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An exit poll carried out by polling company Ipsos, and paid for by the BBC, ITV and Sky says Starmer’s Labour Party will win the general election with 410 seats. The final outcome of the election should be clear by early on Friday.

Tensions are rising in France, home to one of Europe’s largest Muslim minorities, ahead of the snap election run-off.

The leaders of Norway, Ireland and Spain have said their countries will formally recognise Palestine as a state next week for the sake of “peace in the Middle East“, prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys.

While the US provided Europe with security, he said it also needed the militaries, intelligence and diplomatic leverage of its European allies.

Southern Europe will continue to swelter next week as an intense heatwave shows no sign of abating.

La commissaire aux droits de l'Homme du Conseil de l'Europe Dunja Mijatovic s'est alarmée vendredi d'un "usage excessif de la force" envers les manifestants contre la réforme des retraites. Elle a appelé la France à respecter le droit de manifester. D'autres voix dénoncent des "violences policières".

Banks are a special type of organisation. They take deposits and lend these funds to borrowers over long periods. It is pretty remarkable when you think about it. Banks make loans over many years, but you and I can withdraw the savings that banks use to fund the loans instantly.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on a tour of European capitals, tells leaders at a summit in Brussels that Europe’s freedom depends on Ukraine’s.

The world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments. The three sectors that appear to be most responsible for the collapse of ecosystems and erasure of wildlife are fossil fuels, fisheries and farming.

Ukrainian soldiers have been welcomed into Kherson by jubilant residents, after Russia said it had fully withdrawn from the key southern city.