A bride was shot dead on her wedding night in a village near the south-east French city of Avignon after masked gunmen opened fire, local officials say.One suspected attacker...

Alaina BeresfordAlaina Beresford was 12 years old when her bottle was dropped into the North SeaA Scottish schoolgirl's message in a bottle has finally received a reply more than...

Jonathan BealeDefence correspondentGetty ImagesNato's chief Mark Rutte (left) wants to give Donald Trump what he wants - higher defence spending by America's alliesNato summits tend to be "pre-cooked", not...

An 81-year-old man drove his car down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome before getting stuck on the way down. One of Italy's most recognisable monuments, the Spanish Steps...

Joel GunterReporting from KyivBBCOleksandr Bondarchuk was unable to make it to a shelter when the strikes hit Kyiv. "It was terrible," he said. "Everything was destroyed."Evhen Povarenkov was standing...

Belgian prosecutors say they are seeking to put on trial a 92-year-old former diplomat over his alleged role in the 1961 killing of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba.Etienne Davignon...

Sarah RainsfordSouthern Europe correspondentBBCAs protesters marched through central Barcelona on Sunday, they shouted at the tourists who were filming them to "Go Home!".Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got...

Michel Euler/Pool via ReutersFrench President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Greenland to meet the prime ministers of Greenland and DenmarkIn a sign of Greenland's growing importance, French President Emmanuel Macron...

Joel GunterReporting from Zaporizhzhia, UkraineBBCDmitriy Kurashov is the first Russian soldier to stand trial in Ukraine for an alleged battlefield executionOn the frozen frontline in the east of Zaporizhzhia,...

Bethany Bell & Hugh SchofieldIn Graz and ParisMatej Povse/Getty ImagesThe attacks within two hours of each other in Graz and Nogent have left two countries in shockTwo shocking attacks...

Guy DelauneyBBC Balkans correspondentGetty ImagesThe bomb-damaged Ministry of Defence building could be replaced with apartments and a luxury hotelOne of the first sights that greets arrivals to the centre...

Getty ImagesBill Pallot was considered the top scholar of French 18th Century chairsTwo French antiques experts have been convicted of forging historic chairs that they claimed had once belonged...