European leaders are descending on Armenia for two unprecedented summits in a country long considered Russia's closest ally in the South Caucasus. The symbolism for this country of fewer than three million people is hard to overstate; Armenia is a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Eurasian Economic Union, and …

What is the hantavirus that has been confirmed on an Atlantic cruise ship? Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). One hantavirus case has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under …

'No money for new weapons' and 'Cost of pint hits £10' The Guardian carries warnings about facial recognition technology, widely used by many police forces and a growing number of retailers. The biometrics commissioner for Scotland tells the paper that the technology is "nowhere near as effective as the police …

What an empty car park tells us about the UK's debt problem The main street of Queenborough is clogged with parked cars. Residents say even emergency service vehicles have at times been unable to get through. However, at one end of this village on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, …

Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban public s for both meat and fossil fuel products. Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. At one of the city's busiest tram stops, adjacent to a …

BBC uncovers the Ugandan scammers abusing dogs to elicit donations from animal lovers A dog with rust-coloured fur lies at the side of a road. He looks peaceful, but as the TikTok video pans from his face to the rest of his body, severe injuries to his hind legs appear. …

Sir Keir Starmer will tell the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Armenia on Monday about the UK's ambitions, which further signals the government's desire for closer ties with the EU. He met Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday in Armenia, with the Ukrainian president asking Sir Keir to pass on his …

GameStop has made a $55. 9bn) unsolicited offer to buy e-commerce firm eBay, the video game retail chain said on Sunday. The cash and stock offer values eBay at $125 a share, $20 more than the shares were valued at when New York trading ended on Friday, GameStop said in …

There are now just days left before a vital set of elections around Britain on Thursday, which will determine who spends billions of pounds of taxpayers' money and will shape the mood and career prospects of political leaders in town halls, in Holyrood, in the Senedd and in Westminster. Depending …

'I was trying to save a life,' says man who intervened in Golders Green attack A man who intervened during a knife attack on a Jewish man in Golders Green has told the BBC how he was trying to save a life. Ashkan Asadian rushed to help 76-year-old Moshe Shine …