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Voters in Slovakia headed to the ballot stations on Saturday to elect a successor to Zuzana Caputova, the country’s first female president and a staunch backer of neighbouring Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Former foreign minister Ivan Korcok…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of threats posed by right-wing populists as he addressed a gathering of centre-left European parties on Saturday ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June. Mr Scholz arrived in Romania’s capital Bucharest for a…

A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban mobilised tens of thousands of supporters in Hungary’s capital on Saturday, outlining a plan to unite the country and bring an end to the populist leader’s 14-year hold on power. At…

US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have said they raised more than 90 million dollars (£71 million) in March and ended the year’s first quarter with 192 million-plus dollars (£152 million) in cash on…

Tajikistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday rejected a claim by a top Russian security official that Ukraine’s embassy in the Tajik capital was recruiting mercenaries to fight against Russia. “We note that this assertion by the Russian official has no basis…

An investigation has been launched after a passenger plane hit another aircraft while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport. Footage posted on social media shows a Virgin Atlantic plane’s wing touching a British Airways aircraft, surrounded by emergency services.…

A human torso found at a nature reserve is that of a man thought to be aged over 40, Greater Manchester Police have said. Nothing other than the human remains has been found during the search in Kersal Dale near…

The nephew of Yellowstone star Moses Brings Plenty has been found dead in Kansas after he was named as a suspect in a domestic violence police investigation. Cole Brings Plenty, who appeared in the Yellowstone spinoff series, 1923, was reported…

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among dozens of people detained by police in The Hague as they removed protesters who were partially blocking a road in the Dutch city. Ms Thunberg was seen flashing a victory sign as she sat…

Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities have said. The dam broke in the city of Orsk in…