Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Mr Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, ...

A Holocaust survivor has paid tribute to the “high risks” people took to help Jews during the Second World War. Jacques Weisser, 83, was born in Antwerp during the war and subsequently hidden when his ...

China’s increased trade with Russia has helped the country mitigate some of the worst blows from the sanctions.

The hearing on Tuesday came more than five years after the viral social media post at the heart of the libel dispute.

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we had to stabilise the economy’ as he defended the actions taken by his Government.

Emergency services received calls alerting them to the blaze at about 2.25pm on Sunday, and firefighters tackled it for almost 24 hours.