An easyJet flight removed 19 passengers flying back to Britain from Lanzarote because the plane was 'too heavy to take off'. The flight from Lanzarote's Arrecife Airport to Liverpool's John Lennon Airport was delayed due to the plane's weight and poor weather conditions.more

French soccer player Kylian Mbappe visits Cameroon, his father's native country, for the first time. The journey is unannounced, but despite this, the star of Paris Saint-Germain was greeted by hundreds of people on the streets of Yaoundé.more

Some French cities such as Strasbourg, Nimes, Montargis and Perpignan are canceling fireworks displays on France's national holiday on July 14 due to the threat of riots in the suburbs.more

The number of people in the UK being diagnosed with skin cancer has hit a record high with a sharp rise among over-55s. Melanoma cases across all age groups have reached 17,500 a year in the UK, the highest since records began, according to Cancer Research UK.more

Willard Miller, the first of two Iowa teenagers to plead guilty to killing a Spanish teacher with a baseball bat, has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years.more

The football clubs AC Milan and AC Monza decided to play a match every year in honor of the recently deceased former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, who owned them. They will play for the first time on August 8 in Monza.more

More than 11,000 officers have embarked on a war against drugs in Britain, with hundreds of cannabis farms shut down.more

Canada's meteorologists are issuing alerts for heat and high humidity, and Emergency Minister Bill Blair has warned that this year could be Canada's worst ever year for forest fires. Currently, there are 638 forest fires in Canada, of which 339 are considered uncontrollable.more

Seeded with the number 23. Magda Linette advanced to the third round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The Polish tennis player won with the Czech Barbora Strycova 6:4, 6:7 (6-8), 6:3. The meeting lasted three hours.more

An eight-year-old girl has died from injuries when a car hit the building of the primary school she attended in Wimbledon, south-west London, local police confirmed yesterday.more

Russia is on the brink of a civil war, which can only be provoked by a small internal dispute, general Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), told the British newspaper The Times.more

Water companies are likely to seek higher bills from 2025 to cover the cost of improving services, the boss of regulator Ofwat has said. more

Despite the fact that there is a lot of talk about nature conservation and laws are being created to help with this, this concern for endangered species is often illusory in many European countries. This is the conclusion of a WWF report released on Wednesday, July 5. It shows that most crimes against wildlife in Europe go undetected or unpunished.more

Slovakian footballer Milan Skriniar has moved from Inter Milan, while Spaniard Marco Asensio moves from Real Madrid on a free transfer, joining the ranks of Paris Saint-Germain, the French champion club announced. Skriniar has signed a contract until the end of June 2028, while Asensio is under contract until the end of June 2026.more

Great white sharks may start appearing off the UK coast as the migrate from the Mediterranean, research has said. more

The picturesque Italian town of Chioggia near Venice has banned skimpy clothing from the streets. Naked torsos and beachwear are something "unacceptable"- declared Mayor Mauro Armelao, announcing a €75 fine for such behavior.more

53 percent of Poles believe that Russia has had opportunities and real influence on decisions made in the institutions of the European Union or its member states, according to a survey commissioned by the European Policy Research Center.more

Train operators have announced plans for a mass closure of railway station ticket offices. Here the PA news agency answers 11 key questions on why this is happening and what the consequences will be.more

The mayor of London has "express power" to expand the capital's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) into outer London, the High Court has heard. more

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace's candidacy for the post of NATO secretary-general has been blocked by U.S. President Joe Biden, who didn't like that London announced a program to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft without consulting Washington, the Daily Telegraph reported.more

Euro 2024 organizers last night announced the results of the vote of children who chose the name for the tournament's mascot. The bear will be named Albaert.more

Ryanair has sent an alert to customers on Wednesday after it was forced to cancel thousands of flights.more

A couple from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were arrested today on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State and preparing a terrorist attack in the Netherlands, the National Prosecutor's Office (OM) said.more

On Tuesday - on the 80th anniversary of the plane crash in Gibraltar - a monument to General Władysław Sikorski was solemnly unveiled at the Newark-on-Trent cemetery in central England, where many Polish World War II pilots are buried. This is the second statue of the general in Great Britain.more

The world number 17 seed Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the third round of Grand Slam Wimbledon. The Polish tennis player won against British player Jan Choinsky 6:4, 6:4, 7:6 (7-3). The encounter lasted two hours and seven minutes.more