Vladimir Putin is ready to halt fighting in Ukraine through a negotiated ceasefire that takes into account the current battlefield line, Reuters reported on Friday, citing four Russian sources close to the Kremlin.more

A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field close to an RAF station in Lincolnshire, officials said. Emergency services were called to the field off Langrick Road, Coningsby shortly before 13:20 BST on Saturday. The World War Two-era plane belonged to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at RAF Coningsby, the RAF said.more

Manchester United's players beat local rival and national champion Manchester City 2:1 at Wembley in London to win the FA Cup for the 13th time.more

The "Nazi scandal" shakes the German city of Sylt, called the island of the "beautiful and rich", writes the website of the daily "Bild". According to the website, in Kampen a group of "apparently very wealthy young people filmed themselves in a restaurant and sang: Germany for Germans, foreigners out!".more

Already during the American leg of "The Eras Tour", it was noticeable with what honours Taylor Swift was welcomed in some cities. She had a sandwich named after her, a park bench, and some of the cities she visited were renamed in her honour. Liverpool has no intention of departing from this tradition. more

Simone Inzaghi from Inter Milan was elected coach of the season in the Italian top league, and his Argentine player Lautaro Martinez received the trophy for the best player - informed Serie A. Inter secured the Italian championship on April 22.more

Over 44 thousand passengers were carried by the Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines on the route between Istanbul and Krakow in the first year of its operation. From June 1, the airline will once again increase the frequency of flights - they will operate every day.more

Net migration to the UK fell 10% last year after hitting a record high in 2022, official figures show. The number – the difference between the number of people arriving in the UK and leaving – was 685,000 in the year to December 2023, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS).more

Girona crushed Granada 7-0 to end the club's best-ever season in the Spanish top flight. Ukrainian Artem Dowbyk scored a hat-trick. Coach Michel's team took third place and will make their debut in the Champions League.more

Dental graduates in England could be forced to work in the NHS to help tackle the crisis in access that has left millions struggling to get their teeth repaired. Under the government’s plan they would have to undertake NHS work for “several years” after leaving university or face paying back some of the £200,000 cost of training them.more

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paweł Wroński, announced that the Polish citizen detained in Congo is not a spy, but a traveler, and President Andrzej Duda will soon intervene in his case. Wroński also appealed to carefully consider the destinations of travel.more

Serbian Novak Djokovic lost to Czech Tomas Macac 4-6, 6-0, 1-6 in the semifinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Geneva. This is another failure for the leader of the tennis rankings, who will start defending his title at the French Open Grand Slam in Paris in a few days.more

The death of a former Royal Marine who was charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service is not being treated as suspicious, police have said. Matthew Trickett, 37, a Home Office immigration officer, appeared in court last week charged under the National Security Act.more

Within three years, people may lose the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, experts warned in a special report for the Canadian government. The 35 threats that may occur within 10 years also include: the breakdown of democracy and the takeover of power by billionaires.more

London’s human capital is second to nowhere in the world, helping the UK’s capital climb to the second spot on Oxford Economics’ latest Global Cities Index. Oxford Economics measured the 1,000 largest cities in the world on five categories: Economics, Human Capital, Quality of Life, Environment, and Governancmore

Coach Xavi Hernandez has been officially dismissed from Barcelona - announced the Catalan club, which will take second place in the Spanish football league. One of his protégés was Robert Lewandowski.more

The largest portal for new apartments and houses - RynekPierwotny.pl - has published the next edition of the Investment Ranking, which selects the most popular and interesting residential projects in terms of finishing standard from the largest Polish cities.more

Those traveling to the UK for the long weekend face a range of difficulties in all possible modes of transportation: from railroads to roads, airports to ports. The late May bank holiday also marks the start of a week’s half-term for most UK schools. Some airports will handle their highest number of passengers ever for a late May bank holiday.more

Himalayan climber Piotr Krzyżowski from Bielsko-Biała reached the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest (8,848 m), without using additional oxygen. He did this just two days after climbing Lhotse (8,516 m), the fourth peak of the earth. He is the second Pole to conquer Everest without using oxygen from a cylinder.more

A London-born teenager who died of leukaemia aged 15 is to become the Catholic church’s first millennial saint. Carlo Acutis was a computer prodigy who helped to spread Roman Catholic teaching online before his death in 2006. On Thursday, Pope Francis decreed that a second posthumous miracle has been attributed to Acutis, qualifying the teenager for canonisation.more

Child serial killer Lucy Letby has been denied permission to appeal against her convictions for the murder and attempted murder of babies in her care when she worked as a neonatal nurse.more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski expressed his belief that regardless of who wins the elections to the House of Commons scheduled for July 4, British policy towards Ukraine will continue, and Poland and Great Britain will remain close allies.more

The legendary Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who ended his career in June last year, will be ceremonially farewelled on June 8 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, right after the friendly match of the "Three Crowns" national team against Serbia.more

Daily or almost daily marijuana consumption has increased, and daily or almost daily alcohol drinking has decreased, according to research by the American University of Carnegie Mellon. In 2022, the heavy marijuana user group became larger than the heavy alcohol user group.more

A rowdy bunch of 'drunk' British holidaymakers were escorted off a Ryanair flight to Tenerife after they were accused of drinking illicit alcohol and allegedly hurling abuse at other passengers. The group, who were on their way to the Canary Islands, are also said to have been "engaging in sexual activity in front of children".more