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Following Britain, China has struck a trade deal with the US, President Donald Trump has announced. Meanwhile, the EU is still pondering its way out of tariff hell, and US officials make clear it is back of the line.

While the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party continues to be isolated in the German political scene, similar populist parties are gaining momentum in other EU countries.

Pedro Sánchez faces mounting pressure after an escalating corruption scandal brought down a senior colleague.

The fines will be a "minimum" punishment, and it will continue to seek civil damages for compensation for the costs incurred in more serious cases.

The Serbian project, led by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has run into opposition and scandal.

Talks on rules governing the border of Spain and Gibraltar have been ongoing since Britain left the EU.

Bill Pallot and Bruno Desnoues are given suspended sentences for selling fake 18th Century chairs.

After a slowdown last year, electric vehicle sales in Europe are powering ahead. But adoption is uneven, and lingering consumer doubts over batteries and costs threaten to slow the charge.

Police and political leaders have denounced "racist thuggery" after violent riots in Northern Ireland. Attacks on the Romanian community follow the arrest of two teenagers over the attempted rape of a young girl.

Police say they also found a non-functional pipe bomb and a “farewell letter” during a search.

Russia receives 27 soldiers’ bodies as the warring sides continue their large-scale prisoner swap deal.

Forward Jenni Hermoso says she has a “clear conscience” after being left out of Spain’s European Championship squad.

Tusk called the vote after his political camp narrowly lost the recent presidential election.

Tusk’s call for a confidence vote came after right-wing nationalist Karol Nawrocki was elected president, narrowly beating the Tusk-backed candidate. The opposition had said the lost election would be Tusk’s downfall.

It is not yet known why a 21-year-old Austrian man committed a shooting that left 10 people dead.

Ukraine has received more than 1,000 bodies of dead soldiers amid a dispute with Russia over the action. A Kremlin aide says the two countries will start exchanging seriously wounded POWs on Thursday.

Two years on from the devastating floods in the wake of the Kakhovka Dam destruction, the landscape is returning to its natural state. But climate change and plans for a new dam are threatening the new ecosystem.

As Austria observed three days national mourning, investigators said they found a non-functional pipe bomb and a farewell letter at the shooter’s house.

The note with a Scottish address and dated 1978 was found on a Swedish island.

Spanish ham and olive oil producers are looking at other nations to replace sales in the US.

The BBC’s Bethany Bell visited the scene in Graz, after ten people were killed in a school shooting.

For many years, Austria had been spared the pain of mass school shootings, but that all changed on Tuesday.

Mass shootings at schools, universities and youth centers remain rare in Europe compared to the US. In recent decades, European governments have tightened gun laws in response to shootings.

A Maltese court has sentenced two men to life in prison for providing explosives used in the 2017 car bombing that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The verdict follows years of investigations into the attack.

Video verified by the BBC shows students being evacuated from the school in the city of Graz.

Local elections were held in two Serbian towns on Sunday amid high tension and accusations of irregularities. With the ruling SNS and the opposition both claiming victory, it is not clear what will happen next.

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the latest school attack, calling it part of a "senseless wave of violence" sweeping through French schools.

Greenpeace Romania faces legal action from the state gas firm Romgaz, which wants the environmental group shut down. Critics warn this is the latest in a string of attacks on civil society groups.

The new Madrid Grand Prix will be held as the final race of an uninterrupted European section of the Formula 1 season next year.

The Federal Police Commissioner of Germany has expressed disapproval of police officers’ membership in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Russia launched 315 drones across the country, including “one of the largest strikes on Kyiv,” Zelensky said.

A scheme allowing French day trippers to visit using a national ID card is expected to continue.

Crime gangs are using increasingly elaborate routes to traffic the drug across Europe to the UK, the BBC is told.

A marble sculpture thought to be a copy of the Auguste Rodin work ‘Despair’ turned out to be real.

The British thriller author wrote more than 25 books and sold 75 million copies around the world.

A referendum to ease Italian citizenship requirements failed on Monday due to low voter turnout. The result is a victory for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who encouraged the public not to vote.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke at the start of the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France.

The agreement to exchange prisoners of war and repatriate the bodies of dead fighters went ahead despite disagreement over the weekend. Meanwhile, Russia launched a massive overnight drone strike on Ukrainian bases.

The fan died after falling from the stands during extra time at the Nations League final between Portugal and Spain, the UEFA confirmed.

A German judge has issued an arrest warrant for the man who drove into a crowd of people, injuring his wife and young daughter, along with several others.

Police are searching an area where prime suspect, Christian Brückner, stayed at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance.

Footage shows clouds of dark coloured smoke and ash billowing from the volcano on the Mediterranean island.

Fire crews were called to the scene after a road bridge came down in Bryansk.