The weekend's closing matches in Spain and England are the last chance for Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah to overtake Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting Lisbon in the Golden Shoe classification - the award for the top scorer in the European leagues for the season.more

The heir to the British throne has been committed to environmental action for years. He also supports those who, as he points out, are on the front line of this fight. To shed light on the hardships and challenges of their work, the prince has produced a six-episode documentary series, ‘Guardians’, showcasing the work of forest rangers.more

Higher-than-expected government borrowing figures have increased the prospect of Chancellor Rachel Reeves raising taxes in the autumn, experts say. Borrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - was £20.2bn in April, up £1bn from the same month last year, official figures showed.more

Ministers are bracing themselves for a potential wave of NHS strikes in England after doctors denounced pay rises of up to 5.4% this year as “derisory” and threatened to take action in protest.more

Number six seed Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the final of the ATP 250 tournament on courts in Geneva. The Polish tennis player defeated Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6:3, 6:4 in the semi-finals, his first final since June last year.more

Up to 500 new homes are to be given to homeless people in a bid to end the rough sleeping crisis in London. Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan announced on Tuesday how he planned to achieve a 2024 manifesto pledge to “eliminate” rough sleeping in the capital by 2030.more

Some 400 cameras in Poland were hacked by Russian military intelligence to spy on and disrupt humanitarian aid shipments from Western countries to Ukraine, the Guardian newspaper reported, citing the British intelligence service.more

Fifth-seeded Iga Swiatek will face Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova in the first round of the French Open. Magdalena Fręch (25) will play against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, Magda Linette against Dane Clara Tauson (22), Hubert Hurkacz (30) against Brazilian Joao Fonseca and Kamil Majchrzak against Serbian Hamad Medjedovic.more

The West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes collected in Britain for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency has said. The virus, which mostly spreads to people through mosquito bites, can cause severe, life-threatening illness in about 1 in 150 people who are infected, according to the World Health Organisation. more

US President Donald Trump announced on social media today that he favours a 50 per cent tariff on imports from the European Union from 1 June. He assessed that there is no progress in trade talks with the EU.more

The UK signed an agreement yesterday to return the Chagos Islands archipelago to Mauritius and to maintain a joint US-British military base on one of the islands there in this strategic region of the Indian Ocean.more

Manchester United lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final and will not play in the Champions League for the second season in a row. The English football club will lose a huge amount of money because of this, which will worsen its liquidity.more

Poland has become Europe's most overlooked military and economic power, with an army larger than Britain, France or Germany and living standards that are close to eclipsing Japan's, notes the Economist, adding that a win for Trzaskowski would strengthen Poland's influence, while a win for Nawrocki would do the opposite.more

Drivers could be punished more harshly than shoplifters under Labour plans to increase parking fines. The Department for Transport has reportedly considered raising penalties from £70 to more than £120 for motorists outside London.more

The risk of forest fires will double by 2100. - warn scientists in a report by the Scientific Council of the European Academies. This, they explain, is the result of, among other things, the climate crisis, rural depopulation and changes in land use.more

Award-winning Croatian footballer Luka Modric, the 2018 World Cup runner-up and 2022 bronze medallist, has announced that he will leave Real Madrid after the club's World Cup. The 39-year-old midfielder had been playing for the ‘Kings’ team since 2012.more

BBC World Service is expanding its trusted news offer with the launch of a pilot Polish-language news website, BBC News Polska – bbc.com/polska, and its content on social channels. Going live from Tuesday 24 June 2025, the website bbc.com/polska will deliver independent and impartial news in text and video for Polish-speaking audiences.more

Today, the European Day of Safe Travel Abroad will be celebrated for the first time, which is to promote conscious and responsible travel abroad, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. As part of this initiative, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide information on how to prepare for travel in order to avoid various inconveniences.more

Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP 250 tournament on courts in Geneva. The Polish tennis player won for the first time in six years against the Swiss event's highest seeded American Taylor Fritz 6:3, 7:6 (7-5). Former world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia also advanced to the semi-finals of this tournament by beating Italian Matteo Arnaldi (No. 8) 6:4, 6:4.more

Amid a storm for Reform at this month’s local elections and the government’s white paper announced last week, migration is at the top of the national agenda. One of prime minister Keir Starmer’s plans to reform immigration policy is to require “A-Level English” standards from migrants before they are able to be granted a work visa.more

Barcelona have extended Hansi Flick's contract until 2027, the club announced on Wednesday. Flick, a treble-winning coach with Bayern Munich who signed for the club last year on a two-year deal, arrived in Barcelona eager to redeem himself after he was sacked by Germany in September 2023.more

The UK has seen a change to wetter conditions with scattered heavy downpours and thunderstorms affecting parts of the Midlands and southern England on Wednesday. The unsettled weather is set to continue on Saturday with spells of rain, turning heavy rain in the north and west, and into Sunday with wind in the north-west and showers in the west. more

Net migration to the UK has nearly halved over the year to 431,000, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, in figures which will bring some relief to Keir Starmer.more

Violent prisoners, including those convicted of sex offences and domestic abuse, could be released after serving just a third of their sentence in a bid to ease prison overcrowding, under new recommendations made in a landmark review. more

England will be the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. It will not be available for everyone. The focus will mainly be on gay and bisexual men with a history of multiple sexual partners or an STI.more