King Charles has confirmed that it is up to the Australian people to decide whether the country remains a constitutional monarchy or becomes a republic. Ahead of the King's visit to Australia next week, the Australian Republic Movement exchanged letters with Buckingham Palace officials, writing on the King's behalf.more

Germany won 1:0 against the Netherlands in Munich and secured their advance to the quarter-finals of the football League of Nations. France beat Belgium 2:1 in Brussels in another top division match yesterday. Ukraine, playing as hosts in Wrocław, Poland, drew with the Czech Republic 1:1.more

Portuguese sea rescue services have found a tourist from Poland who went missing off the Atlantic coast of Madeira Island. The alert was raised after a signal from the 42-year-old's wife.more

Heathrow continued to smash passenger traffic records in September after its busiest ever summer. Latest official figures show that 7.3 million passenger passed through the west London hub during the month, continuing a trend that has gathered pace all year.more

Europe, which is "declining economically", risks becoming a Chinese or American colony if it does not take appropriate action, said former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in an interview for the Spanish daily El Pais.more

Peter Mandelson has suggested the UK could start talks on rejoining the EU in 10 years’ time, much earlier than Keir Starmer believes. Lord Mandelson told an audience in Edinburgh the “truth is that [reversing Brexit] could be a conversation which starts in 10 years’ time”, but only if EU member states were willing to consider it.more

Iga Swiatek still leads the world ranking of tennis players, but it is already clear that in two weeks she will lose it to the currently second Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Magdalena Frech recorded another advancement to the highest position in her career, 24th, while Hubert Hurkacz dropped from eighth to 12th place.more

Figures showing one in 100 of the population is in the country illegally disclosed following biggest day for Channel crossings this year.more

Russian forces will be able to attack NATO territory by the end of this decade at the latest, the head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Bruno Kahl, told a parliamentary committee in Berlin today.more

Mobile phone users could be at risk of hacking, nuisance calls or having their phone cut off because of little-known rules around the recycling of old numbers, Which? has warned.more

EU member states adopted a directive on Monday to improve the employment conditions of people working for digital platforms such as Uber and Glovo, including defining their employment status and better protecting them against automated decisions.more

After a cold and blustery weekend, the weather is set to turn milder and wetter in the coming days. more

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich won the Chicago Marathon yesterday, setting a world record in 2:09.56. The unofficial time initially given was two seconds faster. The men's race was won by her compatriot John Korir, who finished in a very good 2:02.44.more

The American magazine "The New Yorker" published fragments of Alexei Navalny's prison diary on Saturday; they show that the Russian oppositionist, who died in a labor camp, expected to be poisoned in prison and not regain freedom, but did not lose faith in his ideas.more

The number of international students applying for visas to study in the UK dropped this summer, according to new figures. Home Office figures showed 16% fewer visa applications were made between July and September than in the same period in 2023.more

Several hundred thousand residents of Madrid and Barcelona marched through the streets yesterday demanding that local authorities and the Spanish government take steps to reduce rental prices.more

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced a reset in relations with the European Union today at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stressed that the European Union and the United Kingdom share security challenges.more

In the latest NBC News national poll, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump received equal support from registered voters - 48 percent each. The remaining 4 percent of respondents are undecided or say they would not vote for either of them.more

England beat the Finns 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki in the fourth round of the Nations League. Arttu Hoskonen from Cracovia scored the consolation goal for the hosts. Erik Janza from Górnik Zabrze assisted Jan Mlakar's goal, and Slovenia won away to Kazakhstan 1-0.more

Alex Salmond was one of the most influential figures in modern Scottish history and, regardless of his political differences, his commitment to Scotland is hard to question - this is what his political colleagues and rivals have to say about the former First Minister of Scotland who died unexpectedly.more

In September this year, 66% of respondents assessed the situation at their workplace as good; another 24% considered it to be "neither good nor bad" - according to the CBOS survey. Those working on private farms assessed the situation worse than other respondents.more

Heavy rains in West Africa brought flooding that prevented cocoa farmers from accessing their fields, delaying the harvest and sending cocoa prices soaring on global markets on Friday, reaching nearly $7,800 a tonne.more

Poland is planning to temporarily suspend asylum rights, the dpa news agency and the portals of all major German newspapers and broadcasters reported yesterday. The media quote Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who announced that he would limit migration to a minimum.more

At least 200 creepy crawlies and some slitherers have accidentally made their way to the UK through parcels or luggage this year, according to an expert who rescues them.more

Argentine Lionel Messi, currently a player in the American MLS league, continues to receive payments from Spanish club Barcelona. The club declares that it will settle the entire debt of salaries deferred due to the pandemic this season, reports the daily "Mundo Deportivo".more