Russia said on Wednesday (7 August) it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated its southern border near a major natural gas transmission hub, in one of the largest incursions into Russian territory since the war began.

Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming El Nino weather pattern, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.

Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across Britain on Wednesday (7 August) to challenge expected far-right groups that failed to materialise following more than a week of violent racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants.

The European Union, France and the UK on Wednesday (7 August) condemned a far-right Israeli minister for suggesting it would be "justified and moral" to starve two million Gazans to free scores of captives held in the Palestinian territory.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) warns that COVID-19 is surging worldwide and is unlikely to decline in the immediate future. Dr Van Kerkhove warns that in Europe, percent of test positivity is above 20 per cent.

European Union and South American negotiators will meet on 4-6 September in Brasilia in the first in-person talks since April, raising hopes an EU-Mercosur trade deal can be concluded this year, diplomats said.

Lisbon's Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday (7 August) that Lisbon City Hall will have to pay one million euros for revealing data on anti-Putin demonstrators in a case from 2021.

German opposition parties and parts of the government coalition are calling for more border checks to tackle irregular migration, questioning the consensus on Schengen that has long been taken for granted in the country that borders most EU member states.

A Danish court on Wednesday handed a Polish man a four-month prison sentence and ordered him deported for punching the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June.

The French capital’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo is now using the 33rd Olympiad’s success in order to restore her image, before 2026’s municipal elections.

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) initiated court proceedings against the social media platform X on Tuesday (6 August), according to Ireland's High Court website.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) met for its 61st plenary session to discuss the timeline of all its next reports but failed to reach an agreement on this issue.

Denmark's Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard declared on Wednesday that he "does not rule out anything" when it comes to preventing Swedish criminal teenagers from entering Denmark.