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The EU says a ban on all imports of Russian gas will come into force before the end of 2027

Slovakia and Hungary to sue EU over Russian gas ban

Slovakia will file a lawsuit against the European Union's decision to phase out Russian natural gas imports, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said, following a similar announcement from neighbouring Hungary.

World • 27 Jan

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez holds a press conference at the end of a special European Summit in Brussels, Belgium

Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants

Spain's left-wing government approved a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country's latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe.

Europe • 27 Jan

Spain unemployment drops below 10% in first since 2008

Spain's historically stubborn unemployment fell below 10% in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed today - a first since the 2008 financial crisis.

Business • 27 Jan

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - 2026/01/10: The fire risk rating chart outside the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in the bushfire-affected town of Ruffy is set to Extreme, one day after flames tore through the area, leaving little still standing. On January 10, 2026,

Bushfire threat as temperatures near 50C in Australia

Hundreds of people in rural areas of southeast Australia have been told to evacuate as an out-of-control bushfire threatened towns in the Otways region amid soaring temperatures.

World • 27 Jan

Chilean company ages wines in underwater cellars

In metal cages installed on the sea floor around the small island of Locos in northern Chile, ⁠divers stock bottles of wine as part of a new underwater storage programme.

News Lens • 27 Jan

A pedestrian walks through snow in front of the US Capitol.

Perilously cold temperatures threaten US in storm's wake

More than half a million Americans woke up without power, as freezing temperatures gripped swathes of the country in a monster storm that has killed at least 30 people.

US • 27 Jan

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France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s

French politicians have passed a bill that will ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time.

Europe • 27 Jan

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026

Rights group says Iran protest death toll nears 6,000

A US-based rights group has said it had confirmed the deaths of nearly 6,000 people during a wave of protests in Iran suppressed by security forces, as Tehran warned Washington against intervening.

World • 26 Jan

Kim Jong Un swaggers past a crowd of people cheering him

North Korea ordered to compensate Japanese migrants

A Japanese court has ordered North Korea to pay at least €440,000 in compensation to four people who were lured to the country by a fantastical propaganda scheme promising a "paradise on Earth".