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A lorry carrying straw caught fire on the A2 near Helmstedt; resurfacing about 250 square metres of burnt road is expected to cost up to €80,000.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceAn elderly resident died and two neighbours were hurt after a Russian drone hit a home on the northern edge of the Kyiv region, officials said.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceTwo women seriously injured during an October 17 protest in Marseille have filed a complaint alleging they were hit by police crowd-control grenades.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceTrump says he is close to a deal that could involve all of Europe, as trilateral Russia-Ukraine-US talks open with European officials present but excluded from the room.
20 independent sources · 98% confidenceSadiq Khan issued a 'high' air pollution alert for London on Tuesday after dense fog and fireworks smoke let particle pollution build up over the weekend.
7 independent sources · 98% confidenceA bomb threat prompted the evacuation of 875 passengers from the Blue Star 1 ferry in Piraeus on Monday before port authorities declared the call a hoax.
10 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire broke out at a federal asylum centre in Zurich on Monday evening, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 people and sending four to hospital.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceEuropean Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said discussions on Europe's security can only begin once a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine, and pledged new Black Sea funding.
3 independent sources · 59% confidenceA Bucharest tribunal replaced the pre-trial detention of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu with house arrest, as prosecutors can still appeal the ruling.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceA cyberattack hit Italy's anti-mafia investigations directorate, which said hackers copied only public material already on its website.
4 independent sources · 82% confidenceJared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will meet Ukrainian, EU and NATO representatives before US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on 10-11 November.
7 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe EU will switch on a special emergency mechanism to speed funding to Ukraine as Russian strikes batter its power grid, President Zelensky said.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe death toll from Monday's explosion at the HABAŞ steel plant near İzmir has risen to 17, up from the 16 confirmed earlier by President Erdoğan.
61 independent sources · 98% confidenceThick fog over London led to flight cancellations at Heathrow and London City airports on Monday morning, with a yellow warning in force until 11am.
11 independent sources · 98% confidenceRussian forces attacked a residential area in Izium, Kharkiv region, overnight, injuring 6 people including 2 children and setting 3 fire stations ablaze, emergency services said.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceA Russian drone destroyed a food warehouse in Odesa on Monday morning, killing 3 people and injuring 3 others, officials said.
8 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe alliance has set up a pre-vetted online marketplace for anti-drone technology, cutting procurement delays of up to a year, a NATO official said.
2 independent sources · 54% confidenceFrance will take over air defence of the Rzeszów-Jasionka airport, Poland's main hub for Western aid to Ukraine, under a NATO mission from January 1, its ambassador said.
2 independent sources · 30% confidenceA fire at a meat-processing plant in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany, caused damage estimated in the millions of euros, German media reported.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceRussia's foreign minister rejected a ceasefire as Ukraine, Russia and the US held a second day of peace talks in Abu Dhabi, with territory still the main sticking point.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA night-time drone attack set Russia's Kirishi oil refinery ablaze and killed a woman hit by falling debris in nearby Vsevolozhsk, the regional governor said.
17 independent sources · 98% confidenceThree police officers were injured and two men arrested after a mass brawl broke out outside Glasgow's OVO Hydro following a bare-knuckle fighting event.
3 independent sources · 88% confidencePolice are investigating whether two stabbings hours apart in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, which left two men seriously injured, are linked.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Europe would be represented at US-mediated Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi on 10-11 November.
1 independent sources · 40% confidenceRussian drones struck a residential building and a hotel in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, on Sunday evening, injuring 7 people including a 16-year-old boy.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceA Russian drone strike damaged residential buildings and injured one person in Khmelnytskyi, western Ukraine, officials and local media said.
2 independent sources · 69% confidenceA car struck 7 teenage pedestrians and its driver, injuring 8 people in total, after mounting a footpath in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, on Sunday, Gardai said.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceHackers stole personal data belonging to around 150,000 Casinos Austria customers through a breach at an external service provider, the company said.
2 independent sources · 54% confidenceA fire tore through two houses in Chiajna, near Bucharest, on Sunday, with five people treated for burns or panic attacks, firefighters said.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceFirefighters contained a fire that burned five disused railway wagons at a depot in Sarajevo's Rajlovac district on Sunday; nobody was hurt, officials said.
5 independent sources · 98% confidence