Lenkijos pasieniečiai penktadienį sulaikė vilkiką, kuriuo iš Lietuvos į Lenkiją buvo mėginama neteisėtai įvežti 54 migrantus.

NATO narės Europoje ir Kanada kitą savaitę Ankaroje vyksiančiame Aljanso viršūnių susitikime įsipareigos šiais ir kitais metais Ukrainai skirti po 70 mlrd. eurų karinės paramos, penktadienį pranešė diplomatai.

Forecasters are warning of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.

Officials believe the suspect may not have acted alone and spent days casing out scene of the attack.

Employers are being urged to use their "common sense" to allow staff to work flexibly where they can.

Wedding lists are being replaced by cash requests, but guests are divided over how much to give.

BERLIN — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda warned Friday that NATO risks fracturing if some member states fail to meet the alliance’s target of spending 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense. “It would be highly controversial or contradictory if some countries will try to do more and will reach this target in coming years and other countries will fluctuate, let’s say at the level of 2 percent or 2.5 percent,” Nausėda told reporters in Berlin during a joint press conference with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “It will split, naturally split, the alliance into two or three parts, and this is not very good for the collective defense spirit in the alliance and for our solidarity,” Nausėda added. NATO allies, with the exception of Spain, agreed at last year’s summit in The Hague to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense by 2035. Yet with most European countries currently spending far below that level and grappling with fiscal constraints, it remains unclear how many will meet the target. The Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are among Europe’s biggest defense spenders relative to economic output. Their leaders met with Merz in Berlin to coordinate positions ahead of next week’s NATO summit in Ankara. A key priority for European leaders at that summit will be convincing U.S. President Donald Trump that they are doing enough to boost defense spending amid concerns the president could weaken the U.S. commitment to the alliance or penalize countries that fall short. “The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. He then singled out several European countries, including Germany, referring to their defense expenditure as “Ridiculous!” Asked about the post on Friday, Merz said Germany is making strides toward meeting the NATO spending target, which Berlin has pledged to reach by 2029. “Germany is doubling its defense budget within four years,” Merz said. “This is the greatest effort we have ever made to strengthen our defense capabilities. In that regard, we have nothing to hide from anyone.”

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expects Ukraine to take the next step in repairing relations between the two countries after weeks of escalating tensions over wartime history. Rebuilding trust “requires goodwill from Kyiv,” he warned Friday. “It won’t be the case anymore that only Warsaw proposes a good stance,” said Tusk in a video shared on X, adding that Ukrainian politicians now understood that “good relations between us are in everyone’s interest.” The clash had erupted after Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle — Poland’s highest state honor. The decision followed Kyiv naming a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whose fighters massacred tens of thousands of Poles during World War II. The diplomatic fallout quickly escalated, with Ukrainian officials returning their Polish honors and Zelenskyy sending his medal back to Warsaw. Zelenskyy then skipped the Ukraine Recovery Conference in late June, sending Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to lead the country’s delegation instead. Tusk’s comments mark a sharper tone from the prime minister, who has repeatedly urged both sides not to let historical disputes undermine cooperation against Russia. Earlier on Friday, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski met his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Warsaw to ease tensions. Sikorski had previously called Nawrocki’s decision to strip Zelenskyy of the medal an “inappropriate” response, as it “humiliated the president of Ukraine personally.” Tusk said he had received signals that Kyiv now understood “it is worth looking for ways to have an honest conversation also about the past.” Reconciliation will likely be “a long process,” he added, “but good Ukrainian-Polish relations are in mutual interest.”

Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday's attack in Damascus.

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Deal to reset post-Brexit relations with bloc has been further delayed

While the Lyhanna case in France has exposed the shortcomings of a fragmented system for dealing with sexual violence against minors, Belgium stands as a model with its Centres for the Care of Sexual Violence (CPVS). The centres are based on a simple principle: a victim only has to walk through one door to find a doctor, forensic nurse, psychologist and specialized police officer – all in one place. Born from a pilot project in three hospitals, the model proved convincing with its scientific results from the first evaluation. In 2020, the government decided to roll it out nationwide.

The 2026 Tour de France will open with a short, fast, team time-trial in Barcelona on Saturday, the first round of the battle to decide who will wear the coveted yellow jersey on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Many of the tougher mountainous stages are packed into the final week, but there will be opportunities to make a difference before then.

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo battles a worsening Ebola outbreak, authorities have established special nurseries to care for children whose parents are receiving treatment. The centres provide shelter, daily care and psychological support while helping reduce the risk of infection.

The Socialist government's mass regularisation programme, which closed on 30 June, comes as others European countries crack down on irregular immigration.