Europe

A diver has had a near-death encounter with an octopus that decided to fight back after being poked with a stick. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of having “effectively rejected” proposals for a ceasefire following a barrage of strikes on civilian infrastructure.

If you’re worried that there are no more towns in Italy left selling homes for the price of a litre of fuel, don’t be.

The White House claims Ukraine-Russia peace has ‘never been closer' as President Donald Trump prepared to pick up the phone and call President Vladimir Putin to discuss three major points.

Military chiefs from the ‘coalition of the willing’ will meet in London this week to discuss plans for a Western peacekeeping force to be deployed to Ukraine.

Pope Francis did not appear at the window to greet children gathered in his honour, but has released his first photo since his hospitalisation for double pneumonia.

Police are searching for the husband of a woman who was doused with liquid and set on fire on a tram.

Businessman Robert Potter found combat in the warzone similar to World War I - and science fiction movies.

A group of European leading security figures have revived a plan called Sky Shield, which aims to gather around 120 fighter jets to protect Ukraine, and they want Australia involved.

US President Donald Trump has threatened an entire continent with a 200 per cent tariff if it does not relent on plans to impose tariffs on a key American export.

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have all weighed in on a US-brokered Russia-Ukraine ceasefire agreement, with a war of words fuelling fires on instability and a deal labelled ‘impossible’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk region for the first time since Ukraine’s 2024 incursion, ordering his military to ‘fully liberate’ the area and treat Ukrainian soldiers as ‘terrorists’.

US President Donald Trump says officials are travelling to Russia ‘right now’ to discuss a Ukraine ceasefire agreement, warning of what he could do if Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to peace.

The parliamentary elections produced a surprise result given the US President’s stated goal of taking control of the island one way or another.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US shift back towards Kyiv during the truce talks will test the relationship between Trump and Putin, and likely impact the MAGA warriors stoking a Ukraine-America split.