 26 others injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile...

Serbia's energy reliance on Russia comes unstuck facing US oil sanctions

Serbia's energy reliance on Russia comes unstuck facing US oil sanctions2 days agoGuy DelauneyBalkans correspondentGuy Delauney/BBCAn impasse over Russian oil and imminent US sanctions has put Serbia...

Starmer's chief of staff McSweeney not leaving role over briefing war, BBC told

Starmer's chief of staff McSweeney not leaving role over briefing war, BBC told17 minutes agoChris Mason,Political editor and Harry Farley,Political correspondentGetty ImagesThe prime minister's...

How Ukraine is fighting to hold on through another freezing winter amid Russia's growing attacks

How Ukraine is fighting to hold on through another freezing winter amid Russia's growing attacks1 hour agoJames LandaleDiplomatic CorrespondentGetty ImagesIn her Soviet-era apartment block on the...

'It's a great day' - Trump signs spending bill to end longest shutdown in US history

Trump signs spending bill to end longest shutdown in US history19 minutes agoAna Faguyon Capitol HillPresident Donald Trump has signed a spending bill to reopen the government and end the longest...

Turkey demands more than 2,000 years in jail for popular Istanbul mayor

Turkey demands more than 2,000 years in jail for popular Istanbul mayor1 day agoPaul KirbyEurope digital editorReutersThe prosecutor in Turkey's biggest city has accused popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu...

French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis

French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis31 minutes agoPaul KirbyEurope digital editorGetty ImagesAlmost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem...

How an Afghan child bride became one of Europe's top bodybuilders

How an Afghan child bride became one of Europe's top bodybuilders18 hours agoMahjooba NowrouziBBC News AfghanBBCThe woman standing on stage glistens in a crystal-studded bikini.Her glowing, tanned...

Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies

Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies13 minutes agoLaura GozziReutersUkraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of a major investigation into corruption in the...