Europe

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has named a new chief of staff.

Zelensky announces ‘major overhaul’ for Ukraine resilience

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the ’overhaul’ was underway to make Ukraine ‘more resilient’.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Video
People pay their respects to the victims with flowers and candles near the area where a fire broke out during the New Year's celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Like cause of Swiss fire identified, dozens fighting for life

Officials have identified the likely cause of a devastating and deadly fire that tore through the basement of ‍a Swiss ski resort bar on New Year’s Eve.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Video
Mourners gather to leave flowers and candles at the scene.

Eyewitness reveals horrific details of ski resort fire

‘We all fell, we were piled on top of each other, some people were burning, and some were dead next to us.’

Updated
Read more (2 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
A handout photo made available by the Gelsenkirchen Police shows a hole drilled in the vault wall of a Sparkasse bank branch in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany

Thieves spent Xmas break in German bank stealing $52m

The spectacular heist saw thieves smash open more than 3000 safe deposit boxes and make off with the loot.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
A family has been accused of bringing their dead relative onto a flight.

Family ‘wheel dead gran’ onto plane, say she’s just tired

Passengers noticed the woman seemed unresponsive — but were horrified to discover she was actually dead.

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
Tourists will be charged to visit Rome's Trevi Fountain from February. (AP PHOTO)

Rome lovers warned about shock change to Trevi Fountain

Tourists will be charged to visit Rome's Trevi Fountain as authorities seek to profit from Italy's most popular attractions.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has said the US-authored peace plan could be presented to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin within days.

Proposals to end Ukraine war ‘could go to Kremlin in days’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made the claim, despite conceding the draft peace plan discussed with the US is ‘not perfect’.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
A sperm donor has passed on a cancer-causing gene.

Alarm after sperm donor with cancer gene fathers 200 kids

Doctors have confirmed that children have already died as a result of developing cancer.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Four burglars made off with jewels worth $A154 million from the Louvre in Paris on October 19. (AP PHOTO)

Louvre thieves escaped with just '30 seconds to spare'

Thieves who stole more than $A154 million in crown jewels from the Louvre escaped with barely 30 seconds to spare, an inquiry was told.

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, second from left, hosts a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street.

Zelensky rejects ceding land as US seeks ‘compromise’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite pressure from the Trump administration, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine’s position on territory had not changed.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Russia launched a massive overnight missile-and-drone strike on Ukraine, hitting energy sites, damaging infrastructure and causing heat and water outages, on December 7, 2025 in Poltava Region, Ukraine.

Kremlin lauds US security plan as it keeps striking Ukraine

Russia welcomed the Trump administration’s national security strategy even as its drone strikes claimed four more Ukrainian lives.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US negotiators at the Kremlin for five hours of talks this week.

Putin vows to take Ukraine land via force or other means

Putin said that he wanted to end the war - but characterised it not as Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, but a war against Russia by the West.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been received by King Charles during a UK state visit. (AP PHOTO)

UK, Germany to bolster Europe amid Russia threat: King

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has become the first German head of state to make a formal state visit to Britain in 27 years.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meets with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025.

Putin-US talks fail to reach compromise

High-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, as the Kremlin said “no compromise” had been found yet on the key question of territory.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Tough issues remain unresolved after US-Ukrainian talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky says, as a US envoy prepares to visit Russia.

Europe backs Zelensky as peace talks face ‘tough issues’

Tough issues have yet to be resolved after US-Ukrainian talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky says as a US envoy prepares to visit Russia.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →