Negotiations for a deal between the UK and EU are still ongoing hours before the prime minister hosts a UK-EU summit on Monday. Sir Keir Starmer will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the second time in four days as he aims to strike a deal with the EU on a range … Read more
Adam Easton BBC Warsaw correspondent Reuters Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski won a narrow victory in Poland’s presidential election, according to an exit poll, but a second-round run-off with conservative historian Karol Nawrocki will be required in two weeks’ time to decide the country’s next president. According to the exit poll … Read more
Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a statement from his office said on Sunday. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms. The cancer is characterised by a Gleason score of 9 with metastasis to the bone, his office said, meaning it … Read more
Austria’s new Eurovision Song Contest winner JJ returned home on Sunday 18 May to a warm welcome at Vienna’s Schwechat Airport after his victory in Basel. Fans, family, and media gathered and cheered as JJ smiled and posed for selfies. The 24-year-old, who is a counter tenor, took the title at the competition with the … Read more
Authorities have identified the suspect in a deadly car blast that targeted a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California as Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old man they say “had nihilistic ideations”. The FBI said they believe he is the sole fatality in the incident. They said on Sunday that he detonated explosives outside the clinic … Read more
RTÉ Lissabell Beach had attracted big numbers in recent days, a local councillor said There is shock and devastation in the community near a County Sligo beach over the death of a young boy who got into difficulty in the water on Saturday. A local councillor, Fianna Fáil’s Donal Gilroy, said news of the young … Read more
An Garda Síochána Michael Gaine, 56, has been missing for more than eight weeks A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder by Irish police investigating the disappearance of farmer Michael Gaine. It comes a day after gardaí (Irish police) searching a site near Mr Gaine’s farm confirmed they had found partial human remains. … Read more
Reuters Holly-Anne Hull (centre) said in a video posted the day after Eurovision that she had lost her wedding ring A member of the UK’s Eurovision entry Remember Monday says she lost her wedding ring in video posted the morning after their Basel performance. “I’ve lost my wedding ring and my engagement ring,” Holly-Anne Hull … Read more
Ukraine says Russia has launched its biggest drone attack since the full-scale invasion began, targeting several regions including Kyiv, where one woman died. Russia had launched 273 drones by 08:00 Sunday (05:00 GMT) targeting the central Kyiv region and Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions in the east, Ukraine’s air force said. The barrage has come just … Read more
Leading Kenyan lawyer and the country’s former Justice Minister Martha Karua says she has been detained in Tanzania after flying in for the court appearance of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Karua said in a social media post that she had been detained at the main international airport and was awaiting deportation, along with two colleagues … Read more