The ‘sacrifice zone’: villagers resist the EU’s green push for lithium mining
Residents of a Portuguese rural idyll where four vast mines are planned are among those who feel they will pay too high a cost for...
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Pornhub and other adult sites back online in France after three-week protest
Adult websites back online after court suspended decision requiring platforms based in the EU to verify users’ ages Major adult websites Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube...
Macron lays out broad European offer for Iran to end war with Israel
Proposal would cover uranium enrichment and ballistic missile programmes and aim to end terrorist funding Middle East crisis – live updates Europe is to make...
Norway backs Nato’s 5% defence spending target despite Spain rejecting it as ‘unreasonable’ – Europe live
PM Jonas Gahr Støre declared Norway’s support for the 5% target proposed by Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte Poland’s EU minister Adam Szłapka, who led...
The first rule is to forget your past life: Ukrainian marine tells of his three years of torment in Russian captivity
Dmytro Chorny tells of hunger, beatings and torture before a mass prisoner exchange freed him to go home to – and marry – his girlfriend,...
Spain rejects Nato plan for member states to spend 5% of GDP on defence
PM Pedro Sánchez says he wants a ‘more flexible formula’ that would make target optional or allow Madrid to opt out Spain’s prime minister, Pedro...
Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking
Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’ Three employees of a firm that provided workers...
Hungarian police say Budapest Pride march banned, but mayor insists it will go ahead – Europe live
The Hungarian ban on the Budapest Pride march comes a day after a debate on the march was held at the European parliament But despite...
Fake dentist charged by Czech police after treating dozens of patients
Tooth extraction and root canal work among procedures offered by self-taught 22-year-old and two family members Europe live – latest updates A fake dentist and...
Echoes of Brexit as Starmer is pressed to seize initiative on human rights | Jessica Elgot
Labour MPs fighting Reform want action and a European renegotiation looks unappealing. How would the PM sell a third way? Mahmood says UK will seek...
