An Afghan refugee who is accused of killing a British woman in Athens, Greece, has been named and pictured. Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, a professional boxer who ran a refugee charity in Athens, is suspected...
A man understood to be an Afghan national has been arrested after a Scottish woman's body was found inside a suitcase in Greece. Elisabeth Jane-Ross's body was discovered in the suitcase by a...
FacebookMary McCool and Ben PhilipBBC Scotland31 minutes agoGreek police say a man has admitted killing a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in an abandoned building.Elisabeth-Jane...
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedSarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent2 August 2026, 01:55 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoMost of...
Vladimir Putin has suffered a fresh blow as Russia reportedly suffers its worst casualty rate in Ukraine this year. Experts say that figures from July suggest Moscow is "paying an increasingly high...
Russian commanders have been accused of lying to Vladimir Putin about the extent of the military's gains in northern Ukraine. A new study from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claimed the...
Policing minister Sarah Jones, campaigner Tom Curry, Tom Morrison MP and Matt Vickers MP (Image: Supplied)A bravery medal for emergency service workers injured in the line of duty is a step closer to...
Senior Russian military commanders are “lying” to Vladimir Putin about progress in Ukraine, analysts suggest. The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said evidence from the battlefield...
UK barley farmers are struggling due to rising temperatures and dry soil (Image: Getty)Beer is one of the few widely-consumed products in Britain still made almost entirely from what’s grown here....
FacebookMary McCoolBBC Scotland30 July 2026Greek police have said they are trying to determine whether foul play was involved in the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found in a...
Getty ImagesPaul MellyAfrica analyst31 July 2026As many of the 60,000 migrants who swam or scrambled their way into Ceuta trickle back into Morocco, the prospect of a dramatic crisis has begun to...
Getty ImagesPaul MellyAfrica analyst31 minutes agoAs many of the 60,000 migrants who swam or scrambled their way into Ceuta trickle back into Morocco, the prospect of a dramatic crisis has begun to...
FacebookMary McCoolBBC Scotland30 July 2026, 14:18 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoGreek police have said they are trying to determine whether foul play was involved in the death of a Scottish woman whose body...
George and Amal Clooney have evacuated their French farm after wildfires swept across the southeast region (Image: Penske Media via Getty Images)George and Amal Clooney have been compelled to flee...
Charleroi Airport in Brussels - Belgium's second largest airport - will close for an 11-weeks period in 2028 as its runway is renovated and the airport is revamped.About two million travellers are...