Italy must have equal treatment in a partnership with Britain and Japan to develop a new jet fighter, Rome's defence minister told Reuters, as talks proceed to define the roles each country has in the ambitious project.

Two French players have already missed the semi-final clash against Morocco due to an unknown illness.

Lionel Messi and Argentina face Croatia in the first semi-final on Tuesday, before 2018 champions France take on giant-killing Morocco on the following day.

Britain, Italy and Japan said Friday they will jointly develop a future fighter jet in a project that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said would guarantee national security and safeguard thousands of jobs.

The French forward is rumoured to be dating transgender Playboy model Ines Rau.

The APEC summit caps an intense fortnight of diplomacy in Asia, following the G20 and a gathering of Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders in Phnom Penh last week.

European shares fell on Wednesday, with Mercedes Benz Group leading losses in automobiles stocks, while a blast in Poland kept sentiment subdued and pushed up defence stocks.

The world's largest satellite ground station, on the Svalbard archipelago off Norway, is used by Western space agencies to gather vital signals from polar-orbiting satellites.

The number of migrants crossing the Channel from France to England has soared over the last five years from almost none to 42,000 this year.

Greek workers went on a day-long strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages to cope with surging inflation, as Europe's soaring energy prices and living costs trigger industrial action and protests across the continent.

Europe's drive to build a homegrown electric vehicle battery industry is hitting roadblocks as investors shy away from giving startups sufficient funding to challenge the Asian companies that dominate the market.

Signs are growing that the crucial partnership between Germany and France is stumbling, experts say, just as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs place extreme stress on the EU.

Europe has desperately searched for quick alternatives to Russian gas, but van Beurden said Europe would need large amounts of LNG for decades.

Their prime suspect seems to be suffering from psychiatric problems and has been living on the streets, unemployed.

As a provider of space research, the UK has been a big player, yet has never had its own space programme.

The EU on Monday stepped up its military support for Kyiv by launching a mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers and providing 500 million euros more for weapons.

The queen of Denmark's decision to strip four of her grandchildren of their titles has sparked unprecedented royal drama in Copenhagen and led her enraged son to air the family's dirty laundry in public.

France's biggest retailer Carrefour has increased its offer in the third round of wage talks with unions, suggesting a 2.5% pay hike from November this year, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.

Around 1,000 flights to and from France were cancelled Friday as the country's air traffic controllers went on strike, with their action also causing delays across European airspace.

The PSG star's name has been dragged into the feud between the two Pogba brothers.

American Airlines Group Inc on Tuesday agreed to buy up to 20 jets from aircraft maker Boom Supersonic, becoming the second major U.S. airline to bet on ultra-fast passenger travel in the last two years.

Ongoing wildfires in France have already released record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, new satellite data has shown https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/intense-wildfire-activity-southwestern-europe-amid-heatwaves-and-dry-conditions?utm_source=press&utm_medium=outreach&utm_campaign=wildfires.

A fire that destroyed a forest in southwest France has flared again amid a fierce drought and the summer's latest wave of extreme heat.

France said Tuesday that a ban on Russian nationals entering military installations had been applied too rigidly when two Russian visitors were turned away at the Chateau de Vincennes.

Every year, thousands of day-trippers make the short boat journey from France's northern coast to the island of Cezembre.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg threw out an appeal from state-owned RT France against a broadcast ban.

Greece on Sunday was battling three major wildfires in the north, in the south and in the east, amid high temperatures raising fears for more blazes.

In stark contrast to Tempest, Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project, backed mostly by France and Germany, faced stagnation over the last year.

The global air industry is in the midst of a post-pandemic rebound, but supply chain problems have left suppliers and manufacturers scrambling to source everything from raw materials to small electronic components to keep production moving.

Just as Europe is racing to store enough gas to see it through winter, its power system is being strained by sweltering summer temperatures, forcing air conditioners into action and drying up rivers needed to cool nuclear plants.