Guy HedgecoeBusiness reporterReporting fromSegovia, central SpainGetty ImagesSpain attracts the second highest number of overseas visitors after FranceIt's a chilly mid-winter afternoon in Segovia, in central Spain, and tourists are...

Paul KirbyEurope digital editorEPA-EFEFriedrich Merz (L) is favourite to become the next chancellor but every German government has to form a coalitionGerman voters decide on 23 February who will...

Nikos PapanikolaouBBC NewsGetty ImagesOn a calm summer day on Santorini in July 1956, disaster hit. "I remember our dog and bird acting strangely. Then, the earthquake struck," 83-year-old Eirini...

FacebookAndrew and Dawn Searle had moved to France from Scotland several years agoA British couple have been found dead in their home in south west France.Andrew and Dawn Searle,...

The UK has revoked the accreditation of a Russian diplomat in the latest escalation of a tit-for-tat diplomatic spat after Moscow expelled a British official last year.Andrey Kelin, who...

Phelan ChatterjeeBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe attack happened at a school for adults, on a campus where there are also children's schoolsOn Tuesday afternoon, the gunman behind Sweden's worst-ever mass shooting...

Getty ImagesThe shooting appears to have targeted a centre attended by people who have not finished primary or secondary schoolFive people have been shot at an education centre in...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged islanders on the Greek island of Santorini to "stay calm" after an increase in seismic activity in recent days.His remarks come as...

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Moscow has bombed a boarding school in Ukrainian-occupied Russia where civilians were sheltering and preparing to evacuate. The Ukrainian army said four people were killed...

The European Union's member states need to increase defence spending to keep pace with the threats facing the continent, its foreign policy chief has warned. Kaja Kallas, who served...

Dominique Pelicot, who drugged and raped his then wife Gisèle and recruited dozens of men to abuse her over almost a decade, has been questioned over two other attacks...

Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised her own party leader for passing a motion in parliament with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).In a statement, Merkel...