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A flash flood tore through the French town of Lodève overnight, flooding homes and sweeping away cars, with no injuries reported, as Hérault remained under a storm alert.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceMilitary representatives from all 32 allies met Ukraine's command to discuss battlefield needs and further defence support.
27 independent sources · 98% confidenceEU ambassadors have held weeks of closed-door talks on preparing for a hybrid attack that could cause mass civilian casualties, Politico reported.
17 independent sources · 98% confidenceA caravan fire triggered at least two gas-canister explosions on a campsite in Olten, Switzerland, injuring two people on Wednesday, officials said.
4 independent sources · 97% confidencePoland's education and interior ministries announced police- and firefighter-led safety drills for schools after Wednesday's Ostrołęka knife attack, which injured 9 people.
34 independent sources · 98% confidenceSeveral people accused of helping Abdesalem Lassoued, who shot dead two Swedish football fans in Brussels in 2023, are to appear before a Brussels court.
2 independent sources · 69% confidenceKyiv is racing to field drones fast enough to catch Russia's jet-powered Geran models, as an overnight attack killed at least 12 people nationwide.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA large fire destroyed several makeshift homes in a disadvantaged district of Baia Mare, Romania, before dawn on Wednesday, leaving dozens of residents without shelter.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceA fire broke out in a multi-family apartment building in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, on Tuesday evening, injuring three residents, police said.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceUkrainian outlet Censor.net says the Pryluky apartment block toll has risen to 22, as a fifth child was found dead in the rubble.
37 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe number of people injured in Russia's overnight missile strike on Kremenchuk has risen to 47, regional officials say, with 2 dead.
9 independent sources · 98% confidenceUkraine's emergency service ended rescue work at the apartment block, where officials said 22 people were killed and dozens injured.
96 independent sources · 98% confidenceA 22-year-old man was detained in London as detectives continue to investigate a suspected plot targeting the US air base in Gloucestershire.
1 independent sources · 40% confidenceLukoil's Volgograd oil refinery completely halted crude oil processing after equipment damage from a drone attack, Reuters reported.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA 15-year-old boy has had his left hand amputated after being struck by a police grenade during a protest near a school in Lens, northern France, on Monday.
1 independent sources · 55% confidenceUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said intelligence points to a new massive Russian attack and urged Ukrainians to heed air-raid warnings.
11 independent sources · 98% confidenceSwedish police shot and wounded a man near the Royal Palace in Stockholm after he was reported to be armed and acting aggressively.
17 independent sources · 98% confidenceRussia says the fire on the tanker Aframax Rio, struck by naval drones off Sochi, has been extinguished with no sea pollution found.
50 independent sources · 98% confidenceFrance's nationwide student protests showed no sign of ending Thursday, with a fresh clash at a Paris school and the prime minister addressing the country on TV.
28 independent sources · 98% confidenceLithuania's parliament voted to start lifting its constitutional ban on hosting nuclear weapons and foreign bases, prompting a warning from the Kremlin.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceMoldova faces drone incursions, cyberattacks and disinformation, the president of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly said, opening a security seminar in Chișinău.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceParis's police prefect banned a demonstration planned for Wednesday, the third anniversary of Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, citing a high terrorist threat.
14 independent sources · 98% confidenceAn explosion and fire tore through a block of flats in Hannover's Ricklingen district on Tuesday, injuring eight people and leaving the building unfit to live in.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Kyiv's accession is not being discussed while Washington focuses on ending the war with Russia.
8 independent sources · 98% confidenceSweden will deploy a Patriot air defence system and about 100 troops to Poland from December to protect a NATO logistics hub supplying Ukraine.
17 independent sources · 73% confidenceTen passengers, including a 14-year-old, were hurt when a bus on Milan's line 95 braked sharply on Tuesday, Adnkronos reported.
2 independent sources · 69% confidenceTwo people have died and one is missing after flooding in Catalonia over the weekend, as a fresh orange alert and torrential rain cut six roads on Tuesday.
7 independent sources · 98% confidenceA 41-year-old woman has died in a Zagreb hospital of injuries from a fire that hit the Omiš area on 13 August, raising the toll to four.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA wildfire broke out in a forest above Lamia, central Greece, on Tuesday morning, prompting a large firefighting operation near the edge of the city.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA Madrid judge has sent six people to trial over a fire at the Burro Canaglia restaurant in 2023 that killed three people, ordering formal proceedings against the business's owners, its manager and two architects.
7 independent sources · 98% confidence