Plans to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the European Union by 2035 have been thrown into turmoil after pressure from car manufacturers.

The European Commission will next year propose new measures to tackle short-term rentals as part of a plan to deal with the housing crisis in Europe and boost the availability of affordable homes. Housing is considered to be an area of national competence but the EU executive says that “with an average increase of house prices by more than 60%,

A South African man, with eyes darkened by sleepless nights, tells us his older brother was lured into fighting for Russia on the frontline in Ukraine's raging Donbas region.