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An exit poll in Germany suggests the two main rivals are tied in an election that will determine who will succeed Angela Merkel. No...

The world of 2005 feels a long way away. We had president George W Bush and prime minister Tony Blair; Prince Charles married Camilla...

Authorities have closed La Palma’s airport as a new vent opened in an erupting volcano, spreading more ash across the island. Flights to and...

The Hofbrauhaus in the heart of Munich is a huge building dedicated to the art of beer. It’s been welcoming drinkers for 432 years,...

Three more towns have been evacuated on the island of La Palma in the Canaries amid “intensifying volcanic activity”, emergency services say. Authorities ordered...

The advance of lava from a volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands has slowed, rising in some places up to 50 feet as it...

Swathes of La Palma are swimming in volcanic ash. It’s everywhere, on the roads, covering cars and buildings and in your clothes, and probably...

A volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands could last three months, experts have said. The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute said on Wednesday that the...

Authorities have warned people on the island of La Palma of fresh dangers after a new volcanic vent blew open and rivers of unstoppable...

The desperation of those in Afghanistan is heart-rending. It’s in the faces of those who sit for hours with their children and their suitcases...

Boris Johnson has criticised other world leaders over their efforts to tackle climate change, telling them he is growing “increasingly frustrated” that their commitments...

At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured after a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm,...

Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is expected to secure an emphatic win as polls close in the country’s parliamentary election. Preliminary results from the...

The Taliban has replaced Afghanistan’s women’s ministry with an all-male “vice and virtue ministry”. The new ministry is tasked with enforcing the group’s extreme...

Maintaining unity between Western allies will “require a lot of effort” in light of an unfolding rift between France and members of a new...

France has recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in a backlash over a new security partnership. The country’s foreign minister Jean-Yves...

The economic crisis in Lebanon is never-ending and now it’s ravaging the hospitals where medicines are running out. On the oncology outpatients ward we...

Google deleted a Russian tactical voting app from its online store after staff were threatened, sources at the tech giant have said. Both Apple...

As the UK starts rolling out booster jabs, health experts have raised concerns about diverting resources from developing countries with much lower vaccination rates....