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  • Ursula von der Leyen.

    European elections
    Disappearing ink, fake polls and voter fraud: EU fears as Russian propaganda ads target Euro elections

    Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it
  • Climate activists sit near a Lufthansa plane as police stand nearby

    Germany
    Eight climate activists arrested in Germany over airport protest

  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy

    Ukraine
    Zelenskiy says situation in Kharkiv under control but he fears second Russian attack

  • A stamp featuring a photo of a baguette on a white background overdrawn with a French tricolour ribbon and the words 'La baguette de pain française'

    Stamps
    French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp

  • "Megalopolis" Red Carpet - The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival<br>CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: Francis Ford Co departs the "Megalopolis" Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

    Cannes 2024
    Francis Ford Coppola: US politics is at ‘the point where we might lose our republic’

  • A statue of the Virgin Mary outside a church in New Orleans.

    Vatican
    Vatican tightens rules on supernatural phenomena in crackdown on hoaxes

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Opinion & analysis

  • Paul Taylor

    Political violence could benefit far right parties in the EU elections – if we let it

    Paul Taylor
  • Monika Kompaníková

    Robert Fico’s allies warn of political war – they will use it to justify the dismantling of our democracy

    Monika Kompaníková
  • A man waves the Slovak national flag outside the FD Roosevelt university hospital in Banská Bystrica, where Robert Fico is being treated after being shot on Wednesday.

    The Guardian view on the shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico: an attack on democracy

  • John Kampfner

    Whether Robert Fico survives and resumes office or not, Slovakia stands on the brink

    John Kampfner
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Brexit news

  • White chickens in a crowded barn

    Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws, experts say

  • Spain's foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, at the European commission

    Post-Brexit deal on border between Gibraltar and Spain remains unresolved

    • Fridge aisle of a supermarket with meats, including lamb, pork and beef

      Sharp rise in cost of British lamb in UK due to rising demand and import issues

    • Lorries disembark a ferry at Dover in April 2024

      Brexit border IT outages delay import of perishable items to UK by up to 20 hours

    • Young woman in glasses outside with grand building behind.

      Rwanda deportation law should not apply in Northern Ireland, court rules

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Pictures & video

  • President-elect Peter Pellegrini says he was able to briefly speak with the prime minister in hospital

    1:17

    Slovak PM has 'very difficult hours and days' ahead of him – video

  • Interior minister speaks at news conference after attempted assassination of country's prime minister

    1:23

    Slovakian government says Fico shooting was politically motivated – video

  • Zuzana Caputova pleads for people to 'stop hateful rhetoric' in Slovakia

    1:10

    Slovakian president ‘shocked’ at shooting of PM Robert Fico – video

  • Footage shows Robert Fico being shot by a man as he approaches supporters in the town of Handlová.

    0:41

    Footage reveals moments before Slovakian PM is shot – video

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