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The match of the host team - Germany - against Scotland at 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. UK time) in Munich will inaugurate the 17th edition of the European Football Championship. This will be the first of 51 meetings of the event, whose history dates back to 1958. Poland will participate for the fifth time.more

Francis will be the first pope in history to guest at the G7 leaders' summit today. During a several-hour visit to the meeting venue - Borgo Egnazia in Puglia in southern Italy - he will hold 10 bilateral talks, including with the presidents of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the US, Joe Biden.more

In messages sent to his victim after the assault, Guy Mukendi, 39, tried explaining his actions by saying he had not had sex in a long time, before deleting the evidence.more

The Polish military scrambled its fighters near the eastern border this morning in connection with Russian missile and drone attacks on the western regions of Ukraine. This was announced on the X platform by the Operational Command of the Branches of the Armed Forces (DORSZ).more

Ukraine has “the right” to use weapons supplied by Britain to strike invading Russian troops while they are still on Russian soil, the UK’s foreign secretary Lord David Cameron has suggested. He said on Thursday that it “makes perfect sense” for Ukraine to use its weaponry to attack Russian troops across the border.more

The group of the European Football Championships with Poland, France, the Netherlands and Austria is definitely the strongest taking into account the positions of the individual participants of the tournament in Germany in the FIFA ranking.more

The photograph of the aurora borealis over Sněžka, taken by Daniel Koszela, was awarded the title of Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA on 12 June. The photo was created spontaneously and by sheer luck," admitted Daniel Koszela.more

A shortage of affordable cars and sky-rocketing insurance rates are squeezing young people out of the car market. Research from Auto Trader showed that the number of vehicles for sale below £5,000 has fallen by 75 per cent to 24,359 since 2016.more

Rafael Nadal will not play in the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament which starts on 1 July. The Spanish tennis player has announced that his reason for not playing on the London grass is to better prepare for the Paris Olympics.more

Rhinoceros vipers were observed in two locations in Zadar, located on the Croatian coast, on the same day, the Dnevnik portal reported on Wednesday. These snakes are considered the most dangerous European viper due to their size, long fangs and highly toxic venom.more

Half of Britons now believe transgender people should not be able to change the sex registered on their birth certificate. The figure, from the annual survey of British Social Attitudes, has more than doubled since 2019 when just 24 per cent of people said they would not be in favour of altering sex on birth certificates.more

The leader of Poland 2050, Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia (54 per cent) is once again the most trusted. The deputy prime minister, head of the PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, came second (52 per cent), while the third place was taken by the deputy head of the PO, the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski (49 per cent), according to the May CBOS poll.more

June’s weather so far hasn’t exactly heralded in the Great British Summer, but that could be about to change... People across the country were hoping to welcome June in with summery temperatures and sunshine splitting the trees. However, Brits have instead been left with tepid temperatures, rain and thunderstorms.more

Tomorrow's match between Germany and Scotland in Munich at 21:00 will kick off the 17th edition of the European Football Championships. The hosts are hoping for a successful start to help coach Julian Nagelsmann's team gain momentum and confidence.more

Airports have criticised the government’s sudden re-introduction of 100ml limits on liquids in hand luggage last weekend. The Airport Operators Association (AOA) said it had left airports "frustrated" and created uncertainty and confusion for passengers as the busiest time of year approached.more

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with five men named Tonibler in the Kosovo capital Pristina, N1 television reported yesterday. Blair headed the British government during Kosovo's conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is remembered as one of the proponents of NATO involvement in ending it.more

Long waits for cancer care are becoming routine across the UK with nearly half of all specialist cancer centres experiencing delays most weeks, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has said. The college has warned of an “impending crisis” in the cancer workforce, with a “staggering” 30% shortfall in radiologists and 15% shortfall in clinical oncologists.more

A Dutch court yesterday convicted three Poles on trial for the contract killing of investigative journalist Peter De Vries, state broadcaster NOS reported. Kamil E. received a 28-year prison sentence for the murder, while Krystian M. received a 26-year sentence and Konrad W. - 14 years in prison for complicity in the crime.more

Argentine football star Lionel Messi has said in an interview with ESPN television station that he hopes to end his career with Inter Miami. However, he did not give a definitive date, adding that "for now he is not ready to leave football definitively".more

On 13 June 1944, German V-1 missiles fell on London for the first time. "Before they were used on the battlefield, i.e. sent, among other things, to London, tests of these weapons were carried out in eastern Poland," emphasises historian Slawomir Kordaczuk.more

EU citizens in the UK took a different position to people in the respective countries when voting in the European Parliament election last weekend. At the EU level, conservative parties came out as the winners, together with the far-right, which made significant gains in several EU member states, while losses were recorded among the Greens and the liberals. more

Two passengers have suffered serious injuries while boarding Elizabeth Line trains at Ealing Broadway due to the size of the gap between the train and the platform.more

Polish national footballer Bartosz Slisz assured ahead of the start of Euro 2024 that the team is well prepared and has nothing to fear. "Regarding Robert Lewandowski's injury, he is certainly an important part of the team, but there are no irreplaceable people" - he added.more

Persistent heavy rainfall in the Balearic Islands since Tuesday afternoon has led to traffic paralysis and numerous floods on the Spanish archipelago's popular tourist islands of Ibiza and Mallorca.more