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  BBC : Europe
20  april     15h44
Elon Musk snubs interview summons by French prosecutors amid X probe
   The Paris prosecutor’s office told the BBC it had taken note of the absence of the people summoned .
19  april     17h48
Ukraine police chief resigns after officers allegedly fled deadly shooting
   Authorities say the officers have been suspended and an investigation into their actions is under way.
20  april     13h01
Rumen Radev’s party wins Bulgarian election
   With 87% of the vote now counted, Progressive Bulgaria has secured a majority in parliament.
19  april     12h52
Rat poison found in HiPP baby food jar in Austria, police say
   The brand warned on Saturday that consuming the purées may be potentially life-threatening .
    15h50
Thousands of Parisians evacuated as WW2 bomb detonated
   Residents within a 450m radius of the device were told to leave their homes while it was neutralised.
    09h55
Zelensky condemns US extension of Russian sanctions waiver
   The US argues that the waiver is meant to ease the energy supply crunch sparked by the US-Israel war with Iran.
    07h47
Pope says ’tyrants’ speech was not aimed at Trump
   The pontiff says his remarks have been misinterpreted after a spat with the US president.
    11h39
French peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon
   President Macron blames the attack on Hezbollah. The Iran-backed armed group denies any connection to the incident.
18  april     21h27
Mexico’s Sheinbaum denies ’diplomatic crisis’ with Spain after conquest row
   The Mexican president says there were never tensions over Spanish colonisation, which had become a thorny issue.
    14h52
French film star Nathalie Baye dies aged 77, media report
   President Emmanuel Macron said France had loved, dreamed and grown up with the stalwart of French cinema.
17  april     21h05
UK and France to lead defensive mission in Strait of Hormuz
   Sir Keir Starmer has said further details of the plan will come after a meeting in London next week.
18  april     18h21
Orbán’s era was over in a flash and Hungary’s next PM is a man in a hurry
   Péter Magyar and his Tisza party are wasting no time preparing for the transfer of power after their dramatic landslide victory.
17  april     12h42
Palestinians hand over suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
   Hicham Harb is suspected of directing the attack in the Rue des Rosiers and acting as one of the gunmen who shot at diners.
18  april     23h05
Chernobyl’s last wedding: The couple who married as a nuclear disaster unfolded
   Serhiy and Iryna married 40 years ago, unaware a nuclear reactor had exploded less than 3 miles away.
    23h08
Croatia, but cheaper’: The quirky holiday spots on trend for 2026
   Montenegro and Albania are among the places rising in popularity for Britons seeking a holiday away from tourist traps.
16  april     21h09
School shootings a new trauma for Turkey as nation mourns
   An expert tells the BBC the attack in Kahramanmaras was a tragedy but not a surprise .
14  april     23h13
New search engine reveals if ancestors were in Nazi party
   Christian Rainer told the BBC he found his grandfather within seconds using the online tool, which also helped clear other members of his family.
    05h02
Greek police using masked migrants to forcibly push other migrants back across border
   Mercenaries recruited since at least 2020 for illegal migrant pushbacks’ in Greece, BBC told
16  april     14h47
How many people did Vlad actually impale?
   How many people did Vlad the Impaler actually impale?
14  april     18h49
What does new Hungarian PM Péter Magyar stand for?
   Péter Magyar has said he has already spoken to 10 European leaders after his landslide victory.
13  april     21h45
How Trump’s Jesus-like image and feud with the Pope are sparking backlash
   BBC’s Sarah Smith looks at how the president’s most ardent supporters are reacting to his latest social media posts.
    00h52
A truly historic moment’: Hungarian opposition wins election landslide
   Rajini Vaidyanathan broadcasts from outside Hungary’s parliament as crowds hear about the prime minister’s concession.
12  april     02h52
How Hungary’s knife-edge election could impact the US and Russia
   The BBC’s Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán’s home town of Felscà t.